GreatAsic Technology Sdn Bhd
Category: AI Chips / Semiconductors
Malaysia-based fabless custom chip design company specializing in custom ASICs and AI System-on-Chip platforms for data center, Edge AI, and automotive markets. GreatAsic Technology Sdn Bhd was founded in 2025. The company is led by Ong Chin Hu. Based in Penang & Selangor, Malaysia. Team size: 101-500. Total funding raised: $6.9M. Latest round: Pre-Series A. Key investors include Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India (lead), Ehsan Kapital, Gobi Partners.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Penang & Selangor, Malaysia
- Team size
- 101-500
- Total funding
- $6.9M
Value proposition
End-to-end custom silicon design (ASIC/SoC) with hardware-software co-design expertise, enabling Malaysian front-end chip design capabilities beyond traditional assembly and testing.
Products and solutions
Custom ASIC design, AI System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms, SoC turnkey solutions, IP cores (precision-built IP portfolio), Front-end & physical design, Design for Testability, FPGA prototyping & emulation, Signal & Power Integrity engineering, Software solutions, NPI engineering
Unique value
First Malaysian design firm to secure both Arm Flexible Access (AFA) and Arm Neoverse Compute Subsystems (CSS) tokens; leadership team with decades of silicon experience from StarFive, Intel, Marvell, Broadcom, Altera; backed by government's National Semiconductor Strategy and Malaysia Semiconductor IC Design Park
Target customer
Data center operators, Edge AI device manufacturers, automotive OEMs, and enterprises needing custom ASIC/SoC solutions
Industries served
Data Center, Edge AI, Automotive, IoT, Consumer Electronics, Industrial Automation
Technology advantage
Deep hardware-software co-design expertise; multiple full-mask tape-outs and high-volume production track record; Arm Neoverse CSS and AFA access; RISC-V based SoC experience (4+ years); 15+ years Arm-based SoC expertise; end-to-end silicon realization from architecture to tape-out
How they differentiate
Only Malaysian design firm with both Arm AFA and Neoverse CSS access (competitors only have AFA); leadership team with proven track record of 20+ SoC tape-outs at global semiconductor companies; strong government backing through National Semiconductor Strategy and IC Design Park ecosystem
Main competitors
SkyeChip Bhd (Malaysia, publicly listed AI chip designer), Oppstar Bhd (KL:OPPSTAR, Malaysian IC design firm)
Key partnerships
Arm Holdings (Arm Flexible Access & Arm Neoverse Compute Subsystems), Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), Malaysia Semiconductor IC Design Park, Selangor Information Technology & Digital Economy Corporation (SIDEC), Indonesia Chip Design Collaborative Center (ICDEC)
Notable customers
Tier-1 Data Centre Customers & Partners (mentioned on website, names not publicly disclosed)
Major milestones
Incorporated November 2025, Secured Arm Flexible Access (AFA) and Arm Neoverse Compute Subsystems (CSS) tokens (May 2026), Raised $6.9M Pre-Series A (June 2026), One of first three Malaysian firms to receive government-backed Arm design token access
Market positioning
Early-stage fabless chip design company positioned as a pioneer in Malaysia's transition from semiconductor assembly/testing to front-end IC design, targeting the growing custom AI chip market in data center, edge, and automotive segments across Southeast Asia
Geographic focus
Malaysia (primary), Southeast Asia, global markets for data center and edge AI ASICs
About Ong Chin Hu
Ex-VP of SoC Engineering at StarFive; Ex-Engineering Director at Intel PSG (led IP Solutions for Agilex/Stratix FPGAs); Ex-Director at Marvell (managed Malaysia Design Center and Japan team, brought 20+ SoCs to market); MBA from Nottingham Trent University; B.Eng Electrical & Electronics from University Technology Malaysia
Official website: https://www.greatasic.com/