News & Reviews:   penang

AMD in a press statement today announced its launch of the Server Platform Solutions Engineering (SPSE) facility in Malaysia. Located in Penang, the new facility will deliver end-to-end engineering solutions and is critical in driving next-generation capabilities for the company’s EPYC family of server processors.

In case you didn't know, Intel has a branch in Penang, Malaysia and it was recently announced by Bloomberg.com that there's an upcoming investment. According to the source, Intel Corp will be spending $7 billion to build a new chip packaging facility to address the "endemic global semiconductor shortages".

Getting a PlayStation 5 (PS5) these days is like finding a needle in a haystack thanks to scalpers. However, there is one particular individual who was believed to scam more than 200 customers involving the purchase of the PS5, has been arrested by the Royal Malaysian Police force just yesterday.

It seems that the Kayu Nasi Kandar’s Facebook page has recently posted a video that shows the restaurant employing robot servers to serve food to their customers. With that in mind, it minimizes human contact between the customer and the server reducing the risk of infection.

Just yesterday, the Touch ‘n Go Group just announced that all motorists in Penang can now use Touch ‘n Go card for parking at the Gurney Paragon Mall. This effectively makes Gurney Paragon be the first mall in the state to introduce and use Touch ‘n Go PayDirect, in which users can add their Touch ‘n Go card to their Touch ‘n Go eWallet to activate the PayDirect feature.

After 36 years, Sony Malaysia will be shutting down one of their factories in Penang. Scheduled to close in September next year, around 3400 workers will be retrenched but not all hope is lost, as the state government will assist them to find similar jobs.

As announced by the government yesterday regarding the 5G movement, the Penang State Government's plan is also aligned with the timeline. They plan to turn Penang into a "Gigabit City" by 2022 and all industrial areas will be covered with 5G connectivity.

Recently, Grab has stated on their official website saying that it will be possible to order several meals from the same food court for a single delivery price. Currently, this feature is available in selected food courts located in Johor Bahru, Penang, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Melaka, and Ipoh for now.

Telekom Malaysia has recently released a statement on their Facebook page, stating that users in Penang might experience internet disruption due to a node catching on fire at 12:07 AM. But that’s not all, TM also stated that mobile connectivity may be affected due to the fact that the aforementioned node functions as a backhaul for third-party mobile networks.

As promised by YTL Communications (YES) back in February 2019, the Terragraph network has been successfully installed offering free public WiFi across 50 locations. With this, this marks Penang to be the most advanced broadband state in Malaysia and they are definitely ready for 5G connectivity in the future.