When chips are down, VSS maybe best option.

Byline: Marina Emmanuel

WHEN former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad opened Intel Malaysia's PG8 factory in Penang in 1999, he paid tribute to the world's biggest computer chipmaker for continuing to have faith in Malaysia.

"It is a vote of confidence," Dr Mahathir had declared, in reference to Intel's commitment to re-invest RM2 billion over the following two years.

The former premier was appreciative of the US giant chipmaker's faith in Malaysia at a time when the country was fraught with negative foreign media reports during the economic crisis.

A decade later, Malaysia is finding itself in another period of economic uncertainty, …