KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Malaysia is looking to

locally produce graphics processing unit chips in next five to

10 years, its economy minister said on Thursday.

"If we are able to realise the potential to downstream our

semiconductors, instead of just doing backend, we are hoping

that we can start producing made-by-Malaysia GPUs and chips in

the next five to 10 years," Rafizi Ramli told a forum.

Malaysia is a major player in the semiconductor industry,

accounting for 13% of global testing and packaging. It has

attracted multibillion-dollar investments from leading firms in

recent years, including Intel ( INTC ) and Infineon.