AMD Will Build its Largest Ever R&D Centre in Bengaluru

US-based chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD) recently revealed that it will build its largest design centre in Bengaluru, Karnataka. 

The centre is expected to come up by the end of this year, and could potentially employ nearly 3000 engineers in the next five years.

"It will certainly play an important role in building a world class semiconductor design and innovation ecosystem," Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, said.

"It will also provide tremendous opportunities for our large pool of highly skilled semiconductor engineers and researchers and will catalyse PM Narendra Modi’s vision of India becoming a global talent hub," he added.

The new centre, which covers an area of  500,000-square-foot will increase AMD's office footprint in India to 10 locations. 

Further, AMD has also announced investments worth USD 400 million in the country in the next five years. 

Currently, the chipmaker employs more than 6,500 people in the country. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide," Mark Papermaster, Chief Technology Officer at AMD, said.

Last month, AMD announced a new AI chip titled MI300X which aims to tap a part of the AI accelerator market that NVIDIA is enjoying dominance over. The chip is purpose-built for AI tasks, and comes with up to 192GB of memory, perfect for big models like LLMs.

Read more: AMD’s Zenbleed Exploit is Too Big to Handle for Enterprises