"India's talented pool of engineering resources makes it one of the most important technology centers in the world," said Dirk Meyer.
AMD has newly announced opening a second research and design facility in Hyderabad, intended to house a growing team of R&D employees focusing on Gen-Next AMD graphics and computing solutions.
Inaugurating the 30,000 square-foot facility, Dirk Meyer, president and chief operating officer of AMD, said, "India's talented pool of engineering resources makes it one of the most important technology centers in the world."
"AMD's inauguration of our fourth R&D facility in India, and second in Hyderabad is recognition of the caliber of talent and design expertise that resides within the country. The sheer creativity and energy of the teams in India gives me confidence that we have our resources in the right place globally."
Dasaradha Gude, vice president and managing director of the Hyderabad Research and Development Center, said, "The original Hyderabad center has been working on leading-edge technology over the last four years. Those designs are in many of the most popular consumer electronics devices today."
"We are very proud of our achievements in very high-end, intensive design work. The new office showcases how we have grown, and will continue to contribute to AMD in the future."
The R&D team in Hyderabad plays a leading role in VLSI and embedded system design for consumer electronics. The center includes AMD's Center of Excellence for Audio Technology, and has designed multimedia products for leading companies in the consumer electronics space. It has also made significant contributions to AMD's latest graphics and computing processors.
Meanwhile, AMD plans to continue R&D operations from its original Hyderabad facility as well.
The opening of AMD's new R&D center in Hyderabad is only in keeping with the "Second silicon valley of india" tag earned by Hyderabad.That a company of AMD's stature which is next only to the numero uno chip-maker Intel,speaks volumes about the India's preponderance of high-quality talent .
At the same time, I wonder if the much-touted FabCity(in which AMD is a major investor and technology partner) will ever see the light of the day, what with it getting shrouded by either controversies or obscurity.This exposes the ineptitude of the government in bagging and sustaining the projects due to which state has been pitiably lagging on the industrial front