AMD sets up second design centre in India

Located at Raheja Mindspace, HITEC City, in Hyderabad; new facility features 1,75,000 square feet of engineering labs, and equipment

Chip maker AMD, today announced the opening of a new design centre in Hyderabad. The centre will be dedicated to both software and hardware innovations at the core of AMD’s Accelerated Processing Units (APUs). The design centre was inaugurated by Rory Read, president and chief executive officer at AMD.

"Our Hyderabad Design Centre will play an important part in that mission as the team works in-concert with our other design centers around the world to deliver AMD’s next round of innovative products," said Read.

Located at Raheja Mindspace, HITEC City, Madhapur, in the heart of Hyderabad’s technology hub, the new facility features 1,75,000 square feet of engineering labs, and equipment. AMD also has a design centre in Bangalore, as well as sales offices in New Delhi and Mumbai.

"India is a crucial market for AMD, and our design centers in both Hyderabad and Bangalore are key design and development hubs for our business," said Madhusudan Atre, corporate vice president, design engineering at AMD..