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AMD announces $400 million investment in India

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AMD announces $400 million investment in India

In a bid to fortify its technological stronghold, US-based chip manufacturer, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), announced plans for a monumental $400 million investment in India over the coming half-decade. The grand revelation, made at a prominent semiconductor conference in Gujarat, emphasizes AMD’s pursuit to crown Bengaluru with its most expansive design center to date.

The semiconductor gathering in Gujarat, the home turf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saw AMD’s Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster delineate the company’s roadmap for India. The conference, a beacon for tech luminaries, also featured dialogues from figures such as Young Liu, Foxconn’s Chairman, and Micron’s head, Sanjay Mehrotra.

India’s Chip Ambitions

India, while a relative newcomer to the chip industry, is ardently wooing stakeholders in a bid to mint its reputation as a semiconductor powerhouse. The goal isn’t insular; globally, entities are racing to refine their chipmaking capabilities. The pandemic underscored the criticality of this, revealing vulnerabilities in supply chains. Pioneers like Taiwan’s TSMC and South Korea’s Samsung stand as the vanguard in this technological crusade.

AMD’s Vision: More than Just Chips

By the close of 2023, Bengaluru will witness AMD’s new sprawling campus, with an aim to bolster its workforce by 3,000 engineers in the subsequent years. This expansion hints at AMD’s ambitions far beyond mere office space; it’s about consolidating prowess in the tech realm. The behemoth already commands a 6,500-strong employee base across India.

Papermaster elucidated, “Our Indian contingents are set to be the cornerstone in churning out avant-garde, high-performance solutions to cater to AMD’s global clientele.”

AMD’s silicon wafers, ubiquitous from personal desktops to colossal data centers, are symbols of its expansive reach. But there’s more on the horizon. The California tech titan is neck-deep in crafting an AI-centric chip, setting its sights on dethroning Nvidia, the current market maven. Unlike its foremost competitor, Intel, AMD has adopted a strategy of entrusting the manufacturing of its chip designs to external parties, most notably Taiwan’s TSMC.

India’s Semiconductor Landscape: A Mixed Bag

India’s vision for the semiconductor sector, while vast, has met with roadblocks. 2021 heralded an ambitious $10 billion incentive strategy, yet the establishment of a foundational fabrication plant remains elusive. However, all is not grim. Recent inflows include the likes of US chip equipment giant Applied Materials and Micron, earmarking $400 million and $825 million respectively, fortifying India’s tech ambitions.

In sum, AMD’s massive investment underscores the subcontinent’s potential as a burgeoning tech hub, poised to shape the future of global computing.

(Image Credit: AMD)

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