(L-R): Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India & Vice President, Intel Foundry Services; and Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, GoI
Intel India has effected the expansion of its design & engineering footprint in India by unveiling a new state-of-the-art facility in Bengaluru. Expanding its R&D presence, Intel India has added the new center with 4.53 lakh sq. ft of space across two towers, which can accommodate 2,000 employees and will help advance cutting-edge design and engineering work in client, data center, IoT, graphics, artificial intelligence, and automotive segments.
The facility has been inaugurated by Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, GoI, in the presence of Shri Ashwathnarayan C N, Minister of IT & BT, Higher Education, Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India & Vice President, Intel Foundry Services, and eminent leaders from the government and industry.
“In order to enable India’s aspiration to become a trillion-dollar digital economy by 2025, it’s imperative for the country to accelerate the pace of digitalization with focus on innovation and engineering excellence across semiconductor product design, including hardware and software”, says Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
“Intel’s critical contributions and relentless quest to advance innovation in design and engineering in India over the past two and half decades highlight the design opportunity India offers to the world. The inauguration of Intel’s new state-of-the-art design facility in Bengaluru is a testament of its commitment to contribute towards bolstering India’s technology leadership”, accentuated Shri Chandrasekhar.
Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India & Vice President of Intel Foundry Services, says, “At Intel, we’re focused on creating and enabling world-changing technology that improves the life of every person on earth. With significant contributions to Intel’s technology and product leadership, Intel India continues to accelerate innovation in design and engineering.”
“This new state-of-the-art center in Bengaluru offers an amazing environment for our employees to innovate while they enjoy the energetic and collaborative vibes in the workplace. This also helps in furthering our contributions and capabilities across leadership products that enable customers’ innovation and growth,” elaborated Rai.
The new design and engineering center features state-of-the-art facilities including IoT-based systems like desk booking platforms, an interactive kiosk for occupancy status and floor layouts and real-time room occupancy indicators. One floor of 70,000 sq. ft is dedicated to high tech R&D labs for silicon design and validation purposes. The facility sports an industry-best office design with a host of employee amenities such as 50-plus video enabled conference rooms, phone booths, collaboration spaces, breakout zones, and lounge areas.
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