Intel is expanding its facilities in Bangalore to
include a new campus that will cost $41m (£25m).
The campus will house employees involved in hardware and
software design, validation and system engineering for the next
generation of Intel's microprocessors, semiconductors and memory
technologies.
The facility is expected to house more than 1,000 engineers
initially.
"India continues to play an important role in helping Intel to
deliver architectural innovation to our customers by extending our
silicon leadership," said Ketan Sampat, president of Intel
Technology India in Bangalore.
The announcement by Intel is in line with its strategy to
significantly enhance its investment and head count in research and
development in India.
During his visit to India in August last year, Intel chief
executive officer Craig Barrett announced that the company planned
a major expansion of its research and development efforts in India,
and would increase the number of employees it has in the country
from 1,000 to about 3,000 over the next few years.
The investment would cost about $100m (£62m), and most of the
new recruits would be for Intel's Bangalore development centre,
Barrett said then.
Intel's development centre in Bangalore is already working on
Xeon processors, and last month the company announced that the
centre will also be involved in developing the next generation of
Intel's mobile Centrino platform. The centre develops embedded
software such as device drivers and chipsets for the Centrino.
A number of multinational semiconductor companies including
Texas Instruments have announced plans to increase the size and
role of their centres in India.