Intel India today opens its eighth design center in Bengaluru. The new center was inaugurated by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Union Minister of State for Electronics & IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Also present in during the ceremony was Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India & VP, Intel Foundry Services.
The new center is spread across 4.53 lakh sq. ft. of space across two towers, ready to accommodate 2,000 employees. The new facility features IoT-based systems like desk booking platforms, an interactive kiosk for occupancy status and floor layouts, real-time room occupancy indicator and many more. This reinforces Intel’s commitment to accelerate innovation in design and engineering in the country as the center will help advance cutting-edge design and engineering work in client, data center, IoT, graphics, AI and automotive segments.
Speaking at the inauguration, Rajeev , said, “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. 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.
He added that such expansion of newer facilities solidifies India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s vision of making India the beacon of development and economic growth.
As the world is experiencing sustained growth in demand for semiconductors and technologies in the areas of computing, connectivity, edge & cloud, and AI, driven by ‘Digitization of Everything’, technology has become instrumental in levelling and addressing this growth. Intel is at the forefront of developing new semiconductor technologies, products, and solutions as building blocks for an increasingly smart and connected world across a broad spectrum of markets.
As Intel’s largest design and engineering center outside the US, Intel India plays a strategic role in Intel’s growth. It relentlessly focuses on expanding its design and innovation footprint by making significant contributions to Intel’s leadership products.
Nivruti said, “At Intel, we are 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.”
Nivruti added that by 2030, nearly 25% of the bill of materials in an automotive will be for semiconductor. And this just one industry. This substantial growth needs quick demand fulfilling and hence, R&D to address the existing gap becomes important. That is why, Intel dedicates one floor of 70,000 sq. ft 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+ video enabled conference rooms, phone booths, collaboration spaces, breakout zones, and lounge areas.
She further reiterated Intel’s commitment to work with the Government of India to make an ecosystem for the semiconductor players in the country. Intel India is also working on strengthening the startup ecosystem through its program ‘Plug-in’.
