Qualcomm CEO, Cristiano Amon, to launch Chennai design centre

Chennai: Semiconductor main Qualcomm will inaugurate its new design centre at Ramanujan IT Metropolis in Chennai on March 14. Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm Included, will inaugurate the brand new centre, which was introduced through the Tamil Nadu International Buyers Meet in January.

Qualcomm had then mentioned it will make investments round ₹177 crore in a brand new design centre in Chennai that can generate jobs for as much as 1,600 professionals.

San Diego, California-headquartered Qualcomm is a US multinational company which is into the design and manufacture of semiconductors, software program, and telecommunications gear. It’s recognized for its superior wi-fi applied sciences and Snapdragon line of processors, which energy many smartphones and different cell units. Qualcomm’s applied sciences are broadly utilized in cell communications, together with 3G, 4G, and 5G networks, in addition to in different industries resembling automotive, Web of Issues (IoT), and computing.

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The Chennai centre will concentrate on wi-fi connectivity options and can contribute to Qualcomm’s international R&D efforts in 5G know-how. India is Qualcomm’s second-largest R&D base outdoors the US.

The corporate has R&D centres in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Noida, and at the moment has about 17,000 staff within the nation. Different high executives together with Qualcomm India president Savi Soin, and head of the Chennai centre Mahesh Moorthy, will even be current on the inauguration