Chip maker Xilinx has expanded its operations in India with a new research and development centre in Hyderabad.
The new R&D centre is the biggest facility for Xilinx outside of its US headquarters at San Jose in California. Xilinx said the new R&D centre houses about 1,000 employees, or one-fifth of Xilinx’s global workforce.
Xilinx, which started with a team of 60 employees in 2006, moved its operations to the four lakh square feet space at the Knowledge City in Madhapur.
“The facility can accommodate double the number of employees that it houses now, Victor Peng, president and chief executive officer of Xilinx, said.
“The facility will help drive our next phase of regional growth with plans to double the headcount in the country in the next few years. We have doubled the number in five years,” Victor Peng said.
“It will drive continued advancements in our hardware and software products including the new adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP) devices and Vitis Unified Software Platform,” Victor Peng said.
Ajay Naini, vice-president of Engineering and Hyderabad Site Director for Xilinx, said the new facility will be the centre of Xilinx innovation in the country.
