AMD Plans to Invest $400 Million in India

<div class&equals;"text aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"text-43031b5d39" class&equals;"cmp-text" style&equals;"box-sizing&colon; border-box&semi;" data-cmp-data-layer&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;text-43031b5d39&quot&semi;&colon;&lbrace;&quot&semi;&commat;type&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;common-ui&sol;components&sol;text&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;xdm&colon;text&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;&lt&semi;p&gt&semi;&lt&semi;em&gt&semi;— Investment expected to create largest AMD design center with addition of approximately 3&comma;000 engineering roles and new Bangalore campus opening before end of 2023 —&lt&semi;&sol;em&gt&semi;&lt&semi;&sol;p&gt&semi;&lt&semi;p align&equals;&bsol;&quot&semi;left&bsol;&quot&semi;&gt&semi;GANDHINAGAR&comma; India&comma; July 28&comma; 2023 &lpar;GLOBE NEWSWIRE&rpar; -- &lt&semi;strong&gt&semi;SemiconIndia 2023 — &lt&semi;&sol;strong&gt&semi;&lt&semi;a href&equals;&bsol;&quot&semi;http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amd&period;com&sol;&bsol;&quot&semi; rel&equals;&bsol;&quot&semi;nofollow&bsol;&quot&semi; target&equals;&bsol;&quot&semi;&lowbar;blank&bsol;&quot&semi; title&equals;&bsol;&quot&semi;AMD&bsol;&quot&semi;&gt&semi;AMD&lt&semi;&sol;a&gt&semi; &lpar;NASDAQ&colon; AMD&rpar; today announced plans for continued growth in India through an approximate &dollar;400M investment over the next five years&period; The planned investment includes a new AMD campus in Bangalore&comma; Karnataka that will serve as the company’s largest design center&comma; as well as the addition of approximately 3&comma;000 new engineering roles by the end of 2028&period;&lt&semi;br &sol;&gt&semi;&lt&semi;&sol;p&gt&semi; &lt&semi;p&gt&semi;The new AMD campus is expected to open before the end of 2023 and will feature extensive lab space&comma; state-of-the-art collaboration tools and seating configurations designed to foster teamwork&period; The investment is supported by the various policy initiatives of the Government of India focused on the semiconductor industry&period;&lt&semi;&sol;p&gt&semi; &lt&semi;p&gt&semi;&bsol;&quot&semi;We welcome the AMD plan to expand its leading-edge R&amp&semi;amp&semi;D engineering operations in India&comma;&bsol;&quot&semi; said Mr&period; Ashwini Vaishnaw&comma; Union Cabinet Minister for Railways&comma; Telecommunications&comma; Electronics and Information Technology&comma; Government of India&period;&lt&semi;&sol;p&gt&semi; &lt&semi;p&gt&semi;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I welcome AMD's decision to set up its largest R&amp&semi;amp&semi;D design center in India and expansion of the India-AMD partnership&period; It will certainly play an important role in building a world class semiconductor design and innovation ecosystem&period; It will also provide tremendous opportunities for our large pool of highly skilled semiconductor engineers and researchers and will catalyse PM Narendra Modi’s vision of India becoming a global talent hub&comma;&bsol;&quot&semi; said Mr&period; Rajeev Chandrasekhar&comma; Minister of State for Electronics and IT&comma; Skill Development and Entrepreneurship&period;&lt&semi;&sol;p&gt&semi; &quot&semi;&rcub;&rcub;">&NewLine;<p align&equals;"left"><a title&equals;"AMD" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amd&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">AMD<&sol;a> announced plans to invest &dollar;400 million in India over the next five years&period; The planned investment includes a new AMD campus in Bangalore&comma; Karnataka that will serve as the company’s largest design center&comma; as well as the addition of approximately 3&comma;000 new engineering jobs by the end of 2028&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new AMD campus is expected to open before the end of 2023 and will feature extensive lab space&comma; state-of-the-art collaboration tools and seating configurations designed to foster teamwork&period; The investment is supported by the various policy initiatives of the Government of India focused on the semiconductor industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We welcome the AMD plan to expand its leading-edge R&amp&semi;D engineering operations in India&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Mr&period; Ashwini Vaishnaw&comma; Union Cabinet Minister for Railways&comma; Telecommunications&comma; Electronics and Information Technology&comma; Government of India&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I welcome AMD&&num;8217&semi;s decision to set up its largest R&amp&semi;D design center in India and expansion of the India-AMD partnership&period; It will certainly play an important role in building a world class semiconductor design and innovation ecosystem&period; It will also provide tremendous opportunities for our large pool of highly skilled semiconductor engineers and researchers and will catalyse PM Narendra Modi’s vision of India becoming a global talent hub&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Mr&period; Rajeev Chandrasekhar&comma; Minister of State for Electronics and IT&comma; Skill Development and Entrepreneurship&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"text aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"text-cef78f7766" class&equals;"cmp-text" style&equals;"box-sizing&colon; border-box&semi;" data-cmp-data-layer&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;text-cef78f7766&quot&semi;&colon;&lbrace;&quot&semi;&commat;type&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;common-ui&sol;components&sol;text&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;xdm&colon;text&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;&lt&semi;p&gt&semi;&bsol;&quot&semi;From a handful of employees in 2001 to more than 6&comma;500 employees today&comma; AMD has grown its India footprint based on the strong foundation established by our local leadership and the highly skilled talent pool&comma;” said Mark Papermaster&comma; executive vice president and chief technology officer&comma; AMD&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;AMD has one of the industry’s broadest product portfolios fueled by growth in artificial intelligence&comma; networking and 6G communications&comma; and our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By further investing and expanding our presence in Bangalore&comma; we are committed to driving innovation in India to support the India Semiconductor Mission&period;”&lt&semi;&sol;p&gt&semi; &lt&semi;p&gt&semi;AMD has been an active part of the semiconductor ecosystem in India since 2001 when the company’s first site was established in New Delhi&period; The new 500&comma;000-square-foot Bangalore campus will increase the AMD office footprint to 10 total locations across these cities&colon; Bangalore&comma; Delhi&comma; Gurgaon&comma; Hyderabad and Mumbai&period;&lt&semi;&sol;p&gt&semi; &lt&semi;p&gt&semi;&lt&semi;strong&gt&semi;Supporting Resources&lt&semi;&sol;strong&gt&semi;&lt&semi;&sol;p&gt&semi; &lt&semi;ul type&equals;&bsol;&quot&semi;disc&bsol;&quot&semi;&gt&semi;&lt&semi;li&gt&semi;Become a fan of AMD on &lt&semi;a href&equals;&bsol;&quot&semi;http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;AMD&bsol;&quot&semi; rel&equals;&bsol;&quot&semi;nofollow&bsol;&quot&semi; target&equals;&bsol;&quot&semi;&lowbar;blank&bsol;&quot&semi; title&equals;&bsol;&quot&semi;Facebook&bsol;&quot&semi;&gt&semi;Facebook&lt&semi;&sol;a&gt&semi;&lt&semi;&sol;li&gt&semi;&lt&semi;li&gt&semi;Follow AMD on &lt&semi;a href&equals;&bsol;&quot&semi;https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;AMD&bsol;&quot&semi; 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Material factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include&comma; without limitation&comma; the following&colon; Intel Corporation’s dominance of the microprocessor market and its aggressive business practices&semi; global economic uncertainty&semi; cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry&semi; market conditions of the industries in which AMD products are sold&semi; loss of a significant customer&semi; impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on AMD’s business&comma; financial condition and results of operations&semi; competitive markets in which AMD’s products are sold&semi; quarterly and seasonal sales patterns&semi; AMD's ability to adequately protect its technology or other intellectual property&semi; unfavorable currency exchange rate fluctuations&semi; ability of third party manufacturers to manufacture AMD's products on a timely basis in sufficient quantities and using competitive technologies&semi; availability of essential equipment&comma; materials&comma; substrates or manufacturing processes&semi; ability to achieve expected manufacturing yields for AMD’s products&semi; AMD's ability to introduce products on a timely basis with expected features and performance levels&semi; AMD's ability to generate revenue from its semi-custom SoC products&semi; potential security vulnerabilities&semi; potential security incidents including IT outages&comma; data loss&comma; data breaches and cyber-attacks&semi; potential difficulties in upgrading and operating AMD’s new enterprise resource planning system&semi; uncertainties involving the ordering and shipment of AMD’s products&semi; AMD’s reliance on third-party intellectual property to design and introduce new products in a timely manner&semi; AMD's reliance on third-party companies for design&comma; manufacture and supply of motherboards&comma; software and other computer platform components&semi; AMD's reliance on Microsoft and other software vendors' support to design and develop software to run on AMD’s products&semi; 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AMD has grown its India footprint based on the strong foundation established by our local leadership and the highly skilled talent pool&comma;” said Mark Papermaster&comma; executive vice president and chief technology officer&comma; AMD&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;AMD has one of the industry’s broadest product portfolios fueled by growth in artificial intelligence&comma; networking and 6G communications&comma; and our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By further investing and expanding our presence in Bangalore&comma; we are committed to driving innovation in India to support the India Semiconductor Mission&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>AMD has been an active part of the semiconductor ecosystem in India since 2001 when the company’s first site was established in New Delhi&period; The new 500&comma;000-square-foot Bangalore campus will increase the AMD office footprint to 10 total locations across these cities&colon; 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