AMD Expands European Engineering Capabilities With New Design Center in Romania

—New design cen­ter high­lights com­mit­ment to expand engi­nee­ring resour­ces focu­sed on sili­con design in the EU —

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Oct. 1, 2021 — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announ­ced the ope­ning of a new Design Cen­ter in Roma­nia. Loca­ted in Iasi, the new AMD design cen­ter will employ a diver­se team of engi­neers focu­sed on fur­the­ring both hard­ware and soft­ware inno­va­tions at the heart of the company’s lea­ding high-per­for­mance com­pu­ting solutions.

We are thril­led to expand our pre­sence in Euro­pe with the ope­ning of a new design cen­ter in Iasi,” said Ste­ven Hes­ley, cor­po­ra­te vice pre­si­dent Sili­con Design Engi­nee­ring at AMD. “Our team in Roma­nia will focus on key design deve­lo­p­ments for future CPU core archi­tec­tures and AMD Infi­ni­ty Fabric™ tech­no­lo­gy that will help acce­le­ra­te next-gene­ra­ti­on com­pu­ting experiences.”

The crea­ti­on of a new AMD Design Cen­ter in Euro­pe, with plans for future expan­si­on, high­lights the company’s gro­wing engi­nee­ring pre­sence and com­mit­ment to deve­lop engi­nee­ring talent in the regi­on. “AMD is com­mit­ted to pro­vi­ding cus­to­mers high-per­for­mance pro­ducts with advan­ced secu­ri­ty fea­tures that help sol­ve some of the world’s toug­hest chal­lenges,” said Mario Sil­vei­ra, cor­po­ra­te vice pre­si­dent of sales EMEA at AMD. “I am exci­ted to see Euro­pe con­tri­bu­ting to our company’s visi­on of deli­ve­ring sus­tainable and indus­try-lea­ding pro­ducts through a team of talen­ted engi­neers in Romania.”

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