jayaram@amdcad.UUCP (Jayaram Kalpathy) (09/26/85)
This is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the Oct'85
IEEE Design & Test.
" TI has announced plans to open a new CAD software facility
in Bangalore, India to develop proprietary software for IC design.
TI (India) Private,Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of TI
and will be the firm's first permanent facility in the Asia-pacific
area. The center is scheduled to open in April 1986.
Approx. 50 engineers from the Bangalore area will receive
six months of training in the US and England before the new facility op
opens.
The new company represents a $3M to $5M investment for TI and
will have a satellite receiving station for direct communication with
the US and England. All software developed there will be shipped to the
US for worldwide distribution to other TI operations.
Selection of the Bangalore area was "a strategic move to
establish TI's presence in the Asia-Pacific area because of the
projected high growth rate for the electronics business there through
the 1990's."
Robert Rozeboom, a TI vice-president, praised the quality of
India's educational system in comparison to those in surrounding
countries, noting that "the availability of about 20,000 graduates
a year in the sciences offers a great potential, and many of them
are currently underemployed."
Bangalore is considered by many to be the center of electronics
activity in India."
Jayaram Kalpathy. ucbvax!amdcad!jayaram