With this “cutting-edge facility”, the company aims to accelerate the R&D of semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Lam Research, a leading supplier of wafer fabrication equipment recently inaugurated the company’s new India Center for Engineering in Bengaluru, which is its most advanced facility in the country. As an integral part of the company’s leading-edge global network of labs, it will focus on the research and development (R&D), engineering and testing of wafer fabrication hardware and software used in the creation of next-generation DRAM, NAND and logic technologies.
On the occasion, the president and CEO of Lam Research, Tim Archer stated: “We are proud to build on our long-standing presence in India with the opening of our new, world-class Center for Engineering. This important facility is an expansion of Lam’s R&D operations and will play a critical role in the creation of new technologies needed in a time of rising semiconductor manufacturing complexity. It enables us to capitalize on the tremendous pool of technical talent in India as we strive to solve our customers’ biggest challenges.”
Lam Research’s India corporate vice president and general manager, Rangesh Raghavan said, “Since opening our first facility in India two decades ago, the ingenuity and dedication of our engineering and operations teams here have been key to the development of innovations that have helped propel the advancement of semiconductor technology.” He also thanked all the employees for their work to make this a reality.
Lam Research Corporation supplies innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the global semiconductor industry. The company claims that its equipment and services allow customers to build smaller and better-performing devices. At the opening ceremony, Lam also announced scholarships for three female students to pursue their engineering studies.
