Qualcomm announced plans to establish an Integrated Circuit (IC) Design and Engineering R&D center in Singapore.
Qualcomm also will manage certain strategic business planning and development, sourcing, procurement and distribution, as well as other marketing and administrative functions, from Singapore for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, the Company's chipset division.
The new IC Design and Engineering R&D operations will focus on chipset design and development - including analog and power design; mixed signal design; digital design; mask layout design; and pre and post silicon verification.
The new IC Design and Engineering R&D center aims to tap into local Singapore and regional talent to develop a wide range of hardware and software-related design support solutions, as well as augment Qualcomm's existing product test center in Singapore.
Singapore has held a strategic importance to Qualcomm since 2000 when the company set up its chipset distribution center in the country.