DNO - On the afternoon of March 1 (local time), within the framework of a working trip to the United States, Permanent Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Ho Ky Minh and the delegation visited and worked with Qualcomm Group at its headquarters in San Diego, California.
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| Standing Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Ho Ky Minh (left) presents a souvenir to the leader of Qualcomm Group. Photo: WORKING DELEGATION. |
This is the second specific cooperation activity between Da Nang and Qualcomm after the direct visit and survey of Ms. An Chen, Senior Vice President of Engineering of Qualcomm Corporation, in Da Nang city on January 11, 2024.
The delegation informed Qualcomm Group that the city is developing two specific policy resolutions to attract overseas Vietnamese intellectuals in the field of microchips and semiconductors to transfer knowledge and technology to relevant parties of Da Nang city and a policy resolution to support training participants and students in the field of semiconductor chips and microchips in Da Nang city.
The city has established the Da Nang Center for Research and Training in Microchip Design and Artificial Intelligence (DSAC) since the beginning of 2024 to prepare resources to welcome and work with businesses and investors to promote the development of these fields in the city.
In addition, the infrastructure at Software Park No. 2 is being completed and put into use so that businesses and organizations can set up headquarters here.
The alliance of universities including: University of Science and Technology, Vietnam-Korea University of Information and Communications Technology, Danang University of Technical Education (Danang University); Duy Tan University and FPT University Danang was established to enhance cooperation in training human resources in microchip design and artificial intelligence (AI) locally.
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| Standing Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Ho Ky Minh (6th, left) and the delegation took a souvenir photo with leaders of Qualcomm Group. Photo: WORKING DELEGATION |
Qualcomm Corporation said it is planning to open a Research and Development (R&D) office in Da Nang, and requested DSAC and the city's Investment Promotion and Support Board to send a focal point to support Qualcomm in opening an AI research office at Da Nang Software Park No. 2 (phase 1) in 2024.
The city pledged to provide maximum support for the establishment of Qualcomm's R&D Office; at the same time, it will cooperate with Qualcomm Academy to deploy a number of short-term training courses associated with Qualcomm certification for human resources in Da Nang.
The two sides also agreed to cooperate in organizing solutions and competitions to find talents, and innovation challenges in the field of microchip design... in the coming time.
Qualcomm Incorporated was founded in 1985 and is an American global semiconductor company that designs and provides wireless telecommunications products and services, headquartered in San Diego, California, USA with more than 157 offices worldwide.
Qualcomm is one of the world's largest chip design and AI companies by revenue.
Snapdragon chip is the most powerful chip line currently, manufactured and developed by Qualcomm. Snapdragon chip is often integrated and used in the production process of high-end smartphone lines of many brands such as Samsung, Sony, Xiaomi...
In 2020, Qualcomm built its first R&D center in Vietnam and Southeast Asia to expand 5G chipset production…
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