Qualcomm Group, USA interested in researching investment in Da Nang

DNO - On the afternoon of March 1 (local time), within the framework of a working trip to the United States, Standing Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Ho Ky Minh and the working delegation visited and worked with Qualcomm Group at its headquarters in San Diego, California.

Standing Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Ho Ky Minh (6th, left) and the delegation took a souvenir photo with the leaders of Qualcomm Group. Photo: WORKING DELEGATION

This is the second specific cooperation activity between Da Nang and Qualcomm after the visit and direct survey of Ms. An Chen, Senior Vice President of Engineering of Qualcomm Corporation, in Da Nang city on January 11, 2024.

The working group informed Qualcomm Group that the city is building 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 established the Da Nang Microchip Design and Artificial Intelligence Research and Training Center (DSAC) in early 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 andFPT University Danang was established to strengthen cooperation in training human resources in microchip design and artificial intelligence (AI) in the locality.

Through discussions, Qualcomm Group said that it is very interested in researching and investing in Da Nang. Da Nang City committed to providing maximum support and expressed its desire to cooperate with Qualcomm Academy to implement a number of short-term training courses associated with Qualcomm certificates 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 chips are the most powerful chip lines currently, manufactured and developed by Qualcomm. Snapdragon chips are often integrated and used in the production process of high-end smartphone lines of many companies 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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