AMD to create 290 engineering and research positions for Ireland
AMD is planning to create up to 290 new jobs in Cork and Dublin.
The four-year investment worth €135 million is intended to fund several strategic research and development projects through the addition of new engineering and research positions, as well as a broad range of additional support roles.
Since its acquisition of Xilinx, Ireland is now home to one of the largest AMD R&D sites in Europe with a strong record of delivering products with significant commercial success, such as the AMD Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC semiconductor product family.
Prior to the acquisition of Xilinx by AMD in 2022, Xilinx partnered with IDA Ireland on several occasions to advance semiconductor innovation in Ireland.
Most recently, in 2017, Xilinx announced a $40 million investment to expand its research, development and engineering operations, as well as recruit over 100 new skilled employees.
“From the cloud and PCs to communications and intelligent end points, AMD’s high-performance and adaptive computing solutions play an increasingly larger role in shaping the future of computing today,” said Ruth Cotter, senior vice president, marketing, communications and human resources at AMD.
“For nearly three decades, Ireland has been a flagship European R&D centre developing adaptive computing solutions, drawing from a strong and highly skilled workforce. By further investing and expanding our presence in Dublin and Cork, we are committed to continuing to both drive innovation in Ireland and to support the European semiconductor ecosystem.
“Through this investment, our R&D teams in Ireland will design innovative high-performance and adaptive computing engines to accelerate data centre, networking, 6G communications and embedded solutions while taking a leadership position on artificial intelligence.”
“This investment will continue to push the boundaries of what is possible while contributing further to Ireland’s position as a global technology leader,” said Michael Lohan, chief executive officer, IDA Ireland. “This expansion further strengthens the company’s presence in Ireland as a leading centre of semiconductor innovation and puts Ireland at the heart of AMD’s European research and engineering operations. IDA Ireland has been proud to support AMD and previously Xilinx for nearly three decades and is committed to supporting investments of scale that impact positively on Europe’s semiconductor industry.”
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