United States based chipmaker Marvell Technology is preparing for a significant increase in hiring and research activity in India as it looks to capture the growing global demand for AI infrastructure. The company’s India head, Navin Bishnoi, said in an interview with a common news outlet that Marvell plans to expand its current India workforce of 1700 employees by fifteen percent every year for the next three years. He did not share the exact details of the company’s increased research and development investment.
Marvell operates from Bengaluru, which serves as its main India base, while its centre in Hyderabad works on security solutions for data centres. The Pune team focuses on embedded development for networking and storage products. Although India currently contributes only a small portion of Marvell’s total revenue, Bishnoi expects this to rise as data centre capacity grows and data protection rules become stronger.
Bishnoi said that India is now probably the third largest in data centre footprint. He added that Marvell is in discussions with large scale cloud service providers, also known as hyperscalers, along with local companies, to expand its customer network.
Marvell designs advanced chips for AI and cloud systems but does not manufacture them. The company is talking with local assembly and testing firms to support their future manufacturing plans. These organisations, known as outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers, take care of packaging and testing once chips are fabricated.
Bishnoi said that India is not expected to become one of Marvell’s major revenue markets within the next five years. However, he believes the long term outlook is strong. He said, “Ten years down the line, yes.”
Marvell’s growth plans match the national focus on building a strong semiconductor ecosystem. The government has identified chip manufacturing as a key part of the country’s economic strategy to reduce import dependence and strengthen its position in the global electronics sector.
India does not yet have a large scale chip fabrication plant. However, several projects and outsourced semiconductor assembly and test facilities are being developed under a government incentive programme worth ten billion dollars.
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