Renesas expands design subsidiary in Vietnam

Renesas Technology Corp. celebrated the start of its construction effort to build a new facility at its design subsidiary Renesas Design Vietnam Co. Ltd (RVC) to expand its development and design capabilities.

RVC was created in October 2004, as one of Renesas' main design centers for developing sophisticated multi-function SoC devices. The company has decided to construct a new building to increase the capability of design and development, and to improve efficiency and its development environment.

The new facility will consist of a four-story building with the total land area of 10,000-sq. meter and will be capable of accommodating approximately 500 engineers. It will be equipped with the latest development support environment, including servers and EDA tools.

The Renesas event was graced by local government officials and academic organizations such as the Ho Chi Minh City Office, the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing Zone Authority, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and the University of Natural Sciences.

The new Renesas building will be completed by July 2007 and will begin operations in September 2007.