Graphics chip maker Nvidia has acquired Pace Soft Silicon in Pune, India, to increase its number of engineers in the country, according to a Nvidia executive.The key benefit from the acquisition, which was completed in December, was quick access to a team of talented engineers, said Alain Tiquet, Nvidia’s group director of marketing for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Asia), in an interview Friday. Tiquet did not disclose the acquisition’s price. Pace had been focused on video software for mobile devices. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe The Pace development team of about 60 staff is the nucleus for Nvidia’s new design center in Pune. The center is currently working on software for GPUs (graphics processing units) and handheld devices, Tiquet said. Software expertise has become very important for mobile phones and consumer entertainment products, as there are no software standards for these products, according to Tiquet. Nvidia’s focus is on building the software layer that will enable equipment makers to get the best out of the company’s chips. Down the line, the Pune center may do work in other areas as well, including products relevant to the Indian market, Tiquet added. The Pune center currently has 150 staff, and the company plans to increase that number to 600 by the end of this year. Nvidia of Santa Clara, Calif., set up a chip-design center, which has 120 staff, in Bangalore, India, last year. The company is planning to increase that center’s staff as well, Tiquet said.A number of multinational technology companies are acquiring Indian companies to add development staff in the country. SiRF Technology Holdings, a San Jose, Calif., vendor of chips and software for consumer GPS (global positioning system) applications, announced earlier this year that it acquired Impulsesoft, a Bluetooth embedded software company in Bangalore. The acquisition gave SiRF access to Impulsesoft’s development staff and Bluetooth intellectual property.-John Ribeiro, IDG News ServiceFor related news coverage, read CeBIT: Lamborghini, Intel Set to Race Ferrari, AMD.Keep checking in at our CIO News Alerts and TechInformer pages for updated news coverage. Related content news CIO Announces the CIO 100 UK and shares Industry Recognition Awards in flagship evening celebrations By Romy Tuin Sep 28, 2023 4 mins CIO 100 IDG Events Events feature 12 ‘best practices’ IT should avoid at all costs From telling everyone they’re your customer to establishing SLAs, to stamping out ‘shadow IT,’ these ‘industry best practices’ are sure to sink your chances of IT success. By Bob Lewis Sep 28, 2023 9 mins CIO IT Strategy Careers interview Qualcomm’s Cisco Sanchez on structuring IT for business growth The SVP and CIO takes a business model first approach to establishing an IT strategy capable of fueling Qualcomm’s ambitious growth agenda. By Dan Roberts Sep 28, 2023 13 mins IT Strategy IT Leadership feature Gen AI success starts with an effective pilot strategy To harness the promise of generative AI, IT leaders must develop processes for identifying use cases, educate employees, and get the tech (safely) into their hands. By Bob Violino Sep 27, 2023 10 mins Generative AI Innovation Emerging Technology Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe