BANGALORE: Nvidia Corporation, the global player in programmable graphics processor technologies, has announced the opening of its design centre in Pune, India. The new facility marks Nvidia's continuing expansion in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Pune facility will be equipped as a state-of-the-art data centre allowing the design of technologies for a wide range of products and platforms, informs an official release.

Since its founding, Nvidia has invested over $1 billion into research and development. As it expands into new product areas, including handheld graphics processors for mobile phones, the company intends to broaden its research and development investment on a worldwide basis, the release adds.

"The expansion of our R&D operations in India is based on our belief in the country's outstanding engineering talent and ability to create innovative technology," says Nvidia CorporationJ co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang. "India is highly strategic to NVIDIA and we are delighted to become a member of the Pune community."