K’taka Minister meets AMD officials

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development, M.B. Patil, on Saturday had a ‘productive discussion’ in San Francisco, California, around skilling, Center of Excellence, and stimulating of start-up ecosystem with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) for the State, an official said. Discussions held with officials of the Santa Clara-headquartered firm Jay Hiremath, Senior Vice-President, AMD, Soni Jiandani -- Co-founder of Pensando Systems (AMD Networking Technology and Solutions Group) -- centred around various partnership opportunities, an official statement said. M. B. Patil is on a 12-day tour in the US with senior officers of the Karnataka government.