PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL – CEITEC S.A., a developer and producer of application-specific ICs, has opened Latin America’s first IC design center.
 
The company will add 60 engineers who will design RFID, digital media and wireless communication chips for its fabrication facility now ramping up for production.
 
The Brazil government’s total investment is almost $210 million.
 
Newly appointed CEITEC president Eduard Weichselbaumer will lead the firm’s efforts developing markets for the chips.