Overview
- The memorandum of understanding was signed in Chennai in the presence of Chief Minister M K Stalin, Industries Minister T R B Rajaa, senior officials, and KLA executives.
- The planned campus spans 12 acres with potential build-out of roughly 1.5 million square feet over time.
- The company projects up to 4,000 high-skilled jobs to be created across the next decade.
- Research priorities include high-performance computing, process-control engineering software, and AI-led semiconductor innovation.
- The initiative builds on KLA’s recently opened ₹300 crore R&D facility in Chennai and strengthens Tamil Nadu’s role in the global semiconductor value chain.