元器件交易网讯  7月28日消息，据外媒报道，三星计划于2015年夏天在硅谷研发中心投资3亿美元。

　　上周，Business Insider采访了三星存储系统应用实验室高级副总裁鲍勃布伦南（Bob Brennan）。

　　Bob表示，“我们发现投资硅谷可以为业务带回一些独特价值。”

　　该研发中心靠近硅谷顶级创业公司和三星所有重要客户，这是一个理想位置。

　　布伦南强调，这个距离可以促成更多的合作，吸收更好的新理念。“它可以让我们能够结合更创新、更引人注目解决方案。”

　　虽然布伦南没有确切说明会招聘多少人，但是他暗示将会有大规模的招聘热潮。

　　“我了解内存业务，我们将疯狂招聘——尽快招聘博士和业内顶尖人才。”

　　布伦南说，三星一直都在和初创公司谈判，“如果找到合适的公司就会收购。”

　　硅谷新研发中心是三星为找回其创新力的一部分，发现“下一件大事。” 

　　新研发中心有110万平方英尺，目前北加利福尼亚圣何塞在建的地方将作为三星设备解决方案北美总部。该公司目前在美国有10个研发实验室，其中七个位于硅谷，有500多名研究人员从事硅谷业务工作，其员工每年以20-30%的速度增长。

　　（元器件交易网董蕾 译）

　　外媒原文如下：

　　Samsung plans to open a new $300 million R&D center in Silicon Valley by summer 2015 and hire like crazy to do it.

　　Last week, Business Insider had a chance to speak with Bob Brennan, senior vice president of Samsung’s Memory System Application Lab, and hear more about Samsung’s push to expand in Silicon Valley.

　　“Samsung strategically determined the best pool of talent in the U.S would be in the Bay Area,” Brennan said. “We found that investment in Silicon Valley brought back some unique value to the business.”

　　The close proximity to top startups and all the major customers made Silicon Valley an ideal location for Samsung’s new R&D center, Brennan points out. “You have proximity to, what I call, this 'technology pulse,'” he said.

　　Brennan likes to emphasize that this proximity can lead to more collaboration and better new ideas. “It enables us to synthesize solutions that are more innovative and more compelling than we could have otherwise,” he said.

　　Although Brennan didn’t say exactly how many people he expects to hire at the new facility, he did hint at a massive hiring spree.

　　“I know that in the memory business, I’m hiring like crazy – top PhDs and top talent in the industry as fast as I possibly can,” he said.

　　Brennan said Samsung talks to startups “all the time,” and there's always the possibility of an acquisition if it finds the right match.

　　“One of the big pieces of our culture is co-prosperity,” Brennan said. “We truly believe in working with our partners. That’s why in so many markets, Samsung has done really well.”

　　The new R&D center in Silicon Valley is part of Samsung’s continuing effort to recapture its innovative mojo — and find the “next big thing.”

　　Because of a maturing smartphone market and rising competition from smaller players, Samsung is in desperate need of new technologies to fuel its growth. In fact, Samsung spent more on R&D than any other tech firm last year, yet still lagged behind Apple and Google on the world’s most innovative companies list, according to a recent report by consulting firm Booz & Company.

　　The new  1.1 million square foot facility, currently under construction in north San Jose, California will serve as the North American headquarters for Samsung's Device Solutions department. The company currently has 10 other R&D labs in the U.S., seven of which are located in Silicon Valley. More than 500 researchers work in its Silicon Valley operations, with its workforce growing at a rate of 20 to 30% a year, according to Samsung.