Enovix Corporation has opened a new R&D Center of Excellence in Hyderabad, India.
The facility will play a key role in accelerating development of the company’s second-generation AI-2™ battery platform into 2025.
Located in Hyderabad’s HITEC City, the 18,000ft2 centre employs around 40 full-time engineers and scientists, including experts in electrochemistry and materials science. The team is using advanced battery modelling and machine learning to fast-track AI-2 prototype development for engineering evaluation this year.
AI-2 development will leverage Enovix’s global footprint to compress timelines. In Korea, engineers will produce 115mm-wide, 0.3-mile-long rolls of silicon anodes using next-generation materials on ultra-thin copper foil – achieving production speeds 50% faster than previous methods. These anodes will be assembled into prototype batteries in Malaysia on Enovix’s high-volume manufacturing line, bypassing delays experienced during AI-1 development. The samples will then undergo testing in Penang to refine production protocols before final characterisation by the Fremont R&D team. This coordinated, multi-site approach is designed to accelerate AI-2 innovation.
“From my experience at building similar high-performance teams at TI, Qualcomm, and Micron, India has always had a tremendous depth of engineering talent. By integrating modelling, materials development and rapid prototyping under one roof, our R&D Center accelerates innovation, as has already been demonstrated on our AI-1 platform,” said Enovix CEO Raj Talluri.
Image: Constraint design evaluation: Current constraint design (left) that maintains 1,000psi compression on the silicon anode and the re-engineered design from the Hyderabad team (right) that maintains structural robustness while improving performance and energy density.
