Advanced Micro Devices opened a research and development (R&D) center in Shanghai where it plans to employ “hundreds” of workers, the company said Tuesday.Called the Shanghai Research and Development Center, it is AMD’s largest research center outside the United States. AMD’s statement was vague on other details but called it a “multi-million dollar” facility.The China-based center will allow it to work more directly with customers that are based or manufacture locally, AMD said, including its OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) customers in the region including Lenovo Group, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM. AMD rival Intel opened a similar R&D facility in April, 2004 in Shanghai, where it also operates a large chip manufacturing plant. Technology Industry