Electronics Sector Skills Council of India (ESSCI) has conducted a skill gap study on the semiconductor industry in India and released a white paper on the workforce requirements in the industry. The study highlights the growing importance of the semiconductor industry in India and the need for skilled manpower in this sector.

Publication: Times Tech

It provides insights on crop health, on crop growth, on how crops are grown in different regions and how they behave in different climatic conditions. It provides yield estimation, irrigation scheduling, pest and disease prediction, nitrogen uptake, water stress detection, and harvest date estimation.

Publication: The Times of India

A 40 nanometer fab will be built in India soon, including the modernisation of Semiconductor Lab (SCL). In the last 12 months, India has seen a significant amount of activity and growth in design and innovation systems, said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

Experts say that amid rapid digital transformation during and after the pandemic, firms have been forced to adopt multiple security solutions, most of which don t work in tandem with each other. Consequently, security professionals have to deal with a complexity that they re not used to, leading to even more struggles in managing a company’s security posture.

Publication: Live Mint

ChatGPT may represent a point of inflection in public consciousness about the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its key role in society.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Google parent Alphabet reported first-quarter results that exceeded analysts’ estimates, as its dominant search business weathered the economic downturn and the cloud unit turned a profit for the first time.

Publication: Business Standard

Global semiconductor revenue is projected to decline 11.2% in 2023, says the latest forecast from Gartner. In 2022, the market totalled $599.6 billion, which was a marginal growth of 0.2% from 2021. The short-term outlook for the semiconductor market has deteriorated further. Global semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $532 billion in 2023. “As economic headwinds persist, weak end-market electronics demand is spreading from consumers to businesses, creating an uncertain investment environment. In addition, an oversupply of chips which is elevating inventories and reducing chip prices, is accelerating the decline of the semiconductor market this year,” said Richard Gordon, practice vice president at Gartner.

Publication: The Times of India

Many futuristic movies like Blade Runner, The Matrix, Minority Report, Ex Machina, Her, and Interstellar have captivated audiences all over the globe. Movies like The Matrix and Minority Report have portrayed a world where digital technologies are seamlessly incorporated into the real world, producing a new reality that was once the stuff of science fiction.

Publication: Express Computer

In the 1990s, the concept of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) emerged, which focused on managing customer data and leveraging it to enhance customer interactions. CRM systems enables companies to track customer interactions, preferences and behaviours to inform marketing, sales, and customer support. It facilitates data driven decision making.

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When Raghav Sarathy was working as a senior product manager at Dell, he filed a patent on a technology that changed the way Dell supports its customers. The technology is embedded in its customer support system.

Publication: The Times of India

Their drones, he says, can be used across industrial applications, such as surveillance and security, land surveys, agricultural surveys as well as inspection of critical assets like pipelines, powerlines, and telecom towers. 

Publication: The Times of India

By creating tailored AI models within LCNC platforms, everyone can add intelligence to the apps they build, automate processes, predict outcomes and improve business performance. The potential of AI is limitless and this is an exciting space that will continue to evolve.

Publication: The Times of India

Infosys has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aramco, an integrated energy and chemicals company, to collaborate on accelerating their HR technology and enhance employee experience through artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

Publication: The New Indian Express

Social media giant Meta has themed its stall on building a metaverse with cases featuring Virtual Reality (VR) and startups showcasing VR across industries on skilling in sectors of nursing, painting, welding, workforce.

Publication: The Times of India

STMicroelectronics has recently organized an ST Manufacturing Strategy Media Event where it has focused on semiconductor manufacturing.

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Manufacturers are hoping for the artificial intelligence revolution to reach their factories, envisaging robots being used to repair complex machinery. There has been an explosion of interest in uses of AI across many sectors since the launch last year of chatbot ChatGPT from US startup OpenAI.

Publication: Tech Hindustan Times

British chipmaker Arm Ltd is building its own semiconductor to showcase the capabilities of its products, as it seeks to attract new customers and fuel growth following its Initial Public Offering (IPO) later this year, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Publication: News 18

And if the blue collar work was the focus of MacColl s ballad, artificial intelligence (AI) models of the generative pretrained transformer type signify a greater threat for white collar workers, as more powerful word predicting neural networks that manage to carry out a series of operations on arrays of inputs end up producing output that is significantly humanlike. So, will this latest wave impact the current level of employment.

Publication: The Indian Express

We have identified 56 emerging technologies including AI, deep learning, and blockchain and are offering courses for free. Recently, we have also tied up with Salesforce to offer free courses to train women from varied academic backgrounds.

Publication: The Times of India

The images show the billionaires dressed in rags and standing in slums. “I made the images using Mid-journey, an Artificial Intelligence programme, which was completed in just two days and posted on my social media account.

Publication: The New Indian Express

The metaverse is rapidly expanding, and with it comes a plethora of career opportunities in the gaming industry. Metaverse gaming is the future of entertainment, and it’s no surprise that people are interested in pursuing careers in this field.

Publication: The Pioneer

By leveraging cloud computing and data analytics, recruiters are also able to create collaborative environments for hiring teams to evaluate prospective candidates more effectively and efficiently.

Publication: The Times of India

Microsoft developing its own AI chip By VARINDIA 20230419 To empower the technology behind AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Microsoft is working on its artificial intelligence chip codenamed Athena.

Publication: Var India

In the 1970s, he played a role in rallying the computer industry to build a new type of microchip with hundreds of thousands of circuits that would become the foundation of today s semiconductor industry Now Sutherland, who is 84, believes the United States is failing at a crucial time to consider alternative chipmaking technologies that would allow the country to reclaim the lead in building the most advanced computers.

Publication: The Economic Times

The purpose of amending the Information Technology Rules of 2021 to introduce a framework for online gaming is to control “the unabated and unwarranted negative impact of online gaming activities on users, especially children and other vulnerable sections of society”, the government said. In a press notification, MeitY said the new rules on permissible online games will ensure that online games or sites that involve wagering will be banned completely.

Publication: The Economic Times

Beginning on Earth Day in 2020, SAS and IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) launched a project asking online volunteers to help identify areas of deforestation in more than 90,000 satellite images.

Publication: The Times of India

Vedanta group is expecting to start building its Rs 1.5 lakh crore semiconductor plant in October December this year and producing electronic chips by the first half of 2027, senior company officials said on Tuesday.

Publication: Live Mint

Vedanta Group expects to start building chip plants from December and expect it to be a key in transforming India from developing economy to a developed country.

Publication: The Times of India

Vedanta Foxconn Semiconductors, a joint venture between the Vedanta group and contract manufacturer Foxconn, wants to start generating revenue from its semiconductor fabrication unit in India from 2027, said new CEO David Reed and Akarsh Hebbar, managing director of Vedanta s semiconductor and global display business

Publication: Communications Today

YEIDA officials said that once established, it would be the second such park in the country after the semiconductor and display manufacturing facility coming up in Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) near Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Publication: The Times of India

Strasbourg, France: As the EU works to lessen its reliance on Asian suppliers, the European Parliament and EU member states have struck an agreement on how to increase the supply of semiconductors in Europe. Following the economic fallout of the coronavirus epidemic, which caused supply chain shocks that resulted in substantial shortages, the European Union promoted domestic chip manufacture.

Publication: First Post

The European Parliament and EU member states reached an agreement Tuesday on a plan to boost the supply of semiconductors in Europe, as the bloc races to reduce its dependence on Asian suppliers.

Publication: The Economic Times

The broader upward trajectory keeps manufacturers humming along, churning out equipment that will, sooner or later, get installed in fabrication facilities.

Publication: The Economic Times

Continuing its efforts to expand the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem and IoT use cases, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced new IoT solutions to enable the advancement of next generation IoT devices: Qualcomm QCS8550, Qualcomm QCM8550, Qualcomm QCS4490 and Qualcomm QCM4490 Processors.

Publication: Express Computer

Nvidia is adding new games to its cloud service GeForce Now every month, to expand the roster of games that support cloud gaming.

Publication: IGN

The tensor processing unit is designed to be used with Google s TensorFlow software, the company s opensource software library for machine learning.

Publication: The Times of India

AP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced today that AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), a leader in high performance and adaptive computing, has successfully migrated to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition. This marks a major milestone in the AMD digital transformation journey and strengthens the two companies longstanding strategic partnership.

Publication: IT News Online

HP India on Tuesday said the PC market is recovering now, and higher demand is expected to come in the next six months compared to the traction the company received in the last six months.

Publication: Bq Prime

The servers, Dell said, are equipped with 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Dell software and engineering advancements, such as a new Smart Flow design, which improves energy and cost efficiency.

Publication: CNBC TV18

The report said in addition to Apple, TSMC customers including Advanced Micro Devices Inc and Nvidia Corp have also asked TSMC to make more sophisticated chips at the Arizona plant TSMC s customers have asked the company to roll out its latest technologies simultaneously in the United States and Taiwan, the report added

Publication: The Economic Times

The semiconductor chip industry started with the invention of the transistor in 1947 by Bell Labs. Almost 80 years later, this tiny technological marvel has become indispensable in our lives. From the production of computers, machines, smartphones, automobiles, and even defense weapons, semiconductor chip aka the chip runs everything. Currently, the United States, Taiwan, Japan, China, and some European nations lead the chip industry in production and innovation. However, changes may be brewing at the horizons.

Publication: The Times of India

According to DigiTimes, Nvidia s backend service providers are not seeing increased orders for testing and packaging of its latest GeForce RTX 40series GPUs based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. They believe the company is taking its time, allowing its partners to sell any remaining GeForce RTX 30series inventory before supplying them with the latest generation graphics chips.

Publication: Techno Sports Co

The biggest maker for InfiniBand gear is now Nvidia Corp, which purchased InfiniBand leader Mellanox for $6 9 billion in 2019 Nvidia is also the market leader in GPUs While Nvidia Mellanox systems are some of the fastest supercomputers in the world, many companies are reluctant to give up Ethernet, which is sold by a variety of companies, to buy both their GPUs and networking gear from the same supplier, said Ram Velaga, senior vice president and general manager of the core switching group at Broadcom

Publication: The Economic Times

Chipmaker Intel Corp said on Tuesday it has discontinued production of its bitcoin mining chip series, just a year after its introduction.

Publication: The Print

HP India on Tuesday said the PC market is recovering now, and higher demand is expected to come in the next six months compared to the traction the company received in the last six months.

Publication: Devdis Course

The Vedanta-Foxconn joint venture for manufacturing semiconductors has shared details of the technology partners it has onboarded so far with the government, a senior Vedanta executive toldET. Of the two partners, Foxconn is responsible for bringing in technology partners, and the JV will enable more licences as needed, said Akarsh Hebbar, managing director of the company’s global display and semiconductor business.

Publication: The Economic Times

Vedanta-Foxconn Semiconductors, the joint venture between India’s Vedanta group and Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn, aims to begin generating revenue from its semiconductor fabrication unit in India from 2027, said newly appointed chief executive of the venture David Reed, and Akarsh Hebbar, managing director of Vedanta’s semiconductor and global display business. Construction of the plant is slated to begin by the end of the current fiscal year, they said in an interview.

Publication: MINT

The company has completed the design and is awaiting a manufacturing slot at a global semiconductor giant The first set of chips is likely to be out by August With devices getting more connected than ever, demand for high performance chips is at an all-time high.

Publication: The Times of India

It also supports sub6GHz 5G with Carrier Aggregation (CA), WiFi 7, interoperability and coexistence of multiple wireless network standards, including WiFi, Bluetooth, and 5G, as well as comprehensive GNSS coverage for more accurate positioning.

Publication: ET Telecom

Esports has rapidly grown over the past few years, transitioning from a niche hobby to a professional industry with millions of fans worldwide. Competitive video gaming has now become a global phenomenon, with professional players earning millions of dollars annually from tournament winnings, sponsorships, and endorsements.

Publication: The Times of India

According to a report released by Oxfam India, Indian women are 15% less likely to own a mobile phone and 33% less likely to use mobile internet services than men.

Publication: The Times of India

Why Artificial Intelligence In this fast evolving world, businesses are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve productivity and value addition of their employees.

Publication: CXO Today

According to Jain, MediaTek sees India as having a very high chance of becoming a chip manufacturing hub. He also mentioned that chip availability has improved on a macro level. We see a lot of serious intent from the government and industry partners.

Publication: Techno Sports Co

Industry body Nasscom says that Indian companies have filed 138,000 tech patents in India and over 9,500 patents in the The fourth industrial revolution democratised access to many emerging technologies Indian innovators seized this opportunity to create solutions which could help domestic businesses to improve their products and services rapidly

Publication: Business Standard

The mobility industry is rapidly evolving and transforming due to technological advancements. The industry is experiencing a significant shift towards a data driven approach. Several Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) use data analytics to make informed decisions, optimise operations, and improve the overall customer experience.

Publication: The Financial Express

Even if trained for and convinced of the need to migrate to PBL or similar pedagogies, “making project-based learning successful can feel overwhelming and intimidating,” says Zachary Herrmann, Director of the Center for Professional Learning at UPenn’s Graduate School of Education.

Publication: Deccan Herald

Automotive chip designer and maker indie Semiconductor recently acquired Germany based Silicon Radar. The companies did not disclose any financial information regarding the deal. The acquisition supports indie’s radar research and development staffing plan.

Publication: Electronics For You

Chip stocks are rallying like it’s 2021. Only it isn’t. And now some investors are getting cold feet. After surging 28 per cent in the first quarter, the Philadelphia semiconductor index is trading at a price-to-projected earnings ratio that’s approaching peak levels of two years ago, back when demand was so high for everything from personal computers to refrigerators that chipmakers couldn’t keep up.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), the most talked about tech aspect of AI, can throw up huge opportunities in the next few years, according to top industry leaders and technologists at the Business Standard Tech Talk.

Publication: Hindi Business Standard

Accreditation and rankings are not the same, but they are complementary to the goal of achieving international recognition, a goal highlighted in NEP and other initiatives including the Institutions of Eminence (IoE).

Publication: The Times of India

Musk recently changed the name of Twitter to X Corp in company filings, as part of his plans to create an “everything app” under the brand “X”.

Publication: Business Standard

Described as the ‘data factory to the world’, data centres are a key element in today’s internet experience. Without it, you wouldn’t be able to send a WhatsApp message or initiate a UPI transaction or binge-watch your favourite show on Netflix. Why so? Practically all the data we generate and consume—when we use our smartphones and the internet, trade in stocks, access banking services, purchase goods, or engage in any other online activity—is stored, processed and managed through these huge computing powerhouses.

Publication: Business Today

The rollout of 5G in India will trigger a relevant and richer wave of digital transformation. Operators, enterprises and vertical industries are ramping up infrastructure and network resources to seize this opportunity.

Publication: Business Today

India is expected to see a sharp increase in hybrid multicloud adoption in the next three years, according to the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index A hybrid multicloud refers to private infrastructure being coupled with more than one public cloud The Nutanix report said that hybrid multicloud usage in India at present is at 12% and expected to increase fivefold (to 63%) in the next three years.

Publication: The Economic Times

The electronics subsidiary of German multinational health care company Merck KGaA said Wednesday it will spend $300 million to expand its specialty gas production facility in eastern Pennsylvania in a step that state officials hope will help boost the area s appeal to the fast growing semiconductor industry.

Publication: ET Telecom

Women in Cloud (WIC) and Veeam Software India, a leader in Modern Data Protection, are pleased to announce their partnership to enhance diversity and inclusion in the field of cloud data management.

Publication: CXO Today

Indeed, in today’s hyperconscious consumer culture, with more concerned customers about food safety and sourcing, transparency in supply chains is increasingly important to consumers, who want to know what is in their food and where it comes from. Several major food supply brands like Nestl have begun to release information on its supply chains for its 15 key commodities, using blockchain technology.

Publication: The Times of India

In a post pandemic era, businesses that rapidly embraced digitisation at the start of the outbreak are the early adopters that leveraged their technological head start to remain operational throughout this period.

Publication: The Times of India

This company assembles most iPhones sold globally to establish a chip manufacturing plant in Gujarat. The partners announced the idea while counting on increasing semiconductor demand despite having little expertise in managing major chip factories.

Publication: Inventiva

India will use G20 narrative to push its digital transformation story to world: Amitabh Kant India s G20 sherpa Amitabh Kant on Tuesday said India will use the G20 narrative to push its digital transformation story to the rest of the world with an objective of transforming the lives of people in the Global South.

Publication: Money Control

To address this, exploring alternative avenues such as sector skill councils, labor ministry, and private job portals can be beneficial.

Publication: The Times of India

Last few weeks have been eventful for AI as many of the researchers around the world came together and signed an open letter to pause gaint AI experiments claiming that it can pose profound risk to humanity. While some think that these discussions are farfetched, it is clear that AI and machine learning in general present interesting opportunities in the field of computing to manage complex challenges.

Publication: CXO Today

Shrikhande said complications like these make things far more difficult for omnichannel players, than for, say, pure e-commerce players, who have just online channels. But technologies have come in to deal with these complexities.

Publication: The Times of India

Enterprise automation company UiPath, in partnership with ICT Academy, an initiative of the government’s information technology and digital services department, recently held the third edition of Skill-A-Thon, a programme to help educators and students become citizen developers, understand how to quickly build and deploy software robots without coding. About 201 ICT Academy member institutions across India, including more than 29,000 college students participated.

Publication: The Times of India

The top 10 Applications of AI and Machine Learning in the FinTech Sector have quickly evolved and improved their efficiency and service capability because of the high demand refers to the innovative technology used in financial services. an increasing number of businesses are using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology.

Publication: Analytics Insight

How Quantum Computing will impact India In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Amith Singhee, Director, IBM Research India & CTO IBM India and South Asia to discuss Quantum Computing, its challenges, impact, and its future in India. Produced by Anant Nath Sharma

Publication: The Indian Express

Mauritius Authority Quizzes Investment Managers over Fees Mauritius, which is often preferred by many international investors for its friendly laws and low expenses, is taking a closer look at the investment managers (IMs) who advise funds on the stocks to buy and sell in markets like India

Publication: The Economic Times

The impending fear of recession has already taken its toll on the job markets. Since the beginning of 2022, over 3,00,000 jobs have been cut globally by some of the big employers, such as Google, Amazon, Meta, etc. Companies are bracing for the recession not just by cutting jobs, but also by dialling back on campus hiring, delaying onboarding, and reducing training and skilling expenses.

Publication: Business Today

Koduri has over 25 years of expertise directing graphics and computing architectures spanning the majority of the top semiconductor manufacturers in the market, including Apple, Intel, and AMD. Koduri recently left Intel to concentrate on creating his own realtime generative AI firm.

Publication: CIO News

The company had been resisting cuts, aiming to grab market share from its rivals SK Hynix Inc and Micron Technology Inc. The development could support chip prices and consequently support the industry s recovery.

Publication: CNBC TV18

Industry associations said the extension will boost local electronics manufacturing and is aimed at allowing filing of new applications that was discontinued at the end of the fiscal year on March 31, 2023

Publication: The Economic Times

The capacity to boost player engagement and ownership is one of the main advantages of tokenization in gaming. Players can actually own the in-game assets they represent by employing non-fungible tokens (NFTs), giving them more control over their use and trading.

Publication: The Financial Express

Digital technology is an operant tool, helping define and achieve a range of organizational goals. With forecasts of global digital transformation spending reaching USD 3.4 trillion by 2026, businesses clearly envision the merits of this investment. But at the same time, business sustainability has become a hot topic globally, over the last three years, resulting in increased pressure from regulators and investors alike.

Publication: The Times of India

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing field of technology that has already made significant contributions to various industries, including healthcare, finance, and transportation.

Publication: The Economic Times

Over the last decade, such experiences have evolved dramatically, becoming far more convenient, reliable, and personalized than ever before.

Publication: The Times of India

AWS re/Start is a free, 12week, entry level cloud skills program that helps prepare unemployed and underemployed learners for exciting careers in cloud computing, and connects them with employment opportunities at local employers.

Publication: CXO Today

OPEN SOURCE design of computer chipsets RISC-V is becoming a global movement with India as a leading player, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said here on Wednesday. While speaking at RISC-V Technology Conference organised by Tenstorrent, the minister said Indian startups using RISC-V have tremendous opportunities for developing products, devices and AI solutions with global companies. “RISC-V is becoming a global movement with India as a leading player,” Chandrasekhar said.

Publication: The Indian Express

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to assess mental health status and suicidal tendencies through apps and telehealth consultation is the new frontier in the battle against mental health disorders They can also act as the crucial bridge between India s high population and the corresponding number of psychiatrists

Publication: The Economic Times

Hyderabad, Telangana, India Business Wire India Qentelli is a Digital and Cloud Technology company based out of Dallas with its Global Innovation Centre at Hyderabad announced today that it has adopted Mandal Parishad Primary School, Siddiq Nagar, Hyderabad.

Publication: Devdis Course

China has launched a cyber-security probe into Micron Technology, one of America’s largest memory chipmakers, in apparent retaliation after US allies in Asia and Europe announced new restrictions on the sale of key technology to Beijing, according to a CNN Business report.

Publication: The Print

Rakesh Ravuri, CTO & SVP of engineering at Publicis Sapient, said India is playing a central role in defining the digital transformation journeys of companies around the world, given the enormous amount of talent here. 

Publication: The Times of India

India should draw up its own blueprint for artificial intelligence (AI) development, Sridhar Vembu, CEO, Zoho Corporation, Rajiv Kumar, chairman, Pahle India Foundation and Sharad Sharma, cofounder, iSPIRT Foundation said in a letter on Monday They believe the downstream effects of adopting technologies such as AI without essential due diligence and appropriate safeguards can cause unprecedented disruption of the existing social order.

Publication: The Economic Times

Super cloud technology is gaining popularity due to the challenges posed by multicloud architectures, which make it difficult for organisations to apply consistent security policies across all their applications and migrate apps among different clouds and data centres.

Publication: CNBC TV18

Even as India’s passenger-vehicle sales touched a record high of 3.9 million units in 2022-23, growing 27 per cent over the previous financial year, the country’s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL), said on Monday uncertainties in the electronic-component supplies might affect production in FY24.

Publication: Hindi Business Standard

The United States Department of Commerce and its Indian counterpart have recently concluded a memorandum of understanding in March 2023 to ensure that subsidies by each country do not come in the way of India’s semiconductor dreams, as espoused by the much publicised semiconductor policy launched in December 2021.

Publication: The Hindu

Only 11-12 per cent of full time equivalent employment (FTE) in India can be automated, the lowest out of many countries, despite the growing popularity and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the globe, according to a recent country wise assessment by Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research.

Publication: Business Standard