AMD specific news
AMD Unveils NextGen Ryzen PRO 7040 Series Mobile and Desktop Processorsedit
AMD has announced the launch of its new Ryzen PRO 7040 Series Mobile processors, raising the bar for x86 processor performance and efficiency in Windows 11 business laptops and mobile workstations.
Publication: Digit
AMD s latest mobile, desktop processors come with Ryzen AIedit
(Representative Image Courtesy: AMD) AMD has announced its lineup of Ryzen Pro 7040 series mobile processors along with the Ryzen Pro 7000 series for desktops. The company is targeting Windows 11 business laptops and premium workstations with these.
Publication: Money Control
AMD launches all new Ryzen 7040 series laptops and Ryzen PRO 7000 series desktop CPUs: Specs, features, and moreedit
AMD is back in the game with a ton of new processor launches. The list includes the new Ryzen PRO 7040 series laptops and the Ryzen PRO 7000 series desktop processors. These chips are also the first lineups to support the new Ryzen AI, a dedicated artificial intelligence engine that will carry out AI specific workloads.
Publication: Sports Keeda
AMD Announces Ryzen PRO 7040 Series Zen 4 Processors for Commercial Notebooksedit
AMD today announced its Ryzen PRO 7040 line of processors for the all important commercial notebook segment A commercial notebook is a class of notebook that are purchased in large quantities by businesses or government organizations, to be handed out to their employees.
Publication: Tech Power Up
The Importance of VRAM for 1440p Gamingedit
According to the Steam Survey, gaming displays with 2560x1440p resolution are the fastest growing segment of displays among gamers. With over 75% more pixels than 1080p resolution, 1440p is placing more demand on the memory in PC graphics cards. For 1440p gaming at maximum settings, AMD recommends at least 12GB of VRAM to deliver incredible visual quality.
Publication: NCN Online
In challenge to Nvidia, AMD will ramp up AI chip production this yearedit
Alexis Black Bjorlin, who oversees computing infrastructure at Facebook parent Meta, said the firm has adopted the Bergamo chip, which targets a different part of AMD s data center business that caters to cloud computing providers and other large chip buyers.
Publication: The Economic Times
AMD all set to display next-gen Data Centre and AI Technology at upcoming livestream eventedit
The semiconductor company, AMD is all set to livestream the “AMD Data Centre and AI Technology Premiere”, an in-person event where the company will reveal its growth plan, product portfolio, and capabilities for data centres and artificial intelligence (AI).
Publication: Var India
AMD unveils updates for EPYC, AI, for next phase of data centre innovationsedit
Chipmaker AMD on Tuesday announced various new products and strategies that aim at steering its next course of data centre innovation.
Publication: Business Standard
AMD unveils new series of updates for EPYC and AI, to drive the next phase of data centre innovationsedit
AMD unveils new series of updates for EPYC and AI, to drive the next phase of data centre innovations
Publication: PTI News
AMD unveils MI300x AI chip as generative AI acceleratoredit
AMD s Instinct MI300X GPU features multiple GPU chiplets plus 192 gigabytes of HBM3 DRAM memory, and 5.2 terabytes per second of memory bandwidth. The company said it is the only chip that can handle large language models of up to 80 billion parameters in memory. AMD
Publication: Technology For You
AMD Taiwan’s Vince Hsu Discusses Fintech-Semiconductor Symbiosisedit
Vince Hsu, the Financial Controller of AMD Taiwan, recently shared his insights on the symbiotic relationship between the semiconductor industry and financial technology (fintech). Hsu states that advanced semiconductor technologies have laid a solid foundation for fintech.
Publication: EE Times
AMD says Meta is using its cloud chip as it rolls out AI strategy updateedit
Chief Executive Lisa Su said AMD has started shipping its Bergamo central processor Alexis Black Bjorlin, who oversees computing infrastructure at Facebook parent Meta said the firm has adopted it
Publication: The Economic Times
AMD likely to offer details on AI chip in challenge to Nvidiaedit
AMD Chief Executive Lisa Su will give a keynote address at an event in San Francisco on the company’s strategy in the data center and AI markets. Analysts expect fresh details about a chip called the MI300, AMD’s most advanced graphics processing unit (GPU), the category of chips that companies like OpenAI use to develop products such as ChatGPT.
Publication: The Indian Express
AMD Eyes AI, Cloud Expansion With Instinct MI300X, EPYC 97X4 Chipsedit
AMD Eyes AI, Cloud Expansion With Instinct MI300X, EPYC 97X4 Chips Dylan Martin The chip designer claims its upcoming Instinct MI300X GPU, which comes with an unprecedented 192GB of HBM3 memory, will allow organizations to run large language models on fewer GPUs compared to Nvidia s flagship H100, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership.
Publication: CRN
AMD Expected to Reveal Details on New AI Superchip in Bid to Challenge Nvidia s Dominanceedit
AMD Chief Executive Lisa Su will give a keynote address at an event in San Francisco on the company s strategy in the data center and AI markets. Analysts expect fresh details about a chip called the MI300, AMD s most advanced graphics processing unit (GPU), the category of chips that companies like OpenAI use to develop products such as ChatGPT.
Publication: Gadgets 360
AMD Expands Leadership Data Center Portfolio with New EPYC CPUs and Shares Details on Next Generation AMD Instinct Accelerator and Software Enablement for Generative AIedit
Today, we took another significant step forward in our data center strategy as we expanded our 4th Gen EPYC™ processor family with new leadership solutions for cloud and technical computing workloads and announced new public instances and internal deployments with the largest cloud providers,” said AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su.
Publication: IT News Online
AMD Expands 4th Gen EPYC CPU Portfolio with Leadership Processors for Cloud Native and Technical Computing Workloadsedit
Today, at the Data Center and AI Technology Premiere, AMD (AMD) announced the addition of two new, workload optimized processors to the 4th Gen EPYC CPU portfolio.
Publication: Investing
AMD Cloud Native EPYC Bergamo, HPC Optimized GenoaX CPUs And MI300 AI Accelerators Take Flightedit
However, what might be most compelling about the announcements AMD made today, is that the company has laid the foundation for a comprehensive platform strategy for accelerated computing solutions that are specifically optimized for the major growth markets of cloud computing, HPC and AI.
Publication: Forbes
AMD CEO on new AI superchip: This is incredibly powerful technologyedit
AMD (AMD) is poised to take the fight to AI superchip rival Nvidia (NVDA). On Tuesday, AMD unveiled its most advanced chip yet targeted toward red hot generative AI technology. Dubbed the MI300x, it can use up to 192GB of memory. The beefy memory capabilities mean AMD s new chip could be applied to AI large language models, commonly known as LLMs.
Publication: Yahoo Finance
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Supermicro Expands AMD Product Lines with New Servers and New Processors Optimized for Cloud Native Infrastructure and High-Performance Technical Computingedit
Supermicro, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for Cloud, AI/ML, Storage, and 5G/Edge, is announcing that its entire line of H13 AMD based-systems is now available with support for 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors, based on “Zen 4c” architecture, and 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors with AMD 3D V-Cache™ technology.
Publication: Ians
Nvidia and AMD battle for GPU dominance in intense competitionedit
In the highly competitive world of graphics processing units (GPUs), two industry giants, Nvidia and AMD, have been locked in a relentless battle for dominance.
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Ericsson, Intel, HPE successfully demonstrate Cloud RAN calledit
Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson , chipmaker Intel , and Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE ) have successfully jointly demonstrated a Cloud RAN call in Ottawa, Canada.
Publication: ET Telecom
Intel in talks to be anchor investor in Arm IPO: reportedit
Arm’s designs are used to manufacture chips made by most of the world’s major semiconductor companies, including Intel, AMD, Nvidia and Qualcomm. It was not immediately clear what impact any IPO investment by one or more of those companies would have on Arm’s commercial relationships.
Publication: The Economic Times
Chip designer Arm courts Intel as anchor investor in IPOedit
Arm Ltd, the chip designer backed by SoftBank Group Corp., is in talks with potential strategic investors including Intel Corp. to anchor what will be one of the largest initial public offerings of the year, people familiar with the matter said.
Publication: Mint
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Acer India Announces Gaming Mania Sale from June 14, with Discounts on Gaming Laptops, Lucky Draw Contests and More, Details Hereedit
Every purchase of Aspire 5 or Nitro 5 series (for Intel core i5 and AMD Ryzen 5 models) laptops will come with 2 years of extended warranty and a free Nitro mouse.
Publication: IGN
Samsung announces Odyssey OLED G9 series curved gaming monitors: Detailsedit
The monitors feature AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and Display HDR True Black 400. Packaged in a metal frame, the Odyssey OLED G9 is fitted with CoreSync and Core Lighting+. Coming on to the specifications and features, the Odyssey OLED G9 monitors sport 49inch displays with 1800R curvature.
Publication: Business Standard
Industry news
Disbursed Rs 2.9k-cr so far under 14 PLI schemes: DPIITedit
Addressing a press briefing, Additional Secretary in the DPIIT Rajeev Singh Thakur said that the next two years would be crucial for the disbursement. “In eight sectors, we are disbursing the incentives and in the remaining six, we are hopeful (to start the disbursements). This year and next year, we will be on track,” Thakur said.
Publication: The Indian Express
Cisco Likely to Partner with Flex in TN to Make in Indiaedit
Network and telecom giant Cisco, which announced its intent to start manufacturing in India, is likely to choose Flex India as its manufacturing partner in the country, multiple sources in know of the development told ET .
Publication: The Economic Times
TSMC regains $500 billion mkt cap as investors clamor for AI, chipsedit
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. regained its $500 billion market capitalization after investors ramped up bets on tech leaders best-placed to ride an anticipated AI boom. Asia’s most valuable company gained more than 3% Tuesday, fueled also by hopes that a post-Covid chip downturn is nearing an end. That took its 2023 gain to 32%, cementing its position amongst the world’s 10 most valuable corporations after overtaking Visa Inc. in May.
Publication: Business Standard
TMS Ep453: NASSCOM AI regulation, spam calls, markets, cyclones categoriesedit
The debate around generative AI has also thrown up questions around data privacy. With the recent massive hack on the AIIMS servers this question has now assumed an urgency. Tushar Verma sheds light on one of the prevalent misuses of our data. Which is the phenomenon of spamming – the scores of unwanted calls and messages that you get daily. So do financial services providers have a licence to spam?
Publication: Business Standard
Oracle beats quarterly revenue estimates on cloud services demandedit
Oracle’s push into the cloud computing market has started to bear fruit, helped by its acquisition of electronic medical records firm Cerner last year that has helped it better compete with industry giants like Microsoft and Amazon.com .
Publication: ET CIO
Greater Noida launches Data Centre scheme, expects Rs 20,000 cr investmentedit
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) said it has launched a land allotment scheme for ‘Data Centres’ from Tuesday and expects investments worth Rs 20,000 crore. The investments would also create 10,000 jobs in the region and the GNIDA would earn a revenue of Rs 1,000 crore against the allotment of 13 land parcels, it said in a statement.
Publication: Business Standard
Better chip supply fuels passenger vehicle production by 16%: Siamedit
Amid better semiconductor chip supplies, the Indian automotive industry posted an 8 percent growth in production of vehicles across categories for the month of May, with three-wheelers (20 per cent) and passenger vehicles (16 per cent) leading the pack. Exports, however, dipped 21 per cent at an industry level.
Publication: Business Standard
BAM Digital Realty to invest ₹2,000 cr to build data centre in Mumbaiedit
BAM Digital Realty, a joint venture between Brookfield Infrastructure and Digital Realty, on Tuesday, announced the acquisition of 2.15 acres of land in Chandivali, Mumbai, to build a new data center, its second in India. With an estimated investment of more than ₹2,000 crore ($250 million), the facility will deliver 35 megawatts (MW) of IT load upon completion, bringing the company’s total planned capacity in India to 135 megawatts (MW), the company said.
Publication: TechCircle
Accenture to invest $3 billion in Artificial Intelligence, double AI talent to 80,000edit
Accenture on Tuesday said it will invest $3 billion in its data and artificial intelligence ( AI) practice over the next three years, and double the AI headcount to 80,000 through hiring, acquisitions, and training.
Publication: The Economic Times
A road map to propel US-India chips pushedit
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi will travel to Washington DC on June 21 for his first official State visit. A prominent item on the agenda is technology cooperation. In May last year, the two governments elevated their strategic partnership by announcing an initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET).
Publication: Hindustan Times
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