AMD specific news
Best Starfield graphics settings for AMD RX 6600 and RX 6600 XTedit
The AMD Radeon RX 6600 and RX 6600 XT are 1080p graphics cards launched as part of the last gen RDNA 2 lineup. Although they have already been replaced by the newer RX 7600, these GPUs continue to be superb options for playing the latest and greatest games with some tweaks to the settings. Starfield, the latest space explorer RPG from Bethesda, is no exception to this formula.
Publication: Sports Keeda
AMD head Jaya Jagadish says 12 lakh jobs will be created in Semiconductor sectoredit
As India strives to establish itself as a semiconductor manufacturing hub, the industry will create demand for 12 lakh jobs across the sector as manufacturing evolves and design functions solidify further, said Jaya Jagadish, Country Head of AMD India, and Chairperson of the Semicon Talent Building Committee (TBC).
Publication: Vijay Karnataka
Indian semiconductor industry to generate 12 lakh jobsedit
As India strives to establish itself as a semiconductor manufacturing hub, the industry will create demand for 12 lakh jobs across the sector as manufacturing evolves and design functions solidify further, said Jaya Jagadish, Country Head of AMD India, and Chairperson of the Semicon Talent Building Committee (TBC).
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
AMD brand mentions
ASUS Vivobook Go 14 is getting a direct discount of Rs 12,000, you will get a strong processor with 16GB RAM.edit
The device comes with a 180degree hinge for versatile use. It is equipped with 7th generation AMD Ryzen 5 7520U processor and AMD Radeon graphics. The laptop offers up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 512GB of internal storage. It comes preinstalled with Windows 11 Home.
Publication: Jagran
ASRock 4X4 BOX 7040 Series Mini PC: Speed and Stamina with AMD Ryzen 7040U APUedit
ASRock Industrial releases the 4X4 BOX 7040 Series Mini PCs powered by AMD Ryzen 7040U Series APUs, featuring up to 8 Zen 4 cores and 16 threads. With the new AMD Ryzen AI, the first AI engine for an x86 platform, and support of dual channel DDR5 5600MHz memory up to 64GB, the new Series sprint ahead in speed, performance, and AI capability, while guaranteeing extended runtime.
Publication: Times Tech
Amazon Sale 2023: Hot Deals On Best Gaming Laptops With Ryzen 7 Processoredit
Have you checked out the Amazon Sale 2023 yet If not, let me give you a gentle nudge in the direction of the breathtaking ASUS Vivobook 16X. This stunner sports a 16inch screen, runs on AMD Ryzen 7, and comes with a monstrous 512GB hard disk! Woah, right
Publication: Her Zindagi
Competition in news
U.S. should use Nvidia s powerful chips as a chokepoint to force adoption of A.I. rules, DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman saysedit
One of the leading figures in A.I. wants Washington to force the rest of the world to follow its lead on regulating the new technology and use Nvidia to do it. Nvidia s processors are key to training the large language models that power A.I. bots like OpenAI s ChatGPT and Google s Bard.
Publication: Fortune
PM meets Nvidia CEO, discusses rich potential India offers in world of AIedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met CEO of American software firm Nvidia Jensen Huang and they talked at length about the rich potential India offers in the world of Artificial Intelligence. In a post on X, Modi said, Had an excellent meeting with Mr. Jensen Huang, the CEO of @nvidia. We talked at length about the rich potential India offers in the world of AI.
Publication: Business Standard
Talked at length about the rich potential India offers in AI : PM Modi on meeting CEO of Nvidiaedit
Last September AMD said it had received new license requirements that would halt exports of its MI250 artificial intelligence chips to China. NVIDIA reported revenue for the second quarter ended July 30, 2023, of $13.51 billion, up 101 per cent from a year ago and up 88 per cent from the previous quarter. GAAP earnings per diluted share for the quarter were $2.48, up 854 per cent from a year ago and up 202 per cent from the previous quarter.
Publication: Business Today
SoftBank lines up Apple, Nvidia as backers of Arm’s IPOedit
SoftBank Group Corp has lined up some of Arm Ltd.’s biggest customers as strategic investors for the chip company’s initial public offering, including Apple Inc, Nvidia Corp, Intel Corp, and Samsung Electronics Co, according to people familiar with the situation.
Publication: The Hindu Business Line
Partner in news
Lenovo unveils gaming glasses, portal PC handheld deviceedit
Along with the Legion Glasses and new Lenovo Legion E510 7.1 RGB Gaming headphones, the debut of the Lenovo Legion Go is a marked expansion of the Lenovo s ecosystem of gaming devices, monitors, accessories, software, and services that empower gamers to immerse themselves in their games.
Publication: SME Times
India emerging as Laptop Factory of the world as Dell, HP, and others apply to create locally 75,000 jobsedit
Both countries are striving to outdo each other, particularly in the area of technology development and manufacturing. However, this competition and the resulting tension are paving the way for another rising star: India. Especially since the Covid19 pandemic, India has become a global production hub, attracting increasing attention from various companies. Most recently, India announced that Dell, HP, and 32 other companies have applied to manufacture laptops locally.
Publication: India Shipping News
Industry news
Education Ministry, Meta collaborate for digital skilling students, educators and entrepreneursedit
A three year collaboration titled Education to Entrepreneurship: Empowering a generation of students, educators, and entrepreneurs was launched in New Delhi on September 4 by Union Minister for Education, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan. The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, and Meta are partners in this venture.
Publication: Money Control
Govt, Meta sign three year partnership to skill 500,000 entrepreneursedit
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Education and Meta today signed a three year partnership to take digital skills to the grassroots, thus building talent pool capacities and seamlessly connecting students, youth, and microentrepreneurs across the country.
Publication: Business Standard
Huawei chip shows US curbs on China s semiconductor are porous, not uselessedit
Testing by Bloomberg News shows the smartphone hitting speeds in excess of 350 megabits per second. That s akin to fifth generation mobile standards and is on par with Apple Inc. s iPhones.
Publication: Business Standard
India moves towards digital transformation; journey to be showcasededit
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)will set up two state-of-the-art Digital India Experience Zones in Hall 4 and Hall 14 at Pragati Maidan. This event will facilitate the exchange of experience and best practices for implementing DPIs in the country.
Publication: Financial Express
Licensing norms for import of laptops, PCs to be a one off measureedit
The compulsory import licensing norms introduced for import of laptops and tablets, which has triggered widespread concerns about a return to preliberalisation era policies, is a one off move and won’t become a trend across sectors, a senior government functionary assured.
Publication: Business Standard
The need to build sovereign AI capabilitiesedit
During his recent visit to India, Arvind Krishna, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of IBM, said India needed to develop sovereign capability in artificial intelligence (AI), including Generative AI.
Publication: Business Standard
Top 5 Ways AI is Reshaping the Cloud Industryedit
Unveiling the top 5 ways AI is enhancing and reshaping the cloud industry The IT industry is collaborating to enhance many of the technologies used to guard against and prevent cyberattacks as the sophistication and severity of these attacks increase. One route that experts are now looking at is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, two technologies that significantly increase cloud security automation.
Publication: Analytics Insight
IT hardware PLI 2.0: Weed out the nonserious playersedit
The reason for the same is the large number of applications by contract manufacturers without any manufacturing contractual agreement with original equipment manufacturers. Of the 40 applicants, there are only seven branded players HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, Asus, HPE, and Thomson. Of these seven brands, while Dell and HP are participating directly, HPE, Lenovo, Acer, Asus, and Thomson are participating through EMS (contract manufacturers) companies.
Publication: Financial Express
US wants to set the rules for AI, but honchos like Altman, Musk and Zuckerberg have other plansedit
Although the US has denied that the President Joe Bidenled administration has imposed any such restrictions, regulatory filings from NVIDIA and AMD have revealed that US based tech companies need a special kind of export license if they want to send their products to any West Asian nation.
Publication: First Post
Govt likely to extend laptop licensing by a yearedit
Sources said that retaliatory moves by the US Administration cannot be discounted, as eight industry associations whose membership includes the likes of Apple, Amazon, AMD, HP, Dell, Intel, Cisco, Samsung, IBM, Meta, and Micron among others, have already written to the US Government to urge the Indian Government to reconsider implementation of import licensing and launch a stakeholder consultation to formally solicit recommendations from industry and all relevant stakeholders.
Publication: The U.S. has expanded restriction of exports of sophisticated Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices artificial intelligence chips beyond China to other regions including some countries in the Middle East. Publication: News 18Google DeepMind Co Founder Wants US to Enforce AI Standards: What It Meansedit
A surprise insideedit
The US’ efforts focused on keeping Chinese technological abilities in the semiconductor field at chips larger than 14 nano metres (nm), which are about eight years behind the Western (and Taiwanese/Japanese) technological frontier. Through the release of the Mate 60, China has demonstrated it can produce at least a certain number of 7nm chips, which are five years or so behind.
Publication: Business Standard
Eye for GenAI: IT firms ramp up investmentsedit
In May this year, Infosys launched Topaz, an AI-first set of services, solutions, and platforms using GenAI tech. Infosys CEO Salil Parekh recently stated that the company is engaged in 80 GenAI projects, focusing on large language models for software development, text, document, voice, and video.
Publication: Business Standard
Rajesh Nambiar appointed as Nasscom Chairpersonedit
Indian IT and tech trade body Nasscom announced the appointment of Rajesh Nambiar, Chairman and Managing Director, Cognizant India, as its new Chairperson. On his appointment, Nambiar said, “I am honored and humbled to support the Nasscom Executive Council as its Chairperson and look forward to working with all its stakeholders to continue to strengthen India’s leadership as the most trusted tech partner for the world.”
Publication: Punya Nagari
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