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AMD Radeon Graphics Business Leader Scott Herkelman To Departedit
AMD Radeon Graphics Business Leader Scott Herkelman To Depart Dylan Martin Scott Herkelman says he plans to leave AMD at the end of the year after launching three increasingly competitive generations of GPU architectures to combat rival Nvidia in the PC and workstation markets.
Publication: CRN
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10 best budget GPUs to play Cyberpunk 2077 in 2023edit
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ($170) With its 4GB GDDR6 memory, the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is a fantastic budget RTX GPU for 1080p gaming. It provides an affordable option for gamers looking for playable frame rates in modern titles, with decent performance and support for ray tracing.
Publication: Sports Keeda
Competition in news
Qualcomm denies to shut down Shanghai R&D Centre, plans to trim workforceedit
US chip major Qualcomm has denied it is going to shut down its research and development facility in Shanghai, China.
Publication: ET HR World
Getty Images working with Nvidia to debut its own AI image generatoredit
Getty s new product, developed with chipmaker Nvidia Inc., will be trained Getty s own data and will endeavor to sidestep thorny legal issues, in part, by limiting what images will power the generator.
Publication: Business Standard
NVIDIA’s Dominance Set to Surge Furtheredit
There is no meaningful competition for NVIDIA s high performance GPUs until AMD starts shipping its new AI accelerators in high volumes in early 2024, said Raj Joshi, senior vice president for Moody s Investors Service, in a statement. It is worthy to note that the revenue of the chipmaker has beat every major analysts estimates for the past 4 consecutive earnings.
Publication: nalytics India Mag
Intel Innovation 2023 Really Was About Innovatingedit
At Hot Chips, Intel announced the Granite Rapids and Sierra Forest specs. While details were vague on Granite Rapids, Intel highlighted Sierra Forest as shipping with 144 cores per socket. This would put the chip at a higher core count than AMD s Bergamo (128 cores) but below the up to 192 cores that Ampere boasts in Ampere One.
Publication: Forbes
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Lenovo Brings AMD, AI And As A Service to the Edgeedit
Lenovo aggressively targets the edge compute market with offerings built around its ThinkEdge brand. Lenovo last week announced a new ThinkEdge platform, based on Advanced Micro Device s new edge targeted AMD EPYC 8004series processor.
Publication: Forbes
Industry news
Chipmaker GlobalFoundries seeks funding under CHIPS Actedit
The US Commerce Department had said in August more than 460 companies expressed interest in winning government semiconductor subsidy funding in a bid to boost the country s competitiveness with China s science and technology efforts.
Publication: ET Telecom
As govt softens stance, new rule for checking laptop, PC imports from November 1edit
The central government has demoed its import management system to IT hardware companies including Apple, Dell and HP starting November 1, the system will require companies to register and disclose data related to their imports, countries from which they import electronics hardware like laptops and personal computers, and domestic sales value, The Indian Express has learnt.
Publication: The Indian Express
Micron commences construction on $2.7 Bn semiconductor plant in Indiaedit
US based Micron Technology broke grounds for its about Rs 22,500 crore (US$ 2.75 billion) chip assembly and test facility in Gujarat on September 23, 2023. At the ceremony, the Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that India has embarked upon its journey to become a semiconductor hub.
Publication: Sme futures
Samsung joins India laptop making pushedit
Samsung Electronics plans to start making laptops in India next month, two people aware of the development said, providing a boost to the government s push for domestic production through a mix of financial incentives, tax breaks and import curbs.
Publication: Live Mint
PLI Scheme: Global hardware firms intensify talks with local cos on PLIedit
Top global technology hardware brands have intensified talks with local companies that applied for the revised production linked incentive (PLI) scheme to set up an ecosystem for making notebooks, desktops, and servers in India and helping achieve the federal goal of 70% local output in three years for these items.
Publication: ET Telecom
India Eases Planned Restrictions On Laptop, Tablet Imports: Reportedit
India is loosening its planned restrictions on imports of laptops, tablets and other IT hardware, giving manufacturers such as Apple Inc., HP Inc. and Dell Technologies Inc. more time to prepare for potential curbs.
Publication: NDTV
Global hardware players in talks with local firms to manufacture under PLIedit
As many as 40 companies, including Dell, HP, and Lenovo, have applied for the IT hardware PLI scheme with a commitment to produce personal computers, laptops, tablets, servers, and other equipment worth Rs 4.65 lakh crore during the scheme period.
Publication: Business Standard
Our chip-making game shows welcome realismedit
The segment’s sales potential is considered vast by market analysts, although its trajectory will depend on various factors like raw material availability and how these chips ascend the performance curve. By way of strategy, a niche focus makes sense.
Publication: MINT
Big Tech Gets a Chance to Show Age-gating Plansedit
The government has given big technology companies such as Meta and Google an opportunity to come back with a proposal on how to implement the age-gating provision for children under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, minister of state for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told ET.
Publication: The Economic Times
Samsung joins India laptop making pushedit
Industry experts said Samsung’s local production plans would remain small compared to rivals such as HP, Lenovo and Dell, the top three companies in the Indian laptop market. “Samsung is a very small player in PC/notebook.
Publication: MINT
India loosens planned curb on laptop, tablet importsedit
India is loosening its planned restrictions on imports of laptops, tablets and other IT hardware, giving manufacturers such as Apple Inc., HP Inc. and Dell Technologies Inc. more time to prepare for potential curbs.
Publication: Deccan Herald
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