Akash Tripathi, chief executive of the Centre s citizen engagement platform MyGov, is set to become the new CEO of India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), starting 9 October, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

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In the era of Digital Economy, the world we live in is increasingly dominated by data resulting in the heightened demand of Data Centers. These tech data hubs, often hidden in plain sight, power the digital infrastructure that we rely on for communication, entertainment, and work. However, as their importance grows, so do their environmental impact.

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Electronics industry body ELCINA has requested the government to come up with a production linked incentive scheme for the non semiconductor or computer chips sector which is dominated by imports, a senior official of the organisation said.

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HP also expanded its portfolio of locally manufactured commercial desktops by adding various models of desktop mini towers (MT), mini desktops (DM), small form factor (SFF) desktops, and a range of All-in-One PCs. These products include both Intel and AMD processor options and cater to a wide range of customer segments.

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All subsequent efforts from 2007 onwards to bring AMD and Intel failed and endeavours with consortiums like Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation with ST Micro and Silterra Malaysia as well as Jaiprakash Associates with IBM and Tower Semiconductor also failed due delayed decisions.

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With its current focus on assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP) of semiconductors, CDIL Semiconductors is keeping its options open to restart a wafer fabrication facility provided it gets the right opportunity. Established in 1964, India s oldest semiconductor facility, CDIL used to operate a wafer fab plant in Delhi for over 35 years before transitioning to a fabless model 15 years ago.

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The delegation also held meetings with an American financial services company State Street on its potential for the growth of financial services assets, government support for banking licenses streamlining approval processes for Joint Ventures to improve ease of doing business, and assistance in talent acquisition for Global Capability Centers, the statement added.

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Kandadai said the indigenous development of these chipsets is critical to a navigation system that has strategic applications The design of these chipsets follows a series of guidelines stipulated by Isro, which include aspects like power consumption

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While Global Foundries has expressed interest, Texas based Dell is also considering a fresh investment in its research and development (R&D) centre in Bengaluru. The $50 billion company already has a prominent research and development centre in Bengaluru.

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The principle of net neutrality played an important role in making India a leading innovation economy with a vibrant startup ecosystem, and the battle to secure it was hard fought, minister of state for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

Publication: The Economic Times

The Karnataka minister MB Patil has asked top US technology majors to explore new opportunities to deepen their technology investment ties in the semiconductor sector

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The profiles of those looking at a change include developers, mid-level engineers, architects, and de signers, he said. These skills are highly replicable in other industries such as enterprise SAAS, consumer-tech and fintech. According to Adecco’s Saigal, the online gaming talent pool is primarily being absorbed by technology companies.

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Besides several other new-age courses, AICTE is encouraging specific courses on semiconductors. An AICTE directive says, as many as 16,000 seats have been introduced at UG, PG and diploma levels in this technology.

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Google’s generative AI chatbot Bard might get a new ‘Memory’ feature that will remember details about users, a report said. According to an early version of Bard’s UI viewed by 9to5Google, the feature will let the AI chatbot keep track of specific details you share with it and use them to improve future results.

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Electronics industry body ELCINA has requested the government to come up with a production linked incentive scheme for non-semiconductor or computer chips sector which is dominated by imports, a senior official of the organisation said.

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MyGov chief executive Akash Tripathi is set to take over as CEO of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) from October 9, official sources said. The addition to his portfolio of duties was notified by the ministry of electronics and IT on September 22. The order was notified as the tenure of current ISM CEO, joint secretary Amitesh Kumar Sinha, is coming to an end on October 4, sources said.

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According to Feldman, there are only four companies Intel, AMD, Nvidia and Cerebras that are building supercomputers, and all are American. He claimed that Cerebras has an edge over Nvidia, especially in the Indian context. Feldman explained that it takes about 1,200 lines of code to put a small model on a GPU and about 28,000 lines of code to put a medium-sized model on a medium-sized cluster of GPUs.

Publication: The Economic Times

Major Indian enterprises such as Reliance Jio and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have set up partnerships with the Santa Clara-headquartered company to access AI infrastructure. Nvidia has also set up partnerships with Infosys and TCS to train thousands of employees. The government is aware of the human resource requirements. 

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