December 11, 2023

AMD specific news

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora launched with AMD Radeon support: What’s special about itedit

Now, the interesting part about this game is that Ubisoft has been collaborating with AMD for several years now. They were working to develop the Snowdrop engine. This will eventually create an immersive gaming world.

Publication: Digit

AMD Radeon Brings Avatar Frontiers of Pandora To Lifeedit

Gamers have been excitedly waiting for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, the highly anticipated game is now available. With AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 23.12.1, gamers can experience incredible performance, stunning visual fidelity and immersive gameplay in the vibrant world of Pandora with AMD Ryzen processors and AMD Radeon graphics cards.

Publication: NCN Online

AMD Introduces All New Ryzen 8040 Series Processorsedit

AMD Ryzen 8040 Series processors also come with advanced LPDDR5 memory support. With these new processors, users are able to take advantage of immersive virtual experiences, gaming and streaming, and trust that their devices support demanding AI use cases while maintaining power efficiency.

Publication: Digital Terminal

AMD Showcases Growing Momentum for AMD Powered AI Solutionsedit

AMD was joined by industry leaders including Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Dell Technologies, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro, Arista, Broadcom and Cisco to showcase how these companies are working with AMD to deliver advanced AI solutions spanning from cloud to enterprise and PCs.

Publication: Digital Terminal

AMD’s latest AI solutions for data centres generate good interestedit

The Santa Clara-based semiconductor company on Wednesday introduced multiple new products, including the AMD Instinct MI300 Series data centre AI accelerators, ROCm 6 open software stack with new features supporting large language models (LLMs) and Ryzen 8040 Series processors with Ryzen AI.

Publication: The Economic Times

AMD’s latest AI solutions for data centres generate good interestedit

Chipmaker AMD s latest product Instinct MI300 Series Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerators is generating good demand from data centre operators.

Publication: The Hindu

AMD Loves Llama So Muchedit

The open source community has a love affair with Llama, Meta s open source large language model. So much so that, many of the models that are coming up in the generative AI ecosystem are based on top of Llama 2, and developers are using the model for all purposes. Why should AMD stay behind

Publication: Analytics India Mag

AMD goes after Nvidia with AI accelerator and software libraryedit

The chipmaker has unveiled a data centre processor and open-source software stack for artificial intelligence, and Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Dell Technologies, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro, Arista, Broadcom and Cisco are among the companies that have announced their support for the new AMD hardware and software.

Publication: Computer Weekly

AMD Delivers Leadership Portfolio of Data Center AI Solutions with AMD Instinct MI300 Seriesedit

Today, AMD announced the availability of the AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators with industry leading memory bandwidth for generative AI and leadership performance for large language model (LLM) training and inferencing as well as the AMD Instinct MI300A accelerated processing unit (APU) combining the latest AMD CDNA 3 architecture and Zen 4 CPUs to deliver breakthrough performance for HPC and AI workloads

Publication: Business Standard

AMD brand mentions

AMD Unveils Ryzen 8040 Series Mobile Processors with Zen 4 Architecture for Laptops; Anticipates Initial Laptop Releases in Q1 2024edit

AMD has officially unveiled its Ryzen 8040 Series mobile processors, announced on December 6, 2023, marking a significant advancement in computing technology. Set to power a majority of laptops in 2024, these processors boast the cutting edge Zen 4 architecture, offering up to eight cores and 16 threads to handle diverse computing tasks.

Publication: It Voice

Top 10 Women Leaders Who Are Killing It in AIedit

Dr Lisa Su stands as a trailblazing figure in the technology industry, renowned for her exceptional leadership and contributions to semiconductor innovation. Serving as the president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), she has revitalized the company, steering it towards remarkable growth and technological advancements.

Publication: Analytics India Mag

Beyond The Likes of Nvidia Corp and AMD, Chip Market Troubles Pose Threats After AI Euphoriaedit

This year’s AI stock frenzy has papered over cracks in the semiconductor market. Beyond the enthusiasm for the likes of Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., it s a mixed picture for investors.

Publication: Tech Hindustan Times

What’s in store for PCs & laptopsedit

From the integration of Al powered gaming characters to the unveiling of cutting-edge processors by industry giants like Intel and AMD, the pace of innovation has been nothing short of remarkable.

Publication: PC Quest

Competition in news

United States Nvidia set to discuss chip deals in Vietnam next weekedit

The southeast Asian country, which is home to large chip assembling factories including Intel s biggest globally, is trying to expand into chip designing and possibly chipmaking as trade tensions between the United States and China create opportunities for Vietnam in the strategic industry.

Publication: ET Telecom

Nvidia CEO aims to set up a base in Vietnamedit

Nvidia wishes to establish a base in Vietnam to develop the country s semiconductor industry as it considers the Vietnamese market an important one, the Vietnamese government said, citing the U.S. chipmaker s chief executive.

Publication: ET Telecom

Intel Core i514600K review: Affordable and Fastedit

Intel Core i514600K review: Everything You Need to Know Intel launched its affordable and powerful Raptor Lake chips last year, which took the market by storm, so this year they have announced the refreshed 14th Gen lineup with increased clock speeds and some more improvements.

Publication: Techno Sports Co

NVIDIA is Rolling Out GH200 for its Customersedit

On the other hand, Microsoft and Meta have also announced plans to integrate AMD s recently launched Instinct MI300X accelerators for AI workloads. Meta is going to build its new data centre using MI300X, which AMD directly compares with H100.

Publication: Analytics India Mag

Intel 144core Sierra Forest CPU Demonstrates Strong Performance, Yet Trails Behind AMD s Bergamo in Benchmarksedit

The upcoming Sierra Forest server chip from Intel has made an appearance on Geek bench 6, showcasing noteworthy multicore performance, as reported by Bench Leaks.

Publication: Techno Sports Co

Can Intel Play Catch Up with NVIDIA and AMDedit

Intel is embarking on a bold journey in AI to compete with NVIDIA, AMD. At Intel Innovation 2023 in September, the company revealed its ambitious roadmap for the next few years, making it clear that they are going all in on AI. This includes their monster 288core Xeon CPU, based on Emerald Rapids architecture, that s coming next year.

Publication: Analytics India Mag

NVIDIA To Join Forces With YTL To Develop AIedit

MALAYSIAN CONGLOMERATE YTL’s utilities unit will partner with US technology giant Nvidia to develop artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the Southeast Asian country, in a $4.3 billion investment deal. The first phase is expected to be operational by mid—202Li, YTL Power International said in a statement on Friday.

Publication: The Financial Express

Partner in news

AMD Unveils Ryzen 8040 Series Mobile Processors with Zen 4 Architecture for Laptops; Anticipates Initial Laptop Releases in Q1 2024edit

AMD has officially unveiled its Ryzen 8040 Series mobile processors, announced on December 6, 2023, marking a significant advancement in computing technology. Set to power a majority of laptops in 2024, these processors boast the cutting edge Zen 4 architecture, offering up to eight cores and 16 threads to handle diverse computing tasks.

Publication: It Voice

India is a fast growing market, we want to participate positively : Acer CEO Jason Chenedit

India is a fast growing market and we want to participate positively, and Acer will be the first one to monitor and take the latest technology to people, said Jason Chen, Chairman and CEO of Acer. The technology brand that has been making some rapid strides in offering innovative products recently announced a slew of environmentally conscious products in Dubai.

Publication: The Indian Express

ASUS Announces Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE and Pro WS TRX50SAGE WIFIedit

ASUS announced the Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE and Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI workstation motherboards featuring the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPUs.

Publication: National Computrade News

Industry news

Indian ecosystem not ready for mfg of semiconductorsedit

Semiconductor revenue set to grow 17% globally Global semiconductor revenue is estimated to grow 16.8% to $624 billion in 2024, according to Gartner. In 2023, the market is forecast to decline 10.9% and reach $534 billion.

Publication: The Times of India

Tata to invest 40,000 cr in Assam to set up semiconductor processing plant: CMedit

The Tata Group of industries has submitted an application to set up a semiconductor processing plant in Assam with an investment of 40,000 crore, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Memory Chips: South Korean president heads to Netherlands to boost semiconductor cooperationedit

High tech chips are the lifeblood of the modern global economy, used in everything from weapons to cars, and South Korea accounts for about 60 percent of the world’s supply of memory chips, Yoon told AFP in an exclusive written interview.

Publication: ET Telecom

China lags behind in AI race amid lack of advanced chips, regulationsedit

China is still playing catchup with the US when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), as it faces lack of access to advanced chips amid strict regulation, the media reported. The arrival of ChatGPT and a barrage of AL models from US based tech giants later like Bard, Gemini and LLaMA forced Chinese tech companies to develop their own large language models (LLMs) but they are lagging behind, reports the South China Morning Post.

Publication: DT Next

Armed with AI capable chips, MediaTek now looks to rival Apple and Qualcommedit

Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek is gunning for the premium segment in coming years, taking on formidable US rivals Qualcomm and Apple with the launch of its latest lineup of flagship mobile processors focussing on high performance and generative AI capabilities , a top executive said

Publication: The Economic Times

Toshiba, Rohm to invest $2.7 billion to jointly produce power chipsedit

Toshiba will invest 99.1 billion yen in a cutting edge 300mm fabrication plant it is building in Ishikawa, central Japan, to produce silicon power chips. Toshiba and Rohm said on Friday they would invest 388.3 billion yen ($2.7 billion) to jointly produce power chips, the first collaboration since Rohm s participation in a $14 billion buyout of Toshiba.

Publication: Money Control

Rajeev Chandrashekhar addresses third edition of IIGFedit

The Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Rajeev Chandrasekhar addressed and delivered a keynote address at the India Internet Governance Forum 2023. The third edition of IIGF was held at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Multiple factors to redefine semiconductor landscape’edit

Besides semiconductor, areas to watch in 2024 include evolutions in generative AI, post-quantum cryptography, battery technologies, and new space exploration, all of which will be instrumental to help us address the challenges of our economies, communities and ecosystems,” added Mr. Brier.

Publication: The Hindu

TATA to invest in Assamedit

Tata Group’s Ambitious Plan: INR 40,000 Crore investment in Assam Semiconductor Plant. Tata Group is planning to establish a semiconductor processing plant in Assam, with an investment of approximately Rs 40,000 crore, according to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s announcement on Friday

Publication: Vijayavani

Indian Tech Firms to be Key Driver for Global AIedit

Microsoft, the largest vendor of computer software in the world, is working with India’s largest IT & ITES (IT enabled services) companies in markets across Australia, Europe and Asia to drive AI implementation, Mazhari said, adding that Indian IT and ITES will power the next generation of AI software platforms.

Publication: The Economic Times

Electronics, pharma stand out in Indian exportsedit

Electronic goods, and drugs and pharmaceuticals have emerged as standout per formers for the country’s export basket amid a slowdown in global trade.

Publication: Hindustan Times

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