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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS & Ryzen 5 8645HS Hawk Point APU Benchmarks Unveilededit
The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS Hawk Point flagship APU has surfaced for the second time on the Geekbench 6 database. While it could potentially be a rebrand of the existing Ryzen 7040 Phoenix family, there are notable enhancements in power management and the XDNA engine, contributing to a slightly improved performance.
Publication: Techno Sports
What is AMD s AI Strategy for Indiaedit
Last month, to expand its research and engineering operations in India, AMD inaugurated its largest global design centre in Bengaluru. The AMD Technostar R&D campus is a key component of the company’s $400 million investment in India over the next five years. AMD recognises the potential India has for its global goals.
Publication: Analytics India Mag
CES 2024: Highly Anticipated Tech Launchesedit
AMD Speculation suggests that AMD might introduce the Ryzen 8000G APUs in January, and CES could be the ideal setting to initiate discussions. AMD often leverages CES to make significant announcements, potentially to counterbalance Nvidia s presence.
Publication: Techno Sports
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Dell Generative AI Open Ecosystem with AMD Instinct Acceleratorsedit
Dell Technologies and AMD are unveiling an expansion to the Dell Generative AI Solutions portfolio, continuing to enable advanced workloads and offer businesses more choices to continue their unique Generative AI (GenAI) journeys.
Publication: CRN
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Qualcomm Makes Its Push For PC Relevance, Leading With AIedit
Qualcomm gave us an end of year update on the new Snapdragon X Elite, the company s bold effort to create an Arm based PC ecosystem. The future looks bright, especially if Qualcomm can incentivize ISVs to natively port to Arm.
Publication: Forbes
US in talks with Nvidia about AI chip sales to China: Raimondoedit
The Biden administration is in discussions with Nvidia Corp about permissible sales of artificial intelligence chips to China but emphasized that it cannot sell its most advanced semiconductors to Chinese firms.
Publication: The Economic Times
Elon Musk wanted way more Nvidia chips for his Grok chatbot than Oracle could provide, Larry Ellison saysedit
Nvidia stock has more than tripled this year as investors bet the graphics-chip specialist will power the artificial-intelligence revolution. Elon Musk is among those who can’t get enough of its semiconductors, Oracle’s Larry Ellison said on Monday.
Publication: Business Insider
AI PCs are coming, they will bring dramatic use casesedit
Intel has been an early mover in this space and in 2016 acquired a company called Movidius that was building a discrete computer vision chip. That IP has been utilised in a number of places. “But what we also did with that IP was we embedded it into a CPU that can go into a PC or into an edge form factor.
Publication: The Times of India
Partner in news
Dell Generative AI Open Ecosystem with AMD Instinct Acceleratorsedit
Dell Technologies and AMD are unveiling an expansion to the Dell Generative AI Solutions portfolio, continuing to enable advanced workloads and offer businesses more choices to continue their unique Generative AI (GenAI) journeys.
Publication: CRN
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway almost halves stake in PC maker HPedit
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s firm Berkshire Hathaway Inc . has cut its holding in personal computer maker HP Inc. by almost half. Berkshire held 51.5 million shares, or 5.2% of the Palo Alto, California based company on Nov. 30, according to a regulatory filing.
Publication: Live Mint
Sony Hints at Upgraded PS5 with September 2024 Launch Windowedit
Sony is rumoured to launch the PS5 Pro in September 2024, as per recent reports. Although Sony has not officially confirmed the existence of the PS5 Pro, leaks and speculations about the potential successor to the PlayStation 5 have been circulating online for some time.
Publication: The Hans India
Dell sees India as a key market for SMB tech adoption and gaming expansionedit
Personal technology major Dell Technologies continues to witness a sustained level of demand, comparable to the level seen during the Covid19 period, even as demand for Personal Computers(PC) globally has slumped.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
ASUS launches Chromebook Plus CX3402 in India: Know price, specs, and moreedit
Taiwanese electronic brand ASUS on December 12 launched in India the Chromebook Plus CX3402 portable laptop.
Publication: Business Standard
Acer Global Chairman and CEO Jason Chen Announces Make in India Commitment, Market Expansion, and Growth Through Conscious Technologyedit
On his visit to India, Jason Chen, Chairman and CEO of Acer reinforced the company s commitment to the thriving Indian market with strategic initiatives aimed at fostering growth, innovation, and sustainability.
Publication: CRN
Industry news
It’s Time for India to Shine on Global Stage, Say Biz Leadersedit
India’s robust policy framework, digital public infrastructure and the abundance of talent could make it the country’s decade on the global economic stage, business leaders said. Challenges include geopolitical developments, capacity building, and managing technological advancements.
Publication: The Economic Times
What to expect as India hosts Global Partnership on AI Summit todayedit
The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit kickstarts in New Delhi on Tuesday (December 12), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the event. India is negotiating with the 28 other member countries to arrive at a consensus on a declaration document on the proper use of AI, the guardrails for the technology and how it can be democratised.
Publication: The Indian Express
UP emerging as hub of data centre: Yogiedit
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday claimed that Uttar Pradesh is fast emerging as a data centre hub in the country and said that the state received investment proposals of Rs 40 lakh crore including several related to the development of semiconductor manufacturing units and electronics manufacturing during the Global Investors Summit (GIS).
Publication: UNI India
Sahasra to set up semiconductor packaging unit with Rs 350 cr outlayedit
Noida based Sahasra Electronics is planning to invest around Rs 350 crore in the next three years to set up a semiconductor packaging facility and increase manufacturing under the Make in India program.
Publication: Projects Today
Micron Semiconductor Project on Fast Track in Gujaratedit
Micron’s unit is expected to create up to 5,000 direct and 15,000 indirect job opportunities over the next five years in India.
Publication: EET India
Chips for America: US expects to make multibillion chips awards within the next yearedit
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she expects to make around a dozen semiconductor chips funding awards within the next year, including multibillion dollar announcements that could drastically reshape U.S. chip production.
Publication: The Economic Times
AI has the potential to revolutionise India s tech landscape: PM Modiedit
Artificial Intelligence Summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit 2023, painted a vibrant picture of India s tech future powered by the revolutionary potential of artificial intelligence.
Publication: The Economic Times
Inclusive AI: Tech firms turn to local language modelsedit
Representatives of global tech giants such as NVIDIA, Google, OpenAI, along with United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), said that local LLM models would reduce the gaps between leading AI economies like the US, China, and the global south and would enable cross border flow of data to train models.
Publication: The Financial Express
Dixon Technologies shares in focus as arm bags Lenovo contract to produce laptops under PLI 2.0edit
Shares of Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd will be in focus today after the company post market hours of Monday said its wholly-owned subsidiary Padget Electronics Private Limited bagged a manufacturing contract by Lenovo to carry out manufacturing of IT Hardware products including notebooks and laptops under the production linked incentive (PLI) 2.0 scheme, subject to signing of definitive agreement in due course.
Publication: Business Today
AI, cloud among top IT investment priorities for 2024, says studyedit
Despite economic uncertainties, a survey by Rackspace Technology, in collaboration with Dell and VMware, reveals that businesses are gearing up to invest in IT in 2024, with a keen focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud transformation.
Publication: Tech Circle
AI Mission to help startups with computing power: PMedit
India will soon launch an AI Mission to build artificial intelligence- related computing capabilities across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday.
Publication: Business Standard
It’s Time for India to Shine on Global Stage, Say Biz Leadersedit
India’s robust policy framework, digital public infrastructure and the abundance of talent could make it the country’s decade on the global economic stage, business leaders said. Challenges include geopolitical developments, capacity building, and managing technological advancements.
Publication: The Economic Times
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