April 11, 2024

AMD specific news

AMD Allegedly Scrapped Plans To Add Large Cache To Improve Gaming Performance in Next-Gen Chips Because of Microsoft’s AI Push; Here Is What We Knowedit

AMD, the GPU and CPU manufacturer, reportedly planned to introduce a large last-level cache in their next-generation mobile chips which would have solved gaming memory bandwidth bottlenecks. This would have improved gaming performance significantly but the company allegedly dropped this plan because of Microsoft’s demands for AI NPUs.

Publication: IGN

Intel vs AMD Ryzen: Which is better for gamingedit

The Intel vs AMD Ryzen debate started in 2017 and is still going strong as the first question that pops into consumers heads when buying a new PC even today is whether they should get Intel or AMD.

Publication: Sports Keeda

AMD Finally Confirms Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 Processorsedit

AMD has at last confirmed the existence of Ryzen 9000 processors. The company hasn’t released any official statements or held any press conferences, but it has let slip a mention of Ryzen 9000 in the latest chipset driver release.

Publication: Forbes

Efficient edge computing FPGAsedit

AMD has introduced the Spartan UltraScale + FPGA family, enhancing its FPGA and adaptive SoC range. These devices, designed for edge applications, offer an optimal I/O to logic cell ratio for 28nm and smaller process technologies, ensuring cost and power efficiency.

Publication: Electronics For You

Competition in news

Qualcomm doubles investment in India, plans to invest a billion dollarsedit

Qualcomm is significantly increasing its investments in India, aiming to outpace rivals AMD and Micron, with plans to spend over US$1 billion this year.

Publication: Electronic For You

Innominds collaborates with Qualcomm to accelerate Enterprise Digital Transformationedit

Innominds, a leader in edge orchestration, proudly announces the availability of iDhi, which is an enterprise and industrial IoT Edge Compute box.

Publication: Business Standard

Explained: How is Intel challenging Nvidia’s dominance with Gaudi 3edit

Intel unveiled the third generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator, Gaudi, at the Intel Vision 2024 event. The launch of Gaudi 3 occurred within a year of its predecessor, Gaudi 2.

Publication: TechCircle

Bharti Airtel to leverage latest Intel AI tech to enhance customer experienceedit

India’s Bharti Airtel aims to leverage Intel s latest artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator solution to enhance the experience of its telecom subscribers, the US based chipmaker said in a statement Tuesday.

Publication: The Economic Times

Intel unveils new AI accelerator chip in bid to take on Nvidiaedit

With an aim to challenge Nvidia Corp., Intel is rolling out a new version of its artificial intelligence chip. The updated processor, called Gaudi 3, is designed to boost performance in two key areas: helping train AI systems a process that involves bombarding them with data and running the finished software.

Publication: VAR India

Intel, Infosys announce expansion of partnershipedit

Indian IT major Infosys is expanding its partnership with Intel to help global firms accelerate their artificial intelligence (AI) journeys.”

Publication: Business Standard

Partner in news

Lenovo ISG, Pappaya Cloud Partner For 5000 Server Deployment, 55% In Indiaedit

Pappaya Cloud indicated the plan is to deploy 5,000 Lenovo ISG-backed servers globally in FY24, with a targeted asset base of 15,000 servers over the next three years. Out of the 5,000 servers, 55 per cent are earmarked for deployment in India, with the remaining spread across the UK, US and UAE.

Publication: BusinessWorld

Exclusive: Dell India Senior Director says AI will have a positive impact, can coexist with humansedit

Many tech experts, in the last few months, have talked about how AI is the future and that use of the technology will only grow as time passes by.

Publication: India Today

Dell launches AI-powered Alienware m16 R2 and Inspiron 14 Plus laptops in India: Price, details, and moreedit

Dell has announced its latest consumer laptops in India with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and Intel Ultra Core processors. The Dell Alienware m16 R2 and Inspiron 14 Plus are targeted towards gamers, professionals, and students, and aim to deliver new computing experiences.

Publication: MoneyControl

Acer unveils new AI-enabled laptops at the opening of its 200th storeedit

Technology major Acer opened its 200th store, located in the DLF Mall of India, Noida, on Tuesday (April 9). The occasion also saw the launch of the company s new AI-enabled laptops the Swift Go and Predator Helios 16 series by actress Mouni Roy.

Publication: CNBC TV-18

Dell launches AIpowered Alienware m16 R2 and Inspiron 14 Plus laptops in India: Price, details, and moreedit

Dell has announced its latest consumer laptops in India with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and Intel Ultra Core processors. The Dell Alienware m16 R2 and Inspiron 14 Plus are targeted towards gamers, professionals, and students, and aim to deliver new computing experiences.

Publication: MoneyControl

Tech Mahindra, Microsoft to launch unified workbenchedit

IT services and consultation company Tech Mahindra on Wednesday said it has partnered with Microsoft to create a user-friendly unified workbench on Microsoft Fabric, an analytics platform for businesses and data professionals.

Publication: The Pioneer

Samsung launches Season 3 of ‘Solve for Tomorrow’edit

Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics brand, has announced the third edition of its flagship CSR initiative — ‘Solve for Tomorrow’, in strategic collaboration with the Foundation for Innovation & Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, and the United Nations in India.

Publication: The New Indian Express

Industry news

TSMC’s Q1 revenue rise beats market expectations on AI boomedit

That was towards the higher end of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co s (TSMC) previous prediction for first quarter revenue to range between $18 billion and $18.8 billion.

Publication: Indian Express

The global race for AI chips intensifies. Where does India standedit

The looming geopolitical tensions have triggered these investments as the US strives to boost domestic manufacturing.

Publication: Forbes India

31% of women in tech considering quitting their jobs, shows surveyedit

Nearly a third (31 per cent) of women employees of technology companies worldwide may quit over the next 12 months, a report has said.

Publication: Business Standard

India leads global tech sector with $ 254 billion revenue in FY24: Deloitteedit

A recently released report by Deloitte, Technology Trends 2024: India Perspective , found that India will emerge as a key player in domains such as spatial computing, the industrial metaverse, cloud computing, and generative AI (GenAI).

Publication: Business Standard

IESA, SEMI collaborate to boost India’s semicon ecosystem, global partnershipsedit

The Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the premier industry body representing the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing ESDM industry, on Wednesday, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SEMI, the global industry association representing over 3,000 member companies in the semiconductor design and manufacturing supply chain.

Publication: TechCircle

Dutch NXP Semiconductors to double R&D presence in India; eyes DLI participationedit

Semiconductor AI Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors is increasing investments to double research and development (R&D) presence in India over the next three to five years and is also examining the possibility of partnerships in the space of wafer fabrication as well as testing and packaging space in the country, a top executive has said.

Publication: MoneyControl

$1.5 billion funding to Global Foundries to boost US semiconductor industryedit

The Biden administration awarded $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries for its semiconductor facility expansion in New York, supported by the CHIPS and Science Act and New York Green CHIPS initiative. The expansion aims to triple Malta campus’s capacity and increase Essex Junction site’s gallium nitride semiconductor output, creating 1500 jobs.

Publication: Electronics For You

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