Taiwan’s newly appointed Economy Minister J.W. Kuo said on Thursday that China’s military drills are nothing to worry about and there is healthy interest from foreign firms who want to work with the island’s crucial chip sector China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up its military activities around the island over the past four years, including staging war games last week.

Publication: The Economic Times

MediaTek, the Taiwanese semiconductor company announced the artificial intelligence (AI)enabled chipset, Dimensity 7300 and Dimensity 7300X to support smartphones.

Publication: Tech Hindustan Times

As AI usage continues to increase globally, the demand for cutting-edge semiconductors is also on the rise to cater to the increased computing requirements of AI applications.

Publication: Business World

India will have to attract a wider range of semiconductor suppliers to succeed in building a robust chip industry in the country, according to the leader of an influential trade association.

Publication: Business Standard

The investment will support 26,500 jobs and include AI teaching programs for Malaysian teachers and students Google will invest $2 billion in Malaysia to develop its first data and cloud centers in the country, supporting some 26,500 jobs by 2030. Google will build a data center and cloud region in Sime Darby Property’s Elmina Business Park in Greater Kuala Lumpur.

Publication: The Economic Times

Over 72 percent of Global Capability Centers (GCC) leaders identified talent management as a key priority for GCCs, according to a report by Nasscom and KPMG in India.

Publication: The Financial Express

By the end of 2026, 100 per cent of enterprise PC purchases will be Artificial Intelligence (AI) PCs globally, up from less than 5 per cent in 2023, said a Gartner report. By the end of 2024, Gartner forecasts AI PC shipments will reach 22 per cent.

Publication: Business Standard

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence across consumer and enterprise sectors is expected to propel a 33% increase in net global AI semiconductor revenue in 2024.

Publication: Live Mint

Speaking at the conclave, Sandeep Dutta, lead for India Business at Accenture, said, “For companies looking to succeed in the age of generative AI and advanced technologies, GCCs offer a clear path to scaling reinvention and unlocking unprecedented business value.

Publication: The New Indian Express

HCLTech has added generative AI (GenAI) capabilities to its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) solution, iMRO/4 to help enterprises raise the performance and efficiency of complex, high-value assets in transportation, technology, energy, and aerospace and defence.

Publication: The New Indian Express

First, the good news. India’s consumption of semiconductors is booming. It is poised to account for 10 per cent of the $1 trillion global semiconductor market by 2030, more than doubling its share in eight years.

Publication: Business Standard

The new Salesforce program in partnership with IMDA was announced at the Asia Tech x Enterprise 2024, as part of a series of partner pledges in support of the Digital Enterprise Blueprint (DEB) launched by the Ministry of Communications and Information.

Publication: The Economic Times

By Aisha Counts Meta Platforms Inc. removed hundreds of Facebook accounts associated with covert influence campaigns from China, Israel, Iran, Russia and other countries, some of which used artificial intelligence tools to generate disinformation, according to the company’s quarterly threat report.

Publication: Business Standard

A consortium of US investment firm KKR and Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has emerged as the frontrunner to buy a minority stake worth $1 billion in one of Asia s biggest data centre providers, two sources said.

Publication: Business Standard

In December 2021, the Centre announced a Rs 76,000 crore scheme for semiconductor and display fabrication.

Publication: Business Today

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with IT services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop India’s first Quantum Diamond microchip imager an advanced sensing tool to test the quality of semiconductor chips.

Publication: The Hans India

CtrlS Datacentres has launched its new AIready datacentre Hyderabad DC3 at Gachibowli CtrlS Datacentres has invested over Rs 500 crore in this facility, which has about 1,300 racks capacity

Publication: The Economic Times

Carlyle taps ADIA, GIC, KKR, others for Airtel data centres business stake sale Private equity firm Carlyle has begun formal discussions with sovereign wealth funds including the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Publication: Money Control

Hitachi and Google Cloud on Wednesday announced a multiyear partnership to accelerate enterprise innovation and productivity with generative AI.

Publication: Financial Express

Malaysia is targeting at least 500 billion ringgit ($107 billion) in investment for its semiconductor industry, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday, as the Southeast Asian country looks to position itself as a global manufacturing hub.

Publication: The New Indian Express

In December 2021, the government came out with India Semiconductor Mission wherein a Rs 76,000 crore chip incentive scheme was announced under which 50 percent of the plant’s capital expenditure costs was offered as subsidy.

Publication: MoneyControl

Minister Choi Sangmok also pledged in a media pool report released on Tuesday that the government would continue efforts to support the country’s crucial chip industry. It is time to discuss concrete measures for the Valueup Programme.

Publication: Business Standard

It seems that Google is now getting really serious about its Pixel phones after receiving some negative feedback about its devices. Most of the Pixel phones use Google’s Tensor chip, which Samsung s silicon division develops.

Publication: India Today

India is poised to witness an influx of Global Capability Centers (GCCs) in the coming years, driven by the country’s pool of engineering talent and robust capability in innovation and digital transformation, Srikanth Srinivasan, vice president and head of membership and outreach at Nasscom told FE

Publication: Financial Express

Malaysia aims for USD 107 bn investment in semiconductor industry Malaysia aims for USD 107 billion investment in its semiconductor industry, led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, targeting design, packaging, and manufacturing.

Publication: The Economic Times

Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20.4% to total $675.4 billion in 2024, up from $561 billion in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc This growth is being driven by generative AI (GenAI) and application modernisation the research firm said.

Publication: The Hindu

From Reliance, Adani-Connex to Sify and Amazon Web Services (AWS), many companies in recent times have announced their investment plans in data centres across the country.

Publication: The New Indian Express

China chipmakers are catching up fast in AI, SenseTime’s Xu says China s domestic AI chipmakers are making fast progress in closing the gap on international leaders, according to SenseTime Group Inc. cofounder Xu Bing.

Publication: MoneyControl

The group is considering the creation of customised artificial intelligence (AI) models for commercial prospects and consolidating digital services on a super app, according to people in the know.

Publication: Business Standard

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) takes up more and more space in our daily chores, a new study finds out it can also kill human loneliness, as WHO described it as a global health threat last year in November.

Publication: Financial Express

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has partnered with IIT-Bombay to create India’s first quantum diamond microchip imager. The project aims to enhance the precision in semiconductor chip examination, thereby reducing failures and boosting energy efficiency of electronic devices, the IT firm said.

Publication: Financial Express

Velo Technologies partners with Infinaxis to add 2MW capacity to upcoming data centre Velo Technologies (TelcoHubX) has pledged 2MW capacity in the Infinaxis Data Centre facility, further enhancing its connectivity and data center space growth to meet customer needs.

Publication: The Economic Times

ICEA said that the scheme aims to increase domestic value addition, especially in mobile phone manufacturing, from the current 18 per cent to 3540 per cent. Component manufacturing should progress alongside the development of the semiconductor ecosystem currently underway in India.

Publication: Business Standard

HCLTech and Arm have announced a collaboration to develop custom silicon chips optimised for AI workloads.

Publication: CNBC TV-18

Google could move to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for its Tensor chips, which would debut in 2025 Pixel smartphones. In 2021, Google partnered with Samsung to debut its inhouse Tensor chips.

Publication: Business Standard

Cloud computing has been a part of the tech scene for years, but its adoption has surged recently. While initially, the Covid19 pandemic accelerated digital transformation, pushing businesses toward the cloud, the rise of Generative AI (GenAI) is further driving this shift.

Publication: Financial Express

Amazon’s computing unit AWS is in talks with Italy to invest billions of euros in the expansion of its data centre business in the country as part of the tech giant’s effort to boost its cloud offer in Europe, four people familiar with the matter said.

Publication: Business Standard

Not only is India buying electrical and electronic items from China in bulk, but also, China is the major source for most of these items, with very few alternatives. India sourced 54% of its mobiles/ telephones from China in the FY15 to FY24 period.

Publication: The Hindu

Elon Musk’s Artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAl has raised $6 billion to accelerate its challenge to his former allies at OpenAI.

Publication: Financial Express

IT company HCLTech on Monday said it has partnered with British semiconductor and software design company Arm to work on custom silicon chips that support AI-driven business operations.

Publication: The Pioneer

China Has Set up its third planned state-backed investment fund to boost its semiconductor industry, with a registered capital of 344 billion yuan ($47.5 billion), according to a filing with a government-run companies registry.

Publication: Financial Express

U.S. businessman Elon Musk recently told investors that his artificial intelligence startup xAI is planning to build a supercomputer to power the next version of its AI chatbot Grok, The Information reported on Saturday citing a presentation to investors.

Publication: The Indian Express

Meta’s AI chief Yann LeCun said that AI chatbots like ChatGPT will never be able to reach human-level intelligence because of lack of reasoning by definition.

Publication: The Financial Express

The world of digital marketing is constantly evolving, marked by innovation, adaptation, and technological advancements. At the heart of this transformation lies the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into programmatic marketing.

Publication: The Financial Express

Meta’s AI chief Yann LeCun said that AI chatbots like ChatGPT will never be able to reach human-level intelligence because of lack of reasoning by definition.

Publication: The Financial Express

The electronics manufacturing industry is urging the government for a 30,00035,000 crore production-linked incentive PLI scheme for components and subassemblies, along with capital expenditure backup to support surging exports of mobile phones and other electronics.

Publication: The Economic Times

In recent years, global health organisations like the WHO and the Global SelfCare Federation have underscored the significance of selfcare as a strategic intervention to alleviate healthcare costs and ease the system s burden.

Publication: The Financial Express

US businessman Elon Musk recently told investors that his artificial intelligence startup xAI is planning to build a supercomputer to power the next version of its AI chatbot Grok, The Information reported on Saturday citing a presentation to investors.

Publication: The Economic Times

As per the commitment made under the Information Technology Agreement in 1997 at the WTO, India cannot increase the duty on laptops, PCs and similar IT products, which currently come into the country at zero duty.

Publication: The Indian Express

The US Commerce Department said on Thursday it plans to grant $75 million to Absolics for constructing a 120,000squarefoot facility in Georgia that will supply advanced materials to the country s semiconductor industry

Publication: ET Telecom

Cloud computing is speedily altering the digital sphere in India, extending exceptional prospects for companies and individuals alike.

Publication: Hindustan Times

The government has asked Tower Semiconductor to rework its proposal for setting up a chip fabrication unit in India as it wants the Israeli company to onboard a technology partner that has better technology and can offer advanced nodes for manufacturing , said a senior government official

Publication: The Economic Times

As technology giants like Microsoft and Google focus on AI development in India, Pichai expressed confidence in India’s capability to influence the global advancement of AI.

Publication: Times of India

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is moving into the mainstream, boosting productivity and opening doors to novel product possibilities, says Chandrasekaran in TCPL’s annual report for FY24.

Publication: Fortune

South Korea On Thursday announced a 26 trillion won ($19 billion) support package for its chip businesses, citing a need to keep up in areas like chip design and contract manufacturing amid ‘all-out warfare’ in the global semiconductor market Under the package

Publication: Financial Express

The Hub will focus on developing a pipeline of new industry-specific generative AI solutions and will work closely with Microsoft to integrate these solutions with Microsoft’s generative AI products and technologies, including Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Power Platform, and Microsoft Copilot.

Publication: The New Indian Express

Wu was responding to a question about a Bloomberg report that chipmaking gear maker ASML Holding NV and TSMC have the ability to disable the world’s most advanced chip machines remotely.

Publication: Financial Express

The government is planning to chart its own course in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) by laying the groundwork for a bespoke foundational model tailored to the needs of Indian companies, entrepreneurs, academics, and researchers, reported The Economic Times citing sources.

Publication: Business Standard

The government has asked Tower Semiconductor to rework its proposal for setting up a chip fabrication unit in India as it wants the Israeli company to onboard a technology partner that has better technology and can offer advanced nodes for manufacturing, said a senior government official

Publication: The Economic Times

Cisco and Tata Communications on Wednesday launched their Webex Calling solution in India with cloud public switched telephone network (PSTN), aimed at helping enterprises move from on-premises phone systems to a global cloud calling system.

Publication: Business Standard

Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu slashed prices on Tuesday of large language models (LLMs) used to power generative artificial intelligence products, as a price war in the cloud computing sector heats up in China.

Publication: Business Standard

Tech giant Amazon’s cloud computing unit AWS will invest 15.7 billion euros ($17.02 billion) in data centres in Spain’s northeastern Aragon region, it said on Wednesday, significantly boosting its expansion plan in the country.

Publication: The Economic Times

Establishing trust: AI driven talent acquisition is certainly challenging. The Black Box nature of AI is somehow worrying for the candidates as well as the investors, as the decision making process is opaque and difficult to understand.

Publication: The Economic Times

The Israeli chip fabrication firm has submitted a $8-10 billion proposal to set up a unit in India. If successful, it could be among the largest units for the company, which has seven manufacturing facilities spread across its home country Israel, the US, Japan, Italy and New Mexico.

Publication: The Economic Times

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has the potential to help Indian workers save 51 million hours a week by 2026, a study by learning company Pearson has said.

Publication: The Economic Times

In May Tata Sons chairman N Charidrasekaran assumed an additional role — Tata Electronics chairman. The Tatas plan to allocate $14 bn to the semiconductor business.

Publication: The Economic Times

Five months after India started monitoring imports of major electronic hardware products, inbound shipments of personal computers (PCs), including laptops and tablets, from China surged by 47.1 per cent to $273.6 million in March.

Publication: Business Standard

The Uttar Pradesh nodal technical university has tied up with technology major IBM for artificial intelligence (AI) and Cloud computing training to align the future workforce with the modern Industry 4.0 concept.

Publication: Business Standard

India has restated its restrictions on importing certain electronics and IT goods, as per an official notification from the Commerce Ministry dated May 20. The order, in place since 2021, has been updated accordingly.

Publication: Business Today

India needs open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models to ensure cultural and linguistic representation and to maintain sovereign capabilities in the technology, two senior executives of American multinational technology company IBM said at a media roundtable.

Publication: The Economic Times

ASML Holding NV and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. have ways to disable the world’s most sophisticated chipmaking machines in the event that China invades Taiwan, according to people familiar with the matter.

Publication: The Economic Times

The Union government plans to build its own version of a foundational model for artificial intelligence (AI) which will be customised for use by Indian companies, entrepreneurs, academics and researchers , according to people in the know.

Publication: The Economic Times

The commerce and industry ministry through a notification has reiterated its position that imports of certain electronic items including laptops and mobile phones will have to adhere to standards set by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and that samples will be randomly picked to check compliance failing which the goods would have to be reexported or scrapped.

Publication: The Indian Express

Two major chipset manufacturers MediaTek and Qualcomm are locked in a tight battle as younger demographics have started to show a keen interest in technical specifications.

Publication: Zee Business

Alibaba and Baidu, two of China’s leading tech companies, dramatically reduced prices on Tuesday for their large language models (LLMs) used in generative AI products, intensifying the ongoing price competition in the country’s cloud computing sector.

Publication: Live Mint

Microsoft Chief Executive officer (CEO) Satya Nadella is betting a new generation of computers with specialised artificial intelligence chips and faster performance will revive the long-running rivalry between Windows PCs and Apple’s Mac.

Publication: Financial Express

Further, for such consignments, clearance would be given by Customs to only those consignments where the randomly selected sample has complied with the requirements of standard for the defined parameters.

Publication: Financial Express

India’s Data Centre (DC) capacity is expected to record the highest capacity addition of approximately 850 MW during the 20242026 period, higher than major APAC countries, said a report by CBRE South Asia.

Publication: Financial Express

India will see mega innovations in new technologies like artificial intelligence ( AI ), thrust on local manufacturing and creating digital public infrastructure DPI ) for the world in the near future, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.

Publication: ET CIO

The areas of focus for the next government, if elected, will be electronics and microelectronics, protection intelligence, telecom, high performance computing, semiconductors, cybersecurity, the future of the internet, and areas like automotive and EVs, said the minister.

Publication: Business Standard

Alphabet-owned Google will invest a further 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) into the expansion of its data centre campus in Finland to drive its artificial intelligence (AI) business growth in Europe, it said in a statement on Monday.

Publication: Business Standard

In a boost to the country’s chip manufacturing goals, semiconductor and wireless systems company Ananant Systems on Monday announced its membership with the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA)

Publication: ET Telecom

Under Selipsky’s leadership, AWS saw rapid growth, doubling sales of $45.4 billion from the year before his appointment to $90.8 billion in 2023 and nearly doubling operating income to $24.6 billion over that period.

Publication: The Economic Times

With Artificial Intelligence (AI) being adopted on a large scale by industries, Geoffrey Hinton, known as the AI godfather turns the tables saying AI can be taking lots of mundane jobs.

Publication: Financial Express

As the world adopts Artificial Intelligence (AI), Sundar Pichai says, India can lead the AI frontier! in an interview with Varun Mayya who is a content creator.

Publication: Financial Express

The leadership shake-up at the world’s most influential startup, OpenAI, has once again brought to the fore the debate between AI accelerationists, who advocate rapid AI deployment to solve major global challenges, and those who advise assessment and mitigation of potential risks before building machines that are smarter than humans.

Publication: The Economic Times

The government is ready to spend up to 50% of the cost likely to be incurred of creating computing capacity of up to 10,000 graphic processing units (GPUs) under the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) mission, a senior government official said.

Publication: The Economic Times

The government will attempt to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) but not in a way that could stifle innovation in the space, a top IT ministry official said Friday.

Publication: Indian Express

Cloud software major Zoho’s Founder and CEO on Friday said the company is not ready to announce anything yet regarding investments in a semiconductor fabrication unit.

Publication: ET Telecom

Given that the increasing presence of artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to huge dislocations, India needs to prepare its youth to help them profit from this development, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said on May 18. Importantly, we need to prepare the youth for AI, since it is going to burst on us in a very spectacular way in the coming years and it will cause huge dislocations.

Publication: MoneyControl

This discussion occurred shortly after Google s annual I/O developer event, which was playfully referred to as AI Coachella by Mayya. The interview took place at Google s headquarters, marking a significant dialogue on AI s integration into the Indian market.

Publication: The Times of India

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a key demand driver for cloud investment, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud collectively grew by 24 per cent, accounting for 66 per cent of total spending in the first quarter (January March) period.

Publication: ET Telecom

India will see mega innovations in new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), thrust on local manufacturing and creating digital public infrastructure (DPI) for the world in the near future, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday

Publication: Bhaskar

Global capability centres (GCCs) have emerged as a strong alternative to outsourcing, and they often work in tandem with IT companies on transformation projects The growing prominence of GCCs is evident from their expanding contribution to India s IT exports

Publication: Times of India

India is one of the fastest growing markets for SAP in the region and globally, and a strategically important hub for innovation and growth, according to Manish Prasad, the newly appointed president and MD for SAP Indian subcontinent.

Publication: Financial Express

Microsoft, in an event on May 20, is likely to announce its first set of Surface laptops, featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chip. This will mark a significant shift from x86 based PCs to Advanced RISC Machine (ARM)based personal computing devices.

Publication: Indian Express

The Government is worried about the effects of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) automation on jobs and industry in India, and a dearth of white collar jobs that are the most affected by AI tools at the moment, but comforted that several science and tech graduates could be quickly retrained, a senior government official said.

Publication: The Hindu

Meanwhile, British regulators said they don’t need to open a competition investigation into Microsoft’s partnership with French artificial intelligence company Mistral, a month after asking for industry feedback on the deal. Microsoft had announced earlier this year that it was partnering with the buzzy French startup in a move that could lessen the software giant’s reliance on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for supplying the next wave of chatbots and other generative AI products.

Publication: The Economic Times

Any technology, when used in an assisted manner, is a friend and not a foe,” NR Narayana Murthy, the billionaire founder of Infosys, tells ET, referring to AI. Avid technology optimists Murthy and Infosys’s co-founder and former CEO S ‘Kris’ Gopalakrishnan have allayed concerns around the misuse and loss of jobs with the latest technology disruption of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI).

Publication: The Economic Times

Acer Group on Thursday entered the Indian consumer electronics market with the launch of Acerpure brand in the country. The Taiwanese PC maker will now sell a range of consumer electronics from TVs, air purifiers and water purifiers to vacuum cleaners, hair dryers and hair stylers.

Publication: The Economic Times

As of late last year, there has been a 142x increase globally in LinkedIn members adding AI skills like Copilot and ChatGPT to their profiles | File image Knowledge workers in India are ahead of their international counterparts in using artificial intelligence (AI) at work, said a report on Thursday, referring to professionals whose job involves handling or using information.

Publication: Business Standard

Data Center 4 min read India surpasses major APAC countries in data center capacity India is likely to record the highest capacity addition of ~850 MW during the 20242026 period, higher than major APAC countries.

Publication: ET CIO

The government will bolster the nation s computational infrastructure by acquiring 10,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) within the next 18 months, former Niti Ayog CEO and India s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said. This is expected to enhance India s processing power, bringing its computational capabilities in line with its data generation, Kant wrote in a post on X (formally Twitter).

Publication: Business Today

Software Firm Zoho is planning a foray into chipmaking and seeking incentives from the government, two sources with direct knowledge of the proposal said, with one of them pegging the investment plan at $700 million.

Publication: Financial Express

In a complex deal, a subsidiary of Vedanta is raising high cost loans to help the India-listed resources conglomerate meet its debt obligations. Vedanta Semiconductors, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vedanta, raised Rs1,804 crore in debt from private creditors such as Varde Partners and Davidson Kempner.

Publication: The Economic Times

Projects in the pipeline that could get approval after the elections include Tower Semiconductor, an Israel-based company expected to set up a semiconductor fab as well as Foxconn-HCL Tech that announced a joint venture in January to set up a semiconductor OSAT.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC does not necessarily need to use ASML s next generation High NA EUV machines for an upcoming generation of chip manufacturing technology called A16, which is under development for the second half of 2026, an executive said on Tuesday

Publication: ET Telecom

ndia has topped major APAC countries with the highest data centre capacity of 950MW in the AsiaPacific region (excluding China), overtaking major countries like Australia, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Singapore, and Korea, a report released by real estate consulting firm, CBRE South Asia said.

Publication: ET Telecom

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Publication: The Economic Times

Despite a slump in the tech job market and vanilla coding skills going out of vogue, demand for software engineers trained in emerging technologies is on the rise, industry experts said An estimated 910 lakh additional jobs for skilled engineers will be created in the next 18 months to keep pace with the escalating demand amid rapid digitisation across tech and nontech sectors , according to data from staffing company Teamlease.

Publication: The Economic Times

Two Chinese chipmakers are in the early stages of producing high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors used in artificial intelligence chipsets, according to sources and documents. (Chipmaker )

Publication: The Indian Express

AWS in April cut hundreds of jobs, particularly in sales and marketing, to better focus on AI and other priorities.But Selipsky told AFP in an interview on April 13 that AI has not replaced any of the cloud platform workers.

Publication: The Economic Times

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) could impact 17% of working hours almost 1.1 billion hours- across the Asia Pacific region every year, a report by Deloitte said. This transformative effect of GenAI could either automate certain tasks or augment them, requiring workers to integrate

Publication: Financial Express

For the past year and a half since ChatGPT was released, a scary question has hovered over the heads of major online publishers: What if Google decides to overhaul its core search engine to feature generative artificial intelligence more prominently and breaks our business in the process

Publication: Deccan Herald

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote innovation, support the semiconductor and electronics industry, and strengthen supply chains.

Publication: The Pioneer

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC does not necessarily need to use ASML s next generation High NA EUV machines for an upcoming generation of chip manufacturing technology called A16, which is under development for 2027, an executive said on Tuesday.

Publication: ET Telecom

The new AI features unveiled on Tuesday will help investors evaluate Alphabet s progress as it races against Microsoft, OpenAI and other competitors to dominate the emerging technology.

Publication: Business Standard

As enterprises and startups in the country are staring at long waiting period to get supplies of graphics processing units (GPUs) from companies like Nvidia to test and run their Al models, Intel feels they can use the existing infrastructure such as its Xeon processors and Gaudi chipsets at lesser costs and better efficiency.

Publication: The Financial Express

Alphabet’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai had a strong message for the thousands of developers and coders he addressed at a packed Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, just down the road from Google’s headquarters, assuring them that the company is still innovating at breakneck speed by putting Al at the forefront of nearly every service and product it ships.

Publication: The Indian Express

South Korea will push to set up a package worth over 10 trillion won ($7.28 billion) to support the chip industry as part of efforts to boost the competitiveness of the critical industry and to prop up economic growth, its Finance Ministry has said.

Publication: DT Next

Polar Semiconductor is set to receive a $120 million U.S. government grant to expand its plant in Minnesota, which will allow the company to double its U.S. production capacity of sensor and power chips within two years.

Publication: ET Telecom

The change in leadership sees Banmali Agrawala stepping down from his longheld post to assume an advisory role within the group, pending regulatory approvals.

Publication: Times of India

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) announced that it successfully concluded the pilot to upskill engineers in semiconductor fabrication technology, which was announced in partnership with the US based semiconductor firm Lam Research, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi s state visit to Washington DC in July 2023.

Publication: The Hans India

Whether it’s electrical, electronics or process engineering, these skills are essential for designing, testing and manufacturing semiconductor components.

Publication: The Economic Times

The Chairman of Tata Sons, N Chandrasekaran is set to assume the additional role of Chairman at Tata Electronics. This development comes as Tata Electronics earmarks around $14 billion towards venturing into the semiconductor industry.

Publication: VAR India

Bharti Airtel on Monday announced a long-term collaboration with Google Cloud to deliver cloud solutions to Indian businesses. Airtel will also leverage Google Cloud s generative artificial intelligence capabilities to transform its customer experiences and interactions across mobile, broadband, and digital television, the telecom operator said in a release.

Publication: Business Standard

In the dynamic world of human resources , the process of recruitment has undergone a significant transformation, evolving into what is now commonly referred to as talent acquisition .

Publication: ET HR World

Investment plans have reached a critical juncture in the US, where officials last month unveiled $6.1 billion in grants for Micron Technology Inc., the largest American maker of computer-memory chips.

Publication: Mint

Chips spending by the US and its allies marks a new challenge to Beijing s decades of industrial policy albeit one that will take years to bear fruit.

Publication: The Economic Times

During the launch, SML India also announced a partnership with leading technology stalwarts and innovators such as HP NASSCOM and Yotta While SML India s partnership with NASSCOM is aimed at several initiatives, like supporting AI startups, fostering fintech innovation, engaging with 3,000 colleges, and participating in research programmes, its partnership with Yotta will provide GPU cloud infrastructure to bolster SML India s operations.

Publication: The Economic Times

The Indian Institute of Science ( IISc ) on Friday announced that it successfully concluded the pilot to upskill engineers in semiconductor fabrication technology, which was announced in partnership with the US based semiconductor firm Lam Research , during Prime Minister Narendra Modi s state visit to Washington DC in July 2023.

Publication: ET Manufacturing

The trade war that started with most goods, in general, has now transcended into the realms of specificities. From semiconductors to advanced tech , now US policy aggression has reached the arena of electric vehicles.

Publication: Free Press Journal

Tarafdar, in a video interview with Shivani Shinde, spoke how the company has built three million lines of codes using the technology and what is the purpose of its AIfirst strategy.

Publication: Business Standard

A GPU is a specialised computer chip that renders graphics and images by performing rapid mathematical calculations needed in AI processing.

Publication: Business Standard

Sarma emphasised that after petroleum refining and semiconductors, the defence industry is the next priority for Assam Tata Electronics recently announced an investment of 27,000 crore to set up a semiconductor assembly and testing plant in Jagiroad, Assam.

Publication: CNBC TV-18

Arm will pay for initial development costs, which may total hundreds of billions of yen, with SoftBank also contributing, the report said. UK based Arm will set up an AI chip division and aim to build a prototype by spring 2025, the report said. Mass production will be handled by contract manufacturers and is expected to start in the autumn of 2025, Nikkei Asia said.

Publication: CNBC TV-18

Semiconductor Chips Manufacturer Polymatech Electronics is looking to achieve a $2.5 billion (around Rs 20,000 crore) revenue by FY26 on the back of its increased production capacity, the company’s chief executive officer and managing director Eswara Rao Nandam told FE in an interaction.

Publication: Financial Express

Microsoft Corp. will launch its own online store for mobile-game consumables in July, creating an alternative to Apple Inc. and Google’s app stores and their fees.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ‘ saw April sales jump 60% to NT$236 billion ($7.3 billion) as sustained Al demand was helped by the beginnings of a recovery in consumer electronics.

Publication: Financial Express

South Korea will set up an aid package worth more than $7 billion to support its chip industry, the Finance Ministry said on Sunday, as part of its drive to boost its critical semiconductor sector.

Publication: The Hindu

Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran will also assume the role of chairman, Tata Electronics, at a time when the Tata group company has earmarked about $14 billion in investments to spearhead its entry into the semiconductor business.

Publication: The Economic Times

TSMC also fabricates semiconductors for Apple Inc., which just announced a new lineup of iPads, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the closest competitor to Nvidia in the AI chip race.

Publication: CNBC TV18

The facility encompasses end to end manufacturing, from designing printer circuit boards (PCBs) to surface mounting on PCBs, and finally the production of complete systems based on the latest generation chipsets from its technology partners Intel, Nvidia, and AMD.

Publication: The Economic Times

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and seizure of chips producer TSMC would be absolutely devastating to the American economy.

Publication: ET Telecom

It forecast second quarter revenue at $350 million, with an upward or downward range of 5%.It posted adjusted profit of 46 cents per share for the first quarter to top the 39 cents per share expected by four analysts polled by LSEG.

Publication: ET Telecom

Fortune 500 company, Lam Research Corporation has announced its plans to expand its global semiconductor fabrication equipment supply chain to include India. The company is assessing capabilities across various supply chain segments and is exploring India based suppliers who can collaborate to fulfil the need for precision components, custom parts, high purity gas delivery systems and other assemblies that go into semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine

After decades of waiting, India is finally making significant strides in the semiconductor manufacturing space. Despite multiple failed attempts to attract semiconductor fabrication plants and testing and packing facilities, the country has achieved success with the recent Semiconductor and Display Scheme announced in December 2021, with a financial outlay of Rs 76,000 crore.

Publication: Business Today

We could look at acquisitions of entities that are already working on specific chip design projects. We are not looking for technology partners because that will constrain us to certain technology and certain markets, Raman said.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine

India s IT sector, which has shown resilience amidst challenges like automation and economic slowdown, is witnessing a surge in demand for contractual positions, particularly in emerging technology domains like AI, data analytics, and cybersecurity, as per a new report published by staffing firm NLB Services on Thursday.

Publication: TechCircle

Rapid expansion of internet usage will lead to increasing data centre capacity to 2000 MW and this requires an investment of Rs 50,000 crore in the next three years.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Government and private sector researchers worry U S adversaries could use the models, which mine vast amounts of text and images to summarize information and generate content, to wage aggressive cyber attacks or even create potent biological weapons.

Publication: The Economic Times

China s largest contract chipmaker SMIC reported a first quarter revenue rise of 19.7% on Thursday, as its global customers rebuilt their inventories.

Publication: ET Telecom

Semiconductor serial entrepreneur Dasaradha Gude recalls that when he set up India s first chip design company Qualcore in the early 1990s, there was barely any skilled semiconductor talent available in India We had to train people, he says Today, India has one of the biggest semiconductor design bases in the world.

Publication: Times of India

Tata Electronics has reportedly started exporting limited quantities of semiconductor chip samples a move that is expected to boost India’s chipmaking sector.

Publication: Times of India

Lam Research Corporation on Wednesday announced its plans to expand its global semiconductor fabrication equipment supply chain to include India.

Publication: Business Standard

US President Joe Biden will visit the political battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday to announce plans by Microsoft Corp to build a $3.3 billion high-tech data centre that will create thousands of jobs, the White House said.

Publication: CNBC TV-18

India’s data centre capacity is set to double to reach 2,000 MW by 2026, as the country transitions towards a developed market economy amid a rise in ‘green energy’ solutions, a report showed on Wednesday.

Publication: The Economic Times

The government is planning a dedicated research and development (R&D) wing under the proposed India Semiconductor Research Centre (ISRC) that will focus on semiconductor research which can “quickly go into industrial production”, sources told ET.

Publication: The Economic Times

The Biden Administration is poised to open up a new front in its effort to safeguard US AI from China with preliminary plans to place guardrails around the most advanced AI Models, the core software of artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, sources said.

Publication: Financial Express

LAM Research Corporation on Wednesday announced its plans to expand its global semiconductor fabrication equipment supply chain to include India.

Publication: Financial Express

India might not be a global power in the semiconductor sector, but this did not stop Mindgrove Technologies, a Peak XV Partners backed fabless semiconductor startup incubated by IIT Madras, to design country s first commercial high performance system on chip (SoC), which is likely to be manufactured in Taiwan.

Publication: The New Indian Express

LTI Mindtree announced a collaboration with IBM to establish a global, joint Generative AI Center of Excellence (CoE) in India, a coinnovation center combining the power of the IBM watsonx AI and data platform and the engineering skills of LTI Mindtree

Publication: Times of India

People+ai, an initiative of Nandan Nilekani’s EkStep Foundation, unveiled its vision for the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in India, called “Adbhut India” (Amazing India) along with the launch of Open Cloud Compute (OCC) project.The project aims to build a platform for AI-based startups to discover, demonstrate and disseminate population-scale AI use cases for India.

Publication: The Economic Times

Semiconductor chips Tata Electronics Ltd has commenced exporting a limited number of semiconductor chips packaged at its pilot line in its Bengaluru based R&D centre, according to sources familiar with the matter These packaged chips are being sent to some of Tata Electronics partners located in Japan, the US, and Europe

Publication: Times of India

The 5g Tablet shipments to retail outlets or carriers rose 130% quarter-on-quarter (qo-q) in the January-March period, according to data by Cyber Media Research (CMR).

Publication: Financial Express

Subsequently, Micron proposed to set up a chip-testing and packaging unit in Gujarat. Tatas have gone beyond with plans for both fabrication and packaging.

Publication: The Economic Times

Google launched a new threat intelligence solution that is powered by Gemini AI. The ‘Google Threat Intelligence’ Gemini provides conversational search across its repository of threat intelligence, enabling customers to gain insights and protect themselves from threats “faster”. The firm said it protects 4 billion devices and 1.5 billion emails and blocks 100 million phishing attempts per day.

Publication: The Economic Times

These companies include American semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and cloud company Oracle These partner organisations will act as providers in this compute stack or customers who have a growing need for compute.

Publication: The Economic Times

Mindgrove Technologies, a fabless semiconductor startup incubated at IIT Madras, has launched the country s first commercial, high performance System on Chip (SoC). Dubbed Secure IoT, this indigenous chip is based on the opensource RISCV architecture and aims to empower domestic original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) by providing them with a homegrown chip solution for their devices.

Publication: The Economic Times

Leading HR & payroll tech company People Strong and Google Cloud , on Monday, announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating transformation and innovation in HR for businesses across Asia.

Publication: ET Telecom

On this panel at Imagination In Action s Forging the Future of Business with AI Summit industry experts discuss how entrepreneurs and brands can use AI to make their customer s experiences with the brand better.

Publication: Forbes

Driven by a surge in mobile and PC gaming, the Indian gaming landscape is booming. At the same time, esports platforms are flourishing with a growing community of talented players. But what does it mean to truly empower this passionate group There are many aspects such as infrastructure, access to the right tools and platforms and mentorship, among others that are critical for empowering gamers.

Publication: Financial Express

In everything we do, we organize information, and the digital transformation revolution has made information organization significantly easier. But in this data, there is a lot of power, and its integrity and confidentiality are vital to any organization.

Publication: Forbes

Erfan Rostami, CTO of Voltai, building AI for semiconductors. getty The semiconductor industry is a bastion of innovation, driving advancements in technology that support the modern digital world.

Publication: Forbes

The Biden Administration is opening applications for $285 million in federal funding to set up an institute focused on digital twin technology for the semiconductor industry, which uses virtual models of components to help reduce development costs.

Publication: Financial Express

IT firms are now focusing on Gen AI as they collaborate to enhance their services to clients. Wipro on Monday announced its partnering with Microsoft to launch a suite of cognitive assistants for financial services powered by generative Gen AI.

Publication: The New Indian Express

ET had in March reported that the Tata-PSMC JV plans to manufacture chips majorly in these nodes before moving to the 22 nm segment. Some small and medium-scale packaging companies are already working on the same in India such as Tessolve Semiconductor, CDIL and SCL. Experts, however, said this would not be at the scale of a Micron or Tata Group business.

Publication: The Economic Times

The active pool of senior artificial intelligence (AI) engineers, who can build core AI products and services in India, is less than 2,000, showed data from specialist staffing firm Xpheno.

Publication: Pudhari

More and more Indians are arming themselves with skilling and up skilling courses under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme to secure better jobs, with the program witnessing a 26 percent jump in enrollment in 2023-24 compared to the previous year, officials said Friday.

Publication: The New Indian Express

India and Sweden reiterated the importance of prioritizing new emerging technologies such as semiconductors, green steel, and green batteries The two countries talked about security matters, covering cyber security and counter terrorism, and agreed to explore potential joint partnerships in the defense sector, as stated in a press release by the ministry of external affairs (MEA)

Publication: The Times of India

Peak XV Partners-backed fabless semiconductor startup Mindgrove Technologies said on Sunday that it launched what it claimed is India’s first commercial high-performance SoC (system on chip).

Publication: The Economic Times

The current electronics manufacturing at nearly $103 billion translates to a semiconductor requirement of $26-831 billion, considering the industry average of 25 to 30 per cent of chip components in any electronics product’s bill of material (BOM). “With the expected rise in electronics production ($300 billion by 2026), this number is set to rise substantially to $90-$100 billion,” according to the data by the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA).

Publication: DT Next

However, Jain said a full launch of the cloud services would happen “in a couple of weeks”. “Our developers will have access to the most advanced processors like the H100, H200, and Blackwell… We’re talking to all three: Nvidia, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) and Intel,” he said. The firm has a data centre in Bengaluru, with more centres set to be established in multiple other locations, based on availability and demand, Jain said.

Publication: The Economic Times

The majority of these semiconductor chips will be designated for export, the company s India managing director Anand Ramamoorthy has said Ramamoorthy informed ET that while the domestic demand for semiconductor chips is increasing, the total addressable market for India remains relatively small in comparison to the global demand for semiconductors

Publication: Times of India

The digital age has fundamentally reshaped the way we live and work. In the past, a reputable degree sufficed for employment, but today, specific digital skills such as data analysis, digital marketing, coding, cybersecurity, etc. are in high demand.

Publication: Financial Express

Microsoft s investment in Malaysia build cloud and AI infrastructure in Malaysia create AI skilling opportunities for an additional 200,000 people in Malaysia strengthen its partnership with the Government of Malaysia to establish a national AI Centre of Excellence and enhance the nation s cybersecurity capabilities

Publication: The Times of India

The aim is to determine what parts of an electronics supply chain are designed and manufactured in India and the road ahead to increase the domestic value addition in the overall supply chain, the official said.

Publication: The Economic Times

Although it is widely believed that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) can help significantly reduce humanity s environmental footprint, a recent study by Yale School of Environment sheds a darker light on the new age technology s energy use, especially in terms of immediate environmental impact.

Publication: The Indian Express

The data centre region will expand the availability of Microsoft s hyperscale cloud services, facilitating enterprise grade reliability, performance, and compliance with data residency and privacy standards, according to the company.

Publication: The Economic Times

Wolfspeed makes chips out of silicon carbide, a more energy efficient material than standard silicon for tasks such as transmitting power from an electric car s batteries to its motors.

Publication: The Print

Three of the Wall Street s heavyweight technology firms have reported better than expected sales at their cloud computing units in recent days, as interest in artificial intelligence drives a rebound in spending by corporate customers.

Publication: The Indian Express

Micron could also look at new opportunities in two wheeler electric vehicles and government contracts that are unique to the Indian market, he added.

Publication: Hindustan Times

The world’s leading chip design companies, including Intel, Texas Instruments, AMD, Nvidia and Qualcomm, have design and R&D centres in India. AMD recently inaugurated its largest global design centre in Bengaluru.

Publication: Daily Pioneer

It’s been seven years since Lenovo launched its Legion series of gaming laptops, which have now become a distinguished lineup. (AMD)

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

Indian based patent filers have outpaced MNCs (multinational corporations) in filing patents in FY23, according to the latest report by IT industry body Nasscom. Of the 83,000 patents filed in FY23, 52.3% were filed by residents primarily led by educational institutions and individual patent filers, whereas 47.7% were filed by nonresidents, says the report. In FY22, a total of 66,000 patents were filed.

Publication: Fortune India

Research and development (R&D) would be the key recipe for the success of India s semiconductor manufacturing mission, said Micron s India Managing Director Anand Ramamoorthy Speaking to CNBCTV18, Ramamoorthy said that in the next phase of support for the chip industry, India must double up and refocus on advanced R&D

Publication: CNBC TV-18

Government, FinTechs, law enforcement agencies collaborate on addressing cybersecurity, fraud. Workshop discusses registry creation, geotagging transactions, AML system. Topics include digital KYC audits, money mules. Fintech associations, regulators join to address cybersecurity and fraud challenges.

Publication: The Economic Times

News Technology Artificial Intelligence Generative AI could improve banking productivity by up to 30%: Accenture study Generative AI could improve banking productivity by up to 30%: Accenture study The study suggests that banks can leverage generative AI technologies to improve productivity and save costs.

Publication: The Indian Express

Today, Micron s R&D Center in Hyderabad has over 3500 team members. Micron calls it one of the unique R&D facilities as while it also does design innovations and design R&D like other companies, it has also got several NAND assessments and is bringing some of the fundamental material science advanced device modeling, which many semiconductor companies in India are not doing.

Publication: Business Today

China has consolidated its status as a hub for technological innovation, now home to 369 unicorns. A unicorn is a privately held startup valued at over $1 billion. More than a quarter of these 369 Chinese unicorns are engaged in the country s booming artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor industries, according to a report.

Publication: Business Standard

As autonomous weapons systems rapidly proliferate, including across battlefields in Ukraine and Gaza, algorithms and unmanned aerial vehicles are already helping military planners decide whether or not to hit targets. Soon, that decision could be outsourced entirely to the machines.

Publication: Business Standard

Growth in the $270 billion cloud infrastructure market, a cash engine for Amazon.com, Microsoft and Alphabet, gives the clearest sign yet that AI investment is bearing fruit after investors drove those stocks to record highs, thanks to optimism about the emerging technology.

Publication: Money Control

The Electronic and IT Ministry plans to train over 85,000 engineers in chip design over the next five years to address the skill gap. Such focused efforts aim to steer the ecosystem through nurturing policymaking to develop a self-sufficient ecosystem.

Publication: The Pioneer

The world’s leading chip design companies, including Intel, Texas Instruments, AMD, Nvidia and Qualcomm, have design and R&D centres in India. AMD recently inaugurated its largest global design centre in Bengaluru.

Publication: The Pioneer