May 7, 2024

AMD specific news

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7600 Review: A Value For Money 1080p GPU (Proactive)edit

After seeing graphics cards that could double up as coffee tables, I never thought I would see a compact GPU again until I unboxed the RX 7600. AMD s Radeon 7000 series covers a wide range of price brackets.

Publication: My SmartPrice

Competition in news

Zebra Brings Generative AI to the Frontlines with Google, Android, and Qualcommedit

Zebra Technologies has announced a partnership with Google Cloud, Android, and Qualcomm to bring generative AI capabilities to frontline workers across industries. The collaboration integrates Zebra s technological expertise with advanced AI from Google Cloud, hardware from Qualcomm, and software from Android.

Publication: Analytics India Magazine

Qualcomm’s smartphone future looks brighter with AIedit

That followed an even better day for Qualcomm. The maker of modem chips used in the iPhone and many other wireless devices saw its stock jump nearly 10% on Thursday after its own March quarter results, where chip sales were helped by AI enabled Android phones such as Samsung s latest Galaxy family that went on sale in January.

Publication: Live Mint

Nvidia Backs UK Self Driving Startup Wayve in $1 Billion Roundedit

US chipmaker Nvidia Corp. is investing in Wayve Technologies Ltd, joining a $1.05 billion funding round for the UK startup that wants to get its autonomous driving technology into cars.

Publication: Live Mint

5 best GPUs for Intel Core i7-14700edit

The Intel Core i7-14700 brings high-end features on a tight budget. It is a slightly underclocked version of the higher-end 14700K. You get the same 20 cores, albeit they operate at slightly lower clock speeds.

Publication: Sports Keeda

Partner in news

Wipro partners Microsoft to launch GenAI backed assistants for financial servicesedit

Indian IT services company Wipro has signed an agreement with tech giant Microsoft to launch a suite of cognitive assistants for financial services, which will be powered by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), the Bengaluru headquartered firm said on May 6.

Publication: MoneyControl

Why Sony is reversing this account linking mandate for Helldivers 2edit

Why Sony reversed its decision What Helldivers 2 developers said I do have a part to play. I am not blameless in all of this it was my decision to disable account linking at launch so that players could play the game. I did not ensure players were aware of the requirement and we didn t talk about it enough.

Publication: Times of India

Microsoft may be developing its own AI model to compete with Google, OpenAIedit

Why this development is important Microsoft is said to be training an inhouse AI language model that can compete against the large models developed by Alphabet s Google and OpenAI , a report has said The model is said to be overseen by Mustafa Suleyman , an exGoogler who joined as CEO of Microsoft AI unit from Inflection AI earlier this year

Publication: Times of India

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says security comes first, tells employees to prioritise safety over new featuresedit

The three AI tools are used across the globe today and about a year back, analysts had predicted that Microsoft was ahead in the AI race. However, as per Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, focusing on security is more important than rolling out new products or features.

Publication: India Today

Apple, Samsung remain top players in tablet market in Q1 2024, IDC reportsedit

In second place, Samsung saw a 5.8% decline in shipments, influenced by competitive promotions and a shortage of new products.

Publication: Times of India

Apple is working on its own AI chip for data centersedit

Apple is working on its own AI chip for data centers Apple Inc. has been developing a homegrown chip to run artificial intelligence tools in data centers, though it’s unclear if the semiconductor will ever be deployed, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Publication: MoneyControl

Acer launches TravelLite laptop for business professionalsedit

PC maker Acer, on Monday, introduced the TravelLite laptop, specially designed for businesses Weighing 1 34 kg, the TravelLite is said to cater to professionals who are always on the go It features a 14inch FHD Antiglare TFT LCD with a 180degree hinge and an aluminium chassis

Publication: CNBC TV-18

Intelligent Devicesedit

For its latest flagship, Samsung has collaborated with Google for its AI smarts. Called Galaxy AI, it comes with a host of features.

Publication: Business Today

Industry news

Semiconductor Startup Mindgrove Introduces First Indigenous High Performance Chipedit

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

People Strong, Google Cloud join hands to transform employee experience with AIedit

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

How Brands Can Use AI To A Better Customer Experienceedit

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

Empowering gamers: fuelling India’s gaming sectoredit

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

Digital Transformation Demands Sound Data Governanceedit

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

Bridging The Semiconductor Talent Gap With AI Copilots: A Strategic Dilemmaedit

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

US To Fund ‘Digital Twin’ Tech For Chipsedit

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 companies turn focus on Generative AIedit

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

FAB News Tata Begins Export of Chip Samplesedit

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

India has fewer than 2,000 senior engineers for developing core AI productsedit

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

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