AMD specific news
Semicon Firms Chip in to Skill Engg Studentsedit
“We also have several of our senior engineers working closely with a team of professors and researchers at IISc, Bengaluru to study heterogeneous computing including in the areas of core design, AI training, inference, and compilation. We sponsor students pursuing research in areas like low power designs, machine learning-based design optimisations, pruning and quantisation for ML models,” Fathima Farouk, HR head at AMD India, told ET.
Publication: The Economic Times
To address talent shortage, chipmakers skilling engineering studentsedit
Companies like Intel India, AMD, Applied Materials and Tessolve are teaming up students and employees to work on real-life projects, establishing labs in institutes like IIT-Bombay, driving industry-academia partnerships to conduct research in core design and AI training and sponsoring students pursuing research.
Publication: The Economic Times
Netweb Introduces AMD Powered Make-in-India Servers for Data Centersedit
The single/dual Socket server platforms are designed to harness the robust capabilities of the latest 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors Available in 1U, 2U, 4U, workstations, and other models, these platforms are optimized to meet various demanding needs of high performance computing environments and diverse workloads
Publication: Business Today
AMD investigates claims of alleged data heistedit
Chipmaker AMD is looking into potential cyberattack that allegedly led to a threat actor accessing internal company data for future products, employee database and customer database. The threat actor is allegedly selling the stolen data which they claimed was obtained from an AMD.com breach this month.
Publication: The Hindu
AMD brand mentions
Gaming laptop buying guide: Transform the way you play games with our key considerationsedit
In terms of CPUs, a quadcore CPU like the Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 is sufficient for casual gaming. For improved performance, especially in demanding games, go for an Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7.
Publication: LiveMint
Competition in news
Big Tech: Qualcomm reaches $75 million settlement over salesedit
Qualcomm reaches $75 million settlement over sales Qualcomm and six individual defendants, including former chief executives Paul Jacobs and Steven Mollenkopf, denied wrongdoing in agreeing to settle.
Publication: The Economic Times
AI fever drives Nvidia’s rise to world’s most valuable companyedit
Nvidia has become the world’s most valuable company following a staggering rally in its shares, underlining the outsized role investors expect artificial intelligence to play in the global economy over coming years.
Publication: The Times of India
Partner in news
HPE, Nvidia launch AI solutions portfolio to accelerate enterprise Gen AI adoptionedit
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Nvidia on June 19 announced the launch of Nvidia AI Computing by HPE, a portfolio of codeveloped artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and joint go-to-market integrations that enable enterprises to accelerate the adoption of Generative AI (Gen AI).
Publication: MoneyControl
HP Inc: HP brings next-gen AI PCs to India for businesses, creatorsedit
PC and printer major HP Inc on Wednesday announced the prebooking of its next generation AI PCs in India for businesses, creators and retail customers.
Publication: The Economic Times
HP EliteBook Ultra, OmniBook X with Snapdragon X Elite series chipsets launched in India: price, specificationsedit
The HP EliteBook Ultra and HP OmniBook X have launched in India today. The new productivity laptops are built on the latest ARM architecture and come with a dedicated NPU chipset for seamless AI processing. Both laptops feature Snapdragon X Elite processors.
Publication: Zee Business
HP Announces First Snapdragon X Elite-Powered Laptops In India: Price And Other Detailsedit
According to the brand, the EliteBook Ultra targets businesses and government sectors, while the OmniBook X AI PC is created for retail consumers such as creators and freelancers.
Publication: Times Now News
Dell Latitude 9450 2in1 review: A business laptop that means businessedit
The Dell Latitude 9450 2in1 is a real looker. It’s got a design that’s both simple and stylish, which makes it perfect for business folks. The shiny metal edges and soft, matte finish on the lid give it a professional and fancy vibe.
Publication: The Times of India
Apple likely to introduce new M4 Macbook lineup by the end of 2024edit
Apple is on time with this year’s launches of new devices and software iterations. The new MacBook Air with the M3 chip was launched in March, followed by the iPad lineup, including the M4powered thinnest iPad Pro in May.
Publication: India Today
Acer Swift Go 14 AI Review: Impressive performance and display at an affordable priceedit
The Acer Swift Go 14 AI is a solid step up over its predecessors, offering noticeable improvements across the board. Thanks to the new integrated Intel Arc GPU, graphics performance has also improved significantly, offering performance close to that of entry level dedicated GPUs like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050.
Publication: Digit
Lenovo Legion Go India Launch Date Set for June 27; Key Features Confirmededit
The Lenovo Legion Go is powered by AMD’s Ryzen Z1 series chip and runs on Windows 11 with the Legion Space gaming software. Comes with a detachable hall effect RGB light joystick.
Publication: Gadgets 360
Asus launches Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop with latest AMD and Nvidia processors: Price, features and moreedit
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS Processor 4GHz (24MB Cache, up to 5.2 GHz, 8 cores, 16 Threads) AMD Ryzen AI up to 39 TOPs Graphics ROG Boost: 1940MHz* at 90W (1890MHz Boost Clock+50MHz OC, 65W+25W Dynamic Boost) Operating System Windows 11 Home Display 14 ROG Nebula Display OLED panel 3K (2880 x 1800), 120 Hz / 0.2 ms, 100% DCIP3, with NVIDIA GSYNC, VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500, Pantone Validated, Delta E < 1, Dolby Vision
Publication: The Times of India
Industry news
US wants Netherlands, Japan to further restrict chip equipment to Chinaedit
A US official was heading to Japan after meeting with the Dutch government to urge the allies to further restrict China’s ability to produce cutting-edge semiconductors, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Publication: Business Standard
Salesforce launches public sector division in India; unveils digital lending solutionedit
Salesforce on Wednesday announced the launch of its public sector division in India to tap into the booming market, and unveiled its digital lending offering tailored to Indian needs, as the enterprise software giant underlined its firm commitment to the market here.
Publication: The Economic Times
Large domestic consumption potential bodes well for India’s semiconductor industry: CDILedit
The potential of a large consumption in industries such as telecom, defence, automobile and electric vehicles (EVs), consumer electronics, and power bodes well for the growth of the semiconductor industry in India, according to a senior executive of Continental Device India Limited CDIL ) Semiconductors.
Publication: The Economic Times
Karnataka government ready to support semiconductor manufacturing with 20% subsidy, says MB Patiledit
The Karnataka Large and Medium Industries Minister MB Patil, in a series of tweets, announced the state government’s deliberation to offer 20 percent subsidy support for semiconductor manufacturing companies.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
India to become NetApp’s top market in APAC in 35 years: VP Puneet Gupta,edit
The second annual NetApp Cloud Complexity Report, which examines how technology leaders worldwide are deploying AI at scale, surveyed 1,300 top-level IT executives from key markets across the world, including India, the US, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Australia/New Zealand, Japan, and Singapore.
Publication: ET Telecom
If Centre extends 50% subsidy for semiconductor industry, state will provide its share: Ministeredit
If Centre extends 50% subsidy for semiconductor industry, state will provide its share: Minister Karnataka Large and Medium Industries Minister M B Patil on Wednesday said that the state government is ready to provide its share of 20 per cent subsidy if the central government extends a 50 per cent subsidy to promote the semiconductor industry in the state.
Publication: MoneyControl
Gigabyte launches new lineup of AI gaming laptops in Indiaedit
Gigabyte launched two new AI Gaming laptops, the AORUS 16X and GIGABYTE G6X. Both the devices feature 16inch displays in a 16:10 aspect ratio.
Publication: The Hindu
Can 28 nm catapult India to semiconductor manufacturing leadershipedit
For decades, India has watched the global semiconductor manufacturing race from the sidelines, contributing mainly through its engineering talent in international fabs and domestic R&D centres.
Publication: Business Today
Looking to evolve into int’l hub in 15 yrs: BIALedit
“India is primarily a domestic market. Comparing ourselves to Dubai, Doha, and Singapore is wrong. Instead, Indian carriers should focus on expanding their share of international traffic through more point-to-point destinations. That’s a realistic aspiration,” he noted.
Publication: Business Standard
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