September 6, 2024

AMD specific news

AMD and Microsoft announce the availability of Copilot+ PCsedit

AMD, in partnership with Microsoft has announced new Copilot+ PCs powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series processors, the most powerful AI engine to date.

Publication: Var India

AMD brand mentions

Top 5 AMD Ryzen 9 Laptops: Enjoying Ultimate Gamingedit

AMD Ryzen 9 Laptops: Top 5 Picks Check out these hand picked Ryzen 9 laptops from some of the best laptop brands in India which not only have the latest processor but are also loaded with a variety of other features which makes them the best laptops in India.

Publication: English Jagran

TIME Reveals the 2024 TIME100 AI List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligenceedit

The 2024 TIME100 AI issue features a worldwide cover with a photo illustration by Klawe Rzeczy for TIME, featuring 18 list makers including Lisa Su of AMD, Steve Huffman of Reddit, Arthur Mensch of Mistral AI, Jensen Huang of NVIDIA, Amba Kak of AI Now Institute, actor Scarlett Johansson and more from the new list.

Publication: Time

Netweb’s AMD Tyrone is a gamechanger in India’s data and AI revolutionedit

In a landmark move for the Indian IT hardware sector, Netweb Technologies has unveiled its latest innovation the AMD powered Tyrone servers.

Publication: ET Edge-insights

Competition in news

Intel’s most advanced manufacturing process may have run into troubleedit

Intel business unprofitable Intel s plans regarding its contract chip manufacturing business have reportedly hit a snag Broadcom , a major chipmaker, conducted tests on Intel s most advanced 18A manufacturing process, but found it unsuitable for high volume production, a report has said.

Publication: The Times of India

Intel is giving up on one of its biggest plans announced years ago, here’s why it means a major changeedit

Intel s 18A node development continues Intel is cancelling the development of its 20A process node , which was expected to be used for the production of upcoming Arrow Lake processors Instead it plans to go with external manufacturers to produce the chips externally.

Publication: The Times of India

Sakana AI Raises $100M in Series A, Partners with NVIDIA to Boost Japan s AI Researchedit

Tokyo based AI research and development firm Sakana AI has successfully raised over $100 million in its Series A funding round. Leading the round are New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures, and Lux Capital, with NVIDIA also participating. Moreover, the company is also set to collaborate with NVIDIA on research, infrastructure, and AI community development in Japan.

Publication: Analytics India Mag

4 Big reasons behind Nvidia s record $250 billion plus loss in one day, biggest ever for an American companyedit

Called the poster boy of the AI boom , Nvidia s stock has seen a jump of more than 650% since the start of the year 2023. Here are the likely reasons behind the massive fall.

Publication: The Times of India

Partner in news

Acer announces new Predator Orion 7000 Desktop and Nitro V Laptops with AI Powered gaming featuresedit

With advanced cooling systems, powerful NVIDIA GPUs, and Intel and AMD processors, Acer s latest devices aim to cater to a wide audience, including gamers, students, and professionals.

Publication: India Today

ASUS brings laptops powered by new Snapdragon X Plus, India launch likelyedit

Taiwanese consumer technology company ASUS has launched new laptops powered by the newly unveiled Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus 8Core processor.

Publication: Business Standard

Acer unveils Swift 14 AI and Swift 16 AI laptops featuring Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 2)edit

Acer has launched its new Swift 14 AI and Swift 16 AI laptops, marking the company s first Swift models to feature Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 2).

Publication: Business Today

Twist & shout! Lenovo Auto Twist AI PC – Exclusive first glanceedit

It opens when I say open, it closes when I say so. It even shapeshifts on command. The possible future of an AI-driven laptop, ready to listen to every command is here already. I’m talking about the new Lenovo Auto Twist AI PC proof of concept that was showcased in Berlin today as part of Lenovo Innovation World 2024.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

Industry news

SEMICON India 2024 to be held in partnership with MeitY, ISMedit

SEMI, a U.S.based association prompting the semiconductor industry, has announced SEMICON India 2024 in collaboration with the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), Digital India, and Messe Mnchen India.

Publication: The Hindu

Maharashtra approves 1.17 lakh cr investment in semiconductor, EV manufacturing; 29,000 jobs to be creatededit

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has approved four major high tech investment projects worth 1.17 lakh crore, which will significantly boost the State s semiconductor and electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing sectors.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

Over 27,000 tech employees loses job in August 2024: Intel, Cisco, IBM, Apple and others cuts thousands of jobsedit

Intel announces 15,000 job cuts as chipmaker goes through toughest time in its history Cisco to layoff around 6,000 employees in its second round of job cuts IBM shuts down R&D operations in China, over 1,000 employees laid off German chipmaker Infineon to cut 1,400 jobs, another 1,400 employees to be relocated.

Publication: The Times of India

Opinion | India Is Finally Reversing Its Semiconductor Misfortuneedit

And while TSMC s clients are some of the world s leading tech firms, such as Apple, AMD and Nvidia, among SCL’s top clients is just ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation).

Publication: NDTV

GIGABYTE and India-Taipei Association Explore Growth Opportunities in Indiaedit

GIGABYTE, the world’s leading computer brand, is strengthening its efforts in India to identify and explore new opportunities for AI development. Following its AI strategic framework, GIGABYTE not only deepens partnerships with Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD to maximize AI chip performance, but also continues exploring market growth opportunities with the Indian government to expand the AI ecosystem.

Publication: Business Standard

Modi seeks to script Singapore-like success stories as India inks key MoUsedit

Singapore is an important part of India’s ‘Act East’ policy and India wishes to create many Singapore-like success stories in its territory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.

Publication: The Hindu

Maha clears Rs 1.17-lakh cr semiconductor, EV projectsedit

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Company plans to establish an electric vehicle manufacturing unit in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar with an investment of Rs 21,273 crore, generating an anticipated 12,000 jobs.

Publication: The Financial Express

Fortune in the fray?edit

The global repercussions of the chip war between China and the US are much more complex. After the initial strong indications of “decoupling” from China, the US administration has moderated its stance to “derisking,” hinting that a complete breakaway may not be possible.

Publication: Millennium Post

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