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Advancing AI: AMD Unveils Next-gen AI Solutions for Data Centers, Challenging NVIDIA, Intel (Proactive)edit
AMD CEO Lisa Su unveiled the company’s latest product portfolio at the Advancing AI event, held in San Francisco recently. Counterpoint analysts attended the event at the invitation of AMD. The cutting-edge end-to-end portfolio is built to advance AI from cloud to edge.
Publication: Counterpoint Research
Rebooting x86: Intel and AMD assemble tech avengers to fend off ARM competitionedit
In a strategic move to strengthen and expand the capabilities of the x86 computing architecture, Intel Corporation and AMD announced the formation of an x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group. This collaborative effort, involving major technology leaders, aims to drive innovation and ensure that x86 remains the computing architecture of choice across industries.
Publication: Business Today
AMD and Intel collaborate to meet the growing threat posed by Armedit
The x86 computing architecture, which Intel created, has been the technology behind laptops, PCs, and data centre servers worldwide for the past 40 years. AMD competes directly with Intel under a longstanding legal settlement by licensing the technology from Intel and producing chips that use x86.
Publication: CIO News
Competition in news
Seeing huge volumes on 5G fixed wireless access; prices coming down, says Qualcomm India headedit
With fixed wireless access (FWA) or wireless home broadband becoming the most prominent use case of 5G, San Diego based chip company Qualcomm said the company is seeing a huge volume on the chipsets and the price of the same is coming down.
Publication: The Financial Express
India Mobile Congress: Qualcomm places production chips on India betedit
Qualcomm Inc, the company designing fabless chips, is hoping to source some of the products it works on from India in the next two years as semiconductor plants here become operational.
Publication: Business Standard
Nvidia launches Nemotron, a 70B model that outperforms GPT4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnetedit
The new model is said to be efficient at handling text queries and coding. (Image: NVIDIA) Software giant Nvidia seems to have silently released its latest open sourced, finetuned Large Language Model.
Publication: The Indian Express
Jensen Huang and Mukesh Ambani to Discuss India’s AI Future at NVIDIA AI Summit in Mumbaiedit
NVIDIA chief Jensen Huang will engage in a fireside chat with Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, on October 24 at 10 a.m IST during NVIDIA s AI Summit India.
Publication: Analytics India Mag
Intel announces mass layoffs, over 2,000 jobs affected in THESE US statesedit
California based chipmaker Intel is laying off more than 2,000 employees in the United States to cut costs, as per reports. The layoffs will impact nearly 1,300 employees at Oregon, another 385 employees in Arizona, and 219 employees in California, US publication CRN reported.
Publication: Live Mint
Partner in news
Red Hat Accelerates Generative AI Innovation with Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI on Lenovo Think System Serversedit
With this collaboration, RHEL AI is validated to support SR675 V3 servers and will be factory preloaded for customers to more easily develop, test and run artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (gen AI) models on a trusted foundation model platform, built on an AI-optimized operating system.
Publication: CXO Today
Lenovo Showcases Smarter AI Solutions at Tech World 2024edit
The ThinkPad X1 2in1 Gen 10 Aura Edition is built to offer unmatched versatility and power, making it a supreme solution for professionals who need flexibility, mobility, and performance.
Publication: Digital Terminal
Acer Nitro V 16 Launched in India with Intel 14th Gen Processor: Check Detailsedit
Acer has launched the Acer Nitro V 16 laptop with Intel s latest processors in India. The brand announced the AMD variant of the Nitro V 16 with the AMD Ryzen 7 series processors in the country.
Publication: My Smart Price
Industry news
Unleashing India’s semiconductor potential: Importance of education in fostering innovation, enterpriseedit
Semiconductors are the building blocks of modern electronics and information technology and are the core of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing , big data, renewable energy etc.
Publication: The Economic Times
Sridhar urges Centre to set up semiconductor units in Telanganaedit
IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu on Wednesday appealed to the Union government to establish semiconductor advanced packaging and manufacturing plants (APMP) and assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP) units in Telangana under the Indian Semiconductor Mission (ISM).
Publication: The New Indian Express
Lawmakers urge US Secretary to act against Huawei s semiconductor development amid national security concernsedit
Chairman John Moolenaar and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (SCCCP) have urged the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to take immediate action against Huawei s rapid development of semiconductor fabrication facilities.
Publication: The Economic Times
INOX Group, IISc join hands to set up quantum materials lab, boost semiconductor researchedit
In a significant step towards advancing quantum technology and semiconductor research in India, INOX Group and the Indian Institute of Science ( IISc ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the INOX Quantum Materials Lab.
Publication: The Economic Times
Chipmaker TSMC’s profits surge, retail sales ahead what’s moving marketsedit
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s third-quarter profit tops expectations, as the world’s largest contract chipmaker says demand for its artificial intelligence-linked products is “extremely robust”. Elsewhere, Chinese stocks dip following a tepid reaction to a government briefing unveiling fresh support for the country’s housing market.
Publication: Investing India
Agnit Semiconductors raises $3.5 million in seed roundedit
Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor startup Agnit Semiconductors on Thursday said it has raised $3.5 million in a seed round led by 3one4 Capital and Zephyr Peacock – marking their first investment in India’s semiconductor sector.
Publication: The Economic Times
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