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Black Ops 6 guide: Best settings for AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and RX 6750 XTedit
The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and 6750 XT continue to be capable GPUs for playing the latest titles in the market. They can handle titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 comfortably. However, given the cards are a bit old now, you need to rely on a few settings tweaks to get a decent framerate, especially if you’re looking for a competitive experience.
Publication: Sportskeeda
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How Intel got left behind in the AI chip boomedit
Intel is not at the forefront of building big AI systems. That is Nvidia s stronghold. (Image: Reuters) In 2005, there was no inkling of the artificial intelligence boom that would come years later. But directors at Intel, whose chips served as electronic brains in most computers, faced a decision that might have altered how that transformative technology evolved.
Publication: The Indian Express
Intel Layoffs: An Economic Crisis in the Semiconductor Industryedit
Intel plans to fire 1,300 workers in Oregon as part of cost cutting measures. The layoffs will start on 15 November and run for two weeks, affecting four workplaces. Impacted workers would not be able to change positions inside the company.
Publication: DQ India
Minister Lokesh seeks NVIDIA support for AI Universityedit
On the sidelines of the first ever NVIDIA AI Summit held in Mumbai on Thursday, IT and Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh held discussions with company CEO Jensen Huang on strengthening the State’s technological sector.
Publication: The New Indian Express
NVIDIA, Meta Push Indian IT to Aim High on GenAI, Finally!edit
Listen to this story Indian IT is finally stepping up its generative AI game. At Meta s Build with AI Summit in Bengaluru held on October 23, Infosys announced a partnership with Meta to utilise the Llama stack, a collection of opensource large language models and tools, to build AI solutions across industries. Indian IT is finally stepping up its generative AI game.
Publication: Analytics India Mag
Nvidia overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable coedit
Nvidia dethroned Apple as the world’s most valuable company on Friday, following a record setting rally in the stock powered by an insatiable demand for its new supercomputing AI chips. Nvidia’s stock market value briefly touched $3.53 trillion, while that of Apple was $3.52 trillion, according to data from LSEG.
Publication: The Times of India
Nvidia Forms Strategic Partnerships with Indian Companies at AI Summitedit
Nvidia has formed several key alliances with Indian companies, showcasing its dedication to leveraging India’s potential in AI and data.
Publication: Navbharat
Top tech firms map AI ride with Nvidiaedit
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), Infosys Ltd, Wipro Ltd and Tech Mahindra Ltd last week announced or expanded on their partnerships with Nvidia, when its founder and chief executive Jensen Huang visited India.
Publication: MINT
Tech leaders bet on AI’s India futureedit
Nandan Nilekani, co-founder and non-executive chairman of Infosys, believes that India should not get into creating another LLM. “Let these big boys (technology giants) spend $50 billion each. We would use all that to create new things,” said Nilekani, at the Meta Summit.
Publication: Business Standard
Nvidia s billionaire CEO says AI can do a lot of things except take his jobedit
As we speak, AI has no possibility of doing what we do, he said at Nvidia s October AI Summit, reported Business Insider.
Publication: Fortune
Tata Consultancy Services: TCS launches Nvidia business unit to drive AI adoption across industriesedit
The new unit will design and deliver curated AI adoption strategies by leveraging global centres of excellence (CoEs), investments in the Nvidia AI platform , including accelerated computing and AI software, and the Nvidia AI Enterprise and Nvidia Omniverse platforms, and skilled resources
Publication: ET Telecom
Wipro empowers enterprises with AI solutions powered by NVIDIA for new era of AIedit
Wipro is leveraging NVIDIA AI to provide clients with ready-to-use templates for building agentic AI advocates in the areas of intelligent document processing, drug discovery, customer service and claims processing. Built with NVIDIA NIM Agent Blueprints these templates are expected to significantly expedite the delivery of business value to customers.
Publication: Express Computer
Zoho Corporation to leverage NVIDIA AI accelerated computing platformedit
Zoho Corporation has announced that it will be leveraging the NVIDIA AI accelerated computing platform which includes NVIDIA NeMo, part of NVIDIA AI Enterprise software to build and deploy its large language models (LLMs) in its SaaS applications
Publication: Business Today
Qualcomm and Alphabet Partner for Automotive AI; Mercedes Signs Chip Agreementedit
Qualcomm announced on Tuesday a partnership with Alphabet s Google to provide automakers with a combination of chips and software for developing AI voice assistants This collaboration will leverage technology from both companies, enabling car manufacturers to create customized voice solutions that function independently of a driver s smartphone
Publication: The Times of India
Qualcomm confident in device ecosystem to support 600MHz spectrum servicesedit
The smartphone ecosystem will become more premium by the time India decides to make these radio waves available for use, said Durga Malladi, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Technology Planning & Edge Solutions, Qualcomm Technologies.
Publication: Business Standard
A third of Nvidia is here in India: CEOedit
India has the opportunity to “reinvent” itself from a back-office IT cost reduction industry to a front office AI-driven innovation ecosystem as the country has access to all the key resources needed to fuel AI capabilities, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said while advocating the need to regulate AI in context of its use.
Publication: The Times of India
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Deep dive into the Intel Core Ultrapowered Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 The ultimate AI PC | 91mobiles.comedit
At the heart of the Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 is the Intel Core Ultra 9185H processor. As you may already know, the Core Ultra 9 is the most powerful processor that Intel has to offer in this series.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
HP EliteBook Ultra G1q Review: Pros, Cons and Verdictedit
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series has reshaped the way Windows laptops perform, and HP is jumping on board with its new EliteBook Ultra G1q, targeted at enterprise buyers.
Publication: My Smart Price
Acer Swift 14 AI review: long lasting laptop won t let you forget about AIedit
Stuff Verdict It visualises artificial intelligence at work better than most Copilot+ PCs and has stellar battery life, but the Acer Swift 14 AI is otherwise a fairly generic Snapdragon powered ultraportable Pros Superb battery life Convincing desktop performance
Publication: Stuff
ASUS Expands Retail Presence with Launch of 6th Select Store in Chennaiedit
The showcased products have undergone a rigorous, multicheck inspection that comprises an exhaustive process of testing, meticulous restoration, and ASUS certification, thereby ensuring their compliance with standards akin to those of brandnew products
Publication: Digital Terminal
Dixon Sees Strong Revenue Growth from Mobiles, IT Hardware Demandedit
We are also looking to further deepen the level of manufacturing and looking to get into precision components, mechanicals, and camera modules, and the same is under deep study and we are working on the possible partnerships,” Lall said. Under the IT hardware PLI scheme, Dixon is making laptops for Acer, while production for Lenovo is expected to start from the third fiscal quarter, Lall said.
Publication: The Economic Times
‘AI’ laptop from ‘HP’ for content creationedit
HP launched the OmniBook Ultra Flip, a 2-in-1 next-gen ‘AI’ laptop in India today. This laptop is designed for young freelancers and creators. It is a laptop with great style, great performance and versatility.
Publication: Sakal
Apple Prepares For A ‘Week Of Announcements’ As Rumours About M4-Powered Devices Gather Steamedit
We already have a feel of what the M4 can deliver, thanks to the iPad Pro. On that particular device, the M4 chip comes with a 10-core CPU and a 10-GPU (up from the 8-core CPU in the M3 chip), which helps to give it a bit more power in all sorts of workloads. There is a significant improvement over Apple’s previous iPad Pros and, of course, other tablets.
Publication: The Telegraph
Dixon partners with HP India to make laptops and PCsedit
Dixon’s subsidiary Padget Electronics has signed an MoU with HP India to produce PCs and laptops in a new 27,870 square metres (300,000 square foot) plant in Oragadam, Tamil Nadu
Publication: Business Standard
Acer logged best ever biz performance this yr: CBOedit
Personal computer (PC) manufacturer Acer India has recorded its “best ever year” in 2024 so far in terms of business performance and growth on the back of a surge in the consumer segment, a senior executive at the firm said.
Publication: Business Standard
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Dixon Sees Strong Revenue Growth from Mobiles, IT Hardware Demandedit
The electronics contract manufacturer has taken up a new facility of 150,000 square feet to cater to increased demand for around 400,000 units from one of its smartphone customers, a top Dixon executive said.
Publication: The Economics Times
Gaming on the cardsedit
“The festive season is a crucial time for us, and we’re pulling out all the stops to ensure we offer something fresh and exciting for players,” says Paul Michael, CEO of metaverse and gaming tech company OneVerse that acquired online poker platforms Calling Station, Spartan Poker and PokerSaint, among others, earlier this year as part of an acquisition spree in the gaming space.
Publication: The Financial Express
TSMC is the Showstopper Again, Thanks to Surging Demand for AI Chipsedit
With the rise in demand for AI chips, big tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and NVIDIA have turned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) for production.
Publication: Analytics India Mag
IndiaAI, Meta launch AI center in IIT Jodhpur; will promote student startupsedit
This is aimed at propelling the advancement of opensource artificial intelligence (AI) in India, said the Ministry of Electronics and IT in a statement on Friday.
Publication: The Hindu
SK hynix likely to overtake Samsung in chip business annual profit, ET Telecomedit
This marks the industry s first mass production of the highest capacity and fastest HBM chip to date, outpacing other major HBM manufacturers like Samsung and Micron Technology Inc. Samsung Electronics plunged 28 per cent this year through Friday to 55,900 won, while SK hynix jumped 42 per cent to 201,000 won.
Publication: The Economic Times
Semiconductor market is projected to hit $80 billion by FY28; ABB, Kaynes could give over 20% each upsideedit
The Indian semiconductor market is projected to grow at a remarkable 19.6% CAGR, reaching INR 80.3 billion by FY28. This growth is underpinned by the global semiconductor market, which is expected to hit USD 1 trillion by 2030.
Publication: The Economic Times
Forging India’s Semiconductor Destiny: TCS’ Vision for AI-Driven Innovationedit
As we see a surge of activity in the semiconductor space, TCS has strategically positioned itself to cover the entire chip value chain, from R&D to end-use applications like automotive and healthcare.
Publication: DQ India
India needs to focus on being a global AI poweredit
Nvidia Founder & CEO Jensen Huang’s clarion call for India to lead in AI development serves as a timely reminder of the nation’s potential. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising industries and transforming daily life. It enhances efficiency and innovation across sectors like healthcare, finance, agriculture, and education by enabling machines to analyse data, learn patterns, and make decisions.
Publication: The Hindu Business Line
Robust fab ecosystem key to India realising full promiseedit
This is an opportunity for India, and has multiple challenges. The keywords here are: design thinking, system thinking, and endtoend thinking. We are now talking about a fab. A fab is a small part of the value chain. We now need to be able to design better, and also make an end product.
Publication: DQ India
State eyes data centre hub at Tuem to boost digital economyedit
Taking a step ahead in its plan to set up a data centre on 11,185sqm of land in Tuem , the Goa Information Technology Development Corporation ( GITDC ) has moved to gather information about potential suppliers, cost estimates, and technology for the network infrastructure.
Publication: The Times of India
TSMC would continue to create miracles in global semiconductor industry: Co-founder Morris Changedit
The world’s largest contract chipmaker Co-founder Morris Chang on Sunday said that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) would continue to create miracles in the global semiconductor industry on the back of the current leadership, reported Taipei Times.
Publication: ANI
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw engages with Meta s AI chief on skill developmentedit
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw recently met with Meta s Chief AI Scientist, Yann LeCun, to explore collaboration opportunities in artificial intelligence, with a focus on job creation and skill development in India.
Publication: India Today
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