February 17, 2025

AMD specific news

AMD And Ministry Of Earth Sciences Unveil Powerful Supercomputers To Tackle Climate Challenge (Proactive)edit

AMD in partnership with the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has unveiled two supercomputers Arka and Arunika to tackle climate challenges. Named to reflect their connection to the Sun, these high-performance clusters were inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently.

Publication: The CSR Universe

India Unleashes Supercomputing Power to Predict Climate Extremes (Proactive)edit

In a major leap for climate science, AMD and the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) have unveiled Arka and Arunika two of India’s most powerful supercomputers dedicated to weather forecasting, disaster management, and oceanic research.

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Enterprise It World
AMD, Ministry of Earth Sciences unveils supercomputers to combat climate challenges (Proactive)edit

Global chipmaker, AMD, in collaboration with the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in India, on Monday launched two high-performance supercomputers Arka and Arunika to address climate-related challenges.

Publication: Tech Circle

AMD Supercomputers Tackle Climate Change in India(Proactive)edit

The Arka cluster, based at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune, boasts a capacity of 11.77 Peta FLOPS powered by 3,021 compute nodes, each featuring two AMD EPYC™ 7643 processors with 48 cores.

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Var India
AMD made massive gains on Intel in consumer PC CPU market share in 2024, server share passes 25%edit

AMD had a strong 2024, making notable gains in the x86 CPU market across both consumer and server segments. According to fresh data from Mercury Research, provided by AMD, the company chipped away at Intel’s dominance, particularly in the desktop PC processor space.

Publication: First Post

AMD to Reveal RX 9070 Series on February 28edit

AMD has just announced that it will reveal its upcoming Radeon RX 9070 GPU series on February 28 at 6:30 PM IST on the AMD Gaming YouTube channel. According to David McAfee, AMD s VP & GM of Ryzen CPU and Radeon Graphics, the GPUs will be available in early March 2025.

Publication: IGN

AMD Set to Unveil 32 GB Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU in 2025edit

In the ever-evolving world of gaming and computing hardware, AMD has consistently been at the forefront of delivering powerful and innovative solutions. With the announcement of their upcoming Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU, set to launch in 2025, AMD is yet again poised to disrupt the industry.

Publication: Techno Sports

AMD and MoES Launch Arka & Arunika, India’s Most Powerful CPU-Based Supercomputers (Proactive)edit

AMD in partnership with the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) unveiled two supercomputers, “Arka” and “Arunika.” Named to reflect their connection to the Sun, these high-performance clusters, were inaugurated by Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi recently.

Publication: Digital Terminal

For India, there’s a world to win in AIedit

Vaishnaw has said the government has held talks with stakeholders in India to build an indigenous GPU and held meetings with Nvidia and AMD (both are American companies) for support. “It will take time but it can happen only with government and private sector partnership,” said Rajat Chandak, president of India Electronics and Semiconductor Association.

Publication: Business Standard

Competition in news

HPE Introduces NextGeneration ProLiant Servers Engineered for Advanced Security, AI Automation and Greater Performanceedit

The HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 portfolio sets a new standard for enterprise security with built in safeguards at every layer – from the chip to the cloud – and every phase of the server lifecycle.

Publication: CXO Today

Nvidia stock is doing something it’s done only twice before; what’s coming next? Is history about to repeat itself?edit

Nvidia has been one of the best stocks in recent times, with the stock jumping 171% last year to make it one of the top performers in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as per reports.

Publication: The Economic Times

HPE Ships First NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GB200 NVL72 System with Advanced Liquid Coolingedit

Engineers, scientists and researchers need cutting edge liquid cooling technology to keep up with increasing power and compute requirements, said Bob Pette, vice president of enterprise platforms at NVIDIA Building on continued collaboration between HPE and NVIDIA, HPE s first shipment of NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 will help service providers and large enterprises efficiently build, deploy and scale large AI clusters

Publication: Digital Terminal

Intel’s latest security update has this ‘big warning’ for AMD and Nvidia customersedit

Intel has called out the security of the products from rival brands AMD and Nvidia. In its Intel Product Safety Report 2024 claims that AMD and Nvidia products have a significantly higher number of security vulnerabilities compared to its offerings.

Publication: The Times of India

Broadcom, TSMC eye deals to split Inteledit

TSMC boasts a market valuation about eight times larger than that of Intel. The Taiwanese company’s customers include AI chip leader Nvidia and AMD, which is Intel’s fierce rival in PC and server markets.

Publication: Business Standard

Partner in news

Dell XPS 13 Review: A mixed bag and a swan songedit

The regular consumer-facing Dell, the enthusiast/professional-facing Dell Pro, and the heavy-lifting professional-focussed Dell Pro Max. This meant goodbye Latitude, Inspiron and XPS, among others.

Publication: CNBC TV18

Apple s OLED MacBook Pro Set for 2026: Samsung Ramps Up Productionedit

Apple is gearing up to take its MacBook Pro lineup to the next level by introducing OLED displays in 2026.

Publication: Techno Sports Co

ASUS Vivobook 14 Flip review: The most versatile laptop I’ve tested in recent timesedit

Most laptops—whether premium or budget-friendly—tend to look, feel, and function similarly, with performance being the key differentiator.

Publication: The Indian Express

ASUS Gaming V16 (V3607) review: A stealthy, balanced mix of gaming and everyday productivityedit

The Asus V16 is positioned as a performance oriented yet sleek laptop that balances gaming and productivity. With a base variant priced at ?84,990 in India, the laptop packs an Intel Core i5 processor, NVIDIA RTX 4050 (6GB), 16GB DDR5 RAM, and a 512GB NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD, making it a strong contender in the midrange gaming and creator laptop market.

Publication: Business Today

ASUS Gaming V16, Vivobook 14 Flip, and Zenbook Duo Launched in Indiaedit

ASUS has launched its new range of productivity and gaming laptops in India. These include the Gaming V16, Vivobook 14 Flip, Zenbook 14 Duo, and other models.

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My Smart Price
Dell nears deal to sell $5 billion in AI servers to xAI, Bloomberg News reportsedit

(Reuters) Dell Technologies is nearing a deal worth more than $5 billion to provide Elon Musk s xAI with servers optimized for artificial intelligence work, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter Shares of the server maker gained 4% after the report

Publication: The Economic Times

Industry news

CDIL Launches India s First High Efficiency Semiconductors for Solaredit

This innovation represents a leap forward in India’s renewable energy ambitions, ensuring more reliable and cost-effective solar power for homes, businesses, and industries. With the new line, the company has expanded its capacity by 25 million units.

Publication:

BIS Infotech
NetSuite is Expanding to Oracle Cloud Regions in Indiaedit

To meet the demand of our growing customer base in India and expand our footprint of data centers around the world, I’m excited to announce NetSuite is opening data centers in the Oracle Cloud Mumbai Region and the Oracle Cloud Hyderabad Region. This will be the first time NetSuite will run on data centers in India.

Publication: CXO Today

IndiaAI Mission: All firms match L1 prices, GPU access portal to launch in 78 daysedit

The government is set to launch the graphics processing unit (GPU) access portal within the next seven to eight days, minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Bengaluru on February 15.

Publication: Money Control

What will it take for India to become a global data centre hub?edit

Last month, Mukesh Ambaniled Reliance Industries Ltd announced plans to build what may become the world’s largest data centre—potentially three times the capacity of current leading facilities, with an estimated investment of $2030 billion.

Publication:

Live Mint
Modi Trump talks: AI, hitech, semiconductors in focus as India, US pledge to boost tech tiesedit

Artificial Intelligence, innovation and next generation technologies figured prominently during the high stakes discussion between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump at the White House, as the two sides announced transformative measures, including the US India TRUST initiative, roadmap on accelerating AI infrastructure and INDUS Innovation, to boost tech ties.

Publication: ET CIO

IndiaAI Mission: All firms match L1 prices, GPU access portal to launch in 78 daysedit

The government is set to launch the graphics processing unit (GPU) access portal within the next seven to eight days, minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Bengaluru on February 15.

Publication: Money Control

No need for one country to control chip industry, Taiwan official saysedit

There is no need for one country to control the semiconductor industry, which is complex and needs a division of labour, Taiwan’s top technology official said on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump criticised the island s chip dominance.

Publication: The Indian Express

India-US TRUST will advance defence, AI, semiconductors and biotechnology: Expertsedit

Gaurav Moda, Partner and Leader, Energy Sector, EY-Parthenon on India, said, “The establishment of these strategic partnerships could pave the way for significant advancements in sectors like defence, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, pharma and biotechnology.

Publication: The Telegraph

Vaishnaw Promises First Made-in-India Chip in Sept-Octedit

The first made-in-India chip from a commercial fab will come out in September or October this year, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said here on Saturday.

Publication: The Economic Times

Holding the Chips to Ready, Semi, Goedit

If the tryst with this ‘Make in India’ timeline is kept, it should be a coming-of-age moment for Indian manufacturing. Semiconductors are vital for self-reliance in modern industry

Publication: The Economic Times

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