January 8, 2026

AMD specific news

CES 2026: AMD Announces Two New Entries to Its Ryzen AI Max+ Series of Processors, Along With Ryzen AI 400 Lineupedit

AMD has announced two new additions to its Ryzen AI Max+ Series, with the introduction of AI Max+ 392 and AI Max+ 388. The company unveiled the new entries at Consumer Electronics Shows (CES) 2026.

Publication : Ign

AMD shows off new higher performing AI chip at CES eventedit

Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su showed off a number of the company’s AI chips on Monday at the CES trade show in Las Vegas, including its advanced MI455 AI processors, which are components in the data center server racks that the company is selling to firms like ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

Publication : The Hindu

AMD CEO Lisa Su says: AI has not slowed hiring at AMD, just that we are now hiring different people. We’re hiring people who are AI forwardedit

AMD CEO Lisa Su recently spoke about the impact of AI on hiring. Speaking at the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 in Las Vegas, US, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CEO Lisa Su said that artificial intelligence has now slowed down the hiring process at the chipmaker.

Publication : The Times of India

AMD and Partners Outline Vision for AI Everywhere for Everyone at CES 2026edit

This ambitious public/private technology initiative aims to secure U.S. leadership in AI technologies and shape scientific discovery and global competitiveness for years to come. Genesis includes two recently announced AMD-powered AI supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lux and Discovery.

Publication : Digital Terminal

Competition in news

Qualcomm in Talks With Samsung For Contract Manufacturing of 2Nanometre Chipsedit

Qualcomm is in talks with Samsung over contract manufacturing of twonanometre chips, the U.S. company s CEO Cristiano Amon was quoted by the Korea Economic Daily as saying on Wednesday.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Qualcomm and Google deepen alliance to accelerate softwaredefined vehiclesedit

Qualcomm Technologies and Google have announced an expansion of their longstanding partnership, aiming to speed up the shift toward software defined vehicles (SDVs) and next generation, AI powered incar experiences.

Publication: Var India

NVIDIA Unveils Alpamayo AI Platform for Autonomous Vehicle Developmentedit

NVIDIA has launched the Alpamayo family of open AI models, simulation tools, and datasets designed to accelerate the development of safe, reasoning-based autonomous vehicles.

Publication: Elets online

Nvidia unveils Rubin – its new AI supercomputing platform succeeding Blackwell chipsedit

Nvidia has unveiled Rubin, its next generation GPU architecture and tightly integrated AI computing platform that is set to replace its current flagship Blackwell architecture.

Publication: Var India

Data center coolingrelated stocks drop after Nvidia CEO Huang s commentsedit

Makers of cooling systems saw their stocks sell off after comments by Nvidia Corp. s chief executive raised fears about demand for their products from data centers.

Publication: Communications today

AI Quote of the day: The ChatGPT moment for physical AI is here…, says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huangedit

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 in Las Vegas, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered his vision for the future of artificial intelligence. During his speech, he emphasised the transition from digital to physical applications.

Publication: The Financial Express

Samsung introduces Galaxy Book 6 series with Intel Core Ultra series 3 processorsedit

Samsung Electronics has announced a new range of Windows laptops at CES 2026, expanding its Galaxy Book lineup with updated hardware and builtin AI features.

Publication: Hindustan Times

MSI unveils Prestige 13 AI+, Raider 16 Max HX and Crosshair gaming laptops at CES 2026edit

MSI has expanded its laptop range at CES 2026, introducing new models across its Prestige, Raider, Stealth and Crosshair series. The company said the latest lineup reflects changes in design, hardware performance and system features, with a focus on updated processors, revised layouts and support for ondevice computing tasks.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Intel stuns CES 2026 crowd with 42,000brick LEGO art installationedit

The mockup of an actual Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 (codenamed Panther Lake) chip even lights up, thanks to 600+ LEDs and complicated circuitry hidden within its LEGO tiles – mimicking the way a reallife Series 3 processor functions. Since its big reveal on Jan. 5 at Intel s Tech Showcase, it s been drawing huge crowds that gape at its size and color.

Publication: Communications today

CES 2026: Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Debuts Amid AI-Driven Laptop Price Surgeedit

Intel says Core Ultra Series 3, codenamed Panther Lake, is the first client platform built on Intel 18A. The company informed that it designed and manufactured the platform in the United States. Intel also says the chips will be placed in more than 200 laptop designs worldwide.

Publication: Analytics Insight

Acer Unveils New Predator and Nitro Gaming Laptops with Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Processorsedit

The Predator Helios Neo 16S AI is a premium OLED gaming laptop with up to the new Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 386H and NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 50 Series Laptop GPUs housed in a sleek metal chassis.

Publication: CXO Today

Acer Introduces Aspire AI Copilot+ PCs Featuring Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Processorsedit

Acer Aspire 14 AI and Acer Aspire 16 AI laptops are available with new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, powering unique Copilot+ PC experiences on Windows 11 and ondevice Acer AI solutions.

Publication: CXO Today

Acer Announces New Lineup of Premium Swift AI Copilot+ PCs Featuring Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Processorsedit

The Acer Swift 16 AI is powered by up to Intel Core Ultra X9 Series 3 processors with builtin Intel Arc graphics and upgraded hardware features – featuring the world’s largest haptic touchpad, up to 120 Hz 3K OLED touch displays, and larger keys with perkey backlighting in a sleek 14.9 mm thin chassis.

Publication: CXO Today

Nvidia CEO Huang says next generation of chips is in full productionedit

While Nvidia still dominates the market for training AI models, it faces far more competition – from traditional rivals such as Advanced Micro Devices, opens new tab as well as customers like Alphabet’s, opens new tab Google – in delivering the fruits of those models to hundreds of millions of users of chatbots and other technologies.

Publication : Business Standard

Partner in news

Dell bets on India as key high growth market, eyes AI PCs and wider retail pushedit

Identifying India as one of its most strategic and high growth markets globally, American tech giant Dell Technologies is betting on the country s scale, young demographic, and rapid digital adoption to drive the next era of intelligent computing.

Publication : The Economic Times

CES 2026: Asus Updates Its TUF Gaming A14 Laptop and Announces TM500 Gaming Desktop With AMD Processoredit

Asus has announced new additions to its TUF series lineup, announcing the TUF Gaming A14 laptop featuring the RTX 50 series GPU along with the TUF Gaming TM500 gaming desktop. Asus TUF Gaming A14 The Asus TUF Gaming A14 is powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 processor, paired with up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU. It supports up to 32GB of memory and offers storage options of up to 4TB.

Publication : Ign

Acer introduces AMD Ryzen AI 400 Series processors across its Copilot+ PC laptop portfolioedit

Acer has expanded its AI-focused laptop lineup with new models powered by the latest AMD Ryzen AI 400 Series processors, built on the advanced Zen 5 architecture. The refreshed portfolio spans thin-and-light ultrabooks, mainstream productivity notebooks, and gaming laptops — including the Acer Swift Go 16 AI, Acer Aspire 14 AI, Acer Aspire 16 AI, and the Acer Nitro V 16 AI.

Publication : Techno Sports

GIGABYTE Unleashes the Full Power of X3D Enabled AMD Ryzen™ 9000 Series Processors with AI-powered X3D Turbo Mode 2.0 at CES 2026edit

At CES 2026, GIGABYTE is unlocking the full potential of AMD Ryzen™ 9000 Series Processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology. Through its exclusive, AI-powered X3D Turbo Mode 2.0, GIGABYTE delivers real-time, adaptive performance tuning that pushes X3D CPUs beyond traditional limits. Built as a true hardware–software fusion and trained with massive real-world datasets, X3D Turbo Mode 2.0 is fully optimized and ready for the latest X3D Powered Ryzen™ 9000 Series Processors—right from day one.

Publication : It Voice

Powering intelligence: Oracle’s new AI playbookedit

The upcoming superclusters will be built using AMD’s vertically optimised “Helios” rack design, integrating Instinct MI450 GPUs, next-generation AMD EPYC CPUs (codenamed Venice), and AMD Pensando networking (codenamed Vulcano). This end-to-end architecture is designed for high compute density, power efficiency, and performance required by next-generation AI models.

Publication : Data Quest

Industry news

US Chip Equipment Maker KLA Opens Rs 300 Cr Chennai R&D Centreedit

The inauguration was attended by senior officials from India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Tamil Nadu government, including Amitesh Kumar Sinha, additional secretary at MeitY and chief executive of the India Semiconductor Mission, signalling closer industry-government collaboration as New Delhi pushes to build domestic chip capabilities.

Publication: Business World

UP Cabinet Clears 13 Proposals, Announces New Incentives for Semiconductor Manufacturingedit

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has approved 13 key proposals, including a package of new incentives for semiconductor manufacturing units aimed at attracting largescale investments to the state.

Publication: Egov Eletsonline

NXP Semiconductors and GE HealthCare Partner On Edge AI Innovationedit

NXP Semiconductors N.V. and GE HealthCare has announced a collaboration to pioneer new advancements in edge AI innovation leveraging NXP s long history in secure, highperformance edge processing and GE HealthCare s deep experience in medical technology innovation.

Publication: Sme Street

India’s data centre capacity to reach 1.7 GW this yearedit

India s data centre market is likely to add 220 MW in 2026, taking total installed capacity to approximately 1.7 GW by yearend.

Publication: The Economic Times

In a big boost to Chennai s chip ecosystem, KLA opens R&D hubedit

The semiconductor process control and process enabling technology company, which in simple terms inspects defects in wafers and help chipmakers maintain yield, plays a key role in chip inspection and is expected to further boost its country s semiconductor ecosystem

Publication: The Times of India

Artificial Intelligence meets silicon: Can AI-enabled chips tackle India s semiconductor challenges?edit

India has made its ambitions clear when it comes to semiconductors. The government is rolling out generous incentives, demand for electronics is booming, and our engineering workforce is world renowned.

Publication: Express Computer

US Chip Equipment Maker KLA Opens Rs 300 Cr Chennai R&D Centreedit

The inauguration was attended by senior officials from India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Tamil Nadu government, including Amitesh Kumar Sinha, additional secretary at MeitY and chief executive of the India Semiconductor Mission, signalling closer industry-government collaboration as New Delhi pushes to build domestic chip capabilities.

Publication : Business World

India’s data centre capacity to reach 1.7 GW this yearedit

India s data centre market is likely to add 220 MW in 2026, taking total installed capacity to approximately 1.7 GW by yearend.

Publication : The Economic Times

Artificial Intelligence meets silicon: Can AI-enabled chips tackle India s semiconductor challenges?edit

India has made its ambitions clear when it comes to semiconductors. The government is rolling out generous incentives, demand for electronics is booming, and our engineering workforce is world renowned.

Publication : Express Computer

The hottest, smartest and most impressive tech to come our way this year!edit

CES is many things — a spectacle, a stress test for innovation and occasionally a reality check for the tech industry. The annual Las Vegas mega-show once again served as a preview of what’s likely to land on store shelves (and in our homes) over the next year. CES 2026 feels notably more grounded.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

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