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AMD and Nutanix announce strategic partnership to advance an open and scalable platform for enterprise AIedit
By optimising the Nutanix Cloud and Nutanix Kubernetes Platforms on AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct GPUs and integrating the AMD ROCm software ecosystem and the AMD Enterprise AI platform into Nutanix AI full-stack solutions, the companies are developing an open solution for agentic AI platforms using high-performance infrastructure and supported by a broad set of OEM partners.
Publication: Express Computer
AMD And Meta Sign Multi Year Deal For Next Gen Al Infrastructureedit
The first phase will use a custom AMD Instinct GPU based on the M1450 architecture and shipments for the initial one gigawatt deployment are expected to begin in the second half of 2026.
Publication: Construction World
AMD And Meta Sign Multi Year Deal For Next Gen AI Infrastructureedit
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has agreed a multi year partnership with Meta to build next generation artificial intelligence infrastructure, under which AMD will deploy up to six gigawatts (GW) of its AMD Instinct graphics processing units (GPUs) to support Meta’s expanding AI operations.
Publication: Construction World
TCS and AMD Partner To Accelerate Enterprise-scale Ai Adoptionedit
TCS and AMD have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at helping global enterprises scale artificial intelligence from pilots to production. Announced jointly on 14 January 2025 in Mumbai and Santa Clara, the partnership brings together TCS’s deep industry expertise and global innovation ecosystem with AMD’s expanding portfolio of high-performance computing and AI-optimized silicon.
Publication: Enterprise It World
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Arduino, Qualcomm bring on-device AI and robotics learning to Indian school systemsedit
Arduino, backed by Qualcomm, has partnered with Indian edtech firm Get Set Learn to roll out physical AI and future-ready STEAM education across India’s K-12 school ecosystem.
Publication: The Indian Express
Semicon 2.0 to boost deep tech startups, create design ecosystem: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnawedit
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said the Centre s Semicon Mission 2.0 will focus on bolstering deep tech startups, prioritising the creation of a design ecosystem and getting equipment manufacturing and design facilities in the country.
Publication: The Economic Times
Nvidia set to launch new chip that could reset the AI race, says report — Key things to knowedit
In a major shakeup that is likely to reset the AI race, Nvidia is planning to launch a new processor as early as next month that will drastically overhaul how its customers use the technology, the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the knowledge of the matter.
Publication: Live Mint
Nvidia plans new chip to speed AI processingedit
Nvidia plans to launch a new processor designed to help OpenAI and other customers build faster, more efficient AI systems. Nvidia is developing a new system for “inference” computing, a form of processing that allows AI models to respond to queries.
Publication: The Economic Times
Nvidia partners with telecom firms to make sure 6G networks embrace AIedit
Nvidia Corp , the world’s most valuable company, is throwing its weight behind an effort to make sure the forthcoming 6G phone networks provide a strong platform for services and devices that take advantage of artificial intelligence
Publication: Business Standard
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan: I was shocked to find China’s Huawei has hired 100s of engineers who can…edit
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan expressed shock at Huawei’s 100+ top CPU architects, developing alternatives to advanced tools and lithography. He warned China is rapidly closing the semiconductor gap through engineering and infrastructure optimization, even excelling in older tech.
Publication: The Times of India
Industry news
ESR Commits Rs Nine Billion To Navi Mumbai Data Centreedit
Asia-Pacific real asset manager ESR Group has entered India s data centre market with an investment of Rs nine billion (Rs 9 bn) to develop a hyperscale facility in the Rabale area of Navi Mumbai.
Publication: Construction World
PM Modi Inaugurates Micron s First Chip Packaging Plant in Gujaratedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Micron Technology’s Rs 22,516 crore Assembly, Testing, Marking and Packaging (ATMP) facility in Sanand, launching what he described as India s first domestically produced chip and a major step in the country’s semiconductor mission.
Publication: Var India
Gujarat pitches semiconductor ecosystem to domestic, global firms at SemiConnect Conference 2026edit
The event sought to promote strategic collaboration between global chipmakers and Indian industries.
Publication: The Hans India
Semicon Shield to protect semiconductor clusters in Sanand, Dholeraedit
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Rural Police, along with other stakeholders, is working on the Semicon Shield initiative, considered a firstofitskind initiative led by a state police force Senior officials associated with the project told TOI that the Rs 15 crore initiative is planned at Sanand GIDC as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) that can serve both the Sanand and Dholera clusters of semiconductor manufacturing and the allied sector
Publication: The Times of India
L&T data centres target $1 billion revenue by 2030edit
Between October and February, companies including Reliance Industries, Adani Enterprises, TCS, Amazon, Google and Microsoft announced plans to commit nearly $259 billion over five to seven years. Demand has been driven by increasing consumption of 5G services, rising use of AI applications such as ChatGPT and favourable state and central government policies encouraging investment in digital infrastructure.
Publication: MINT
India set to enter global chipmakers’ club with Micron’s Sanand debut todayedit
The Micron Technology plant in Sanand, set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, is expected to put India commercially on the global semiconductor map.
Publication: Business Standard
PM opens Micron chip plant in Sanandedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated on Saturday the Semiconductor Assembly, Test and Packaging (ATMP) facility of Micron Technology in Sanand. Modi said the plant started production in February 2025, and that even in developed nations, it takes three to five years to set up such plants, whereas India cleared it in just a few months.
Publication: The New Indian Express
PM Modi launches India’s first chip in Sanand, avoids political attack at Micron eventedit
In a landmark moment for India’s semiconductor ambitions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated Micron Technology’s state-of-the-art ATMP facility in Sanand and launched the country’s first Made-in-India memory chip — choosing to focus on India’s technological rise rather than political rhetoric.
Publication: Free Press Journal
PM launches US firm’s chip unit in Gujarat: ‘Part of global supply chainedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the country’s first semiconduc tor plant at Sanand in Gujarat, and said a “loud and clear” message has gone out to the world that “India is capable, India is competitive and India is committed.”
Publication: The Indian Express
PM launches Micron ATMP plant in Gujaratedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugu-rated Micron Technology Inc.’s Assembly, Test, Mark-ing, and Packaging (ATMP) facility in Sanand, Gujarat. IT Secretary S. Krishnan had earlier announced that the facility would start put-ting out chips by the end of February.
Publication: The Hindu
PM launches US firm’s chip unit in Gujarat: ‘Part of global supply chainedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the country’s first semiconduc tor plant at Sanand in Gujarat, and said a “loud and clear” message has gone out to the world that “India is capable, India is competitive and India is committed.”
Publication: The Indian Express
Modi launches semicon plant in Gujarat’s Sanandedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Micron Technology’s semiconductor plant at Sanand in Gujarat, and said that after being known for its strength in software, the country is “firmly establishing its identity” in the hardware sector too. “The message has reached the world: India is capable,” he said.
Publication: The New Indian Express
Micron opens world’s largest semicon clean room at Sanand; ships first DRAM module to Delledit
India marked a historic moment in its semiconductor journey on Saturday, as Micron Technology began operations at its Sanand ATMP facility in Gujarat and shipped out its first DRAM module to Dell Technologies from a 500,000 sq ft raised-floor clean room, the largest of its kind in the world.
Publication: The Hindu Business Line
Indian chips on global map, says Vaishnawedit
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said that India has made a place in the semiconductor industry on the global map. “Memory chips will be manufactured in this plant. The semiconductor industry is foundational, and every-thing from cameras to mobiles needs memory chips.
Publication: The Financial Express
India to be part of global chip value chain: Modiedit
Highlighting A Shift in the global technology landscape, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India is rapidly becoming a part of the global semiconductor value chain.
Publication: The Financial Express
Carney, Tata discuss collaborationedit
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met Tata Group chairman N. Chandrasekaran and discussed how India and Canada can partner in various spheres, which include technology and AI.
Publication: Hindustan Times
After Micron, CG Semi, Tata & global firms to deepen Gujarat’s semiconductor pushedit
CG Semi Pvt Ltd said on Sunday that it is on track to begin commercial operations later this year at its outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) plant, while Tata Electronics Pvt Ltd confirmed it has mobilised over 7,000 personnel to build India’s first commercial semiconductor fabrication facility at the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) in Gujarat.
Publication: The Hindu Business Line
SemicON: Modi launches Micron facility in Gujaratedit
India is ready, reliable and delivers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told investors on Saturday at the inauguration of American memory chipmaker Micron Technology’s Rs 22,500-crore semiconductor facility in Gujarat.
Publication: The Economic Times
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