AMD specific news
AMD to power competitive gaming and creator communities with S8UL and Revenant Esports in Indiaedit
AMD is bringing the latest gaming and content creation technologies to S8UL and Revenant Esports (RNTX), empowering gamers, creators, and competitive teams across two of India’s leading esports organizations.
Publication: Inside Sport
AMD Powers S8UL and Revenant for Esports World Cup 2026edit
Under the collaboration, AMD will equip both organizations with Ryzen AI 400 Series processor based PCs, Ryzen 9000 Series processors, and Radeon RX 9000 Series graphics cards. The hardware will support players and creators across gaming, content production, streaming, and everyday workflows.
Publication: Respawn Outlook India
AMD: American Multinational Semiconductor Companyedit
“Once on the brink of bankruptcy in 2012, AMD now competes with Nvidia and Intel. In October 2012, the famous American website ‘The Motley Fool’ published an article titled “”Give Up On This Zombie Stock.”
Publication: Dainik Bhaskar
Young innovators showcase AI solutions for real-world challengesedit
The Grand Finale of AMD Slingshot 2026 recently concluded after a five-month journey that brought together more than 40,000 students, creators, innovators and aspiring entrepreneurs from across India.
Publication: The Times of India
AMD Slingshot showcases India’s next wave of AI talentedit
A MD India recently concluded the Grand Finale of AMD Slingshot 2026, its flagship national AI innovation and venture building initiative, bringing together more than 40,000 students, creators, innovators, and aspiring entrepreneurs. Innovators across ten cities participated in AI workshops, build sessions, prompt-a-thons, and startup-style pitching experiences.
Publication: Hindustan Times
AMD brand mentions
Custom gaming and creator PC build under Rs 1.25 lakh (2026-edition): AMD Ryzen, Nvidia RTX 5060 for effortless 1080p gaming and editing workedit
Building a gaming and creator PC around the Rs 1.25 lakh mark in 2026 requires careful component selection. The goal is not simply to fit the most expensive graphics card into the budget, but to create a system where every component complements the others.
Publication: Money Control
America s Top 10 Most Successful Immigrants: Only 1 woman in top 10, Elon Musk ranked 2edit
Forbes further mentioned that the AMD CEO immigrated with her parents when she was only 3. In 2014, she secured the position of chief executive job while many critiqued AMD to be uninventable.
Publication: The Indian Express
Competition in news
I don’t wear a watch : Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reveals the best career advice he ever receivededit
Placing fourth is Jensen Huang, a Taiwanese business tycoon, who is the CEO of Nvidia. At 63, Huang s story is at the epitome of immigration and has inspired thousands across the globe. He began his career while clearing tables and scrubbing floors at Denny’s.
Publication: The Times of India
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang criticizes executives for blaming AI for layoffsedit
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has criticised corporate leaders who attribute workforce reductions to artificial intelligence, arguing that many executives are using AI as a convenient explanation for layoffs that were driven by broader business challenges.
Publication: People Matters
India s ePlane takes flight on NVIDIA s global AI stageedit
India s aspirations in advanced aviation received a major global endorsement this week as Chennaibased startup ePlane was featured by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang during his keynote at COMPUTEX Taipei, placing the company at the intersection of artificial intelligence, aerospace and next generation mobility.
Publication: The Financial Express
Intel Raptor Lake Next is reportedly in the works for LGA 1700 as demand for DDR4 RAM continuesedit
Multiple reports now suggest that Intel is once again working on a refresh of the Raptor Lake CPUs, called Raptor Lake Next, for the LGA 1700 platform. The higher prices of DDR5 RAM are pushing many new DIY PC builders toward DDR4based platforms, such as Intel s LGA 1700 and AMD s AM4.
Publication: Tech Sportskeeda
KKR launches Rs10 bn AI infra company with Nvidia, Vistraledit
A KKR-led group on Thursday launched a company with more than Rs10 billion in committed capital to finance the build-out of AI infrastructure, the latest effort by an alternative asset manager to capitalize on growing demand for AI services.
Publication: MINT
Nvidia Pitches Vera CPUs to Chinese Clientsedit
Nvidia’s market share in Chi-na has effectively fallen to zero, its CEO Jen-sen Huang said in October, hurt by US ex-port controls on advanced chips and Beijing’s push for self-re-liance in key technologies.Publication: The Economic Times
Partner in news
The upskilling imperativeedit
The writing is on the wall, and now a top information technology (IT) leader of the country publicly acknowledged it this week. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Chairman N Chandrasekaran, at the firms 31st annual general meeting, relayed a message that businesses cannot ignore.
Publication: Business Standard
Google in Talks with Samsung for Chip Partsedit
Alphabet’s Google is in talks with Sam-sung Electronics to manufac-ture part of its next-genera-tion chip, The Information reported on Thursday. Goog-le plans for Taiwan’s TSMC to make the main part of the chip, codenamed ‘Icefish’, while Samsung may produce a separate component that helps connect it to memory using its 2-nanometer pro-duction technology, the re-port said.
Publication: The Economic Times
Industry news
Vaishnaw expects more companies to produce memory chips in Indiaedit
New companies are likely to invest in India to manufacture memory chips while existing investors will scale up production to address the demand-supply gap in the segment, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
Publication: The Hindu
Chip woes stretch planning cycles: Ericsson India MDedit
When it comes to enterprises, we have seen 5G slicing for mission critical services for private networks. Going forward, we will see examples of (adoption in) industry and enterprises as well, the MD said.
Publication: Business Standard
AI with bordersedit
However, other governments may emulate the US, and decentralization would involve setting up byzantine corporate structures to tap capital. Nandan Nilekani, one of the Infosys founders, had suggested that India focus on developing use cases rather than building new models. But that no longer seems a viable allocation of resources.
Publication: Business Standard
As US blocks Anthropic Fable 5, Mythos 5 access to foreign nationals, tech gurus push sovereign AIedit
Jaspreet Bindra, Founder of AI and Beyond, said the development was no surprise. “This was always a possibility. We have already seen this move before, a little bit with Microsoft suspending services to Nayara Energy.
Publication: The Hindu Business Line
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