August 17, 2026

AMD specific news

My laptop was constantly lagging—switching to AMD Ryzen made a huge differenceedit

However, the experience changed when I switched to a laptop powered by an AMD Ryzen processor. AMD Ryzen processors have become a strong alternative to traditional laptop CPUs, offering a combination of performance, power efficiency and multitasking capabilities across different price segments.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Best Budget AMD Laptops Under Rs 55,000 in India: Acer, HP, Lenovo and ASUS Comparededit

The best budget AMD laptops under Rs 55,000 in India offer Ryzen 3 or Ryzen 5 processors, SSD storage, Full HD displays and Windows operating systems. These affordable laptops target students, office professionals, remote workers and families looking for reliable everyday computing.

Publication: Infotech Lead

Google in talks with AMD about hybrid TPU CPU chipsedit

Technology Google is reportedly chatting with AMD about building its next-generation AI chips, known as TPUs.

Publication: News Bytes App, First Post

AMD brand mentions

Chips to Startups programme train over 68,000 students to boost design ecosystemedit

Under the C2S programme, access to advanced Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools from companies like Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens EDA, Ansys, Keysight, Silvaco, RenesasAltium, AMDXilinx, AsterQuanta, Compcarta, Cadre and AMDXilinx has been provided to 332 academic institutions across the country.

Publication: The Hans India

Rolling Out the Red Carpetedit

Agrani Labs is a semiconductor company building high-performance AI GPUs for data centres, an area dominated by global players such as Nvidia and AMD. It is developing a GPU and the software stack with the aim of building AI computing infrastructure for India and global markets

Publication: The Economic Times

Chip startups eyeing scale hit funding walledit

Hemant Mohapatra, partner at Lightspeed and a former AMD executive, said the chip market is divided between capital-intensive frontier AI-chip firms and makers of lower-cost chips for appliances, electric vehicles, etc.

Publication: MINT

Competition in news

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon Earns $29.7 mn as Chipmaker Targets $40 bn Beyond Smartphonesedit

Microchip Advances SpaceGrade Timing with Enhanced Radiation Tolerance and Extended Temperature Performance The Space CSACSA65 combines atomic-clock accuracy with builtin 1 PPS disciplining and low-power consumption

Publication: CXO Today

NvidiaOpenAI partnership: US chipmaker plans to invest $3 billion in SB Energy; what we knowedit

Jensen Huang led US chipmaker Nvidia is in talks to invest roughly $3 billion in SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group that is developing a massive data centre project in Ohio for OpenAI, The Information reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the discussions.

Publication: Live Mint, Business Standard, CNBC TV18, Money Control, The Times of India

Nvidia to Backstop GPU Capacity for Neocloud Operatorsedit

Nvidia is introducing a new financing model where it guarantees a minimum utilisation floor on deployed graphics processing units (GPUs) for neocloud operators.

Publication: The Economic Times

NVIDIA releases the GeForce NOW stable app for Linuxedit

NVIDIA first brought the GeForce NOW cloud gaming native app to Linux in early 2026. However, it was a beta version designed to get early feedback before the final release.

Publication: Tech Sports Keeda

Nvidia scales back funding guarantee for Ohio OpenAI data centre: Reportedit

Nvidia has revised its plans to support a proposed OpenAI data centre project in Ohio and is now expected to initially guarantee less than $120 billion, down from the $250 billion previously discussed, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Publication: The Economic Times

Goldman explores Nvidia dealedit

Goldman Sachs is in talks with potential investors about participating in Nvidia’s $500 billion Al financing initiative, after leveraging its longstanding relationship with the chipmaker to secure a coveted role in the deal, sources said.

Publication: The Financial Express, Business Standard

Partner in news

Lenovo Legion 5 15IAX10 review: A great gaming laptop that struggles to justify its priceedit

The laptop is available in several configurations, including Intel s Arrow LakeHX processors alongside older 13th and 14thgen Core chips, with Nvidia s latest RTX 50series GPUs.

Publication: 91 Mobiles

Lenovo CIO Playbook 2026: 96% of Enterprises to Raise AI Investment as Hybrid AI and Agentic AI Gain Momentumedit

The Lenovo CIO Playbook 2026, based on IDC research involving 3,120 IT and business decisionmakers, reveals that 96 percent of organizations plan to increase AI investment during the next 12 months.

Publication: Infotech Lead

ASUS India teases Made in India TUF Gaming devices on Independence Dayedit

ASUS India just dropped a small teaser on X, hinting at what appears to be a shift towards Make in India production for its TUF Gaming devices.

Publication: Tech Sports Keeda

India is a real capability hub inside our global operating model : Shailendra Katyal, VP & MD, Lenovo Indiaedit

Shailendra Katyal, vice-president and managing director, Lenovo India, says the focus is shifting towards hybrid infrastructure, governance and workforce readiness as AI becomes a boardroom priority.

Publication: The Financial Express

Dell 14 Pro Essential review: Solid for office workedit

Dell revamp its PC lineup, including Pro Essential series in India, to offer small and medium businesses as well as price-conscious customers a value proposition.

Publication: The Times of India

Industry news

South Korean AI chip tycoon appeals record divorce ruling, biggest settlement in countryedit

South Korea’s AI chip tycoon has appealed a court ruling ordering him to pay $666 million to his former wife in the country’s largest-ever divorce settlement, his lawyers said Saturday.

Publication: CNBC TV18

PM Modi says 58 more semiconductor plants likely in next 78 yearsedit

From the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India could see five to eight more semiconductor plants in the next seven to eight years.

Publication: India Today, The Statesman

Data Center Land Banking Emerges as Key Expansion Strategyedit

Data center companies are increasingly investing in vacant land for future construction, a practice known as data center land banking. This approach is gaining traction as the industry seeks to meet surging demand and address intensifying challenges in site selection.

Publication: The Economic Times

India s chip startups struggle to fund leap from design to commercial productionedit

India s semiconductor startups have cleared the design stage with government support and seed funding, but few are securing the much larger investments needed to move from initial chip production to commercial scale manufacturing.

Publication: Live Mint

India’s semiconductor, manufacturing push to drive global value-chain ambitions: Industry leadersedit

Industry leaders have welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day focus on manufacturing, semiconductors and MSMEs, saying the push for domestic capabilities and greater access to global markets can strengthen India’s position in global value chains and support the next phase of economic growth.

Publication: ANI News

India s gaming market crossed $1 billion in revenue for the first time in history, report claimsedit

The Indian gaming market crossed a major revenue milestone last year, it is reportedly. In 2025, the country s games market generated $1.04 billion in revenue for the first time, exceeding the $1 billion mark, with 14.8% year on year growth.

Publication: The Times of India

India Data Centre Capacity Jumps FourFold To 1,575 MW Since 2020: Meityedit

India s installed data centre capacity has more than quadrupled since 2020 to around 1,575 megawatts (MW), reflecting the rapid expansion of digital infrastructure to support growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI).

Publication: Business World

Delhi govt plans drone, semiconductor policies rollout by September-endedit

The Delhi government plans to roll out its drone and semiconductor policies by September or October, with the drafts to undergo feedback Cabinet approval. The Delhi government is planning to implement its drone and semiconductor policies by next month, with the draft policies likely to be sent to chief minister Rekha Gupta for approval soon, officials said on Saturday.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Bengaluru-based chip company Level Five Cartronics seeks OSAT partners in Indiaedit

Bengaluru-based fabless semiconductor company Level Five Cartronics (LFC) that has secured design wins for chips used in the Indian Railways Kavach train protection system, is planning to establish a supply chain in India, beginning with outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing (OSAT).

Publication: The Economic Times

AI, Quantum Technologies will Shape the Future: Vice Presidentedit

Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan on Sunday called upon graduating students to use their knowledge, innovation and skills for nation building, guided by the principle of Nation First – Rashtra Pratham.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Why India needs more power for AI, chips and data centresedit

India is betting on nuclear power to meet the rapidly rising electricity demand from emerging sectors such as semi-conductors, artificial intelli-gence (AI) and data centres, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi setting a target of com-missioning five new nuclear reactors in the current decade and expanding nuclear capac-ity to 100 gigawatt-electric (GWe) by 2047.

Publication: The Indian Express

Sept roll out for semiconductor, drone policiesedit

The Delhi government is planning to implement its drone and semiconductor policies by next month, with the draft policies likely to be sent to chief minister Rekha Gupta for approval soon, officials said on Saturday.

Publication: Hindustan Times

India may get 8 more semiconductor plants in 7-8 years, says PM Modiedit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India has started production at three semiconductor manufacturing plants, adding that another seven to eight facilities are expected to become operational in the coming years.

Publication: Prajavani, The New Indian Express, The Morning Standard, The Economic Times

Aheesa Digital a step closer to chip productionedit

Chennai-headquartered semiconductor design start-up Aheesa Digital Innovation, which designs chips for broadband and networking applications, is now one step closer to becoming a one-of-its-kind India-designed chipset to power the critical segment of devices.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

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