August 21, 2026

AMD specific news

AMD acquires Taalas to advance compute solutions for rapidly growing AI inference marketedit

AMD reached a definitive agreement to acquire Taalas, a pioneer in specialized AI inference silicon. As AI inference becomes one of the fastest growing segments of the AI market and workloads become increasingly specialized, the acquisition strengthens AMD’s long-term AI roadmap with differentiated inference technology and worldclass engineering expertise.

Publication: DQ India

Competition in news

Nvidia RTX 3070 vs PS5: How Do Their Gaming Performance Compare in 2026?edit

Nvidia lists the RTX 3070 at close to 20.3 shader teraflops. The PS5 sits near 10.3 teraflops of GPU compute, roughly half that figure. On paper, this looks like a lopsided contest. In practice, it rarely plays out that way.

Publication: Analytics Insight

Nvidia Eyes Mercor as AI Data Becomes the New Goldedit

Nvidia has reportedly discussed investing in AI data supplier Mercor at a valuation of around $20 billion, highlighting how the AI race is expanding beyond GPUs and data centres into the specialized human expertise and training data required to build increasingly capable models.

Publication: Var India

Partner in news

Dell Oro Doubles Data Centre Capex Forecast to $3 Trillion by 2030 on AIedit

Dell Oro Group has nearly doubled its forecast for worldwide data centre capital expenditure, projecting it to exceed $3 trillion by 2030 due to sustained AI infrastructure demand.

Publication: The Economic Times

ASUS launches new AllinOne PC, with 24inch display and AI features; this is the priceedit

Expertise and Working Style Pranesh s expertise lies in topics like Gadgets, Tech Insights and Artificial Intelligence (AI). They present technical details and difficult terminology in such a way that We do this so that even a common reader can easily understand the rapidly changing digital world.

Publication: Live Hindustan

ASUS expands desktop lineup in India with VM240 AiO and new accessories: check price, specificationsedit

The ASUS VM240 AiO combines a 24-inch display with an adjustable tilt design and a slim 22mm stand for keeping desks organised. ASUS positions the all-in-one PC for everyday work, learning, browsing and entertainment. The system can be configured with up to an AMD Ryzen 5 processor and 512GB PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage, giving it enough headroom for everyday multitasking and file storage.

Publication: Gadgets 360, Digital Terminal, 91 Mobiles

Industry news

Demand from US datacenter boom radiates out through factory supply chainsedit

Other winners in the race to build new data centers include manufacturers of cooling systems, electrical transformers, and construction machinery. And demand quickly filters out to all those companies suppliers.

Publication: The Economic Times

Women must shape the silicon powering the AI economyedit

I had the opportunity to be mentored by AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su and to work closely with AMD Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster. Their mentorship and sponsorship gave me opportunities to contribute to impactful initiatives, broaden my perspective, and accelerate my leadership journey.

Publication: Data Quest

Lisa Su’s systems bet puts women’s leadership at the heart of the AI infrastructure raceedit

The launch of Helios, AMD’s first fully integrated rack-scale AI platform, was the keynote’s highlight. However, the core message was that graphics processing units (GPUs) alone are not enough for the next phase of artificial intelligence (AI). Success will require processors, memory, networking, software, power, cooling, and enterprise applications to function cohesively as a system.

Publication: Data Quest

Importance of applications and data centres in India’s AI growthedit

India’s key strength in artificial intelligence lies in the applications layer, while the country is simultaneously building capabilities in data centres and other digital infrastructure, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in an interview with Morgan Stanley India Equity Strategist Ridham Desai.

Publication: The Economic Times

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