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Nvidia employee charged in Taiwan for smuggling advanced AI hardware into Chinaedit
In the first documented criminal indictment of an Nvidia employee over unlawful export activities, prosecutors in Taiwan have formally charged a senior manager at the American semiconductor company for his alleged role in smuggling artificial intelligence (AI) hardware into mainland China.
Publication: The Times of India
Intel recognises Indian textile AI company CountAI with 2026 Excellence & Innovation Awardedit
CountAI, an Indian industrial AI company building computer-vision systems for textile manufacturing, has won the Intel 2026 Excellence & Innovation Award in the Edge AI Software category for its flagship product, Knit-i.
Publication: Indian Textile magazine
OpenAI’s new chips show an edge over Nvidia’s in testsedit
OpenAI said that its new Jalapeno chips performed better than Nvidia Corp.’s current lineup during testing, underscoring the company’s progress developing artificial intelligence (AI) processors in-house.
Publication: MINT
AM Intelligence orders 9,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUsedit
Greenko-Promoted AM Intelligence (AMI) is moving to build one of Asia’s early frontier AI computing clusters with a binding order for 9,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs, which it plans to deploy in a 30-MW AI factory in Hyderabad in the first quarter of 2027.
Publication: The Financial Express, The Economic Times
Rivals circle Nvidia’s trillion-dollar marketedit
Amazon and other cloud-computing providers, still the biggest buyers of Nvidia chips, have been developing in-house silicon designs and even selling them to third parties. Rival chipmakers such as Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Broadcom Inc. are booking tens of billions of dollars in data centre revenue.
Publication: MINT
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Acer Nitro 5 and Nitro 5 Pro Bring RTX Graphics and HX Power to Gamersedit
Acer’s Nitro series has leaned into this versatility, and the new Nitro 5 and Nitro 5 Pro continue that approach. Launched at Next@Acer India 2026, the two laptops bring Intel Core 14th Gen HX processors, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 and RTX 50 Series graphics, high-refresh-rate displays, fast DDR5 memory, PCIe Gen4 storage, advanced cooling, and Nitro Control Centre.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
Smart Computing for Different Needs: How Acer s New Aspire Laptops Bring More to the Tableedit
Its AMD Ryzen processor, 15.6inch display, expandable memory and storage, and practical connectivity make it a straightforward choice for work, education, browsing, streaming, and other daily activities.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
Asus Special Gold ROG Xbox Ally X20 Is Surprisingly Affordable – If You Avoid the Bundleedit
Okay, well at least the innards remain the same, with the AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme and 24GB of memory. Back when Asus announced the X20, I was worried this was going to be a sneaky way to refresh the handheld with a couple new features to raise the price to the same degree as something like the Lenovo Legion Go 2 or the Steam Deck — especially since, back then, it was announced as only part of a bundle with the Asus ROG Xreal R1 glasses I reviewed a few weeks ago.
Publication: IGN
Industry news
QpiAI, Gujarat s PDEU Sign MoU for 8Qubit Quantum Centreedit
The centre will feature an 8qubit quantum computer, providing access to advanced computing resources for students and researchers. Karnataka’s QpiAI and Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) in Gujarat signed an agreement to establish a Quantum Centre of Excellence at PDEU.
Publication: Analytics India Mag
TN plans AI centres, computing cluster and a Super Appedit
Tamil Nadu is stepping up its push to build an artificial intelligence (AI) economy, with the state government planning two AI centres of excellence, a state-owned GPU computing cluster and a new Super App that will bring 500 government services to mobile phones.
Publication: The New Indian Express
India-Japan economic security agenda takes shape around semiconductors, AI and investmentedit
India and Japan are deepening ties in semiconductors, AI and advanced manufacturing, with Piyush Goyal seeking greater Japanese investment, technology partnerships and faster CEPA review.
Publication: The Economic Times, ANI News,
India’s chip industry turns to emerging technologies as demand questions persistedit
India’s chip industry turns to emerging technologies as demand questions persist India’s semiconductor industry has spent the past four years trying to catch up: courting Micron, Tata and Foxconn, subsidising fabs at 50 percent of project cost, and building assembly lines for chip generations the rest of the world perfected decades ago.
Publication: Communications Today
Xiaomi develops inhouse Xring O3 AI chipedit
Xiaomi has unveiled its latest inhouse smartphone processor, the Xring O3, marking another step in the Chinese technology company’s efforts to strengthen its semiconductor capabilities and reduce its reliance on Qualcomm and MediaTek.
Publication: Var India
Gigabyte Launches AORUS GeForce RTX 50 Infinity Series Graphics Cards With WINDFORCE Hyperburst Coolingedit
Built around NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, the new AORUS Infinity family combines Gigabyte s latest cooling innovations with thoughtful design changes intended to improve both performance and the overall PC building experience.
Publication: Money Control
AI boom sparks chip employees surge for a Trump Towers address in Hyderabadedit
Call it an AI gold rush if you will, but Hyderabad s newest luxury address — the upcoming Trump Towers Hyderabad, billed as The Trump Organization s largest residential project in India — is seeing an early rush from employees of semiconductor giants such as NVIDIA, Micron, AMD and Qualcomm, as the global artificial intelligence boom turns employee stock-option gains into down payments on multi-crore homes.
Publication: The Times of India
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