Competition in news
Vietnam pushes Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics for bigger AI, chip investmentsedit
Vietnamese leaders have urged US chip designer Qualcomm and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics to expand their investment in artificial intelligence, semiconductors and research and development as the country seeks to become a regional innovation hub.
Publication: ET CIO, The Economic Times
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to everyone blaming him for AI bubble: You are missing the pointedit
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has defended the company s growing role in financing the artificial intelligence boom. Huang has rejected the claims that its investments amount to artificial intelligence is inflating demand.
Publication: The Times of India
Google vs NVIDIA: AI Chip War Expands into $710 Billion Data Center Infrastructure Battleedit
The competition between Google and NVIDIA is moving beyond AI processors into the financing, construction and operation of data centres.
Publication: Infotech Lead
AWS, Nvidia to Deploy 2 Million More GPUs for AI Workloadsedit
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and NVIDIA plan to deploy 2 million additional graphics processing units (GPUs) for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.
Publication: The Economic Times
Nvidia eyes $30B+ perplexity dealedit
Nvidia is reportedly in discussions to invest in AI search startup Perplexity as part of a funding round that would value the company at more than $30 billion. The talks come as Perplexity’s annualised revenue run rate (ARR) has crossed $750 million.
Publication: Free Press Journal
Partner in news
Acer Launches Swift Neo 14 in India at Rs. 67,999edit
Acer launched the refreshed version of Swift Neo 14 in India. The laptop is currently priced around Rs. 67,999. The laptop comes with Intel Core Ultra processors, specifically the Core Ultra 7 H-series chip.
Publication: Analytics Insight
Lenovo announces LOQ Essential laptops, LOQ Tower and new Legion gaming monitorsedit
Lenovo has refreshed the cheapest end of its gaming range with two LOQ Essential laptops, a LOQ Tower desktop and a pair of 27inch Legion monitors, all pitched squarely at people buying their first gaming PC rather than upgrading an existing one.
Publication: The Times of India
Lenovo launched new LOQ Essential 15IPH11, 15IRH11, Tower 17IRH11 and monitorsedit
It also supports AMD FreeSync Premium and NVIDIA GSYNC for less screen tearing, and it has a Focus View option that narrows the viewport to optimise the screen for competitive gaming.
Publication: Gadget Bridge
HyperX Omen 16 Valorant Edition review: 240Hz glory with a Valorant taxedit
Once the lid is opened, one can see another game logo next to the AMD and NVIDIA logos, several red accent stripes, as well as Spike logo hidden in the bottom left corner. A power button features Valorant logo and the WASD keys have red printings, which is nice for the gamers.
Publication: Digit
Industry news
India’s digital success story should include a strong risk infrastructureedit
Digital public infrastructure (DPI), artificial intelligence (AI), and connected cloud platforms are now embedded in enterprise strategy and decision making, day-to-day operations, and customer service.
Publication: Express Computer
From Bharat to AI leader: How tier-II & tier-III universities will power IndiaAIedit
The answer lies beyond metropolitan innovation clusters. It lies in India’s universities, particularly those serving Tier-II and Tier-III cities, where millions of young Indians aspire to participate in the country’s digital transformation.
Publication: ET Government
AI Data Centers Drive Global Semiconductor Revenue to $1.56 Trillion by 2026edit
Global semiconductor revenue is projected to reach USD 1.56 trillion in 2026, driven by aggressive AI data center construction and a significant surge in memory demand, according to Gartner.
Publication: The Economic Times
Data centres are India s new AI infrastructure. But what s in it for jobs?edit
India is rapidly expanding datacentre capacity to back its AI ambitions. The bigger jobs story may lie in the wider ecosystem these facilities enable. India is racing to build the infrastructure needed for its AI ambitions, with billions of dollars flowing into data centres across states such as Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.
Publication: India Today
AI models are getting better at training other models, Anthropic study findsedit
The ability of AI models to train other AI models has repeatedly been held up as a key indicator that artificial general intelligence (AGI) – a hypothetical level of intelligence at which automated systems outperform humans on most tasks – has been reached.
Publication: The Indian Express
AM Intelligence to launch 30 MW AI infra centre by April 2027 in Hyderabadedit
The 30 MW deployment will be part of the first phase of the project, in which the firm will build 200 MW of AI compute infrastructure with an investment of $8 billion over the next 18 months.
Publication: The Hindu Business Line
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