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AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...

UK plans to remove Huawei equipment from its 5G network

A year after the United States government applied restrictions to Huawei in the country, the Trump administration pressed its allies to do the same. Now, it finally seems that the United Kingdom has yielded to that pressure and is preparing to remove the Chinese manufacturer’s equipment from its 5G network.

According to a report in The Financial Times, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears to be preparing to withdraw Huawei’s involvement in 5G infrastructure. Nearly five months after he approved Huawei‘s involvement in the project, Johnson seems to have changed his decision. The reported goal is to phase out all Huawei-supplied network equipment from the country’s 5G infrastructure by 2023.

Huawei to be shown the door by the UK in 5G infrastructure

The Daily Telegraph reported that the UK plans to contemplate “zeroing” on the participation of the Chinese equipment manufacturer in the development of its 5G infrastructure networks. And generally end the reliance of the country on China.

”Johnson still wants a relationship with China, but the deal with Huawei will be cut significantly. Officials have given instructed to come up with a plan to reduce Huawei’s involvement as quickly as possible”. An unnamed source told The Telegraph.

Apparently, Boris Johnson is facing immense pressure from conservative MPs who oppose Huawei’s presence on its 5G network. Alleging security risks, while hoping to reduce the country’s dependence on Chinese products. Pressure has intensified in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic after reports emerged that China failed to warn the international community in time to prepare for the crisis.

The plan is also reportedly backed by UK intelligence officials. That states “any risk which the Huawei team could have exploited for mass surveillance should be contained”. Such national security concerns have arisen since 2018, when the U.S. began to suspect alleged espionage by the Chinese government. Through the Huawei and ZTE equipment manufactured in the Asian country.



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