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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...

Adobe hires former Google Pixel engineer Marc Levoy to build a universal camera app

Adobe has hired a former Google engineer Marc Levoy, who developed computational photography technologies for Pixel phones. These include HDR+, Portrait Mode, and Night Sight. The executive will now serve as vice president and a member of the company’s camera department team to develop “a universal camera app” for Adobe.

The signing of Marc Levoy is an important move for Adobe

In conjunction with Adobe, Levoy could direct plans towards the design of a high-quality camera. However, this time based on a broader market that includes any smartphone. “His efforts will be centered on the concept of a universal camera app,” the company told The Verge. Moreover, it is speculated that this universal camera tool could allow any applications like Facebook or Twitter to implement in its software.

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It could take advantage of Adobe’s more sophisticated techniques to implement editing tools, effects, and filters. At the moment, the details on the software are scarce. However, Adobe can likely create something that will rival the best third-party camera apps, including a camera with manual controls to offer a more robust photography experience.

Levoy is the brain in charge of powering the Google Pixel camera. He has served as director of the Google research team since 2014. To recall, he was also in charge of the powerful and innovative computing technology implemented in Google’s smart devices. He worked on computational photography projects for the Pixels, including HDR+, Portrait Mode, and Night View.

Currently, Adobe has digital camera applications in both Photoshop Camera and Adobe Lightroom. However, it now intends to expand and improve it. The company also reported that it has other projects like the Photoshop Camera, Adobe Analysis, and Sensei AI teams. Marc Levoy was with the Google team until March 2020. In addition to developing Google Pixel 4 camera technology and driving other companies like Apple to develop more competitive cameras. He is also a computer graphics researcher at Stanford.



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