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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...

OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus 8 get August security patch with important bug fixes

OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro have started receiving the August security patch. Aside from security enhancements, the update brings with it some important bug fixes. The build number is Oxygen OS 10.5.13 in India and 10.5.12 in Europe. OnePlus has been fairly consistent as of late in delivering OS updates as well as security patches. The August patch comes just a week after Google and Samsung began rolling it out for their smartphones.

The update features an optimized shooting effect for the front camera, system stability improvements, and fixes for other known issues. OnePlus has also fixed the overlapping character display issue with the Ambient Display. The August security enhancements include some media and processor framework improvements. The OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7T are also scheduled to get this update later this month. Along with bug fixes and the August security patch, the two smartphones will also receive a new user-assistance feature.

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The OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro received the July security patch last month. This update also brought with it features like OnePlus Buds support and new clock styles. OnePlus also recently introduced HydrogenOS 11 in China based on Android 11. The update comes with a host of new features such as an always-on display, a new memory management system, a one-handed mode, and an improved dark mode. We can expect most, if not all of these new features to make their way to the Android 11 based build of OxygenOS.

OnePlus 8, 8 Pro specifications

Both OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro feature up to 12GB RAM, up to 256GB storage, and Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 856 SoC. The OnePlus 8 Pro features a larger and more pixel-dense display, better cameras, and IP68 certification for dust and water resistance. The OnePlus 8 starts at Rs 41,999 for the variant with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. There is also a higher-end model with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage priced at Rs 44,999. The OnePlus 8 Pro starts at Rs 54,999 for the base variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. The smartphone also has a higher-end variant with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage priced at Rs 59,999.



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