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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...
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Apple removes Parler app from App Store after Google

Apple follows Google and removes the Parler app from the App Store earlier on Sunday. In addition, Amazon has also suspended the app from its web hosting service. The tech giants have suspended the Parler app as the social networking platform didn’t take adequate measures to prevent the spread of posts inciting violence.

Why is Parler app suspended

Reports suggest that Parler app is popular among many supporters of US President Donald Trump. Twitter on Saturday suspended Trump’s account permanently for violating its policies. Commenting on removing the Parler app from App Store Apple said, “We have suspended Parler from the App Store until they resolve these issues.”

At the time when Google suspended the app from Play Store, Apple had given 24 hours to submit a detailed moderation plan pointing at supporters using the platform to coordinate the riot at the US Capitol. Meanwhile, Amazon has taken the website offline for users and suggests finding a new company to host its services to return.

Amazon revealed that it suspended the Parler app from its Amazon Web Services (AWS) unit for violating AWS’s terms of services. Commenting on the matter, an Amazon spokesperson said that the website has been taken offline due to the “very real risk to public safety” that Parler poses.

What Parler CEO has to say

Parler CEO John Matze said that it was Amazon, Google and Apple’s “coordinated effort” knowing that “Parler’s options would be limited and it would inflict the most damage right as Trump was banned from other social media platforms.” He also said, “There is the possibility Parler will be unavailable on internet for up to a week as we rebuild from scratch.”

“This was a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill competition in the market place…You can expect the war on competition and free speech to continue, but don’t count us out.”

As Parler gets suspended, right-leaning social media users in the US flock to Telegram and social platform Gab.



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