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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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How about a Facebook smartwatch? Looks like it could be a reality soon

Smartwatches have become an integral part of our lives and Facebook doesn’t seem to miss this opportunity to penetrate further into our personal lives. You must be wondering what I’m talking about here, right? Well, a new report coming from The Information states that Facebook, one of the biggest social media platforms, is working on a smartwatch now. Yes, you heard that just right.

The report suggests that social media giant Facebook is developing a smartwatch. The smartwatch will reportedly allow users to send messages and offer health and fitness features.  The report stated that this information has been revealed by people with direct knowledge of the device.

This isn’t the first hardware product that the company is working on. Facebook has been foraying into the hardware sector in recent years by releasing products including the virtual reality headset Oculus and video chatting device Portal.

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With this smartwatch, Facebook will aim to take on the likes of Apple and Huawei, the brands that dominate this segment.

The report further noted that Facebook plans to start selling the upcoming Facebook smartwatch to the mass next year. However, we don’t know any specific launch timeline of the device yet. Probably, the social media giant will reveal official details about it soon.

The report revealed that the Facebook smartwatch will work via a cellular connection and let users send messages through its services. The watch will also allow users to connect to the services or hardware of health and fitness companies like Peloton Interactive.

Facebook hasn’t revealed any details related to the smartwatch yet. So, we must wait for the company to reveal official details related to the watch.



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