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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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Sandes app, Indian alternative to WhatsApp, now available on iOS: How to download and setup

For a long time, the Indian government has been urging users in the country to use made-in-India applications. It has also been pushing Indian developers to develop more and more Indian alternatives to popular applications like Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp, among others. Since the short video platform TikTok was banned in India, we have seen several Indian developers introduce Indian alternatives to the platform. Some of the examples are Chingari, Mitron, Roposo, among others. The government of India now aims to take on the likes of the popular messaging platform WhatsApp. National Informatics Centre (NIC) has developed Sandes app, India’s own messaging platform. The application is now available for download on the Apple App Store.

The Sandes app is yet to be available for Android users on Google Play Store. But, there’s a way to download the application on your Android device. As reported by BGR Hindi, Android users can click on this APK link. NIc hasn’t revealed when the app will be officially rolled out to Android smartphone users in the country.

With the Sandes app, the government clearly wants to take on the likes of WhatsApp, which currently has millions of users in India. Initially, the Sandes app was introduced for government employees due to security concerns. The Ministry of Home Affairs had in April last year issued an advisory to all government employees to avoid using platforms such as Zoom, among others. Soon after, the Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) posted an advisory against Zoom over safety and privacy concerns. This led to the launch of this India’s very own messaging app Sandes.

We downloaded the Sandes app, and here’s how you can download the app on your phone and set it up.

How to download Sandes app

The messaging app is available for download on the Apple App store. The app is yet to be available for Android users on Google Play Store. To download, follow these steps:

STEP 1: Open the App store and type Sandes. There are many other Sandes apps available so ensure to download the authentic one.

STEP 2: Click on the first option. The app is developed by NIC and has been rated 4.1.

STEP 3: Ensure to download the app using a stable WiFi network.

How to setup the Sandes app?

STEP 1: Open the Sandes app on your mobile phone

STEP 2: Enter your mobile number

STEP 3: Next, enter the OTP sent on your mobile number

STEP 4: You will then need to select your gender, which is optional.

STEP 5: The app then lets you sync contacts. This means you will be notified of contacts who use this app. You are now good to go.

Once these steps are followed, you will be able to see contacts that already use the messaging platform and connect with them. The app works very similar to WhatsApp and claims to keep messages end-to-end encrypted just like its rival messaging paltform.



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