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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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WhatsApp asked by SC reasons for lower standards of privacy for Indians

The Indian Supreme Court (SC) has asked Facebook-owned WhatsApp and the Centre to furnish a reply to a new plea alleging lower standards of privacy for Indians in comparison to European counterparts.

SC in the order has stated that “people have grave apprehensions that they will lose their privacy and it is our duty to protect them.”

“You may be two or three trillion companies but people value their privacy more than money,” a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde told WhatsApp according to a PTI report.

The petition has been filed by Karmanya Singh Sareen with Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for the petitioner. During the hearing, Divan said that the instant messaging app has been applying lower standards of privacy for Indians, and the petitioner is looking for the company to be barred from sharing data with its parent.

The apex court also stated that it has earlier been proposed to bring in a data protection law similar to Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) be implemented.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on behalf of WhatsApp stated that Europe is a special case scenario for the company due to its GDPR law. He added if a similar law was to be brought into enforcement in India the company will follow it.

The Centre during the hearing stated that social media apps like WhatsApp cannot share data of users and that all user data must be protected.

To recall, the Delhi high court had provided a verdict on this earlier, which was that no relief was granted for data shared by users post-September 25, 2016. And that sharing of data was an infringement of fundamental rights under Article 19 (Freedom of Speech and Expression) and 21 (Right to Life) of the Constitution.

Written with PTI inputs.



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