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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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Steve Jobs’ handwritten job application auctioned for approx Rs 1.6 crores

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’s handwritten job application from 1973 has fetched 162,000 GBP, which is around Rs 1.6 crore on conversion, in an auction by Charterfields. The auction for the single-page signed job application by Jobs started February 24, 2021, and closed March 24, 2021.

“In the questionnaire Steve Jobs highlights his experience with “computers and calculators” and special abilities in “electronic tech or design engineer – digital”. The questionnaire is believed to have been completed around the time he dropped out of Reed College in Portland, Oregon,” the description of the job application read.

A year after Jobs dropped out of Reed College, he joined Atari as a technician where he worked with Steve Wozniak. Jobs along with Wozniak founded Apple in 1976. As per the Charterfields website, the application “is in very good condition with some overall creasing, light staining and old clear tape to the top edge.”

The job application was previously sold at auction in 2018 for over $175,000, according to the website. Apart from basic details like name, address, birth date, and phone number, the application also contains information like skills, special abilities, interests, and more. The position desired section is among sections that have not been filled out.

Image: Charterfields

Last month, an Apple 1 computer made by Jobs went on sale on eBay for $1.5 million. According to an IGN report, the computer, which is in working condition, is being sold is one of the 50 units that were first built by Steve Jobs and Wozniak themselves.

The current owner of the Apple 1 computer claimed he obtained it in 1978 as part of a trade-in for the Apple ii in Montreal, Canada. The computer is also one of the six with an original Byte Shop KOA wood case and with an unmodified NTI motherboard. Only the video and keyboard connectors have been replaced. Apple 1 computer was the first computing machine that was introduced by the company back in 1976.



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