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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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Google commits to provide 2.5 lakh COVID-19 vaccines to needy countries, list includes India

The second wave of COVID-19 is getting much scarier than the first one. India is currently recording lakhs of daily cases. In an effort to help some of the needy countries to overcome the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the tech giant Google has announced to provide 2.5 lakh COVID-19 vaccination to countries in need. The list includes India as well.

Additionally, Google has committed an additional $250 million in Ad grants to connect people to accurate vaccine information. With the $250 million Ad grants, the Us based tech giant has so far committed more than $800 million for COVID-related public service announcements.

Here’s what Google has to say

In an official blog post Google noted, “Since the beginning of the pandemic, hundreds of Google employees have helped organisations connect people with up-to-date information — particularly in communities that are not typically reached by mainstream public service announcements.”

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The list of these needy countries include the US, Canada, France, Chile, India and Singapore. Additionally, the company has made available information related to COVID-19 vaccination locations.

The company stated in the blog post, “To expand this work, we’re committing an additional $250 million in Ad grants to governments, community and public health organisations, including the WHO, that will fund more than 2.5 billion vaccine-related PSAs (public service announcements).”

Google further said in the blog post, “Google.org is providing $2.5 million in grant funding to Partners in Health, Stop the Spread and Team Rubicon, who are working directly with over 500 community-based organizations to serve Black, Latino and rural communities. This funding will go toward efforts like pop-up vaccination sites.”

In the last one year, Google has added several features to its services to make people’s life easy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It recently added a feature to Google Maps that helps users easily find vaccination locations. This feature is available in the U.S., Canada, France, Chile, India and Singapore. A similar feature is added to Google search as well.



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