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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...

Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 launched: Intel, AMD options offered

Microsoft has launched its new Surface Laptop 4, powered by the latest 11th Generation Intel processors and or AMD’s Ryzen 4000 series processors. The new laptop is offered in two display sizes 13.5-inch and 15-inch. It will be made available on sale starting April 15 in the US, Canada and Japan. The company has not revealed when the device will be made available in India and which all variants will be launched.

Microsoft Surface Laptop 4: Price

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop 4 starts at $999 (approximately Rs 56,146) for the AMD variants and at $1,299 (approximately Rs 73,028) for the Intel version.

The price difference could be because Microsoft is using the last-gen AMD’s Zen 2-based chips, instead of the latest 5000 series processors for its AMD Ryzen Edition Surface Laptop.

Microsoft Surface Laptop 4: Specifications & features

Microsoft claims that the processor improvements have helped it achieve up to 70 percent more performance over the Surface Laptop 3 along with increased battery life. The new Surface Laptop 4 maintains the same design as its predecessor. It will be made available in the classic platinum Surface style and a new ice blue colour option, both of which are Alcantara fabric. There are also matte black and sandstone colour options available in metal. The 15-inch versions will only come with platinum and matte black in metal.

The device is offered in two display sizes: 13.5-inch and 15-inch. It is powered by up to the 11th GenerationIntel Core i7 processor and or up to AMD Ryzen 7 4980U processor. The Intel variants will be offered with up to 32GB of RAM along with 512GB SSD storage, whereas, the AMD variants will cap out at 16GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage. All of the Intel versions will come with Intel’s latest Iris Xe graphics.

All the models will run the company’s own Windows 10 Home operating system. The company claims that the 13.5-inch AMD model will be able to last for up to 19 hours on a single charge, whereas, the 15-inch variant will have a battery life of up to 17.5 hours. Coming to the Intel variants, the 13.5-inch version has a claimed battery life of up to 17 hours and the larger 15-inch model can last for up to 16.5-hours.



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