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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...

Garena Free Fire becomes second most downloaded game in first half of 2021

Garena Free Fire was launched just a few years ago, in 2017 to be specific. In just few years, Free Fire has become one of the most popular mobile games in the world. As per the latest report coming from data analyst website Sensor Tower, Garena Free Fire has crossed the 100 million downloads mark globally as for the first half of 2021.

The latest report suggests that Garena Free Fire ranked second among the most downloaded gaming app in the first half of 2021. The report highlights that Free Fire has received over 100 million installs in the specified period. To be specific the download numbers are set at 101.6 million.

Garena Free Fire most-downloaded in 2021 first half

This is great news for all the players out there but not so much for the game developer. This is because, compared to last year in the same period, Garena Free Fire mobile game saw a slight decline of 1.4 percent in downloads this year. As per the report, the first half of 2021 witnessed 28.1 billion downloads when compared to 28.5 billion in 2020.

The report highlights that Apple’s App Store saw a 22.8 percent decline in new game installs. The mobile game witnessed 4.4 billion installs in the first half of 2021, which is slightly lower than last year.  In 2020 first half, the game recorded 5.7 billion installs. Google Play Store witnessed a 3.9 percent increase in users from 22.8 billion to 23.7 billion overall downloads.

As per the report, Garena Free Fire takes the second spot in most downloaded gaming apps in the world in the first half of 2021. The game to top the list is Join Clash 3D from Supersonic Studios, which recorded 115.6 million downloads globally in the first half of 2021.

Garena Free Fire is available for download on Google Play store and Apple App store.



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