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...
Battlegrounds Mobile India first e-sports tournament: How to register, schedule, prize pool, more
Krafton Inc ahead of the Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) launch announced that it will host multiple esports events for BGMI in India after its launch. The company just concluded its first esports event, ‘The Launch Party’ where multiple professional players duked it out to get the lion’s share of the prize pool.
The company has now announced that it will be hosting its first major esports tournament for the game, called India Series Battlegrounds Mobile India 2021. Krafton has posted all of the details about the upcoming BGMI tournament on its dedicated website for Battlegrounds Mobile India esports, which can be accessed here.
India Series Battlegrounds Mobile India 2021: How to register
Krafton will soon start accepting registrations for its upcoming India Series Battlegrounds Mobile India 2021 tournament. Players will be able to register themselves on the Battlegrounds Mobile India esports website along with their squad as soon as the registration open. The company is yet to announce when it will kick off registration for the upcoming tournament.
Registered players will have to then play 15 matches with their registered team members between August 2 to August 8 to qualify for the tournament. The top 10 of 15 matches will be considered for evaluation and scored accordingly. The top 1,024 teams will qualify for the next round.
India Series Battlegrounds Mobile India 2021: Schedule
In-game qualifiers: August 2 – August 8
Online qualifiers: August 17 – September 12
Quarter finals: September 16 – September 26
Semi finals: September 30 – October 3
Grand finals: October 7 – October 10
India Series Battlegrounds Mobile India 2021: Prize pool
India Series Battlegrounds Mobile India 2021 has a total prize pool of Rs 1,00,00,000. The team to achieve the first position will win Rs 50,00,000, the second-place team will receive Rs 25,00,000, and the third position team will get a prize of Rs 10,00,000. Other than the top three, Krafton will award players of up to the top 16 teams, prizes for which are listed below.
Position
Prize Money
4th
Rs 3,00,000
5th
Rs 2,00,000
6th
Rs 1,50,000
7th
Rs 1,00,000
8th
Rs 90,000
9th
Rs 80,000
10th
Rs 70,000
11th
Rs 60,000
12th
Rs 50,000
13th
Rs 40,000
14th
Rs 30,000
15th
Rs 20,000
16th
Rs 10,000
The MVP of the tournament will get a prize of Rs 1,00,000. The lone ranger, rampage freak, most finishes by a squad and the redeemer will all get a prize of Rs 50,000, respectively.
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