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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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JioPhone Next to launch by next week, confirms Google CEO Sundar Pichai

JioPhone Next will arrive in the Indian smartphone market by Diwali, the confirmation comes via Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Alphabet Inc’s chief executive during an earnings call with analysts said that the company sees a demand of people shifting from feature phone to smartphone in India, and that the new Jio phone is beyond just English and cater to the general public in the country.

JioPhone Next launch in India on track, to release by Diwali, confirms Google CEO

The JioPhone Next will run on optimised Android-based Pragati OS. The new Jio smartphone will be assembled at Reliance Jio’s Neolync facility in Tirupati and Sriperumbudur. The phone is expected to carry an affordable price tag of Rs 3,499. Pichai citing the new smartphone to be a foundation for digital transformation in India said that feature-rich made-for-masses handset will have a bigger impact in the coming years, courtesy of the aggressive price tag.

The execute noted that Google has made progress with the “Made for India affordable smartphone” and that the handset is “on track to launch in the market by Diwali.” “We see a demand for people looking to shift from feature phones to smartphones. We are building a phone that is beyond just English, and getting languages, and getting the local needs right for people and doing it in a way that many more people can take advantage of a smartphone,” he further told the investors at the earnings call.

Notably, Google and Jio partnered to bring Pragati OS, a new software optimised primarily for Indian users. The phone will include voice assistant that will allow users to open an app or make changes to settings using voice commands. A Read Aloud feature will let the phone read content displayed on the screen. Meanwhile, a Translate feature will translate the on-screen text based on the user’s preferred language.

The handset will ship with Qualcomm chipset. The new JioPhone Next was recently teased on the internet giving away some of the key details of the device for instance, a 13-megapixel rear camera, and pre-loaded Google, Jio apps. The new Pragati OS is claimed to deliver “optimum performance while ensuring long battery life.” The camera software is said to include portrait mode, night mode, and India-specific AR filters as well. While the chipset model is still kept a mystery, previous Google Play Console listing suggested that the device could equip an entry-level Snapdragon 215 SoC. However, Reliance has confirmed that the device will support OTA (over-the-air) updates.

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