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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...

PUBG Mobile becomes top gaming app worldwide in Q3 2021 despite India ban

PUBG Mobile and TikTok were banned in India last year over security issues. However, this doesn’t seem to have affected these Chinese applications much.

As per the latest report coming from Sensor Tower, PUBG Mobile is the top gaming app during Q3 2021 while short video platform TikTok is the top-grossing app in the same period. The mobile game was banned in India last year in September over security concerns.

Krafton introduced Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), as a replacement, earlier this year. BGMI is now available for download on both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.

TikTok, PUBG Mobile set record numbers

The Sensor Tower report suggests that TikTok and PUBG Mobile have become the highest-earning apps on both Apple App Store and Google Play store in the quarter. While the short video platform was the top-grossing app worldwide, PUBG Mobile became the leading app in the gaming category. Both apps were also the most downloaded in their respective categories.

As per the report, the TikTok app witnessed a 41 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth. TikTok also saw record numbers and recorded a growth of 11 percent YoY.

Sensor Tower revealed that TikTok was the highest-earning app overall in the quarter followed by Manga reader Piccoma, YouTube, Google One, and Disney+. The report further highlighted that TikTok was the top-grossing app overall, while Google One was the highest earning app on the Google Play store.

The report also revealed that TikTok was the most downloaded app worldwide in the quarter, followed by apps like — Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger.

Sensor Tower also revealed that mobile games gained wide popularity in the quarter, with PUBG Mobile taking the top spot in highest grossing, followed by Honor of Kings, Genshin Impact, Pokémon Go, and Roblox.

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