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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...

Realme GT 2 Pro to join Xiaomi 12 series, will be among the first to get Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip

Hours after Qualcomm unveiled the new branding scheme for Snapdragon mobile platform, smartphone brands have started announcing their devices that would ship with the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 flagship chipset.

While Xiaomi confirmed its next-gen Xiaomi 12 premium series to have the latest chip onboard, its rival Realme is joining the crowd with its new Realme GT 2 Pro smartphone. Madhav Sheth in an interview last month called the device the ‘ultra-premium flagship,’ and we now see the reason behind the bold name casting.

Realme GT 2 Pro to be among the first to launch with the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip

Just after Qualcomm’s keynote at the Tech Summit 2021, Realme’s VP Chase Xu has confirmed that the upcoming Realme GT 2 Pro will be one of the first phones to get the new Snapdragon mobile platform. The executive said that it will be a “truly high-end flagship product that will exceed the expectations of young users around the world.”

To recall, the Realme GT 2 Pro with the new chip purportedly appeared on AnTuTu benchmarks scoring over 1 million points a few days ago. The young Chinese brand didn’t divulge much on the key aspects of its next flagship phone, however, past leaks suggest the GT series phone to sport a 6.8-inch WQHD+ flat OLED panel with an adaptive refresh rate of 120Hz. Although some reports indicate the device to pack a 6.5-inch AMOLED display.

The device is rumoured to offer 12GB of RAM, and 256GB UFS 3.1 storage. It could get 125W super fast wired charging support. For capturing photos, the Realme GT 2 Pro could likely offer a 50-megapixel primary camera, a 50-megapixel ultra-wide camera, and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens. It may have a 32-megapixel camera upfront for taking selfies. The phone is tipped to run UI 3.0 based on Android 12 out of the box. Reports indicate that the handset might be released by the company early next year.

As mentioned earlier, the popular Chinese brand Xiaomi has announced that it will launch the Xiaomi 12 series with the new Snapdragon chip. A few other leading brands Samsung and OnePlus are also expected to bring their upcoming flagships, Galaxy S22 lineup, and OnePlus 10 Pro with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor.

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