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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...

Xiaomi 12 series device to be first smartphone with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset

Qualcomm has unveiled the new flagship chipset Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and during the event, the company also unveiled that Xiaomi will be one of the OEMs to adopt the new chipset early on. Xiaomi CEO, Lei Jun made the announcement at the Snapdragon Tech Summit.

Xiaomi 12 series has been announced and it is set to feature the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. The company is expected to launch multiple devices in the new flagship series and at least one of them will be powered by the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset.

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Qualcomm, during the summit, also revealed other smartphone manufacturers that will be using the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset will be featured on smartphones made by Black Shark, Honor, iQOO, Motorola, Nubia, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Redmi, SHARP, Sony, Vivo, Xiaomi, and ZTE.

Xiaomi’s Lei Jun announced that it’s Xiaomi 12 series smartphone will be the first to launch a device with the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. In a tweet he stated, “Qualcomm has always been one of the most important partners of Xiaomi. Today I’m proud to announce that after months of joint effort between Xiaomi and Qualcomm, Xiaomi 12 Series will be the world’s first smartphones powered by the new @Snapdragon 8 5G Gen 1 mobile platform.”

Realme GT 2 Pro also confirmed to get Snapdragon 8 chip

Apart from Xiaomi, Realme also announced that the GT 2 Pro will be one of the first devices to sport the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. The new device will be the company’s first ultra-premium flagship device which will take on others in the segment such as OnePlus and Samsung.

The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset comes with numerous enhancements in processing power, connectivity, AI, camera and security. The chip will allow 8K HDR recording and it also comes with an always-on ISP that will allow instant face unlock feature.

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