Android flagships confirmed to get Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip: Realme GT 2 Pro, iQOO 9 series, Xiaomi 12, and more

July 28, 2023

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...

A brief moment after Qualcomm announced its latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 premium chipset, Android OEMs opened their envelope of smartphones that will arrive with the brand new CPU. Leading brands jumped to the stage to make the official statement of their flagship phones getting the next-generation chipset. While Motorola and Xiaomi are expected to take the lead with Motorola Edge, a Xiaomi 12 series release this month, other brands like OnePlus, Samsung, could bring their phones early next year. Here’s the confirmed list of smartphones that will utilize Snapdragon’s latest hardware.