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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...

MediaTek launches Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 rival chipset Dimensity 9000: Check details

Chipset manufacturer MediaTek has launched its flagship chipset Dimensity 9000. The new chipset will be rivalling Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The Dimensity 9000 is built on TSMC N4 process bringing the architecture at par with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. MediaTek has announced that the first devices powered by the Dimensity 9000 will be introduced in the first quarter of next year. Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi and Honor are some of the manufacturers that have been confirmed to feature the new chipset.

“The Dimensity 9000 is a milestone for MediaTek, highlighting our rise to incredible with a true flagship 5G smartphone chip. This chip signals MediaTek and our Dimensity family has entered a new phase of innovation,” said Dr. Yenchi Lee, Deputy General Manager of MediaTek’s Wireless Communications Business Unit. “The Dimensity 9000 is the most powerful and energy-efficient chip to date, delivering a number of industry firsts and a full suite of features for the most discerning tech enthusiasts.”

Specifications

Dimensity 9000 integrates Armv9 CPU architecture, which the company claims will help in providing flagship experience. The octa-core CPU has one ultra Cortex-X2 core operating at up to 3.05GHz, three performance A710 cores operating at up to 2.85GHz and four efficiency Cortex-A510 cores. The Dimensity 9000 is integrated with LPDDR5X supporting up to 7500Mbps data speed, along with an 8MB L3 cache and 6MB system cache.

The chipset integrates MediaTek’s fifth generation Application Processor Unit (APU 5.0), which offers 4X power efficiency gains compared to the previous generation APU.

For graphics, MediaTek Dimensity 9000 packs Arm Mali-G710 MC10 GPU. The chipset integrates MediaTek’s HyperEngine 5.0, the fifth generation of MediaTek’s gaming technology. MediaTek claims that the HyperEngine 5.0 uses AI-acceleration to optimize graphics while reducing the GPU load. HyperEngine also integrates AI-VRS, the first AI-enhanced variable rate shading technology for smartphones, along with a raytracing software development kit (SDK) using Vulkan for Android.

The new chipset can support 320MP camera modules on smartphones, and it can also support simultaneous triple camera 18-bit HDR video recording.

The chipset can support the 144Hz WQHD+ displays or 180Hz Full HD+ displays. To optimize power consumption MediaTek has equipped the chipset with Intelligent Display Sync 2.0 technology. Furthermore, MediaTek’s latest Wi-Fi Display technology can support up to 4K60 HDR10+ video.

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