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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...

Stranger Things 4 is now the second Netflix show to hit 1 billion hours viewed

Netflix Original series Stranger Things 4 has become the second show on the platform to surpass a billion hours viewed. The first volume of season 4 was released back on May 27 and the second volume was released just last week. According to Netflix, “The record-breaking series pulled in 301.28M hours viewed, making it the most-viewed title this week and appearing in the Top 10 in 93 countries.”

Stranger Things 4 is the second most-viewed series on Netflix

Netflix reveals Stranger Things 4 has been watched for a cumulative 1.15 billion hours. In case you are wondering, Squid Game holds the first position on this list. Squid Game was viewed for a total of 1.65 billion hours in its first 28 days of release. There is a chance that Stranger Things 4 might catch up to this number, given that it remains popular among the audience.

Since the latest season has become so popular, viewers are going back to re-watch old seasons and many people have started watching it for the first time. Hence, Netflix says that all four seasons of Stranger Things were in the top six most-watched shows over the weekend. This show was followed by The Umbrella Academy.

According to Netflix, “The series holds the #1 spot on the Most Popular English TV List with 1.15Bn hours viewed. Additionally, Seasons 1-3 held their standing on the English TV List – Season 1 with 34.47M hours viewed, Season 2 with 30.26 hours viewed and Season 3 with 30.28M hours viewed this week.”

For those who haven’t watched the series yet, this series is set in 1980s Indiana, where a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.

The final and the last season of this Netflix series will now release in 2024.

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