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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...
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Microsoft brings Outlook to budget Android smartphones with Outlook Lite app

Microsoft has quietly launched Outlook app for budget Android smartphones. The app dubbed as Microsoft Outlook Lite weighs jut 5MB and it can be optimised to run on all Android smartphones, even the ones with 1GB of RAM.

Microsoft says that its newly launched Outlook Lite app is designed to use less battery and storage space without compromising on the features. The company also said that its newly launched app brings the main “features of Microsoft Outlook in a smaller-sized app with fast performance for lightweight devices on any network.”

In addition to using less battery and storage space, the Microsoft Outlook Lite app is designed to work with all networks including 2G and 3G networks worldwide. This coupled with its ability to work on smartphones with just 1GB of RAM make the app ideal for budget smartphones and feature phones under Rs 5,000 that typically offer a maximum of 3GB of RAM and come with limited storage space.

The company also confirmed that its newly launched Outlook Lite app supports Outlook.com, Hotmail, Live, MSN, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Exchange Online accounts, enabling a wider usage of the app.

Microsoft Outlook Lite app availability

As far as availability is concerned, Microsoft said that the Outlook Lite app will be available for download via Google Play Store starting today in select countries, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Venezuela. The company said that it will keep adding support for other countries in the future.

Notably, Microsoft is the not the only tech company that has launched a ‘Lite’ app for budget Android smartphones. In the past, tech companies have launched lightweight versions of their apps to cater to budget smartphone users in areas with lower network connectivity.

Google, for instance, has apps such as Google Assistant Go, Gmail Go, Google Gallery Go, Google Maps Go, Google Go for low-budget Android phones. It also has Android Go edition operating system for budget smartphones. Meta, on the other hand, has Instagram Lite, Facebook Lite and Messenger Lite. Similarly, Twitter, Spotify and Uber too offer Lite version of their apps.

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