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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...

Apple AirPods Pro 2 with USB-C port may launch later this year

Apple AirPods may get the biggest upgrade by far. According to a new report, Apple may launch the AirPods Pro 2 with a USB-C port later this year. Some references in the latest iOS 16.4 beta have hinted that the next AirPods Pro model will feature a USB-C port on the charging case, according to renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. A USB-C port on Apple accessories, such as AirPods, would make sense since Apple is widely rumoured to introduce a USB-C port on this year’s iPhone.

Kuo, in his tweet, said the USB-C AirPods Pro 2 units will be ready for mass shipments between the second and third quarters of 2023. But the universal charging port will be limited to just the high-end AirPods model. Kuo added that the successors of the regular AirPods will stick to the Lightning port — at least not this year. Kuo shared the information while quoting a tweet that highlighted that iOS 16.4 beta references for new AirPods with model number A3048 and its charging case with model number A2968.

Apple may be planning to change the charging connector for its iPhone and associated accessories, ditching the proprietary Lightning port in favour of the USB-C port. The changes are an outcome of a ruling by the European Commission, which mandated the USB-C port on all electronic devices. According to the ruling, any manufacturer selling its electronic devices in the European Union cannot use proprietary connectors on them. Later, India, too, passed a similar law, restricting manufacturers from shipping their products with proprietary charging connectors.

In both cases, Apple will be the most-impacted brand, which has been using the Lightning connector on iPhones and related accessories. Even though Apple shifted to the USB-C technology on its iPad and Mac devices, it was never in favour of dropping the Lightning connector on the iPhones. Apple finally seems to have changed its mind as it prepares to comply with the new laws.

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