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...
Microsoft integrates AI front & centre into Windows 11 with Windows Copilot
Microsoft on Tuesday announced it will integrate AI into Windows 11, unlocking a new era of productivity for customers and developers. The tech giant at its annual Build 2023 conference introduced Windows Copilot, making Windows 11 the first PC platform to announce centralised AI assistance to help people easily take action and get things done.
“We are extending Bing Chat plugins to Windows, enabling developers to integrate their apps within Windows Copilot to better serve their customers and increase engagement on native Windows applications,” said Panos Panay, Chief Product Officer, Windows and Devices at Microsoft.
Copilot wants to be your copilot
Windows Copilot will be integrated deep into Windows 11 and available to open and use from the taskbar. Clicking on the Copilot button will open a sidebar, just like the ones you see in Edge, Office apps, and GitHub.
“Invoking Windows Copilot is familiar and easy, the button is front and centre on your taskbar & simple to find and use. Once open, the Windows Copilot sidebar stays consistent across your apps, programmes and windows, always available to act as your personal assistant,” Microsoft added.
With Bing and ChatGPT plugins in Windows Copilot, people will not only have access to augmented AI capabilities and experiences but “you as developers will also have new ways to reach and innovate for our shared customers”.
“Just like you would with Bing Chat, you can ask Windows Copilot a range of questions from simple to complex,” the company informed. That includes asking Copilot to summarise content you are looking at in apps, rewrite it, explain it, and change the style. Not just this, you can also ask Copilot to make system-level changes, such as adjusting the settings so you can focus on work. Essentially, it can do more things than Bing Chat can currently do.
Windows Copilot will start to become available in the preview for Windows 11 in June.
More plug-ins, more use cases
At the Build 2023, Microsoft also announced a new home for developers on Windows called Dev Home.
“We are introducing Dev Home designed to help every developer become more productive on Windows. We are also introducing new AI features and experiences in the Microsoft Store on Windows,” Panay added.
Dev Home is a new experience in Windows 11, now available in preview, that gets you back in the zone and streamlines your workflow with features such as WinGet configuration for easier and faster setup, Dev Drive for enhanced filesystem performance and a new customizable dashboard to track all your workflows and tasks in one place.
The company also introduced a new Hybrid AI loop to support AI development across platforms, and across Azure to clients with new silicon support from AMD, Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm.
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