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Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, has partnered with Indian 4G and 5G equipment makers to offer telecommunications solutions in the country where it has 10,000 employees working on research and development, validation, software development and chip architecture design. AMD will invest $400 million in India over the next five years.
Being a fabless company that does not manufacture its own chips, AMD does not see opportunities in participating in the manufacturing sector as much. However, by helping local vendors such as VVDN in making servers and radio equipment, AMD is indirectly involved in transforming India into an electronics manufacturing hub, said Garcia.
Insatiable demands for data have triggered startling projections on how much electricity is consumed to power the Internet. But technology itself along with strategic regulations could keep our energy needs in check.