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AirTags have the U1 Ultra Wideband chip in them, which helps to locate the tracker with great precision. Kuo has also said that the next series of iPhones, due to be revealed in September, will have an updated Ultra Wideband processor in them, so it seems probable that an updated AirTag could also have this successor chip inside.

AMD s Ryzen 8000 Strix Point APUs may be a year away from release, but details on their hybrid Zen 5 CPU configurations have surfaced. The AMD Ryzen 8000 Strix Point series is scheduled to be available in two configurations: monolithic and chiplet.

The AMD Ryzen 8000 series will be the next generation of Team Red CPUs geared toward consumers and gamers. Rumor has it that the company is prepping a massive upgrade for these new chips that can effectively blow Intel out of the picture.

The SemiconIndia 2023 conference in Gandhinagar concluded with Union ministers Rajeev Chandrashekhar and Ashwini Vaishnav reiterating that India will emerge as a leading player in the global semiconductor ecosystem in the next 10 years, not three decades as the countries currently in the lead have taken.

The earth science ministry in June awarded a $100 million contract to Eviden, a division of Paris based Atos, to build two supercomputers for weather modelling and climate research by the Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) The earth science ministry in June awarded a $100 million contract to Eviden, a division of Parisbased Atos, to build two supercomputers for weather modelling and climate research by the Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and the National Centre for MediumRange Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)(chip).

However, India has largely been importing the semiconductor chips from countries to fulfill the domestic demand. In the fourth part of the series: Mission Semicon, we take a look at India s semiconductor market and where it stands in the supply chain.

The Indian Semiconductor Mission (ISM) is already facing an uphill task in achieving its goal of bringing chipmaking majors to the country despite the 10 billion dollars of incentives being offered under this scheme. The 19.8 billion dollar FoxconnVedanta joint venture has folded up and some others are also reported to have fallen through.

The establishment of Semiconductor Sector in India is getting tremendous encouragement and global response. Many giant companies in the world s semiconductor chip sector have shown interest in investing in India. Semiconductor companies from America, Europe, Japan and Taiwan are planning to establish units in India and start production here.

Since India imports more than 90% of the mobile components, mostly from China and Taiwan, the term manufacturing here refers more to assembling completely knockeddown kits (CKDs). And the country will have no option but to continue importing highend chips since it does not have a cuttingedge semiconductor manufacturing plant.