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• AI supercomputer: India approves a ₹10,300 Crore funding package to bolster the nation's AI infrastructure. Plans 10,000-GPU sovereign AI supercomputer



• Wafer-scale processor for AI: Cerebras launches 900,000-core 125 PetaFLOPS wafer-scale processor for AI — theoretically equivalent to about 62 Nvidia H100 GPUs



• How India is betting big on global outsourced chip play: Malaysia is a dominant player in the business in Asia, and commands 13 per cent share of the global semiconductor chip testing and packaging market.



• Malaysia's flourishing semiconductor manufacturing : The rush of foreign investments into Malaysia has come in the tunes of multi-billion dollar ambition from major industry players, like Intel. By itself, Intel will spend a whopping $7 billion on new, Malaysian chip assembly and testing facilities. The overall total of foreign Malaysian investment in 2023 was $12.8 billion, and that exceeded its seven-year combined total from 2013 to 2020.



• EU Seeks Chip Sovereignty Using RISC-V: The European Union invests heavily in initiatives to achieve chip independence using the RISC-V open-source architecture. This effort is led by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, which has been a pioneer in the development of RISC-V technology.



• Ravi Pandit's sodium-ion battery: India-based KPIT has unveiled its proprietary sodium-ion battery technology with energy density of up to 170 Wh/kg. “When we started working on sodium-ion batteries, the initial expectation of energy density was quite low but over the last eight years the energy density has been going up because of the developments that we and other companies have been carrying out”.




• Cow Dung Gasification Process for Hydrogen Production: Green hydrogen can be produced from animal and human excrements and renewable energy. . . Modern Electron: This startup is converting cow manure into clean-burning hydrogen fuel.



• A Brand-New Tiny Forest: Pocket-size forests filled with native plants have been embraced worldwide for their environmental benefits. Now one is planned for New York City.



• Golden Handcuffs: Corporate roles have long enticed employees with riches – at a big cost to their personal lives. Only some workers walk away.



• Healthier alternative to traditional beer: The brewing secrets behind tastier no-alcohol beer