IFA Tech Trade Fair Is Back, but 240,000 Visitors Aren’t

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Six months after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the sudden cancellation of the Mobile World Congress, the technology trade fair business is mounting a comeback with a scaled-back version of the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin. Yet this year’s edition of the event, first held in 1924, is shaping up to be a lot like … Read more

Nvidia Taps Samsung, Micron for GeForce RTX 30 Series of GPUs

Nvidia on Tuesday announced a series of powerful gaming chips it designed using new memory tech from Micron and that it is having manufactured by Samsung. The Santa Clara, California-based company said its GeForce RTX 3090, 3080 and 3070 chips will improve video game graphics with twice the performance and nearly twice the power efficiency … Read more

Building Atmanirbhar Bharat: Licences likely for furniture, toys and sports gear imports

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NEW DELHI: Imports of furniture, toys and sports goods are likely to require licences soon, a measure the government hopes will reduce imports and encourage domestic production, said people with knowledge of the matter. India has already imposed licensing requirements for tyres and colour TV imports, a big percentage of which comes from China. The … Read more

Apple vendors, Samsung, others propose Rs 11 lakh crore mobile phone production under PLI scheme

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NEW DELHI: iPhone maker Apple’s contract manufacturers, as well as firms like Samsung, Lava and Dixon have proposed to produce mobile devices and components of over Rs 11 lakh crore in the next five years under the government’s new scheme to boost electronics manufacturing, according to sources. The proposals submitted by the companies to the … Read more