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171 - AMD keen to tap Indian mobile device market; to hold talks with HCL, Wipro - Economic Times

Gulveen Aulakh, ET Bureau Jun 6, 2013, 04.01AM IST
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NEW DELHI: Computer processor maker AMD is planning to enter the mobile devices market in India and is keen on supplying to hybrid notebooks, local tablet manufacturers and makers of Aakash tablets that would supply to the government.


Roy Taylor, corporate vice-president and head of global channel sales for AMD, told ET that the company was holding talks with a few Indian tablet makers to use its accelerated processor units (APU) that improved battery life of the device and were 30-40% cheaper than other processors in the market.