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Good morning, tech fam; here are some quick tech updates for you to catch on to!
What’s New Today: Indian Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced the first semiconductor chip coming out this year.
Fast-Track Insights: Anysphere raising funds for drone-tech research
Here’s a quick rundown of the biggest tech headlines making waves today. Let's dive into the day's top tech stories, from India’s semiconductor chip launch to IIT Guwahati Recruitment 2025.
India's first domestically produced semiconductor chip is set for production by 2025, as announced by Union IT and Electronics Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during the Madhya Pradesh Global Investor Summit 2025. This milestone is part of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), launched in December 2021 to promote semiconductor manufacturing. Notable investments include Micron's assembly and testing plant in Gujarat and Tata Electronics' partnership with Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation to establish a fabrication unit.
Anysphere, a U.S.-based AI coding startup, is reportedly raising funding at a $10 billion valuation. In Europe, AI coding companies like DeepCode and Codacy have emerged, but none have reached such high valuations. This disparity highlights the U.S.'s leading role in AI innovation and funding. Aside from Anysphere, Codeium is also said to be raising investment valuing it at around $3 billion.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati is inviting applications for the position of Project Engineer under the project "VIDYA: An initiative to ignite innovation among school students for VIKSHIT BHARAT 2047" in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering. Candidates with a Ph.D., Master's with 3 years' experience, or Bachelor's with 6 years' experience in Engineering are eligible. The appointment is for 11 months with a pay scale of ₹47,000–₹65,500. Interested candidates should apply through the provided registration link before the interview on March 18, 2025.
Alibaba's QwQ-32B, with 32 billion parameters, matches DeepSeek-R1's performance despite its smaller size. It excels in mathematical reasoning and coding tasks, outperforming OpenAI's o1-mini. Utilizing reinforcement learning, QwQ-32B is open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license, making it accessible for commercial use. Its efficiency allows deployment on consumer-grade hardware, marking a significant advancement in AI model development.
Eurozone finance ministers are concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump's pro-cryptocurrency policies, including establishing a strategic cryptocurrency reserve, could undermine Europe's monetary sovereignty and financial stability. They stress the urgency of developing a digital euro to maintain economic autonomy and counter potential impacts from U.S. policy shifts.
