The Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Global Chipmaker Qualcomm, Cristiano R Amon on Saturday, where they discussed “Indian progress in AI, innovation and skills”.
The Prime Minister praised “the company’s commitment to Indian semiconductors and AI missions” and said in post X that “India offers unrivaled talent and extent to build technologies that will form our collective future”.
Amon himself published on the X of the meeting, where he thanked Modi for “supporting a broader partnership between @qualcomm and India to support Indiaai and India Semiconductor and 6G.”
“We are encouraged by the opportunities to develop an Indian ecosystem across AI smartphones, PC, intelligent glasses, car, industrial and more,” he said.
The US Chipmaker CEO with the Indian Prime Minister comes as a result of China, which began an investigation into the acquisition of Israeli Autotalks, Reuters said.
The Chinese state regulation for market regulation said that the probe would examine whether Qualcomm has violated Chinese antimonopoly right by not buying some details when obtaining Israeli designer Chip.
Qualcomm CEO on 6G and AI
Amon believes that 6G is a connectivity that the world will require at age AI. IN interview With NDTV, Amon said, “We started with 2G … 3G was about internet connection, 4G was probably broadband and created a phone on the computer, 5G made sure everyone could have unlimited data speeds … 6g is a Connectivity for AI.”
During the conversation, he also mentioned Indian “Connections and smartphones and mobile internet” and said he believed that with artificial intelligence the same approach is needed. “We should work very hard to democratize this technology and make sure everyone has access to it,” he said.
As for his meeting with Modi, Amon told the publication that he was “always inspired by the Prime Minister”.
Qualcomm is an expansion business in India
The American Chipmaker has been in India for about two decades and is now expanding its business in a country outside the smartphone chipset. It is now expected that XR and smart glasses will be their main focus on the future.
“Our mobile business remains strong, but we build a wider portfolio around cars, IoT, broadband and calculation, which will contribute substantially by 2028,” Manmeet Singh, Head of Director and India Business leads for the automotive industry, IoT, connection and broadband in Qualcomm India, said In an interview with Financial Express.
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