UST, KITVEN Fund Invests In Calligo Technologies To Enable Development Of POSIT-Powered RISC-V Solution

UST and Karnataka Information Technology Venture (KITVEN), through its Semi-Conductor Venture Fund and SFAL have jointly invested in Calligo Technologies for developing a Posit enabled RISC-V multicore processor (System-on-chip) to power accelerator boards targeting HPC & AI segments under ‘Make in India’ initiative.

Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, had recently said that India has no option but to be 'atmanirbhar' (self-reliant) when it comes to semiconductors and this sector has brought new possibilities for Make in India - at a post-budget webinar on 'Make in India for the World' organized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.

The SoC code-named TUNGA is capable of doing computations using the Posit Number System (PNS) and will be powered by the RISC-V processor integrated with the Posit Numeric Unit (PNU), creating a highly power-efficient and computationally accurate core CRISP (Calligo RISC-V with Posit). The alpha version consisting of ASIC silicon and the accelerator card is planned for release by the end of 2022.

Commenting on the innovative product development,  Gilroy Mathew, VP & Global Head of Semiconductor Engineering, UST, said, “UST is always at the forefront of innovation. Our joint effort to develop CRISP-based SoC will transform us to build more innovative AI & HPC Silicon Chipsets for our worldwide customers“.

UST and Calligo believe that Posit is a game-changing, disruptive invention at a grass-root level that can create new standards for computing. Posit Numeric Unit (PNU) takes less circuitry than IEEE FPU. For the same no of bits, Posit gives a lot better accuracy, higher dynamic range and entropy per bit, thus allowing the replacement of 64-bit floats with 32-bit Posit safely in many cases. By 2023, the world of computing devices is expected to grow exponentially from 10 to 25 Billion, primarily due to the high demands in the market segments like mobile, automotive, embedded and IoT. TUNGA SoC will be able to power these segments from edge to datacentre.

Anantha Kinnal, Chairman and Managing Director, Calligo Technologies, said, “In building TUNGA SoC, Calligo will expand from its software-only focus to end-to-end Product offering consisting of Silicon, Board, Firmware, Software and Applications for the emerging markets. Calligo’s accelerator board, as an add-on to any standard Server, is expected to significantly increase the performance of HPC and AI systems. Bluespec’s Octopus will be an integral part of this overall solution.”

Karnataka IT Venture (KITVEN) CEO, Mr. A. R. Jayakumar quoted, “Our vision is to provide long-term capital to early and growth-stage start-ups in the State of Karnataka in specific focus areas to enable them to build competitive products and solutions. We are thrilled to invest in Calligo and aid their product development in accelerating HPC and AI workloads.”

SFAL through its eco-system has enabled Calligo with EDA tools and silicon manufacturing.

About UST

For more than 22 years, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. We identify their core challenges and craft disruptive solutions that bring their vision to life through our agile approach. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, we embed innovation and agility into our clients' organizations—delivering measurable value and lasting change across industries and worldwide. Together, with over 29,000 employees in 30 countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at ust.com.

About KITVEN

Karnataka Information Technology Venture Capital Fund (KITVEN) is a State & Central Government financial institution backed Venture Capital Fund (VCF) operating in the State of Karnataka since 1999. KITVEN is investing in various start-up companies in different sectors through its semi-conductor venture fund, Bio-tech venture fund and AVGC Venture Fund. As a partner, KITVEN Fund invested in emerging companies with a long-term investment approach thereby to build commercial value to their investors/ contributors. For more information, visit  www.kitven.in

About SFAL

Semiconductor Fabless Accelerator Lab (SFAL) is a K-Tech CoE for Fabless community. It’s an initiative funded by the Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T of Government of Karnataka through its Karnataka Innovation Technology Society (KITS). For more information, visit https://www.sfalcoe.com/.

About Calligo Technologies

Calligo Technologies is a category-defining data science and machine learning products and services company based out of Bangalore, focused on helping organizations translate these technologies into quantifiable business impact. It aims to fuel the next frontier of powerful computing technology and unlock discoveries with its end-to-end Silicon, Big Data, AI, and HPC offerings. For more information, visit Calligo Technologies. 

BlueStacks Launches Creator Studio & Creator Hub In India, The World’s First Platform For Mobile Game Modding

* Powered by now.gg’s new NFG platform, mobile games based on Cocos, Unity and Unreal engines can be modded and shared, changing the way people play games

BlueStacks, the world’s first cloud-based Android gaming platform, has launched another first: Creator Studio & Creator Hub for modding and sharing modded games in India. With this launch, mobile games developed on the Cocos, Unity and Unreal engines can be easily modded and shared, reaching over four billion users and 4.5 million creators. The company introduced Creator Studio and Creator Hub for gaming enthusiasts in India, today.

BlueStacks Creator Studio & Creator Hub open up the possibilities of user-generated content to the global mobile gaming community, where they can create and share infinite versions of mobile games. Modding can be done at three levels: basic, intermediate, and advanced. Basic modding involves playing with color; for example, you can have dark mode for a game, akin to Instagram filters. Intermediate modding links to in-game events such as effects on screen during kill or win shots. Lastly, with advanced modding, you can change 2D and 3D textures inside the game, including game elements like avatar’s clothes.

Powered by now.gg and now.gg’s NFG platform, Creator Studio & Creator Hub enables the separation of game code, game events and game art, allowing users to share their modded experiences via a simple link - creating a shareable and immersive mobile experience.

Since its global launch last month, mobile game modding has received great response from streamers and gamers  globally, with the United States, Brazil and Vietnam driving the maximum engagement. FreeFire has emerged as the most modded game and ‘Running Trump’ is the most used effect so far.

“By 2025, the majority of mobile gamers will play modded games,” said Rosen Sharma, CEO and founder of BlueStacks and now.gg. “Imagine searching for a game and finding modded versions from your favorite gamers, streamers and fans. Making mobile game modding globally accessible opens up endless possibilities for gamers and creators, changing how we build, share, and experience mobile gaming forever.”

“User generated content – like modded games – are an important form of self-expression. In the same way we change our clothes to suit our moods, people will soon demand to play only games with mods to match their mood, desired experience, and preferences,” said Huabin Lin, Technology Director at Cocos. “BlueStacks mobile game modding is paving the way for mods to be the default way of mobile gaming in the future.”

“Popular PC games can have tens of thousands of mods created for them. However, modding was not possible for mobile games until now,” said Aevatrex (Jonathan Fermin), leading mobile gaming streamer. “With BlueStacks mobile game modding, there are endless possibilities. Inclusion of BGMI is a great news. One of my favorite mods in the game is where a dancing Mr. Bean shows up at the victory event.”

BlueStacks mobile game modding is available now for free here for modding on BlueStacks X app player and here for modding on the cloud.

About BlueStacks:

BlueStacks is the world’s first cloud-based Android gaming platform adopted by over 1 Billion gamers in 100 countries and six continents around the world. In 2020 over 6 Billion gaming sessions of 70,000 different games were played on BlueStacks. In 2021 BlueStacks launched BlueStacks X (beta) the world’s first game streaming service for mobile games. BlueStacks has a global team of over 400 and is one of the most recognized tech brands in the industry. The world's top game developers leverage its platform to promote their games.

About now.gg:

now.gg is the mobile cloud company changing the gaming experience for game developers and consumers. With the first global mobile platform-as-a-service for game developers, now.gg enables gaming communities to play games on any device or OS, share games instantly on their social channels and pay in-game through payment channels they already have. No longer constrained by geography, device or attribution, now.gg opens the world of consumers to game developers and unlocks entirely new revenue streams.

Vidyut Jammwal’s Super Sweet Gesture Touched The Hearts Of Everyone On The Sets Of India’s Ultimate Warrior

Action superstar Vidyut Jammwal often displays his affectionate and generous side, which people recently witnessed on the sets of ‘India’s Ultimate Warrior’. As the grueling, competitive yet memorable journey of searching for India’s next 'Mahayoddha' concluded, Vidyut applauded and thanked the efforts of the entire team through handwritten personalized notes for 140 crew members of the show.

Not only was he highly impressed by the dedication of the contestants and the phenomenal guidance given by the mentors but also by each team member who worked relentlessly to do justice to this one-of-a-kind series. The actor felt everyone in the show came in as strangers but after being together in this journey full of highs and lows, they went back with bonds that will last a lifetime. On the fifth day, Vidyut was honored with a standing ovation by the entire crew for his generosity.

Expressing his emotions, Vidyut said, “India's Ultimate Warrior was a team of warriors looking for India's ultimate warriors. The show will always be close to my heart not just because its primary theme is Martial Arts but also because of the bonds that we made on this show. Despite belonging to diverse backgrounds, we all had one thing in common, that is extreme dedication and passion to do the unthinkable.”

He further added, “This show was not a conventional reality format. With real challenges and tasks being performed under extreme conditions, the contestants were much more prone to injuries, breakdowns, and emotional outbursts but it was heartening to see how they uplifted each other in those moments of crisis whilst keeping their competitive spirit intact. Not just the contestants, the same spirit spilled over to the entire production unit as well who stayed put at all times and strongly supported us to be the best version of ourselves. I am sure each and every person who has been a part of this series has gone back home, a changed person! I definitely have!”

‘India’s Ultimate Warrior ', a unique offering in the action reality genre marked the digital debut of India's primal action superstar, Vidyut Jammwal, who debuted as a Dojo master. The show also featured the OG Khiladi Akshay Kumar as honorary Dojo Master in the third special episode. Supporting him in his quest to find the nation’s ultimate warrior, Vidyut had 4 professional mentors, namely Shifu Kanishka, Shaun Kober, Bi Nguyen AKA Killer Bee and Mykel Hawke to guide 16 diverse contestants as they battled it out to win the prestigious title. This never-seen-before action extravaganza is currently streaming on discovery+ followed by its television premiere on Discovery Channel Monday to Wednesday at 8 PM.

About discovery+

‘discovery+’, an exciting D2C streaming app is launched to satiate the unmet need of a differentiated product, offering premium real-life entertainment. Priced competitively at INR 399 per annum, the app is developed and curated specifically for India. Discovery+ offers thousands of hours of exclusive content across 55+ genres, including Science, Adventure, Food and Lifestyle, in 7 languages including Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali. The premium subscribers have access to a pool selection of never-seen-before Premium Discovery titles, must-watch documentaries, India originals and exclusive acquisitions. Free users of the app have access to all-time favorites from the Discovery library.

About Discovery India:

Discovery Communications India, country’s leading real life entertainment player, is dedicated to satisfying curiosity, engaging and entertaining viewers with high-quality content through its portfolio of 14 channels including Discovery Channel, Discovery HD, Animal Planet, Animal Planet HD, TLC, TLC HD, Investigation Discovery, Investigation Discovery HD, Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Kids, Discovery Tamil and sports channels Eurosport and Eurosport HD. The company recently launched India’s first aggregated real-life entertainment streaming app Discovery Plus. Available on Android, iOS and on the desktop / mobile web and Fire TV, the app offers more than 10,000 hours of content, across 55+ sub genres including Science, Adventure, Food and Lifestyle, in the language of your choice. For more information, visit corporate.discovery.com

L&T Technology Services Aims To Achieve Carbon And Water Neutrality By 2030

* LTTS unveils its first Sustainability Report

L&T Technology Services Limited (BSE: 540115, NSE: LTTS), a leading global pure-play engineering services company, released its first Sustainability Report for the year 2020-21, with a roadmap to achieve carbon and water neutrality by 2030.

LTTS’ Sustainability Report covers its various ESG initiatives which are built on the pillars of transparency, accountability, responsibility, compliance and trust, to drive an ethically progressive and reliable business model, robust enough to meet emerging challenges. The report, conforming to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), presents LTTS’ sustainability efforts across its key elements for fiscal 2020-21.

LTTS has identified Sustainability as one of its six ‘Big Bets” on emerging technology areas and one that cuts across the other 5 Big Bets comprising Electric Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (EACV), 5G, MedTech, AI& Digital Products and Digital Manufacturing. LTTS’ Sustainability Practice is building engineering services-based innovative digital solutions that aligns with the customers’ sustainability roadmap.

LTTS has embraced net-zero as a core sustainability focus and will leverage its deep capabilities around energy transition and management, water and waste management, circular product design, digital intervention, sustainability consulting, and climate action for realizing this aspiration.

Amit Chadha, CEO and Managing Director at L&T Technology Services said, “With our distinct pure-play engineering services proposition, our vision on Sustainability is to have organizational level involvement to better realize the goals for our global customers. This holistic approach also led us to recently restate our Vision as ‘Engineering a sustainable tomorrow through technology and innovation’ – underscoring the cultural transformation across the organization.

I remain confident that LTTS will play a pivotal role in accelerating our customers’ transformation to a net zero future.”

Signify Launches Philips Motion Sensing LED Batten In Indian Market

* Light switches on automatically upon detecting motion within a 6-meter radius

* For enhanced safety, it first dims to Eco-Mode after 2 minutes of inactivity and completely switches off after another 3 minutes

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, has launched its Philips Motion Sensing LED Batten in India. With its superior inbuilt motion sensor, the batten automatically turns on upon detecting motion within a 6-metre radius. For enhanced safety, it first dims to Eco-mode after 2 minutes of inactivity and then switches off completely after another 3 minutes of inactivity. With its automatic switch-on function, it offers a convenient lighting solution for lesser accessed areas of a house like balconies, staircases, washrooms and parking areas.

Philips Motion Sensing LED Batten

• 20 W, 2000 Lumens

• MRP: Rs 1,099

• Superior Motion and Ambient Light sensor with a 6m motion detection range

• Dims to Eco-mode after 2 minutes of inactivity, switches off after another 3 mins of inactivity

• EyeComfort Technology

• Suitable for balconies, staircases, washrooms and parking areas

In addition to a motion sensor, the LED batten also features an ambient light sensor that helps the batten to automatically adjust light output as per ambient light conditions. These two features help save power, as the light turns on only when you need it.

Commenting on the new launch, Sumit Joshi, CEO & MD, Signify Innovations India Ltd, South Asia said “We are delighted to launch our Philips Motion Sensing LED batten in India. With its superior motion sensor, it is a convenient automated lighting solution for lesser accessed areas of a house. Moreover, for enhanced safety of consumers, we have designed the product to first dim down after 2 minutes of inactivity, before completely switching off after another 3 minutes”.

The Philips Motion Sensing LED batten is available in a 20W, 2000 Lumens pack across all small and large electrical stores and e-commerce platforms in India at an MRP of Rs 1,099.

About Signify

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals and consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact connected lighting systems and data-enabled services, deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. With 2021 sales of EUR 6.9 billion, we have approximately 37,000 employees and are present in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We achieved carbon neutrality in 2020, have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for five consecutive years and were named Industry Leader in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

HealthJobs.One Hosts 3rd Edition Of Its Nursing Conference Series In Kolkata

* The conference deliberates and underpins the significance of better healthcare results, with better skilled nurses

The City of Kolkata witnessed the 3rd edition of the ‘New frontiers in Nursing - Sustained Growth & Opportunities’ conference series. The conference is designed specifically for the nursing community by Healthjobs.One - India’s only healthcare job portal, an initiative by Medvarsity, Asia’s largest healthcare EdTech brand. The first two editions hosted in Hyderabad and Delhi city, witnessed a reverberating success and continues to inspire the forth coming editions under the series. Recognising that nurses are at the heart of the healthcare system, Medvarsity CEO, Gerald Jaideep opened the session with an insightful keynote outlining the need for a clear career path for a nurse in our country. He also spoke of the improved healthcare outcome with the availability of better-skilled nurses from the community.

Eminent speakers from healthcare and the nursing fraternity shared insights from their areas of expertise. The list of speakers including the esteemed guests from Bangladesh are as below:

-          Hosted by Santa Sahoo Das: GM Nursing Services – AMRI Hospitals

-          Major Ranjana Williams: Nursing Director - Asgar Ali Hospital, Bangladesh

-          Capt. Madhukari Ray: Director Nursing Services - Evercare Hospital, Bangladesh

-          Paulami Raysarma: Principal - Newtown Institute of Nursing Science, Kolkata

-          Doli Biswas: Chief Nursing Officer - Fortis Hospital Anandapur, Kolkata

-          Prof. Ratna Biswas: Principal - Apollo Gleneagles Nursing College, Kolkata

-          Mrs. Chongtham Mangangleima Chanu: Nursing Superintendent -Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Guwahati

The key themes of the event revolved around nursing and healthcare covering topics like Improving patient outcomes through workforce redeployment and diversification, Strategic imperatives for nurturing a future ready and global nursing workforce, Career pathways for nurses in India, The role of technology, Effective manpower utilization, Emerging trends in nursing education, Better workplace practices, and more.

More than 100 senior and mid-level healthcare leaders attended the conference and approximately 3000 guests attended Live. This collaborative nursing conference generated a positive dialogue on how the healthcare space of nursing has evolved in the past year and what the future has in store for it in terms of growth and development. With in-depth analysis of the current scenario of the nursing space, and in-depth and interactive Q&A session.

Speaking about the conference, Gerald Jaideep, CEO- Medvarsity said, “The HealthJobs.One Nursing Conferences has been providing a robust environment for the healthcare professionals to discuss and acknowledge the gap in the industry, and at the same time make honest efforts to address it. It is very encouraging to see the feedback from the nursing professionals who are the backbone of the healthcare system. The main focus of this conference was to develop support programs for nursing professionals, implement team-based models to meet staffing demands, leveraging technology to streamline communication and optimize care delivery.”

About HealthJobs.One

HealthJobs.One is a Medvarsity initiative, and India`s first-ever online job, career & community platform dedicated to healthcare professionals, and the healthcare industry. On HealthJobs.One the job aspirants can search for healthcare jobs with focus and ease, the healthcare companies can recruit the best talents from the healthcare industry, and connect with the healthcare community. The fastest-growing careers belong in the healthcare industry. With the number of careers losing positions, health care continues to grow but often finds it challenging to fill in with the right candidates. We aim to bridge the gap between healthcare professionals and the network of healthcare companies. No matter where you start your career in the healthcare field, you have the choice to pick what specialty you want to pursue. There are so many different career options within the healthcare industry. You will likely find at least one that you can enjoy. Very few other careers give people the opportunity to do as much good as the healthcare industry does, we understand this and therefore our platform is designed to help you find your dream job and connect with India`s best healthcare employers.

About Medvarsity

Medvarsity is India’s emerging healthcare ed-tech brand, offering online/blended learning fellowship and certificate courses to healthcare professionals. Under the leadership of CEO Mr. Gerald Jaideep Medvarsity has established itself as a leader within the healthcare ed-tech segment.  The company caters to the requirements of both healthcare professionals as well as non-clinicians to make sure industry demand and skilled workforce are in perfect equilibrium. Medvarsity.com is specially designed to offer online and blended learning fellowship, advanced certificate and certificate courses across 20 medical specialties, management and healthcare quality. Medvarsity has also commenced several other initiatives including BookMysim.one, India`s first medical simulation aggregator platform launched in May 2021; Dosily.com, which offers 1000 courses across 27 specialties, and Healthjobs.one, an exclusive job platform for the healthcare industry, with the objective of catering to 360-degree aspects of Healthcare Ed-Tech.

The ‘Gold Standard’ In Automatics Is Here - Tata ALTROZ DCA Launched At INR 8.1 Lakhs

* A Dual Clutch Automatic gearbox with world class technology designed for India

Keeping the New Forever brand promise, Tata Motors, India’s leading automotive brand, today launched the much-awaited ALTROZ Dual Clutch Automatic (DCA) at an attractive starting price of INR 8.1 lakhs. ALTROZ DCA is an advanced dual clutch transmission that is designed especially for Indian consumers. The ALTROZ DCA is an innovative technology with 45 patents and is world’s first DCT with planetary gear system. The DCA version of India’s premium and safest hatchback is equipped with several segment-first features such as Wet clutch with active cooling technology, Machine learning, Shift by wire technology, Self-healing mechanism, and Auto park lock. The ALTROZ DCA will be mated with the 1.2L Revotron petrol engine and will be available in the top four variants – XM+, XT, XZ, and XZ+.

The unique features in ALTROZ DCA are inspired from the diverse driving conditions in India that promise to set Gold Standards in Automatics by offering a seamless drive experience to customers. The ALTROZ DCA gets a brand-new Opera Blue colour. In addition, the ALTROZ DCA will be a part of the #Dark range other than being available in the Downtown Red, Arcade Grey, Avenue White and Harbour Blue colour.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Rajan Amba, Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Customer Care, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. said, “We are elated to launch the much-awaited ALTROZ DCA, equipped with a world-class automatic transmission, designed for the Indian customers. Since the commencement of bookings for the ALTROZ DCA, we are witnessing an encouraging number of queries. The ALTROZ DCA with its segment-first features will certainly captivate the minds of prospective buyers and provide a seamless driving experience. With more than 1.25 lakh happy customers, the Tata ALTROZ has witnessed an overwhelming response from customers and has set certain benchmarks in the segment. The addition of the ALTROZ DCA will bolster our product portfolio, help us in expanding our market share and take our success story further to set a ‘Gold Standard’ in automatics.”

The ALTROZ DCA sports many premium features such as premium leatherette seats, auto headlamps, 7” touchscreen by Harman, 7” TFT digital cluster, rear ac vents, and iRA connected car technology among other features. Since its launch in January 2020, the ALTROZ has witnessed an overwhelming response from customers who have appreciated its laser-cut design, best-in-class safety, and exhilarating performance.

To know more about offers and car buying options, call your nearest dealership or visit https://cars.tatamotors.com/cars/altroz.