Intel Corp, the world's largest semiconductor maker, unveiled new processors on Tuesday that boost computer speed and use less electricity, putting pressure on its rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Company executives introduced 20 new products, including microprocessors made with the most-advanced production technology, at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing, Santa
Clara, California-based Intel said.
Intel uses its twice-a-year developer conferences to stir up interest among personal-computer makers for new chips.
Today's event, the first time it is being held in China, highlights the country's importance to Intel after the company said last month it would invest $2.5 billion to build its first chip-making plant in the nation.
In the US today, Intel may report its first sales increase in five quarters after the company gained back market share from Advanced Micro, according to the average analyst estimate.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
Intel unveils more advanced processors
April 18, 2007, 9:32 amOutsourcing Boom: TCS to hire 32,000 people
April 18, 2007, 9:31 am
India's top software exporter, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, plans to hire over 32,000 people in the current fiscal year as it rides on an outsourcing wave, an official said on Tuesday.
"Last year, we added 32,000, and definitely we are looking at 32,000 and more, and we are still working out the actual number," S Padmanabhan, Executive Vice-President for Human Resources, said.
The company, part of India's salt-to-software Tata group conglomerate, has already made offers to 12,000 people at various engineering institutions, he said.
Tata Consultancy's nearest rival Infosys Technologies Ltd last week said it planned to add 23,000 employees, including 10,000 for its back-office services unit, in 2007/08.
Indian software services firms have been thriving on a worldwide outsourcing boom as companies try to cut costs at home.
A large pool of English-speaking engineers and low wages have helped them attract outsourcing deals over the past decade in India, which churns out about 350,000 graduate engineers and 2.3 million other graduates every year.
But wage inflation and high attrition rates are a concern for services firms in India, where demand for programmers and IT specialists is fast outstripping supply.
Padmanabhan said Tata Consultancy would also increase the hiring of non-Indian professionals, who currently account for 9.6 per cent of its total workforce of 89,419, as it expands its overseas presence to boost business.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
"Last year, we added 32,000, and definitely we are looking at 32,000 and more, and we are still working out the actual number," S Padmanabhan, Executive Vice-President for Human Resources, said.
The company, part of India's salt-to-software Tata group conglomerate, has already made offers to 12,000 people at various engineering institutions, he said.
Tata Consultancy's nearest rival Infosys Technologies Ltd last week said it planned to add 23,000 employees, including 10,000 for its back-office services unit, in 2007/08.
Indian software services firms have been thriving on a worldwide outsourcing boom as companies try to cut costs at home.
A large pool of English-speaking engineers and low wages have helped them attract outsourcing deals over the past decade in India, which churns out about 350,000 graduate engineers and 2.3 million other graduates every year.
But wage inflation and high attrition rates are a concern for services firms in India, where demand for programmers and IT specialists is fast outstripping supply.
Padmanabhan said Tata Consultancy would also increase the hiring of non-Indian professionals, who currently account for 9.6 per cent of its total workforce of 89,419, as it expands its overseas presence to boost business.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
Loving heritage & preserving it
April 18, 2007, 9:27 am
The 215-year-old ancestral house of Ashutosh Bhatt in Khadia might look old and forlorn from the outside but that is deceptive. Bhatt has painstakingly maintained and often renovated this heritage building keeping its more than two-centuries old architectural beauty intact.
Bhatt says that the house has been renovated 5 to 6 times earlier, with the most recent renovation done in 2003 at a cost of Rs 3 lakh. Bhatt is one of the few people in old city areas of Ahmedabad who have painstakingly maintained their centuries-old houses, which are now heritage buildings having beautiful architecture, wooden motifs and grills.
On the eve of the World Heritage Day on April 18, while Archaeological Society of India and municipal corporation’s heritage cell struggle to preserve and maintain heritage buildings, owners of many privately owned buildings some of which are over 100 years old take good care of the buildings and maintain them thereby preserving and conserving Ahmedabad’s rich heritage.
Bhatt says, “This house was bought by my forefathers in the year 1792. My father Keshavlal Mehta and his grandfather were both a part of the freedom movement. Both of them had led a delegation of the Congress Session (1905) in Banares to introduce the concept of Swadeshi to fight the British.”
He adds, “Although I was very small when my father and grandfather fought in the freedom movement, I grew up in the house seeing the developments of movements like the ‘Navnirman’ movement and ‘Mahagujarat’ movement.” Talking about the cost incurred in renovating the house he says, “Earlier I used to renovate the house for a Rs 10 to 15,000 but as the cost of living increased over the years, I started spending more to maintain the house well.”
Bhatt is not alone, Jagdip Mehta another resident of Khadia spent Rs 8 to 10 lakhs to renovate a 200 year old house that he owns. Mehta had purchased the house in the year 1999 at a cost of Rs 3 lakh. He says, “We had earlier approached banks for loans to renovate the house as the house was in a bad condition but none of the banks offered us loans. It was then THAT we approached the Heritage Department of the AMC, which helped us to renovate the house.”
The two storeyed house named Heritage House has 16th Century Italian designs on its walls and is visited by five to six visitors daily from different parts of the world. Mehta says, “The house had to be practically jacked up from the ground to maintain its structure but now most parts of the house have been successfully restored.”
The Bengal House in Khadia, a symbol of the freedom movement has also been renovated by its owner Mirchandbhai Prajapati. The House had during the freedom struggle housed several Bengalis who played an important part in the same. Manishbhai Prajapati, son of Mirchandbhai says that he did not know that the house was under the Heritage Department of the AMC when the house was bought. He says, “My family came to know much later that the house had historical value. We spent around Rs 45,000 to renovate the house in the year 2001 after the earthquake. However, If I get a loan then I will renovate the house again.”
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
Bhatt says that the house has been renovated 5 to 6 times earlier, with the most recent renovation done in 2003 at a cost of Rs 3 lakh. Bhatt is one of the few people in old city areas of Ahmedabad who have painstakingly maintained their centuries-old houses, which are now heritage buildings having beautiful architecture, wooden motifs and grills.
On the eve of the World Heritage Day on April 18, while Archaeological Society of India and municipal corporation’s heritage cell struggle to preserve and maintain heritage buildings, owners of many privately owned buildings some of which are over 100 years old take good care of the buildings and maintain them thereby preserving and conserving Ahmedabad’s rich heritage.
Bhatt says, “This house was bought by my forefathers in the year 1792. My father Keshavlal Mehta and his grandfather were both a part of the freedom movement. Both of them had led a delegation of the Congress Session (1905) in Banares to introduce the concept of Swadeshi to fight the British.”
He adds, “Although I was very small when my father and grandfather fought in the freedom movement, I grew up in the house seeing the developments of movements like the ‘Navnirman’ movement and ‘Mahagujarat’ movement.” Talking about the cost incurred in renovating the house he says, “Earlier I used to renovate the house for a Rs 10 to 15,000 but as the cost of living increased over the years, I started spending more to maintain the house well.”
Bhatt is not alone, Jagdip Mehta another resident of Khadia spent Rs 8 to 10 lakhs to renovate a 200 year old house that he owns. Mehta had purchased the house in the year 1999 at a cost of Rs 3 lakh. He says, “We had earlier approached banks for loans to renovate the house as the house was in a bad condition but none of the banks offered us loans. It was then THAT we approached the Heritage Department of the AMC, which helped us to renovate the house.”
The two storeyed house named Heritage House has 16th Century Italian designs on its walls and is visited by five to six visitors daily from different parts of the world. Mehta says, “The house had to be practically jacked up from the ground to maintain its structure but now most parts of the house have been successfully restored.”
The Bengal House in Khadia, a symbol of the freedom movement has also been renovated by its owner Mirchandbhai Prajapati. The House had during the freedom struggle housed several Bengalis who played an important part in the same. Manishbhai Prajapati, son of Mirchandbhai says that he did not know that the house was under the Heritage Department of the AMC when the house was bought. He says, “My family came to know much later that the house had historical value. We spent around Rs 45,000 to renovate the house in the year 2001 after the earthquake. However, If I get a loan then I will renovate the house again.”
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
Page :
1