Artificial Intelligence: On one hand, Artificial Intelligence is developing very fast. On the other hand, a small technology is becoming a hindrance in its speed. Yes, in fact, the way AI has spread its foot in this world of technology is not hidden from anyone. Today, AI is being used rapidly in almost most of the tasks. In such a situation, a small technology which most people did not pay attention to has today become a matter of concern for big tech companies and governments.

What is Advanced Chip Packaging?

According to media reports, earlier semiconductor companies used to add more power to a chip by reducing the size of transistors. But now this method has reached its peak. In such a situation, companies like Nvidia are resorting to advanced packaging to combine many different chips and high-speed memory in a single package.

With the help of this technology, very powerful AI processors can be made even in small sizes which are capable of handling large AI models.

What is chip packaging?

For your information, let us tell you that after the chip is ready, the job of packaging is to make it secure, connect it to other chips and circuits and ensure fast data transfer.

Advanced AI chips use special silicon layers, interposers and substrates to combine multiple processors and high-bandwidth memory into a single module. This technology increases the real power of AI processor.

Increased dependence on Taiwan

Actually, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) professor and former IBM engineer Subramanian Iyer has been working on this technology for many years. He believes that America has lost its hold in this region and now it too will have to depend on a country like Taiwan.

Let us tell you that today most of the companies making advanced AI chips are dependent on Taiwan’s TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.). This company not only manufactures the world’s most advanced chips but also does their advanced packaging. This is the reason why most of the suppliers are present in Taiwan only and due to this the threat to the supply chain is also increasing.

Demand for AI is becoming the reason

According to the information, the rapidly increasing demand for AI has also taken the demand for advanced packaging to a record level. But now even TSMC does not seem to be able to meet this demand. In such a situation, it is believed that the company’s CoWoS packaging strength is still much less than the market requirement.

This is directly affecting the availability of AI chips and their prices. Many companies are facing delays in preparing new AI processors.

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Microsoft Investment To AI: Giant technology company Microsoft, expressing concern over the growing AI disparity between developed countries and the ‘Global South’ (developing countries), has announced that it aims to reduce this gap by investing $ 50 billion by the end of this decade. This announcement was made by the company’s Vice Chair and President Brad Smith and Vice President in charge of AI Natasha Crampton at the ‘India AI Impact Summit’.

According to the company’s ‘AI Diffusion Report’, inequality in access to AI could limit economic opportunities and growth, widening the economic gap between the Global North (developed countries) and the Global South. Microsoft said the $50 billion investment will focus on five key pillars – infrastructure, skill development, multilingual AI, local innovation and measurement of AI adoption.

There will be investment of 50 billion dollars

Last fiscal year, the company spent more than $8 billion on data center infrastructure serving the global south. This includes India, Mexico and countries of Africa, South America, South-East Asia and West Asia. The company has set a target of increasing internet access to 25 crore underprivileged people, of which 10 crore are in Africa. Through partnerships it has already reached 117 million people in Africa.

Under skill development, Microsoft spent more than two billion dollars on cloud, AI and digital training programs in the last financial year. Under the ‘Microsoft Elevate’ initiative, the target is to provide AI certification to two crore people by 2028. After training 56 lakh people in India in 2025, there is a plan to equip 2 crore Indians with AI skills by 2030. Apart from this, under the ‘Elevate for Educators’ program, a target has been set to reach 20 lakh teachers and 80 lakh students from more than two lakh institutions.

AI training to 2 crore by 2030

The company says that linguistic barriers are a major obstacle to the spread of AI, so investment in multilingual and multicultural AI systems is being increased. Also, community-based AI assessment tools are being developed in collaboration with Indian institutions.

In terms of developer ecosystem, Microsoft said India’s community of 24 million developers on GitHub is the second largest and fastest growing among the top 30 economies. Its annual growth rate since 2020 has been more than 26 percent. Overall, this investment by Microsoft is being considered a big step towards making AI more inclusive and balanced at the global level.

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