AMD specific news
AMD Speculated to Secure 30% Share Of The Desktop Market In Q4 2018edit
Intel hasn’t been having quite as much luck as AMD in terms of its CPU market in 2018. While the trouble for Intel and its CPU shortage continues, a larger market grows for the CPUs manufactured by AMD. Taking advantage of which AMD managed to emerge like a phoenix from the ashes with the launch of its Ryzen CPUs. Along with them came Threadripper and an entire lineup of EPYC server CPUs.
Publication: My Smart Price
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Intel Core i9-9900K hands on: Intel’s Beastly Mainstream Octa-core Processoredit
Intel’s recent processors have been a step behind the high-core count, massive multi-threading performance of AMD Ryzen CPUs for some time now, but now Intel Core i9-9900K looks to level the playground.
Publication: Udaipur Kiran
Intel 9th Gen Core i9-9900K to be Significantly Faster than the Ryzen 2700X in Gaming?edit
At the product launch of Intel’s 9th gen Kaby lake refresh, the focus of the event was the gaming performance of the new processors. As per Intel’s official benchmarks, the Kaby Lake refresh is a fair bit faster than AMD’s 2nd gen Ryzen processors as well as Intel’s previous 8th gen CPUs.
Publication: Techquila
Paytm Mall cashback sale: Apple iPhone 8 at Rs 43,444, up to Rs 20,000 off on MacBook Airedit
Lenovo’s Ideapad 330 (81DE012NIN) will be available at an effective price of Rs 44,460, down from Rs 64,090. A cashback of 10 per cent will further bring down the price of the laptop to Rs 41,960. Ideapad 330 is powered by Intel’s core i5 (8th generation) processor coupled with AMD’s Radeon 530 (2GB) for graphics performance. It offers 2TB storage.
Publication: The Indian Express
Forza Horizon 4 (for PC)edit
To boot up Forza Horizon 4, your gaming PC needs at least a 3.7GHz Intel i3-4170 CPU, an AMD R7 250x or Nvidia Geforce GTX 650 Ti GPU, 8GB of RAM, 60GB of storage, and the Windows 10 operating system. If you’ve bought or built a gaming rig in the last few years, you should have no problem putting the pedal to the metal.
Publication: PC Mag
What Intel’s New Processor Line Means for Desktop Buyersedit
It’s a very broad and powerful lineup, reflecting Intel’s goals of raising average selling prices by segmenting the market and acting as a counterpoint to AMD’s recent Ryzen desktop processors, including the 32-core Threadripper. But with increased segmentation comes increased complication, and it’s going to be harder for most people to determine which processor makes the most sense for their applications.
Publication: PC Mag
Physical Social Network, Tagtalk Partners with Yuvraj Singh Backed Creator’s Gurukul to Venture into On-demand Workspacesedit
Creator’s Gurukul had earlier also opened a unique Co-Gaming zone at it co-working space in association with AMD. Farm house style ecofriendly and India Inspired co-working space in Gurgaon is already a go-to work and gaming station for some of the best minds of the start-up world.
Publication: BW Disrupt
Laptop Deals You Can’t Afford to Miss on Paytm Mall’s Maha Cashback Saleedit
For instance, Lenovo’s Ideapad 330 (81DE012NIN) preloaded with Windows 10 is available for Rs. 44,460 effectively, down from its original price of Rs. 64,090. The laptop is powered by Core i5 (8th generation) processor and AMD’s Radeon 530 (2GB) graphics accelerator and is perfect for gaming and other high-performance applications (with a clock speed of up to 3.7 GHz.
Publication: Digital Terminal
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Zone Cafe Becomes India’s First Cafe to be Powered by Nvidia’s RTX GPUsedit
Kolkata’s gaming scene is about to get a unique twist! Zone Cafe, in association with XRIG and Starcomp, promises to be the best gaming lounge East India could have. The cafe comes packed with every facility a gamer could possible want.
Publication: Indian Noob
Acer Predator Orion 9000, 5000 with Intel’s 9th gen processors announcededit
Acer today showcased the new Predator Orion 9000 and Predator Orion 5000 gaming desktops, both of which will be powered by the recently launched 9th generation Intel Core i processors. Additionally, the new gaming PCs will come with up to Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPU.
Publication: The Indian Express
Intel unveils world’s best gaming chip till date – here’s all you need to knowedit
Intel has announced 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K — touted as world’s best gaming processor — apart from a series of new desktop chips for gaming as well as content creation. The $488 i9-9900K chip brings an exceptional level of performance to the desktop product line, the company said in a statement late on Monday.
Publication: Financial Express
ASUS Republic of Gamers launches Strix GL12CX gaming desktop with NVidia GeForce RTX 2080edit
ASUS Republic of Gamers has launched the Strix GL12CX gaming desktop with NVidia GeForce RTX 2080. The Taiwanese giant claims that the machine is world’s first NVidia GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Desktop, and it comes with 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K. processor.
Publication: Digit
Qualcomm adds two new members to its boardedit
Qualcomm Inc said on Tuesday it named Martin Anstice, chief executive officer of chip gear maker Lam Research Corp, and Irene Rosenfeld, former chairman and CEO of U.S. snack foods company Mondelez International Inc, to its board.
Publication: Reuters
What Intel’s New Processor Line Means for Desktop Buyersedit
It’s a very broad and powerful lineup, reflecting Intel’s goals of raising average selling prices by segmenting the market and acting as a counterpoint to AMD’s recent Ryzen desktop processors, including the 32-core Threadripper. But with increased segmentation comes increased complication, and it’s going to be harder for most people to determine which processor makes the most sense for their applications.
Publication: PC Mag
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We need to fix AI’s bias problem: Microsoft’s Harry Shumedit
Harry Shum, says artificial intelligence has a bias problem, which the industry has to work together to fix. The Microsoft veteran who has spent over two decades at the software giant believes the imminent need for the development of AI is to put necessary measures in place to address problems of algorithmic bias and objectivity in automated decision-making.
Publication: The Economic Times
ASUS launches Intel Z390 Series Motherboards in Indiaedit
Asus has launched Intel Z390 Series Motherboards in India. The Taiwanese giant says that the ROG,ROG Strix, Prime, WS, and TUF Gaming series offer new performance enhancements, extensive connectivity options plus intelligent cooling and overclocking options. AI Overclocking is available on the Prime Z390-A, WS Z390-PRO, and all ROG models except for the Strix Z390-H Gaming.
Publication: Digit
Acer Predator Orion 9000, 5000 with Intel’s 9th gen processors announcededit
Acer today showcased the new Predator Orion 9000 and Predator Orion 5000 gaming desktops, both of which will be powered by the recently launched 9th generation Intel Core i processors. Additionally, the new gaming PCs will come with up to Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPU.
Publication: The Indian Express
ASUS Republic of Gamers launches Strix GL12CX gaming desktop with NVidia GeForce RTX 2080edit
ASUS Republic of Gamers has launched the Strix GL12CX gaming desktop with NVidia GeForce RTX 2080. The Taiwanese giant claims that the machine is world’s first NVidia GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Desktop, and it comes with 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K. processor.
Publication: Digit
Laptop Deals You Can’t Afford to Miss on Paytm Mall’s Maha Cashback Saleedit
For instance, Lenovo’s Ideapad 330 (81DE012NIN) preloaded with Windows 10 is available for Rs. 44,460 effectively, down from its original price of Rs. 64,090. The laptop is powered by Core i5 (8th generation) processor and AMD’s Radeon 530 (2GB) graphics accelerator and is perfect for gaming and other high-performance applications (with a clock speed of up to 3.7 GHz.
Publication: Digital Terminal
Industry news
#MeToo Impact: Companies tightening policy to make workplaces saferedit
As the #MeToo movement gathers force in India, almost a year after it took flight in the US with the Harvey Weinstein expose, companies are struggling to engage with the need to make their workplaces safe by calling out and punishing sexual harassment.
Publication: The Economic Times
India ranks 147th in Oxfam world inequality indexedit
India has been ranked among the bottom 10 countries in a new worldwide index released on Tuesday on the commitment of different nations to reduce inequalities in their populations. UK-based charity Oxfam International’s ‘Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index’ ranks India 147th among 157 countries analysed, describing the country’s commitment to reducing inequality as a “a very worrying situation” given that it is home to 1.3 billion people, many of whom live in extreme poverty.
Publication: The Hindu Business Line
Google hardware event 2018: Pixel 3, Home Hub, Pixel Slate, and moreedit
Google today held its annual hardware event in New York City, and this year’s keynote saw the launch of its next generation Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones. At the event, the search giant also announced the Pixel Slate, with runs on Chrome OS, Home Hub — a smart speaker with a built-in video screen, and the Pixel Stand — a wireless charger that turns the Pixel 3 into a Google Assistant-enabled smart speaker as well as a photo frame.
Publication: The Indian Express
Evidence of hacked Supermicro hardware found in US telecomedit
A major US telecommunications company discovered manipulated hardware from Super Micro Computer Inc. in its network and removed it in August, fresh evidence of tampering in China of critical technology components bound for the US, according to a security expert working for the telecom company.
Publication: The Indian Express
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