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AMD specific news
AMD Doubles L3 Cache Per CCX with Zen 2 “Rome”edit
A SiSoft SANDRA results database entry for a 2P AMD “Rome” EPYC machine sheds light on the lower cache hierarchy. Each 64-core EPYC “Rome” processor is made up of eight 7 nm 8-core “Zen 2” CPU chiplets, which converge at a 14 nm I/O controller die, which handles memory and PCIe connectivity of the processor.
Publication: Tech Power Up
AMD Launches Limited Edition Ryzen MAX CPU Bundlesedit
AMD has launched two limited edition “Ryzen MAX” processor bundles for this holiday season. The California-based chipmaker is offering the bundles with its Ryzen 5 2600X hexa-core processor and Ryzen 7 2700 octa-core processor.
AMD Responds to Lack of Ryzen Mobile Driver Updates, Claims OEMs are the Issueedit
AMD’s Ryzen Notebook lineup seems to be very important to company, at least when going by how often it gets mentioned in the AMD financial analyst calls. That’s why it’s even more surprising that the driver situation for these products has been nothing but terrible. Some Ryzen Raven Ridge based notebooks haven’t seen a single driver update since their release over a year ago, which is much worse than on any other notebook platform.
New Penguin/AMD High-Performance Computing Cluster coming to LLNLedit
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in partnership with Penguin Computing, AMD, and Mellanox Technologies, will accept delivery of Corona, a new unclassified high performance computing (HPC) cluster that will provide unique capabilities for Lab researchers and industry partners to explore data science, machine learning and big data analytics.
World’s First 7nm GPU Is Here And The AI World Will Never Be The Sameedit
It occupied more than 1,900 sq ft, needed about 18,000 vacuum tubes to work and the total weight of the machine was almost 50 tons. This is the description of the world’s first digital computer. John Mauchly and J Presper Eckert invented the machine known popularly known as ENIAC at the University Of Pennsylvania and completed the construction by 1946.
Publication: Analytics India Magazine
AMD Chooses Samsung As a Second Supplier For The New RX 590 Polaris 30 GPUedit
Not too long ago, AMD’s CTO, Mark Papermaster had hinted that the company might make its supply chain more flexible going forward and it had appeared that the company was constantly looking to Samsung to source 7nm chips. And now the news has emerged that for the new AMD RX 590 GPU, AMD has adopted the dual-supply strategy.
Publication: My Smart Price
AMD 8-core Ryzen APU to Power Sony Playstation 5, Says the Rumor Milledit
Sony’s announcement of the Playstation team skipping E3 2019 took everyone by surprise aside from a few on Reddit who had paid attention to a thread created the day before. Reddit user RuthenicCookie seemed to know a lot more about Sony’s plans for their popular game console for the next few years, as well as game titles supporting this current console generation and the next. Amidst a lot of the tasty rumor bits that should interest console gamers, something more relevant to us directly is the mention of the Playstation 5 to continue using AMD for processing power.
Publication: Tech Power Up Mobile Scout
AMD’s Road To The Data Center And HPC Isn’t As Long As You Thinkedit
AMD announced it was ready to take on Nvidia in the GPU space for the data center, a market the company had basically ignored for the last several years in its struggle just to survive.
Publication: Technology Everyday
AMD Radeon RX 590 Mid-Range GPU Announced for Full-HD PC Gamingedit
AMD is introducing a new mid-range GPU, the Radeon RX590, in order to captialise on demand from users looking to upgrade but not spend too much. The Radeon RX590 is not based on a new architecture, but instead a refresh of the current mainstream Polaris architecture. It is AMD’s first GPU to be manufactured on a new 12nm, process which allows for improved performance and yields.
Publication: VAR India The Kashmir Monitor
ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 Graphics Cardedit
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the ROG Strix Radeon RX 590, an all-new gaming graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon RX 590 GPU and engineered with advanced cooling, reliability, performance, and customizable lighting.
Publication: Geeky Gadgets Tech Power Up (1) Tech Power Up (2)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U Shows Up With Lots of Maybes, Could Feature Zen 2edit
AMD’s low-power Ryzen 3700U APU has been leaked. Codenamed ZM370SC4T4MFG_38/22_Y, this latest AMD processor features 4 cores and 8 threads with a base clock of 2.2 GHz and a boost clock of 3.8 GHz, making it very similar to the current generation 2700U. The GPU, which is recognized as Picasso by UserBenchmark, is like just another codename for now, as other applications are listing it as a Radeon RX Vega 10 GPU.
Publication: Tech Power Up
AMD’s Radeon RX 590 tries to be the king of the mid-range GPU segmentedit
This year has been a bit dull for the GPU market even though we saw some big announcements. While the new RTX series from Nvidia was a well-needed upgrade, AMD didn’t do all that well with its Vega lineup. Well, the year is not over yet and we have another product that may please gamers looking for a budget build.
Publications: PC Mag PC Quest Gadgets Now CIOL My Smart Price Yahoo! Beebom Cell IT Gizbot IT News Online BizWire Express
AMD Radeon RX 590 Mid-Range GPU Announced for Full-HD PC Gamingedit
AMD is introducing a new mid-range GPU, the Radeon RX590, in order to captialise on demand from users looking to upgrade but not spend too much. The Radeon RX590 is not based on a new architecture, but instead a refresh of the current mainstream Polaris architecture. It is AMD’s first GPU to be manufactured on a new 12nm, process which allows for improved performance and yields.
Publications: Gadgets 360 Firstpost Technology Everyday Eaves Rock Tech Power Up(1) Tech Power Up(2) Tech Power Up (3) Tech Power Up (4) Anand Tech
15-Inch MacBook Pro Radeon Pro Vega 16 And Vega 20 GPU Options Now Availableedit
Apple has started to offer the 15-inch MacBook Pro to customers with updated graphics options, with configurations of the notebook using AMD’s Radeon Pro Vega GPUs now available to purchase from Apple directly.
Publication: Technology Everyday Technology Everyday (1)
AMD Releases Last Quarterly Update to Radeon Pro Driver Suite for 2018edit
AMD today released their last driver update for 2018 in the enterprise segment, the Radeon Pro Software Enterprise Edition 18.Q4 driver. A new feature is the Day Zero Certification Program, which serves for would-be deployers of AMD’s updated drivers (or any business looking to leverage the red team’s products in a new installation) to know which programs have already been certified to work flawlessly with the latest driver revision. Exactly which scenarios and configurations (name of the ISV, software, OS and graphics card used during the certification process) are also part of this certification. This list is up to 290 entries as of November 13th.
Publication: Tech Power Up
AMD Radeon RX 590 Launch Price, Other Details Revealededit
AMD is very close to launching its new Radeon RX 590 graphics card, targeting a middle-of-market segment that sells in high volumes, particularly with Holiday around the corner. The card is based on the new 12 nm “Polaris 30” silicon, which has the same exact specifications as the “Polaris 20” silicon, and the original “Polaris 10,” but comes with significantly higher clock-speed headroom thanks to the new silicon fabrication process, which AMD and its partners will use to dial up engine clock speed by 10-15% over those of the RX 580. While the memory is still 8 Gbps 256-bit GDDR5, some partners will ship overclocked memory.
Publication: Tech Power Up
PowerColor Announces the AMD Radeon Red Devil RX 590 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Cardedit
TUL Corporation, a leading and innovative manufacturer of AMD graphic cards since 1997, has introduced the newest PowerColor Red Devil RX 590 8GB GDDR5. The new Red Devil RX 590 brings new blood to the mainstream market, performing more than 10% over the comparable priced cards, this makes a no brainer for this segment.
Publication: Tech Power Up
AMD Won’t Support Ray Tracing Till It’s Offered on All Product Rangesedit
AMD’s David Wang was heard voicing his opinions about how AMD considers pushing off the ray tracing technology till it gets adopted by large number of games, and is possible to be implemented on the entire lineup of products, including both low end and high end GPUs.
Publication: Indian Noob
AMD Is Pulling Ahead In The Die Shrink Race With 7nm CPUs And Graphics Cardsedit
Digital Trends In the race to pack more and more transistors into smaller and smaller silicon packages, AMD is set to pull ahead in 2019.
Publication: Technology Everyday
AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su Bestowed with GSA Exemplary Leadership Awardedit
Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) will honor industry visionary and innovator Dr. Lisa Su, President and CEO, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), with the prestigious Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award at its highly-anticipated Annual Awards Dinner to be held in Santa Clara, California, on December 6, 2018.
Publication: Tech Power Up
AMD “Zen 2” IPC 29 Percent Higher than “Zen”edit
AMD reportedly put out its IPC (instructions per clock) performance guidance for its upcoming “Zen 2” micro-architecture in a version of its Next Horizon investor meeting, and the numbers are staggering. The next-generation CPU architecture provides a massive 29 percent IPC uplift over the original “Zen” architecture. While not developed for the enterprise segment, the stopgap “Zen+” architecture brought about 3-5 percent IPC uplifts over “Zen” on the backs of faster on-die caches and improved Precision Boost algorithms.
Publication: Tech Power Up
AMD’s Navi GPU Coming to Gamers in 2019edit
For several years now, AMD’s GPU lineup has been leveraging the same architecture. Codenamed Polaris, and featured in all the Radeon RX 400 and RX 500 cards, I believe it’s high time AMD brings something new to the table. If WCCFTech is to be believed, AMD has finalized their first Navi design, codenamed Navi 12.
Publication: TechQuila
AMD Announces ‘Chiplet’ Design 7nm ZEN 2 Processorsedit
AMD took the wraps off its latest 7nm ZEN 2 chipsets that are combined with higher core density and lower power consumption thus, enabling a faster and smoother experience. A 64-core/128-thread EPYC processor highlights the Zen 2 architecture. However, similar to the 7nm-based Radeon Instinct cards, the ZEN 2 CPU’s are not meant for local consumers and is a server chip.
Publication: My Smart Price
AMD now wants to take on Nvidia in the data centeredit
There’s no doubt that AMD’s graphics business has kept the company afloat when its CPU business stunk. More than once I saw quarterly numbers that showed all the profitability was coming from the GPU side of the market. The split between it and Nvidia is about 2:1, according to Steam analytics. Nvidia just has tremendous momentum and hasn’t lost it. And it allowed the company to branch out into artificial intelligence (AI) so thoroughly that gaming has almost become secondary to the firm. Not that they are leaving gamers hanging; they just aren’t the top priority any more.
AMD unveils Radeon Instinct MI60, its first-ever 7nm GPUedit
AMD announced its first-ever 7nm server CPU based on the newest Zen 2 architecture and along with this the company also unveiled the GPU but it isn’t meant for the gaming sector as of now, at least. The name of this GPU is Radeon Instinct MI60 and there’s one more which got announced during the event, it’s MI50 graphics card based on 14nm process.
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AMD, Mentor Graphics combine to enhance high performance computing capabilitiesedit
AMD announced the availability of the Mentor Graphics Sourcery CodeBench Lite Edition development environment for AMD EPYC and Ryzen CPUs and AMD Radeon Instinct GPUs. The Sourcery CodeBench Lite Edition is a no cost, complete C/C++ and Fortran development environment for scientific and high performance computing (HPC) applications.
AMD Climbs After Saying Amazon Will Use Its Cloud Server Chipsedit
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.’s largest competitor in the market for computer processors, said Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing unit is a new partner for its server chips. AMD shares gained as much as 8.8 percent on the announcement.
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AMD Unveils Upcoming 7 nm Compute and Graphics Product Portfolio for the Data Centeredit
AMD at its Next Horizon event in San Francisco detailed its upcoming 7 nm compute and graphics product portfolio designed to extend the capabilities of the modern data center. During the event, AMD shared new specifics on its upcoming “Zen 2” processor core architecture, detailed its chiplet-based x86 CPU design, launched the 7 nm AMD Radeon Instinct MI60 graphics accelerator and provided the first public demonstration of its next-generation 7 nm EPYC server processor codenamed “Rome”.
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AMD Threadripper 24 Core 2970WX, 12 Core 2920X Benchmark Roundupedit
AMD launched the second generation of its high-end desktop processors, Ryzen Threadripper this year. The second generation of CPUs is said to be more powerful, with better frequency, and models with core count up to 32 cores. The 32-core and 16-core processors were launched back in August. AMD has now launched the 24-core 2970WX and the 12-core 2920X and we’ll be taking a look at how these chips perform.
AMD’s Zen 2 Could be Revealed on November 6th, “Next Horizon” Event Schedulededit
AMD Investor Relations will host a “Next Horizon” event on November 6th, and although there is no confirmation on what products will be announced there, the title alone makes us think about AMD’s Zen 2 architecture. The company has just explained that on that day their executives will “discuss the innovation of AMD products and technology, specifically designed with the datacenter on industry-leading 7 nm process technology”.
AMD Radeon™ Vega Mobile Discrete Graphics Coming to MacBook Proedit
Offering fast, powerful, and fluid graphics performance, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today unveiled new AMD Radeon™ Vega Mobile graphics processors for next-generation notebooks — including the AMD Radeon™ Pro Vega 20 and Radeon™ Pro Vega 16 graphics, which will be available as configuration options on Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Pro starting late November. AMD Radeon™ Vega Mobile graphics deliver amazing performance in 3D rendering, photo and video editing, and other creative applications, as well as stunning 1080p HD gaming at ultra settings in today’s top AAA and eSports games.
New AMD Radeon processors to power new Apple MacBook Proedit
US-based chip maker AMD on Wednesday unveiled the new Radeon Vega Mobile graphics processors for next generation premium notebooks including Apple MacBook Pro.
Publication: Times Now Gizbot Daily Hunt Aaj Ki Khabar Samachar Live
AMD Radeon Vega Mobile Discrete Graphics Coming to MacBook Proedit
AMD unveiled new AMD Radeon Vega Mobile graphics processors for next-generation notebooks –including the Radeon Pro Vega 20 and Radeon Pro Vega 16 graphics, which will be available as configuration options on Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Pro starting late November.
Publications: Business Standard PC Quest VAR India Hindustan Times Outlook India BTVI CNBC TV18 SME Times The Quint Firstpost Voice and Data Sify Suryaa Punjab Tribune Social News Gadgets2 BizWireExpress WebIndia123 Prokerala DaijiWorld Vishva Times Millenium Post Daily World
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A Company Few Know Is About to Dethrone Inteledit
hese days, ridicule has given way to envy as TSMC plants have risen to challenge Intel at the pinnacle of the $400 billion (roughly Rs. 27.9 lakh crores) industry. AMD recently chose TSMC to make its most advanced processors, having spun off its own struggling factories years before.
Publication: Gadgets 360
CES 2019 all gadgets, news, updates, smartphones world biggest Tech showedit
Talking about the companies which will take part in the CES 2019 exhibition will majorly include Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic, Intel, Nvidia, AMD, HTC, DJI, Philips and many more.
Publication: VoStory
GeIL Launches New Additions to its SUPER LUCE RGB Sync DDR4 Lineupedit
The 3600 MHz 16GB (8 GB x2) CL16-18-18-36 1.35 V DDR4 kits meets the memory needs for any gaming system using the latest Intel platforms and is an excellent solution for first time overclockers. The 3200 MHz 16 GB (8GBx2) CL14-14-14-34 1.35 V DDR4 kits are compatible with both Intel and AMD AM4 platforms and feature a low latency design to enhance performance and offer the most affordable upgrade option for users.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Amazon built its own cloud computing chipsedit
Amazon built its own chips as it makes integration of the software and hardware inside its data centres easier, thus making newer services cheaper. This is not possible with existing chips from Intel or AMD.
Publication: Deccan Chronicle The Asian Age
NVIDIA Puts the Blame on AMD For Excess GPU Stocksedit
NVIDIA’s “crypto-hangover” seems to be far from over. The company’s fourth-quarter revenue guidance missed analysts’ estimates by $700 million. This revenue prediction was mainly from the gaming segment, and in the aftermath of the crypto-debacle, team green ended up with more GTX 1060s than expected.
Publication: TechQuila
MSI Rolls Out GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Armor OC with GDDR5X Memoryedit
MSI rolled out one of the many upcoming silently-launched GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB graphics cards to feature the more advanced GDDR5X memory. NVIDIA is designing this SKU to compete with AMD’s recently launched Radeon RX 590. Its specifications are very similar to those of the original GTX 1060 6 GB, but GDDR5X lends additional overclocking headroom.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Here’s how the Dell Precision 5530 2-in-1 workstation lets you perform, with styleedit
The Dell Precision 5530 workstation is powered by the incredibly powerful 8th Gen Intel® 6-Core™ processor with professional AMD Radeon™ Pro WX Vega M GL Graphics plus 4GB of dedicated high-bandwidth memory.
Publication: Digit
Amazon built its own cloud computing chipsedit
Amazon built its own chips as it makes integration of the software and hardware inside its data centers easier, thus making newer services cheaper. This is not possible with existing chips from Intel or AMD.
Publication: Business Standard DNA India ANI India Silicon India The Siasat Daily Vishva Times WebIndia123
ASRock Unleashes The X399 Phantom Gaming 6 Motherboardedit
The Phantom Gaming series from ASRock made its debut recently with products like the Z390 Phantom Gaming 6 and Z390 Phantom Gaming 9. The latest X399 Phantom Gaming 6 motherboard is the first from ASRock to feature a PG naming scheme, besides shipping with support for all the AMD’s first and second generation Ryzen Threadripper processors.
Publication: My Smart Price
Amazon is making a custom ARM-based server chipset to handle cloud workloadsedit
At its cloud technology conference, ‘re:Invent’ in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services announced that it has designed its own ARM server processor. Called the AWS Graviton, the new chip offers a third option to the market, apart from Intel and AMD, for cloud customers.
Publication: Business Standard PC Mag Gadgets 360 Firstpost Communications Today Daijiworld Punjab News Express Eaves Rock
ASRock Intros X399 Phantom Gaming 6 Motherboard for AMD Threadripper Xedit
ASRock today launched the X399 Phantom Gaming 6, its latest addition to the popular Phantom Gaming series for AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors. Note that this board only supports up to 16-core Threadripper models, the 24-core and 32-core Threadripper WX series are not supported.
Publication: Tech Power Up
AMD and Nvidia’s crypto problems ‘will persist longer than expected,’ RBC saysedit
As cryptocurrencies plunge to their lowest levels in more than a year, crypto-mining chipmakers such as AMD and Nvidia are feeling the long-lasting pain, RBC said in a note titled “Crypto mining issues likely to persist longer than expected.”
Publication: Business Insider India
The Best Cyber Monday Tech Deals: 99-Cent Hulu, Laptops, Roku, Moreedit
Today Only: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler for $264.99 at Amazon (list price $329).
Publication: PC Mag
14nm 6th Time Over: Intel Readies 10-core “Comet Lake” Die to Preempt “Zen 2” AM4edit
The latter two saw Intel increase core-counts after AMD broke its slumber. It turns out that Intel won’t let the 8-core “Coffee Lake Refresh” die pull the weight of Intel’s competitiveness and prestige through 2019, and is planning yet another stopgap, codenamed “Comet Lake.”
Publication: Tech Power Up
Shortage of Intel chips to hit PC marketedit
The shortage of Intel processor chips is set to chip away at the shipments of the overall traditional personal computers in India in the coming few quarters. This decline was pointed out by the International Data Corporation (IDC) Quarterly Personal Computing Devices Tracker, November 2018.
Acer Launches KG1 Gaming Displays With Below 1ms Response Time, AMD FreeSync And Other Featuresedit
Besides the astounding less than 1ms response time, the KG1 branded monitors also have gaming-oriented features like AMD’s FreeSync dynamic refresh rate technology, AcerAimPoint crosshair, an FPS counter, etc. for avid gamers who need to have displays that simply cannot lag.
Publication: My Smart Price
Advertising Paytm Black Friday sale: Discounts on Honor 9 Lite, Xbox One X, Sony Smart TV and moreedit
Xbox One X (1TB) will bundle discount as well during the sale. The gaming console will be available at a discount price of Rs 38,253. The Xbox One X gaming console is equipped with an eight-core AMD CPU which is clocked at 2.3GHz.
Publication: The Indian Express
BIOSTAR gets ready for 2019 gaming products and channel activities with RACING X470, B450, B360 Motherboards and M.2 NVME M500 SSedit
BIOSTAR, a leader in gaming motherboards, graphics cards and SSDs, kicks off its 2019 gaming strategy with products and channel activities starting now. With the popularity of BIOSTAR’s Intel and AMD platform solutions and newly introduced M.2 NVMe SSDs, BIOSTAR is poised to increase its share in gaming with aggressive products and activities for the coming year.
Publication: IT Voice
PNY XLR8 Gaming GeForce RTX 2080edit
Most of these tests are run at the highest possible presets. I compared it to other relevant, current GeForce GTX and RTX cards, as well as AMD’s only real competition at this point, the Radeon RX Vega 64.
Publication: PC Mag
congatec showcases fusion of embedded computing and vision technologiesedit
In cooperation with AMD, congatec is showing a vision based AI platform that impresses with seamless integration of GPGPU technologies. It features the new AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 processors, which provide outstanding GPGPU and overall performance, and leverage the open source Smart Vision ecosystem.
Publication: ELE Times
Online.net Deploys AMD EPYC Processors in its Dedibox Bare-Metal Server Offeringsedit
AMD and Online.net, an infrastructure provider, announced the deployment of AMD EPYC 7000 series processors across several of the Online.net Dedibox Bare-Metal Server offerings.
Publication: IT News Online
Total War: WARHAMMER II out now on macOS and Linuxedit
GPU: 2GB Nvidia GTX 680 or better, 2GB AMD R9 285 (GCN 3rd Gen) or better
Publication: Indian Noob
DragonVein and VLAVR exhibits the world’s thinnest VR glasses miniVR for the high-performance 5G mobile phones in the Huawei 2018 Global Mobile Broadband Forumedit
MiniVR now has deep cooperation with mobile phone manufacturers such as ZTE/Huawei, Qualcomm/AMD/Rockchips and other chip manufacturers and will be able to support the most mainstream 5G mobile phones.
Publication: IT News Online
US Stocks Fall, Dow Negative for the Yearedit
Semiconductors have been an especially weak group, with Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Micron Technologies all down significantly.
Publication: The Economic Times
PlayStation 5 Rumored To Be Powered By A Ryzen Eight-Core CPUedit
The rumour came to bay thanks to a user named ‘RuthenicCookie’, who reports that the PS5 will launch sometime in March or November 2020 and will be driven by an eight-core AMD processor. The leakster has even gone so far as to give a tentative price for its launch.
Publication: My Smart Price
Nvidia RTX 2070 Founder’s Edition Reviewedit
Keeping that in mind, I wouldn’t say Nvidia rushed these GPUs to the market, especially in the face of competition from AMD’s upcoming Radeon Rayssoftware-based solution. It makes sense for team green to be first to market.
Publication: PC Mag
IGEL Announces European DISRUPT 2019 End User Computing Forumedit
The event is hosted by IGEL and sponsored by Nutanix, NVIDIA, AMD, PrinterLogic, Cherry, ControlUp, DeviceTrust, Parallels, Lakeside, Cendio ThinLink, ADN, Vanquish Deutschland, Arrow and Integratis.
Publication: BizWire Express
Fortnite System Requirements For PC, MAC, Android & iOSedit
Nvidia GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 equivalent DX11 GPU with 2 GB VRAM
Publication: SportsKeeda
NVIDIA RTX Ray Tracing Benchmarks in Battlefield 5edit
It’ll be really interesting to see how this technology is implemented in future games, whether or not AMD adopts it for next-gen consoles, and what’s to come with future hardware.
Publication: IGN India
Top laptop deals on Paytm Mall: Discounts on Lenovo, HP and moreedit
The Lenovo Ideapad 320 is backed by an AMD E2 dual-core processor. The laptop packs a 4GB RAM and 1TB hard drive.
Publication: Digit
How To Buy The Best Laptop For Video Editing?edit
On the other hand, workstation grade laptops usually come with high-end gaming graphics cards like NVIDIA Quadro or AMD Radeon Pro.
Publication: Save Delete
The Best Lenovo Laptops of 2018edit
The A series, at this writing, comprised machines with more screen-size variation than the Vs, based on a mixture of AMD A-series APU and Ryzen Pro processors.
Publication: PC Mag
How to buy a gaming laptopedit
It’s the graphics card that’s most important for gaming performance. Avoid laptops that only have Intel integrated graphics and buy one that features either a discrete graphics card from Nvidia or an integrated one from AMD as part of its Ryzen range of CPUs.
Publication: MSN India
Samsung AMD’s Second Foundry Partner for “Polaris 30”edit
AMD’s “Polaris 30” silicon at the heart of Radeon RX 590 graphics card is the company’s first 12 nm GPU. Unlike NVIDIA, which is exclusively sourcing its “Turing” family of GPUs from TSMC, the “Polaris 30” is coming from not one, but two sources. This, according to AMD in response to a question by TechPowerUp.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Buyer’s Guideedit
HP Envy x360 13-ag0034au | Rs 63, 500 | 13.3 inch full HD touchscreen | 2Ghz AMD Ryzen 3 2300U processor | 4 GB ram | AMD Radeon Vega 6 graphics | 128 GB SSD
Publication: Times of India
Fortune Top 10 Business Persons 2018edit
Lisa Su has been featured among the Fortune’s Top 10 Business Persons 2018.
Publication: Namaste Telangana
Hitman 2 PC Hotfix Addresses HDR and AMD Phenom CPU Support Issuesedit
IO Interactive have rolled out a hotfix for the PC version of their recently released sandbox stealth title, Hitman 2. Two issues that PC players have mentioned with some frequency since the game’s launch have been addressed with the latest patch, details for which are as follows.
Publication: Gaming Bolt
ZION RAM is proud to introduce the All new “BLAZE RGB”edit
The new DIMMs accompany XMP 2.0 SPD profiles for more clear setting up on contemporary Intel platform. As far as compatibility with AMD Ryzen platform is concerned, the modules that keep running at up to DDR4-3200 will work in such systems without issues, while for higher speed additional tweaking and cooling may be required.
Publication: PC Quest
Onimusha Warlords Remaster PC System Requirements Revealededit
Capcom recommends that you play with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 graphics card, with an Intel Core i3 dual core processor, or an AMD equivalent of that. An 8GB of RAM also comes recommended, along with DirectX 11, Windows 10 as your operating system, and 16GB of storage space. The minimum requirements, on the other hand, are much more relaxed- an Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x graphics card, for instance, will do you just fine. You can check out the full system requirements below. Pre-orders for the game are also now open.
Publication: Gaming Bolt
Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2070 OC edition Reviewedit
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 processor, OC to 3.6 GHz
Publication: PC Mag
G-Technology G-Drive Mobile SSD R-Series Reviewedit
We ran our exams utilizing the USB three.1 Gen three ports of our check bench, which consists of an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X CPU, a Gigabyte Aorus X470 Gaming 7 Wifi motherboard, 2x8GB of G.ability DDR4 RAM, a 1TB Samsung SSD 860 Evo boot drive, an XFX Radeon R9 380X graphics card, and a Corsair RM650 energy provide.
Publication: TechXP
High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Collaborate to Build World’s Fastest Supercomputer for Industrial Productionedit
Hawk, based on HPE’s next-generation high-performance computing (HPC) platform running a next generation AMD (Nasdaq:AMD) EPYC™ processor code named Rome, will have a theoretical peak performance of 24 petaFLOPs, and consist of a 5,000-node cluster.
Publication: IT News Online
Deals: Best Sub-$400 Black Friday Laptop, Samsung 4K 50-Inch TVedit
Dell Inspiron 13 7000 AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 13.3″ 1920×1080 2-in-1 Laptop with Radeon Vega8, 256GB SSD for $596.29 at Dell (use code: Eleven11 – list $739.99)
Publication: PC Mag
Multimedia Chipset Market 2018 Global Overview, Industry Growth, Emerging Trends, Historical Analysis, Business Strategy, Opportunity Assessment, Future Prospects and Regional Forecast 2023edit
On Oct. 03, 2017, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. introduced AMD Embedded Radeon E9170 Series graphics processing unit. The GPU is with premium graphics and expanded display capabilities and available with multi-chip module format, which is integrated with memory. This core graphics technology is ideal for delivering crystal clear resolution and a stunning and seamless 4K experience across multiple displays.
Publication: BizWire Express
ASRock Radeon RX 590 Phantom Gaming Picturededit
Here are some of the first pictures of ASRock Radeon RX 590 Phantom Gaming graphics card, based on AMD’s upcoming “Polaris 30” silicon, which is an optical shrink of the “Polaris 20” silicon to 12 nm FinFET process, letting AMD and its partners increase GPU clock speeds. The RX 590 Phantom Gaming features a similar board design to the RX 580 Phantom Gaming X, with subtle design changes to its cooler shroud. The card still draws power from only a single 8-pin PCIe power connector. The VideoCardz article with these pictures doesn’t mention clock-speeds, although going by trends, the RX 590 could be clocked well above 1500 MHz out of the box, compared to 1445 MHz of the RX 580 ...
Power Talk: Chandrahas Panigrahiedit
Mr. Chandrahas Panigrahi is the CMO and Consumer Business Head for Acer India. He has been with Acer since 2015 and has worked with tech giants like AMD and HP in the past. IFA Berlin was an exciting event for Acer and Mr. Chandrahas talks about the same in an e-conversation with Konark Tyagi.
Publication: Exhibit
Supermicro Delivers Maximum Performance to Power Breakthroughs in a Wide Range of HPC Applicationsedit
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, today is demonstrating the industry’s broadest selection of new high-performance computing (HPC) systems at SuperComputing 2018 (SC18), in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center from November 13-15. Supermicro is also hosting several speaker sessions each day at its Booth #3006 including representatives from Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD.
Publication: IT News Online
IGEL Named a Finalist in the 2018 CRN® Tech Innovator Awardsedit
Delivering maximum performance without compromise through a powerful AMD Embedded R-Series SOC with AMD Radeon™ R5 Graphics, plus an optional AMD Embedded Radeon discrete GPU with a fourth DisplayPort, the IGEL UD7 is designed for end user computing (EUC) environments that require access to high quality displays, rich multimedia user experiences, optimal application performance and unified communications.
Publication: IT News Online
Top 5 performance laptops you can buy under Rs. 50,000edit
This notebook from Lenovo brings all essential capabilities in a good-looking, 2.2Kg package. It runs on DOS, but you get Intel’s latest Core i5 processor (8th gen) with 8GB DDR4 RAM, 2GB AMD Radeon 530 graphics, and a 15.6-inch full-HD anti-glare display.
Publication: News Bytes
Intel Puts Out Additional “Cascade Lake” Performance Numbersedit
Intel late last week put out additional real-world HPC and AI compute performance numbers of its upcoming “Cascade Lake” 2x 48-core (96 cores in total) machine, compared to AMD’s EPYC 7601 2x 32-core (64 cores in total) machine. You’ll recall that on November 5th, the company put out Linpack, System Triad, and Deep Learning Inference numbers, which are all synthetic benchmarks. In a new set of slides, the company revealed a few real-world HPC/AI application performance numbers, including MIMD Lattice Computation (MILC), Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF), OpenFOAM, NAMD scalable molecular dynamics, and YaSK.
Publication: Tech Power Up
DeepCool Intros GamerStorm Castle 360 RGB CPU Cooleredit
The GamerStorm Castle 360 RGB is among the rare few coolers that support both AMD TR4 and Intel LGA2066, in addition to AM4 and LGA115x. Available now, the DeepCool GamerStorm Castle 360 RGB is priced at 180€ (including taxes)
Publication: Tech Power Up
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Smiles For The Cameraedit
The flood of leaked AMD Radeon RX 590 graphics cards continues with the latest one being from XFX. Sporting a new naming scheme, the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy is very similar to the RX 580 GTS series. It features the same dual fan cooler used on the RX 580 GTS, which takes up roughly 2.5 slots.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Darksiders 3 – Minimum and Recommended PC Requirements Revealededit
Recommended settings include an Intel Core i7-3930K, 3.2 GHz with 16 GB of RAM and either an AMD Radeon RX 480 or a Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 with 4 GB VRAM. Gunfire Games didn’t specify what graphical settings, resolution, and frame rate these requirements would cater to. We’ll just have to find out at launch.
Publication: Gaming Bolt
Crackdown 3’s PC Requirements Revealededit
If you want more proof that Crackdown 3 is actually going to come out for real this time—five years after its announcement, and after almost as many delays—then we have more good news for you. Microsoft has, at last, shared the requirements needed to run the PC version of the game on the title’s Windows Store page.
Dell Precision 5530 2-in-1edit
Not long ago, Dell gave its sleek XPS 15 multimedia laptop a mobile-workstation makeover and came up with a winner—the Precision 5530, our current Editors’ Choice among the engineering, drafting and rendering, and scientific data-crunching set. That left the XPS 15 2-in-1 begging for the same treatment, and the result is the Precision 5530 2-in-1 ($1,679 starting price; $2,860 as tested): a hybrid with the independent software vendor (ISV) certification chops of its clamshell cousin, plus the ability to flip and fold from laptop to tablet or presentation modes.
Gigabyte’s gaming sub-brand has got a high-performance motherboard for AMD users. Compatible with both 1st and 2nd-generation Ryzen Threadripper, the motherboard can handle even the most daunting workloads with ease. The X399 boasts advanced therÂmal design, host of I/O ports, 4-way Crossfire/SLI and multi-zone RGB light for that visual appeal.The anatomy of performanceedit
Intel Announces Cascade Lake Advanced Performance and Xeon E-2100edit
Intel today announced two new members of its Intel Xeon processor portfolio: Cascade Lake advanced performance (expected to be released the first half of 2019) and the Intel Xeon E-2100 processor for entry-level servers (general availability today). These two new product families build upon Intel’s foundation of 20 years of Intel Xeon platform leadership and give customers even more flexibility to pick the right solution for their needs.
MacBook AIR or MacBook PRO? Making sense of Apple’s confusing laptop lineupedit
Now that Apple’s finally launched an updated MacBook Air, we can get down to the real business of ripping it apart and picking nits, so to speak. Given that the laptop hasn’t yet been “officially” reviewed yet, everything here is just speculation based on leaked data and anecdotal evidence. We also need to take a closer look at Apple’s entire MacBook lineup, which only seems more confusing as time passes.
How to Use Snapchat Camera Lenses on Mac and Windowsedit
Snapchat might be going down the hill in its popularity but there’s no denying the fact that the service has the best camera lenses or face filters of any app, period. Not only do Snapchat filters look good but each filter also reacts uniquely to a user’s facial reaction which makes them fun to use.
DICE reveals system requirements for Battlefield Vedit
DICE has posted the official system requirements for their upcoming title Battlefield V on Reddit. The game is one of the few titles that can take advantage of Nvidia’s new Ray-tracing technology. Nvidia’s new ‘RTX’ line of graphics cards use a new GPU architecture that takes advantage of hardware acceleration and a hybrid rendering approach to enable features like ray-tracing and DLSS ( Deep Learning Super-Sampling), which combine high fidelity details from multiple frames using AI to deliver stunning graphics.
Want a gaming PC? Here’s how you can build your ownedit
A gaming system comprises five-six key components. First comes the motherboard that connects the CPU (central processing unit) with all other components like the GPU (graphics processing unit), SMPS (switch mode power supply), RAM (random access memory), storage drives and the chassis to cover it all.
GSA Expands Vision with New Leadership and Multiple Market Initiativesedit
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Lisa Su, President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), as Chair of GSA Board of Directors and Simon Segars, Chief Executive Officer of Arm, as the Vice Chair.
Publication: NewsR
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Intel Commits to Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform for All Future Driver Releasesedit
Intel has adopted Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (UWP) for its latest graphics driver release, and has announced that all drivers going forward will use this new framework. UWP drivers, also known as Windows Modern Drivers, are meant to be single packages that can be installed on any Windows device.
Publication: Gadgets 360
Qualcomm’s new chipset may not be called the Snapdragon 8150: Reportedit
Apple’s A12 Bionic and Huawei’s Kirin 980 have already been launched, and now it’s time for Qualcomm. We already know that the chipset will be unveiled on 4 December in Hawaii during the Qualcomm Technology Summit. Given that Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 845 last year at the same venue, this is quite obvious.
Publication: Firstpost
Amazon takes on Nvidia, Intel with its own Machine Learning chipedit
Amazon.com on Wednesday launched a microchip aimed at so-called machine learning, entering a market that both Intel Corp and Nvidia Corp are counting on to boost their earnings in the coming years.
Publication: ET Tech Business Standard Hindustan Times TechCircle Gadgets 360 Firstpost Investment Guru India
Qualcomm sets up $100 million fund to invest in Artificial Intelligence startupsedit
Qualcomm Inc has set up a $100 million fund that will invest in startups working on artificial intelligence technologies, the U.S. chipmaker said on Wednesday. The fund, Qualcomm Ventures AI Fund, has already made its first investment via a Series A funding round of AnyVision, a face, body, and object recognition startup, the company said without disclosing the amount.
Publication: Financial Express
NVIDIA Puts the Blame on AMD For Excess GPU Stocksedit
NVIDIA’s “crypto-hangover” seems to be far from over. The company’s fourth-quarter revenue guidance missed analysts’ estimates by $700 million. This revenue prediction was mainly from the gaming segment, and in the aftermath of the crypto-debacle, team green ended up with more GTX 1060s than expected.
Publication: TechQuila
A look at Intel’s inside: Eye-popping smart features with 9,000 sensorsedit
Walking into Intel’s newest design centre in Bengaluru is literally an electrifying experience. The walkway has an eight square metre prototype floor that produces electricity, albeit a small amount, when someone walks over it. That’s just for starters.
Publication: Business Standard Business Standard (In Print)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080, and 2070 Battlefield V Bundles Announcededit
Battlefield V will be bundled with Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080, and 2070 GPUs Nvidia has announced. Considering the glaring lack of games that make use of ray-tracing, giving would be RTX buyers access to the rare title that supports Nvidia’s bespoke tech out of the box is a welcome move.
Publication: Gadgets 360
A Company Few Americans Know Is About to Dethrone Inteledit
These days, ridicule has given way to envy as TSMC plants have risen to challenge Intel at the pinnacle of the $400 billion industry. AMD recently chose TSMC to make its most advanced processors, having spun off its own struggling factories years before.
Publication: Bloomberg Quint Business Standard
Intel Detailing Their Arctic Sound Discrete GPU This December; Aiming for 2020edit
According to DigiTimes, Intel’s top graphics executive Raja Koduri and other senior Intel partners will be hosting a discrete GPU-focused conference this December. The conference aims to instill confidence in shareholders and customers alike in that Intel is pursuing its high-performance discrete entry into the graphics card market at a fast pace.
Publication: Tech Power Up
AMD and Nvidia’s crypto problems ‘will persist longer than expected,’ RBC saysedit
As cryptocurrencies plunge to their lowest levels in more than a year, crypto-mining chipmakers such as AMD and Nvidia are feeling the long-lasting pain, RBC said in a note titled “Crypto mining issues likely to persist longer than expected.”
Publication: Business Insider India
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 SoC to come with tri-cluster CPU design: Reportedit
Both Apple and Huawei have already launched their flagship chipsets, the A12 Bionic and Kirin 980, and now, it is time for Qualcomm to reveal its next-gen chip. According to a report that we came across last week, Qualcomm is hosting its yearly Technology Summit in Hawaii, and the flagship chipset could be announced at the event on December 4.
Publication: BGR
Nvidia has a new Battlefield V Bundleedit
Nvidia has announced a new Battlefield V bundle for it’s RTX cards. Gamers who purchase a new RTX 2080Ti, RTX 2080 or a RTX 2070 will receive a free copy of Battlefield V till January 7, 2019, or till supplies last.
Publication: PC Mag
14nm 6th Time Over: Intel Readies 10-core “Comet Lake” Die to Preempt “Zen 2” AM4edit
The latter two saw Intel increase core-counts after AMD broke its slumber. It turns out that Intel won’t let the 8-core “Coffee Lake Refresh” die pull the weight of Intel’s competitiveness and prestige through 2019, and is planning yet another stopgap, codenamed “Comet Lake.”
Publication: Tech Power Up
Microsoft Surface Laptop Review: Performs well, but is it relevant?edit
At an event held in New York, Microsoft launched the second-generation Surface Laptop alongside the Surface Pro 6 and Surface Studio 2. On that same day, at around 2.30PM IST, Microsoft sent a package with Surface Laptop mentioned on top of it to us. At first, I thought it’s the Surface Laptop 2 but when I unboxed the device, it was clear that I was looking at the first generation device.
Qualcomm SoC Naming Confusion Possibly Ended; Snapdragon 855 for Phones, SCX 8180 for Windows 10 PCsedit
For a few months now, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 has called the Snapdragon 8150, with the latest update revealing that the company might make an appearance on December 4 to unveil the SoC. Since Apple, Samsung, and Huawei have announced their chipsets for mobile phones, the only player left in the high-performance category is Qualcomm.
Nvidia announces RTX Battlefield V Bundle along with Shot With GeForce Ansel Contestedit
The Nvidia RTX series of GPUs are making a massive sound in the computer gaming territory. The Nvidia RTX 2070, 2080, and the 2080 Ti GPUs can handle native gaming along with real-time ray tracing. To celebrate the Black Friday and Thanksgiving, Nvidia has come up with a bundle offer, where the company is offering free Battlefield V games with the purchase of Nvidia RTX 2070, Nvidia RTX 2080 or the Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti. The offer is valid from the 23rd of November 2018 to the 7th of January 2019.
Shortage of Intel chips to hit PC marketedit
The shortage of Intel processor chips is set to chip away at the shipments of the overall traditional personal computers in India in the coming few quarters. This decline was pointed out by the International Data Corporation (IDC) Quarterly Personal Computing Devices Tracker, November 2018.
HP Upgrades Its Mini Workstation PC: HP Z2 Mini G4 Gets Latest Intel Xenon Processors, GPUs For Professionalsedit
The HP Z2 Mini G4 Workstation has received quite a few very powerful upgrades. The revamped HP Mini PC, geared towards CAD, graphics and video editing professionals, now packs the latest Intel Xenon processors, professional-grade GPU options, and other relevant specifications. Hewlett Packard or HP has been making some earnest attempts at attracting serious professionals. Needless to mention, several of these professionals have steadfastly stuck to Apple Inc.’s products over the years. Interestingly, the Workstation sub-section on HP’s virtual store appears to target “professionals moving from Mac”.
Lenovo launches new ThinkPad X1 Extreme in Indiaedit
Lenovo has launched the latest addition to the ThinkPad X1 portfolio in India. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme comes at Rs 1,95,999 (excluding tax and other charges). “ThinkPad X1 Extreme introduces a 15-inch form factor to the X1 series and is the first to include NVIDIA discrete graphics. X1 Extreme is designed for advanced users who seek a thin and light Windows 10 powered laptop that reflects their personality as well as high performance computing needs,” Lenovo said in a statement.
Cyber Monday laptop deals: Best UK offersedit
As we enter the less chaotic side of a Black Friday weekend bursting with bargains, you’ll be pleased to learn you still have the chance to grab the best laptop deals of the year. It is, after all, Cyber Monday – the online equivalent of Black Friday and tech’s unofficial time to shine. If you know someone who has been itching for a new laptop, then this Christmas is the time to treat them and save yourself some money too.
Asus India launches gaming laptopsedit
ASUS INDIA on Thursday unveiled two models in the TUF series of gaming laptops – the FX505 and FX705. At 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch,respectively, these are powered by Intel Core i7 -S750H processors and Nvidia GeForce GTX1060 graphics.Available through both online and offline channels, the FX505 is priced at INR 79,990 onwards and the FX705 from INR 1,24,990.
Older PCs put 3 in 10 Indian SMBs at cyber risks, productivity loss: Studyedit
While digitisation and automation has helped small and medium businesses (SMBs) to a great extent, three in 10 SMBs still use old-generation personal computers (PCs) putting them at increased cyber risks and massive productivity loss, a joint Microsoft and Intel study said on Thursday.
Publication: IANS The Economic Times The Hindu Business Line Deccan Chronicle Financial Express Financial Chronicle The Hans India
Snapdragon 8150 Chipset Expected to be Announced on December 4 at Qualcomm Technology Summitedit
Qualcomm might be late to the party when it comes to launching the current generation of smartphone SoCs, but it is poised to make up for it to a good measure. While Apple has already launched its superlative A12 Bionic chip and Huawei has broken benchmark records with the Kirin 980 in the Android camp, news as well as leaked benchmark numbers for Qualcomm’s upcoming flagship Snapdragon chip have already begun pouring out.
Publication: My Smart Price
US Chipmaker Nvidia to provide AI platform for Chinese electric vehicle start-upsedit
US chipmaker Nvidia has signed separate deals with Chinese electric vehicle startups XPeng Motors, Singulato Motors and SF Motors to develop autonomous driving technology, Chief Executive Jensen Huang said on Wednesday.
Publication: Firstpost
PNY Technologies & Boston Showcases NVIDIA Quadro RTX GPU in Broadcast India show 2018edit
PNY Technologies, a global technology leader with over 30 years’ experience in the professional graphics market and a NVIDIA value added distribution preferred partner, participated in Broadcast India show 2018. In the event PNY showcased the demo on new NVIDIA Quadro RTX GPUs that brings hardware-accelerated ray tracing, Artificial Intelligence, advanced shading and simulation to creative professionals.
Publication: IT Voice
NVIDIA Turing T4 Cloud GPU Adoption Acceleratesedit
Adoption of the NVIDIA® T4 Cloud GPU is accelerating, with more tech giants unveiling products and services based on what is already the fastest-adopted server GPU, NVIDIA announced today.
Publication: IT News Online
Supermicro Extends Industry-Leading Portfolio of NVIDIA GPU Servers with New Systems at GTC Chinaedit
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, today is sharing the company’s industry-leading portfolio of NVIDIA® GPU servers at the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in Suzhou, China, at the Jinji Lake Shilla Hotel, Booth A1-P4 from November 21-22.
Publication: IT News Online
Nvidia RTX 2070 Founder’s Edition Reviewedit
Keeping that in mind, I wouldn’t say Nvidia rushed these GPUs to the market, especially in the face of competition from AMD’s upcoming Radeon Rayssoftware-based solution. It makes sense for team green to be first to market.
Publication: PC Mag
NVIDIA RTX Ray Tracing Benchmarks in Battlefield 5edit
It’ll be really interesting to see how this technology is implemented in future games, whether or not AMD adopts it for next-gen consoles, and what’s to come with future hardware.
Publication: IGN India
Indian companies get an idea of the Israeli startup ecosystemedit
Intel India and the Consulate General of Israel to South India, held a meet and talked about collaboration opportunities between the Indian as well as Israeli startup ecosystem.
Publication: The New Indian Express
Intel Backs VESA Adaptive Sync To Accelerate Dedicated GPU Launch?edit
Intel has officially lent its support to Adaptive Sync. The surprising move should significantly help the chipmaker to accelerate development of its hardware solutions with a wider acceptance.
Publication: My Smart Price
Apple recruiting chip engineers to work in Qualcomm’s backyardedit
Apple Inc is aggressively hiring engineers in Qualcomm Inc’s home base of San Diego, seeking designers to develop wireless components and processors that would further weaken the chipmaker’s chances of again supplying chips for the iPhone maker’s future devices.
Publication: The Indian Express
Retail Prices of Key Intel Core i5 and 8th Gen Core i7 Processor SKUs Sober Upedit
Prices of retail versions of several 8th and 9th generation Intel Core processor SKUs dropped down to MSRP-levels Friday, in the US. Newegg currently lists the Core i5-9600K at USD $249.99, and the Core i7-8700K at $369.99, while the i7-8700 goes for $319.99, matched with AMD’s Ryzen 7 2700X. The Core i5-8600K is listed at $239.99, which is just $20 above the consumer-favorite i5-8400. Newegg’s pricing is still riddled with mark-up anomalies for SKUs in high demand. The Core i7-9700K is listed at $487.99, which is about $10 cheaper than Intel’s MSRP for the Core i9-9900K, which is selling for an obnoxious $850.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Nvidia misses sales target for third quarter, shares plunge 17%edit
Chip designer Nvidia Corp on Thursday forecast disappointing sales for the holiday quarter, pinning the blame on unsold chips piling up with distributors and retailers after the evaporation of the cryptocurrency mining boom.
Publication: Business Standard
Intel adds USD 15 billion to its buyback programedit
Chipmaker Intel Corp said on Thursday its board has approved a USD 15 billion increase to its share repurchase program. The company said it had USD 4.7 billion remaining under its existing repurchase authorisation as of Sept. 29.
Publication: The Asian Age
Why there is shortage of INTEL CPU’s ?edit
Intel battles to get on top of CPU shortages that have plagued its business in recent times, the world’s largest computer makers are hunkering down for six months of tight supply. Reason, it is very unfortunate when any key component goes into shortage.
Publication: VAR India
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 AnTuTu score suggests it could be faster than Apple A12 Bionic, Kirin 980edit
Qualcomm has yet to announce the Snapdragon 8150 (aka Snapdragon 855) mobile processor, but that hasn’t stopped some early leaks. Now, today, the upcoming mobile processor’s benchmark score on AnTuTu (via Weibo) has been leaked online. The chipset has scored 362,292 points on AnTuTu, making its the first fastest mobile chipset to power Android smartphones.
Publication: The Indian Express
Intel India inaugurates new design facility in Bengaluru, invests Rs 1,100 credit
Chip maker Intel Thursday inaugurated design house ‘SRR4’ at its Bengaluru campus that has been built with an investment of about Rs 1,100 crore.
Publications: The Times of India Business Standard The Economic Times The Hindu Business Line ET Telecom Business Today India Today Outlook India VAR India BTVi India Finance News
In Print: The Times of India The Hindu Business Line The Hindu The New Indian Express Business Standard Financial Express Financial Chronicle
Battlefield V Gets NVIDIA RTX Support Through a Day-Zero Patchedit
EA-DICE producer for “Battlefield V,” Jaqub Ajmal revealed that the studio has released a day-zero patch for the game, which enables the promised NVIDIA RTX technology. NVIDIA used Battlefield V as a tech-demonstrator in its launch event for RTX, an ambitious real-time ray-tracing technology, which works to improve realism by adding real-time ray-traced elements to rasterized scenes. For Battlefield V, this means more realistic reflections, optical effects, and detail for objects and character models.
Publication: Tech Power Up
NVIDIA Introduces Quadro RTX 4000 Graphics Cardsedit
NVIDIA has introduced the Quadro RTX 4000 graphics card, its first midrange professional GPU powered by the NVIDIA Turing architecture and the NVIDIA RTX platform. Unveiled at the annual Autodesk University Conference in Las Vegas, the Quadro RTX 4000 puts real-time ray tracing within reach of a wider range of developers, designers and artists worldwide.
Publication: BizWire Express
NVIDIA’s Recently Released RTX 2080 Ti Graphic Cards Are Reportedly Brokenedit
It has hardly been a month since the release of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti GPUs but problems have already started cropping up. According to online reports, courtesy of the disgruntled owners of the INR 72,000+ graphics cards, the new GPUs are failing. However, with no official stats from NVIDIA, it is hard to comment on the severity of the problem.
Publication: My Smart Price
Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 Launched for AI, Deep Learning Without the Cloudedit
Intel has launched the next version of its Neural Compute Stick, a simple USB device that the company says can greatly accelerate AI processing and deep learning inference on consumer PCs. It is aimed at use cases where neural networks need to be deployed without a connection to cloud-based computing resources. The new Neural Compute Stick 2 uses the Intel Movidius Myriad X VPU (visual processing unit). Intel acquired Movidius, a computer vision processing startup, in 2016. The device is priced at $99 (approximately Rs. 7,137).
Publication: Gadgets 360
How Intel Unlocked the Power of Unreal Engine 4.19*edit
The release of Epic’s Unreal Engine* 4.19 marks a new chapter in optimizing for Intel technology, particularly in the case of optimizing for multicore processors. In the past, game engines traditionally followed console design points, in terms of graphics features and performance.
Publication: Digit
NVIDIA Releases GeForce 416.94 Game Ready Driversedit
NVIDIA today released the GeForce 416.94 WHQL “Game Ready” drivers. These come optimized for “Fallout 76,” “Hitman 2,” and “Battlefield V.” NVIDIA re-listing Battlefied V, a game it already optimized for with v416.81 could mean the company may have improved performance for the game. NVIDIA confirmed that a game patch will drop “soon” through Origin, which will add NVIDIA RTX support, more so because Microsoft has resumed rolling out Windows 10 1809.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Intel’s Chip Shortage Slows PC Business for Acer and Asusedit
Intel’s CPU shortage is threatening to drag down PC and computer component sales from Taiwan’s top two vendors: Asus and Acer. On Tuesday, Asus CEO Jerry Shen warned investors during an earnings call that the CPUshortage may last until next Q3 2019 or beyond. In the meantime, the company’s motherboard business is taking a hit.
Publication: PC Mag
Intel XMM 8160 5G Modem Launched, First Devices Due in First Half of 2020edit
Intel on Monday announced its latest Intel XMM 8160 5G multimode modem which is aimed at providing 5G connectivity to devices including mobiles, PCs, and broadband access gateways.
Publications: The Indian Express Gadgets 360 BGR
How Intel Optimized the User Experience for VR e-Sportsedit
VR, as a new form of interaction between humans and the virtual world, is able to immerse users by making them feel like they are experiencing the simulated reality. However, it’s not easy to achieve considering the frame rendering budget for VR is 11.1ms per frame (90fps), and you need to render the entire scene twice (once for each eye).
Publication: Digit
CCI orders probe against Intel Corpedit
Fair trade regulator CCI has ordered an investigation against global chip maker for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the Indian market by restricting the production of servers. The direction comes following a complaint by Bangalore based Velankani Electronics, engaged in the business of design and manufacture of electronic products in India.
Publications: Times of India The Hindu Business Line Financial Express Business Standard
Intel Innovations Define the Future of Supercomputingedit
Intel, at Supercomputing 2018, is displaying how its industry-leading technologies in the areas of computing, memory and interconnects are defining the future of supercomputing. Intel previewed its next-generation Cascade Lake advanced performance processor, optimized to support the most demanding data workloads, and highlighted the use of Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory in next-generation supercomputers.
Publication: IT News Online
Intel Helps Star Trek Bridge* Accomplish Its VR Missionedit
Star Trek*: Bridge Crew is the latest example of how new virtual reality (VR) titles are fully utilizing CPU and GPU power to provide immersive gameplay. This game, the newest title from one of the most important science-fiction franchises in gaming, also illustrates many of key concepts described in Intel’s Guidelines for Immersive Virtual Reality Experiences, making it worth a deeper look.
Publication: Digit
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Shares DIRBS Software Platform to Address Counterfeit and Stolen Devicesedit
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today announced it has shared its Device Identification, Registration, and Blocking System (DIRBS) platform as freely downloadable open-source software.
Publication: India Info Line
How One Of The Fastest Computer Chip In The World Makes Stuff Happen Quicker Than You Can Blinkedit
If you’ve ever used a computer, then you know it works lightning quick when it’s brand new, gradually slowing down over time and really testing your patience. However, recently I had the chance to check out one of the fastest computer chips in the world in action, demonstrating a level of speed and agility that most of us can only dream of and never get to experience in our lives.
Publication: India Times
Intel Puts Out Additional “Cascade Lake” Performance Numbersedit
Intel late last week put out additional real-world HPC and AI compute performance numbers of its upcoming “Cascade Lake” 2x 48-core (96 cores in total) machine, compared to AMD’s EPYC 7601 2x 32-core (64 cores in total) machine. You’ll recall that on November 5th, the company put out Linpack, System Triad, and Deep Learning Inference numbers, which are all synthetic benchmarks. In a new set of slides, the company revealed a few real-world HPC/AI application performance numbers, including MIMD Lattice Computation (MILC), Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF), OpenFOAM, NAMD scalable molecular dynamics, and YaSK.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Intel to open tech centre in Hyderabadedit
Intel announces massive 48 core chip and new processoredit
Publication: Sunday Guardian
Apple MacBook Air With Intel i7 Processor Spotted On Geekbenchedit
Apple recently launched the updated versions of their ultra-thin MacBook Air. The updated laptop now has a 13.3 inch Retina display, new i5 processor, built in Touch ID sensor, and a T2 security Chip. What’s more is that it packs all of this in an even more compact form factor. And now an unreleased Intel i7 MacBook Air has been spotted on the Geekbench app.
Publication: iGyaan
Qualcomm Celebrates National STEM Day, Inspiring Next Generation of Inventorsedit
Qualcomm Incorporated celebrates National STEM Day, November 8, 2018, by reaffirming the Company’s commitment to its Corporate Responsibility initiatives that spark young people’s passion for science, technology, engineering and math, and will inspire the next generation of inventors to transform industries and enrich people’s lives.
Publication: Telecom Drive
AMD now wants to take on Nvidia in the data centeredit
There’s no doubt that AMD’s graphics business has kept the company afloat when its CPU business stunk. More than once I saw quarterly numbers that showed all the profitability was coming from the GPU side of the market. The split between it and Nvidia is about 2:1, according to Steam analytics. Nvidia just has tremendous momentum and hasn’t lost it. And it allowed the company to branch out into artificial intelligence (AI) so thoroughly that gaming has almost become secondary to the firm. Not that they are leaving gamers hanging; they just aren’t the top priority any more.
Crackdown 3’s PC Requirements Revealededit
If you want more proof that Crackdown 3 is actually going to come out for real this time—five years after its announcement, and after almost as many delays—then we have more good news for you. Microsoft has, at last, shared the requirements needed to run the PC version of the game on the title’s Windows Store page.
Xiaomi 13.3-inch Mi Notebook Air unveiled with 3,999 Yuan (~$579) pricingedit
Apart from launching the 15.6-inch Mi Notebook Lite, Xiaomi had also unveiled the 13.3-inch Mi Notebook Air in China yesterday. Even though it is a smaller device than the 15.6-inch Mi Notebook Lite, it is equipped with advanced specs. The compact laptop is fueled by the 8th generation Core i3 processor.
Apple’s first 5G iPhoneedit
AS per a report by Fast Company, Apple will launch its first 5G-supported iPhone in 2020. The report cites a source familiar with Apple’s plans, adding that the company will use Intel’s 8161 5G modem chip in its 2020 iPhones. The road to launching the first 5G iPhone will not be easy as the report adds that Apple is currently not happy with Intel. As an alternative – Plan B – option, Apple is in talks with MediaTek to supply 5G modems if Intel fails to deliver.
Intel may launch 4G, 5G capable chipset for 3.5 Ghz frequency rangeedit
The US-based processor giant Intel Corporation is planning to unveil a new fourth-generation (4G) and fifth-generation (5G) technology-based System on Chip (SoC) for the device ecosystem in the 3300-3600 Mhz frequency band in India, according to a highly-placed industry source.
Dell Latitude 5290 2-In-1: All Work And No Play, But In A Good Wayedit
Over the years, Dell has become synonymous with laptops. So much so that no matter the price range or the kind of laptop one is looking for, there are always one or two options from the device-maker to be considered. The range of products from Dell is something that works to its advantage and while its laptops may not always be the best-looking or the lightest ones in the business, they are very functional. So when we got an opportunity to review a Dell product aimed at enterprise customers and serious professionals, we took it.
Dell Latitude 5290-in-1: All work and no play, but in a good wayedit
Over the years, Dell has become synonymous with laptops. So much so that no matter the price range or the kind of laptop one is looking for, there are ad ways one or two options from the devicemaker to be considered. The range of products from Dell is something that works to its advantage and while its laptops may not always be the best-looking or the lightest ones in the business, they are very functional. So when we got an opportunity to review a Dell product aimed at enterprise customers and serious professionals, we took it.
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RISCing a futureedit
INDIANS HAVE LONG been recognised as significant players in the field of computing. Vinod Dham is credited with the development of the Pentium processor, while Ajay Bhat is known as the father of USB. In spite of having some of the sharpest minds – Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google – none of the Indian techies have been able to create start-ups that can leave a mark in the world of computing. In fact, of the 7,700 start-ups as reported by NASSCOM, only a few have been able to look overseas. But, according to The Print, developments of a team from IIT Madras may change all that soon.
Qualcomm’s Ultrasonic Sensors could be exclusive to Samsung till Mid 2019: Reportedit
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 is expected to be launched around the Mobile World Congress 2019. While we know that the South Korean giant is planning to place an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor underneath the display of the phone, a new revelation suggests something which could worry other phone manufacturers.
Why there is Shortage of Intel Processors?edit
Intel’s CPU shortage will affect the forthcoming launch of Intel’s ninth-generation Core processors. Now a question comes, does Intel’s production problems will bring opportunity for the AMD ? we have to wait and watch for the fourth quarter. This shortage is primarily due to the issue on the unexpected return to growth of the PC industry.
Intel announces massive 48-core chip, new processor for entry-level serversedit
Intel on Monday announced two new members in its Xeon processor portfolio, including the 48-core Cascade Lake advanced performance processor. The Cascade Lake advanced performance chip is expected to be released in the first half of 2019 and the Intel “Xeon E-2100” processor for entry-level servers is now available, the company said in a statement.
Dell Precision 5530 2-in-1edit
Not long ago, Dell gave its sleek XPS 15 multimedia laptop a mobile-workstation makeover and came up with a winner—the Precision 5530, our current Editors’ Choice among the engineering, drafting and rendering, and scientific data-crunching set. That left the XPS 15 2-in-1 begging for the same treatment, and the result is the Precision 5530 2-in-1 ($1,679 starting price; $2,860 as tested): a hybrid with the independent software vendor (ISV) certification chops of its clamshell cousin, plus the ability to flip and fold from laptop to tablet or presentation modes.
If you’re excited about Black Friday, here’s something else to check out: A circular featuring details on HP’s upcoming blowout sale was released early.Laptops, desktop towers, all-in-ones, gaming accessories, and more are being discounted heavily, so be sure to check out the entire ad scan at our sister site BlackFriday.com.Get an Early Look at HP’s Black Friday Adedit
Gadget Line Up: Spanking New Gadgets and Featuresedit
Microchip firm Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) along with Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is joining hands to spread some cheer to use Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant in wireless headphones. In sync with their latest statements, Qualcomm will be coming out with a set of chips that any maker of Bluetooth headphones can use to insert Alexa straight into the device.
Report: Nvidia Ends GTX 1080 Ti GPU Productionedit
It’s always difficult choosing a new graphics card. Nobody really needs the latest and greatest card to play games, but that extra performance does mean the card will serve you well for longer. However, with the launch of Nvidia’s latest RTX cards, high prices and malfunctioning chips make the last-gen GTX 1080 Ti look tempting, but it won’t be for much longer.
Infortrends EonStor GSi AI Storage Appliance now supports NVIDIA Turing GPUedit
Infortrend® Technology, Inc. (TWSE: 2495) today announces EonStor GSi AI Storage Appliance Family now supports the next generation NVIDIA Turing™ architecture-powered GPUs in addition to the previous Pascal-powered GPUs.
Intel-drafted U.S. data privacy bill would protect firms from finesedit
Chipmaker Intel Corp said it is seeking a sponsor in Congress for a U.S. data privacy bill it drafted that would shield companies from fines if they attest to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission annually that they take strong measures to protect consumer data.
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Qualcomm To Establish 5G R&D Center In Taiwanedit
Qualcomm has revealed plans to establish three technology and testing centers in Taiwan as part of efforts to collaborate with the Taiwanese government and businesses on the commercial development of 5G and other advanced technologies.
The anatomy of performanceedit
Gigabyte’s gaming sub-brand has got a high-performance motherboard for AMD users. Compatible with both 1st and 2nd-generation Ryzen Threadripper, the motherboard can handle even the most daunting workloads with ease. The X399 boasts advanced therÂmal design, host of I/O ports, 4-way Crossfire/SLI and multi-zone RGB light for that visual appeal.
The best CEOs in the worldedit
JENSEN HUANG, Nvidia. Huang, who founded Nvidia in 1993 as a gaming company, has transformed it to a platform focused on gaming, professional visualisation, data centres, auto and artificial intelligence. In 2008, a business magazine listed Huang as the 61st highest paid CEO in the US.
Intel Announces Cascade Lake Advanced Performance and Xeon E-2100edit
Intel today announced two new members of its Intel Xeon processor portfolio: Cascade Lake advanced performance (expected to be released the first half of 2019) and the Intel Xeon E-2100 processor for entry-level servers (general availability today). These two new product families build upon Intel’s foundation of 20 years of Intel Xeon platform leadership and give customers even more flexibility to pick the right solution for their needs.
Diwali gifting ideas: Top gaming gadgets for the gamers in your lifeedit
Love PC gaming and wondering where to spend that fat Diwali bonus, even if it’s your dad’s? Great! This list is just for you. If you follow our advice to the letter, you’ll go home a very satisfied gamer, albeit one with a vastly depleted bank account.
Top 6 AI Collaborations Between NITI Aayog And Tech Giants In 2018edit
2018 has been a very important year for the adoption of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science in the public sector. The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) had unveiled a discussion paper earlier this year which addresses the national strategy on AI and other emerging technologies in India. Here, the government think tank had identified five sectors to focus its efforts towards implementation of AI to serve societal needs. The five sectors are healthcare, agriculture, education, smart cities and infrastructure, smart mobility and transportation.
This stubborn little PC just got more powerfuledit
For years, Apple’s Mac mini was the entry-level home entertainment desktop which shipped without a display, but it was rather under powered. Now, the new Mac mini has been announced and it comes with a cool new Space Grey finish and supercharged performance.
5G iPhone to hit stores in 2020:Reportedit
The first 5G iPhone is likely to use an Intel Modem, the 8161, and it could hit the stores in 2020, according to a report. If everything goes as planned, Intel will be the sole provider of iPhone modems. For prototyping and testing the 5G iPhone, Intel is reportedly working on a precursor to the 8161 called the 8060.
Top 5 Windows Laptops Under Rs 50,000 You Can Buy This Diwaliedit
Diwali is around the corner and there are a lot of consumer electronic products like smartphones, laptops, and more to buy this festive season. 2018 has seen the release of some amazing laptops, and in this guide, we’ve found all the best laptops of 2018. Addressing the dual needs of access to content and the capability of content creation, laptops are becoming increasingly popular among students. If you’ve landed here it means you are an avid online shopper trying to find out the Best Laptops Under Rs. 50000. Here is a list of Top Laptop Models from major brands at the lowest price possible.
Microsoft Gears Up For Another Digital Revolution With Quantum Computingedit
For Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, quantum computing is among three technologies — the other two being Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mixed Reality — that will soon disrupt the status quo, impacting our lives, communities and economies. Believed to be a lot faster and more capable than the existing computing systems, quantum computing is set to herald the next wave of the digital revolution.
Living with the Microsoft Surface Book 2edit
Windows PCs and laptops have conventionally been made and sold by various OEMs as Microsoft’s role was prominent only in the software side of things while the hardware was manufactured as per the brands’ wish. This was contrary to Apple who managed both the hardware as well as software and hence could optimize their MacBook line-up and make necessary tweaks and customizations based on what they thought the user would require.
HP Envy Conceptualized For Convenience And Performanceedit
Productivity and output remain a must for anyone, meaning most would need a reliable laptop to carry around. However, there are certain requirements that consumers prefer ranging from size, weight and the features needed to ensure ample computing performance.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 has two SKUs, One is Sloweredit
I’m sure y’all remember the GTX 970 controversy, where the card’s bandwidth would take a hit if the VRAM consumption crossed 3.5 GB. This was because to access the last 500 MB of VRAM, the card was dependent upon the same ROPs as the ones meant for the initial 3.5 GB. Something similar, albeit less serious has been discovered in case of the RTX 2070. Turns out that the card has two versions, one of which relies on a relatively poor silicon lot.
MacBook AIR or MacBook PRO? Making sense of Apple’s confusing laptop lineupedit
Now that Apple’s finally launched an updated MacBook Air, we can get down to the real business of ripping it apart and picking nits, so to speak. Given that the laptop hasn’t yet been “officially” reviewed yet, everything here is just speculation based on leaked data and anecdotal evidence. We also need to take a closer look at Apple’s entire MacBook lineup, which only seems more confusing as time passes.
How to Use Snapchat Camera Lenses on Mac and Windowsedit
Snapchat might be going down the hill in its popularity but there’s no denying the fact that the service has the best camera lenses or face filters of any app, period. Not only do Snapchat filters look good but each filter also reacts uniquely to a user’s facial reaction which makes them fun to use.
6 Tech Giants Who Are Building Robust AI Developer Ecosystems In Indiaedit
The Indian Government has put in substantive efforts to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence in India and facilitate research and development in this sector. Besides the Government’s deep interest in AI applications, there is also a significant increase in this field from across all sectors, particularly healthcare, finance and precision agriculture, said Deepak Garg, director of Leading India according to Equifax. He explained that despite the growing attention around AI in India, the country still lags behind China and the US.
Top 5 gaming laptop deals from Amazon and Paytmedit
As everything becomes more and more expensive, gaming laptops have become relatively more affordable. There was once a time when even the most basic gaming laptops would cost above a lakh and a half, but today, you can get a beast of a machine for that price. However, if you’re on a budget that would be considered tight for a gaming laptop, Amazon, Flipkart and PayTM all have some spectacular deals on some really good machines, all under a lakh. Here are the best gaming laptop deals.
ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces the Strix GL10CS Desktopedit
ASUS, via its Republic o Gamers branding, today announced the Strix GL10CS gaming desktop, which fits full-size power into a compact 27-liter case that uses futuristic armor and ROG’s obsession with speed as design inspirations. Customizable Aura Sync RGB lighting can be controlled from Armoury Crate, a single utility that provides all-access configuration and monitoring of the GL10CS. GL10CS is equipped with up to a 6-core 12-thread Intel Core i7-8700 processor, capable of handling multiple concurrent workloads such as gaming, streaming and running voice communication for teammates. With up to 32GB of DDR4 memory, GL10CS effortlessly switches from productivity tasks to more demanding workloads provided by multi-threaded applications used by content creators.
Apple said to introduce first 5G iPhone with Intel 5G modem in 2020edit
According to to a latest report, Apple’s first 5G iPhone said to hit the market in 2020. The company is planning on using Intel’s 8161 5G modem chip in its 2020 phones. Intel will be the sole provider of iPhone modems. Intel is also said to be working on 8060 modems which will be used for prototyping and testing the 5G iPhone.
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DICE reveals system requirements for Battlefield Vedit
DICE has posted the official system requirements for their upcoming title Battlefield V on Reddit. The game is one of the few titles that can take advantage of Nvidia’s new Ray-tracing technology. Nvidia’s new ‘RTX’ line of graphics cards use a new GPU architecture that takes advantage of hardware acceleration and a hybrid rendering approach to enable features like ray-tracing and DLSS ( Deep Learning Super-Sampling), which combine high fidelity details from multiple frames using AI to deliver stunning graphics.
Asus announces VivoBook seriesedit
Asus announced the entry of VivoBook S15 (S530) and S14 (S430), both lightweight Windows 10 laptops. The 15.6″ and 14″ laptops feature five eclectic colours and colour-blocking designs, with several textured finishes.
Xiaomi gaming laptops could be launched in India in 2019edit
Xiaomi is one of the leaders in the Indian smartphone arena. Though it debuted with smartphones, it started bringing other devices such as fitness trackers, Bluetooth speakers, smart devices, suitcases and more. Now, it looks like the brand will bring its laptops as well to the country.
Apple MacBook Air 2018 performance improved over 2017 models in GeekBench scoresedit
Apple’s 2018 MacBook Air refresh has been listed on Geekbench with performance scores similar to base model of 12-inch MacBook. Earlier this week, Apple launched the 2018 MacBook Air in New York, and mentioned that new MacBook Air carry 8th generation dual-core Intel i5 processor clocked at 1.6GHz.
Want a gaming PC? Here’s how you can build your ownedit
A gaming system comprises five-six key components. First comes the motherboard that connects the CPU (central processing unit) with all other components like the GPU (graphics processing unit), SMPS (switch mode power supply), RAM (random access memory), storage drives and the chassis to cover it all.
Technology/Gizmos – Hot Stuff (Asus AIO 27)edit
Asus’ 27-inch all-in-one looks great and provides top-notch performance for all your desktop needs. The display is 4K UHD, running Windows 10 Pro, Core i7, upto 32 gigs of RAM options of a 2TB HDD+ 1 TB SSD, Harman Kardon audio, multiple ports including Type-C thunderbolt, face login and Alexa. There’s even Qi charging for mobiles built into the base.
Now, Artificial Intelligence to drive innovation for road safety: Nivruti Raiedit
According to a McKinsey report, transport will be one of the most capital-intensive sectors in India by 2030; however, the dichotomy on Indian roads continues to amaze. On one hand, 9,800 km of highway roads were constructed in 2017-18, and the target for 2018-19 is 40 km a day; on the other, basic safety on Indian roads remains a serious cause for concern.
Publication: Financial Express In Print (Part 1, Part 2)
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Samsung Electronics World’s 4th Largest R&D Spenderedit
Samsung Electronics Co has been ranked No. 4 among 1,000 major global companies in terms of spending on research and development (R&D) over the past one year, a report showed on Thursday.
Publication: BTVI
ASUS India Introduces the most revolutionary ROG Phoneedit
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) announced the launch of ROG Phone in India, a game-changing Flagship Plus smartphone designed for high-performance mobile gaming and epitomical smartphone experience.
Publication: PC Quest
Here’s how the Dell Precision 5530 2-in-1 workstation lets you perform, with styleedit
The Dell Precision 5530 workstation is powered by the incredibly powerful 8th Gen Intel® 6-Core™ processor with professional AMD Radeon™ Pro WX Vega M GL Graphics plus 4GB of dedicated high-bandwidth memory.
Publication: Digit
Acer rocks Mumbai with the Night of the Predator eventedit
Acer, the market leader in PC gaming in India put on a mega show to thousands of audience in Mumbai at their Night of the Predator event which witnessed the best of e-sports tournament, some of India’s top DJs, street dance competition and COSPLAY.
Publication: VAR India This Week India
Apple plans to invest in future, launches free coding education program for studentsedit
Apple said Monday it will offer new resources to open thousands of free “Hour of Code” sessions at its Apple Store facilities across the world to bring coding education to students.
Publication: The Economic Times
ASUS Unveils a Refreshed range of TUF Series with FX505 and FX705 along with TUF Desktop FX10CPedit
ASUS today unveiled the superior and durable TUF Gaming laptops FX505 and FX705. At15.6” and 17.3”respectively, these gaming laptops have been crafted with perfection to live up to all the expectations from high-end gaming laptop at affordable prices.
Publication: Gaming Central
Lenovo Laptops Powered by Intel 9th Generation Processors Are Coming Soon, 3 Variants Revealededit
Lenovo laptops will soon arrive with the latest 9th Generation of Intel Core i Processors. The powerful processors could be integrated in the popular Lenovo IdeaPad Series first, before moving onto the other series.
Publication: My Smart Price
Amazon is making a custom ARM-based server chipset to handle cloud workloadsedit
At its cloud technology conference, ‘re:Invent’ in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services announced that it has designed its own ARM server processor. Called the AWS Graviton, the new chip offers a third option to the market, apart from Intel and AMD, for cloud customers.
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Acer: Get in the gameedit
Jason Chen had spent 23 years in big global tech, but when Acer’s board of directors asked him how he would turn the ailing Taiwan icon around, he paused. “I said, ‘I’ve never done that’, and the next question was, ‘How are you going to do it?’” Chen recalls.
Publication: Forbes India
Microsoft Surface Laptop Review: Performs well, but is it relevant?edit
At an event held in New York, Microsoft launched the second-generation Surface Laptop alongside the Surface Pro 6 and Surface Studio 2. On that same day, at around 2.30PM IST, Microsoft sent a package with Surface Laptop mentioned on top of it to us. At first, I thought it’s the Surface Laptop 2 but when I unboxed the device, it was clear that I was looking at the first generation device.
Qualcomm SoC Naming Confusion Possibly Ended; Snapdragon 855 for Phones, SCX 8180 for Windows 10 PCsedit
For a few months now, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 has called the Snapdragon 8150, with the latest update revealing that the company might make an appearance on December 4 to unveil the SoC. Since Apple, Samsung, and Huawei have announced their chipsets for mobile phones, the only player left in the high-performance category is Qualcomm.
HP Upgrades Its Mini Workstation PC: HP Z2 Mini G4 Gets Latest Intel Xenon Processors, GPUs For Professionalsedit
The HP Z2 Mini G4 Workstation has received quite a few very powerful upgrades. The revamped HP Mini PC, geared towards CAD, graphics and video editing professionals, now packs the latest Intel Xenon processors, professional-grade GPU options, and other relevant specifications. Hewlett Packard or HP has been making some earnest attempts at attracting serious professionals. Needless to mention, several of these professionals have steadfastly stuck to Apple Inc.’s products over the years. Interestingly, the Workstation sub-section on HP’s virtual store appears to target “professionals moving from Mac”.
Lenovo launches new ThinkPad X1 Extreme in Indiaedit
Lenovo has launched the latest addition to the ThinkPad X1 portfolio in India. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme comes at Rs 1,95,999 (excluding tax and other charges). “ThinkPad X1 Extreme introduces a 15-inch form factor to the X1 series and is the first to include NVIDIA discrete graphics. X1 Extreme is designed for advanced users who seek a thin and light Windows 10 powered laptop that reflects their personality as well as high performance computing needs,” Lenovo said in a statement.
Cyber Monday laptop deals: Best UK offersedit
As we enter the less chaotic side of a Black Friday weekend bursting with bargains, you’ll be pleased to learn you still have the chance to grab the best laptop deals of the year. It is, after all, Cyber Monday – the online equivalent of Black Friday and tech’s unofficial time to shine. If you know someone who has been itching for a new laptop, then this Christmas is the time to treat them and save yourself some money too.
Asus India launches gaming laptopsedit
ASUS INDIA on Thursday unveiled two models in the TUF series of gaming laptops – the FX505 and FX705. At 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch,respectively, these are powered by Intel Core i7 -S750H processors and Nvidia GeForce GTX1060 graphics.Available through both online and offline channels, the FX505 is priced at INR 79,990 onwards and the FX705 from INR 1,24,990.
Asus eyes 30% share of India’s gaming marketedit
Taiwanese tech major Asus on Thursday said it is confident of increasing its share in the growing Indian gaming PC market to 30 percent by next year as it expands its product portfolio and brings in more affordable devices.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Acer Launches KG1 Gaming Displays With Below 1ms Response Time, AMD FreeSync And Other Featuresedit
Besides the astounding less than 1ms response time, the KG1 branded monitors also have gaming-oriented features like AMD’s FreeSync dynamic refresh rate technology, AcerAimPoint crosshair, an FPS counter, etc. for avid gamers who need to have displays that simply cannot lag.
Publication: My Smart Price
Older PCs put 3 in 10 Indian SMBs at cyber risks, productivity loss: Studyedit
While digitisation and automation has helped small and medium businesses (SMBs) to a great extent, three in 10 SMBs still use old-generation personal computers (PCs) putting them at increased cyber risks and massive productivity loss, a joint Microsoft and Intel study said on Thursday.
Publication: IANS The Economic Times The Hindu Business Line Deccan Chronicle Financial Express Financial Chronicle The Hans India
ASUS launches TUF Gaming laptop Series with FX505 and FX705 along with TUF Desktop FX10CPedit
ASUS has unveiled the superior and durable TUF Gaming laptops FX505 and FX705. At15.6” and 17.3” respectively, these gaming laptops have been crafted with perfection to live up to all the expectations from high-end gaming laptop at affordable prices.
Publications: The Indian Express VAR India Deccan Chronicle BTVI
Apacer Launches World’s first 32-bit DDR4 SODIMM for ARM Processorsedit
In view of the current trend in which ARM technology drives the development of Internet of Things (IoT), mobile computing and automotive electronics, and the demands for economical, efficient and compact smart devices, Apacer, the world’s leading industrial memory brand, launches the world’s first 32-bit DDR4 SODIMM which supports industrial embedded systems using ARM/RISC processors or the latest RISC-V 32-bit processors.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Lenovo launches new ThinkPad X1 Extreme in Indiaedit
Lenovo has launched the latest addition to the ThinkPad X1 portfolio in India. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme comes at Rs 1,95,999 (excluding tax and other charges).
Publication: Zee News
AMD Chooses Samsung As a Second Supplier For The New RX 590 Polaris 30 GPUedit
Not too long ago, AMD’s CTO, Mark Papermaster had hinted that the company might make its supply chain more flexible going forward and it had appeared that the company was constantly looking to Samsung to source 7nm chips. And now the news has emerged that for the new AMD RX 590 GPU, AMD has adopted the dual-supply strategy.
Publication: My Smart Price
India PC Market Grows Over 20% as HP Leads The Wayedit
The traditional PC market in India grew 20.2 percent in the third quarter of 2018, with HP Inc leading the segment with 30.7 percent share and Dell at second spot with 22.9 percent market share, International Data Corp (IDC) said on Wednesday.
Publication: Beebom
The Best Lenovo Laptops of 2018edit
The A series, at this writing, comprised machines with more screen-size variation than the Vs, based on a mixture of AMD A-series APU and Ryzen Pro processors.
Publication: PC Mag
Dell G3 3579 (15″) Laptop Review: Gaming on a Budgetedit
Gaming laptops are generally defined by flashy LEDs and a bulky form factor that often renders them into stationary desktop PCs (more or less). However, these flashy “laptops” are outside most consumers’ budget, and it’s usually the relatively low-key offerings that satisfy the gaming needs of the masses. The Dell G3 is one of the primary gaming laptops in this segment.
Publication: TechQuila
ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 Graphics Cardedit
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the ROG Strix Radeon RX 590, an all-new gaming graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon RX 590 GPU and engineered with advanced cooling, reliability, performance, and customizable lighting.
Publication: Geeky Gadgets Tech Power Up (1) Tech Power Up (2)
Apple recruiting chip engineers to work in Qualcomm’s backyardedit
Apple Inc is aggressively hiring engineers in Qualcomm Inc’s home base of San Diego, seeking designers to develop wireless components and processors that would further weaken the chipmaker’s chances of again supplying chips for the iPhone maker’s future devices.
Publication: The Indian Express
Game to Goedit
Gaming specific handsets are emerging as a new rage in the Indian smartphone market as more and more users flock to popular online multiplayer games such as PUBG and Fortnite.
Publication: The Economic Times
Sony Skipping E3 2019, Possibly to Prepare for PS5 Launchedit
Sony will be skipping E3 2019 possibly to focus on a potential PS5 launch. The company has been a staple of the long-running video games convention but has dropped out of next year’s edition citing “new and familiar ways to engage” its fans in 2019. Traditionally Sony has used E3 to announce and launch key products such as the PS3.
Publication: Gadgets 360
Acer announces Aspire 5s Laptopedit
The technology brand has unveiled its latest 5s and Swift 3 notebooks in the Indian market. Featuring narrow bezel display for full cinematic experience and metallic built, the sleek laptops are built for users who want portability, solid performance and a touch of style.
Publication: Telangana Today
15-Inch MacBook Pro Radeon Pro Vega 16 And Vega 20 GPU Options Now Availableedit
Apple has started to offer the 15-inch MacBook Pro to customers with updated graphics options, with configurations of the notebook using AMD’s Radeon Pro Vega GPUs now available to purchase from Apple directly.
Publication: Technology Everyday Technology Everyday (1)
From AI to Digital Fabrication, Lenovo ThinkStation Powers Technology of the Futureedit
To say we live in a fast-changing world of technology is an understatement. From artificial intelligence to digital fabrication, new technologies are rapidly advancing to help us solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. Through it all, Lenovo is by your side. With support for AI, digital fabrication and now NVIDIA Quadro RTX GPUs, Lenovo is providing innovative tools that help you change the way things are designed, made and used.
Publication: Cell IT
Intel’s Chip Shortage Slows PC Business for Acer and Asusedit
Intel’s CPU shortage is threatening to drag down PC and computer component sales from Taiwan’s top two vendors: Asus and Acer. On Tuesday, Asus CEO Jerry Shen warned investors during an earnings call that the CPUshortage may last until next Q3 2019 or beyond. In the meantime, the company’s motherboard business is taking a hit.
Publication: PC Mag
Power Talk: Chandrahas Panigrahiedit
Mr. Chandrahas Panigrahi is the CMO and Consumer Business Head for Acer India. He has been with Acer since 2015 and has worked with tech giants like AMD and HP in the past. IFA Berlin was an exciting event for Acer and Mr. Chandrahas talks about the same in an e-conversation with Konark Tyagi.
Publication: Exhibit
Microsoft Surface Go with LTE up for pre-order in select global marketsedit
Microsoft’s feature budget hybrid 2-in-1 hybrid laptop Surface Go has been available in several markets since August, but the mobile-friendly LTE version was to be released later in the year. Now, the company is finally bringing in the device later this month.
Publication: International Business Times The Asian Age
The Microsoft Surface Laptop is all beauty and souledit
A few weeks ago, we tested out Microsoft’s Surface Book 2, a hybrid laptop with a great build and some pretty solid internals. This time around, we have with us the Surface Laptop, its thinner, lighter, productivity-focused sibling. As competition in ‘ultrabook’ territory heats up, does Microsoft’s home-grown device do enough to earn your attention? Let’s find out.
Publication: The Hindu
Dell G3 Review: Substance Over Styleedit
You must’ve heard the adage – don’t judge a book by its cover. Well, after using Dell’s latest gaming laptop for over a week, I can confidently say that the laptop is a true testament to the quote. From a distance, the laptop appears straight out of 2015. However, after spending some time with it, I can say that there’s much more than meets the eye. So much so, I actually feel confident recommending the laptop to gamers. Here’s why.
Publication: Communications Today
Asus ZenBook 13 UX331U Reviewedit
Sleek and ultraportable are the two characteristics of the Asus’s Zenbook series. The series in itself has a wider portfolio with many models listed in their product page broadly categorized into two sub-categories the Zenbook and the Zenbook flip. Measuring 13.9mm thick at its fattest region, ZenBook 13 UX331U is also one of the thinnest laptop in their porfolio. Plus, it comes with decent specs and a Full HD 13-inch display which makes it look good as a productive machine for those on the move. Read on my Asus Zenbook 13 UX331U review.
Publication: Tech Raman
Asus TUF FX504 gaming laptop review: Faster screen with a faster processoredit
While most gaming laptops can burn a hole in your pocket, Asus and a few other hardware manufacturers have managed to get some of them on the budget side. With the Asus TUF FX504, the company is targeting people who are looking for gaming laptops on a tight budget. Additionally, the industrial build and design of the Asus FX504 makes it more durable than most of the competition. Here’s our full review of the Asus TUF-series FX504 laptop.
Publication: Beetel Bite
When Play is Workedit
Publication: Deccan Chronicle
Acer Chromebook Spin 13 Review: The Most Powerful Chromebook You Can Buy, But Maybe Shouldn’tedit
Acer’s Chromebook Spin 13 is arriving a bit later than it was initially expected, but based on what we’ve seen, it will be worth the wait. The 2-in-1, Wacom stylus-equipped Chromebook delivers category-topping performance, but tempers that speed with some unfortunate design shortcomings. Altogether, it’s one of the best Chromebooks you can’t buy right now.
Publication: Communications Today
Apple MacBook Air With Intel i7 Processor Spotted On Geekbenchedit
Apple recently launched the updated versions of their ultra-thin MacBook Air. The updated laptop now has a 13.3 inch Retina display, new i5 processor, built in Touch ID sensor, and a T2 security Chip. What’s more is that it packs all of this in an even more compact form factor. And now an unreleased Intel i7 MacBook Air has been spotted on the Geekbench app.
Publication: iGyaan
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR II GL504 review: a true-blue gaming heavyweightedit
Republic of Gamers (aka ROG) from ASUS is one of the most popular lineup of gaming laptops, so it’s not a surprise to see the Taiwanese brand continuing to introduce new offerings in the range. In fact, the popularity of the ROG series can be gauged from the fact that the company has used the same branding to introduce its dedicated gaming-oriented smartphone, dubbed the ROG Phone (first impressions).
Publication: 91 Mobiles
Samsung To Launch The Next Exynos SoC on November 14edit
The SoC or Processor is the core component of every smartphone. Qualcomm is the leading smartphone chipmaker but a lot of other companies also develop and manufacture these tiny modern marvels. Apple has their A series processors, Huawei makes Kirin processors and Samsung has their Exynos range of chipsets. Recently, Samsung has shared a teaser of an upcoming flagship Exynos processor. The new processor will be seen on the upcoming Galaxy S10.
Publication: iGyaan
Asus ZenBook S Reviewedit
The Asus ZenBook S is a slim and stylish Ultrabook that’s high on performance and ergonomics but limited on port availability and battery life. It’s the laptop to get if you have no problems living the dongle life.
Publication: Digit
Apple’s new MacBook Air vs the MacBook Pro – Here are the main differencesedit
Up until Apple unveiled its new MacBook Air, the choice of which computer to buy was much easier to make. The old MacBook Air wasn’t a good option recently considering its old specs and relatively high price tag for those specs. The only realistically good Apple laptop option was the MacBook Pro, or maybe the MacBook if you really valued portability.
Publication: Business Insider India
Apple’s first 5G iPhoneedit
AS per a report by Fast Company, Apple will launch its first 5G-supported iPhone in 2020. The report cites a source familiar with Apple’s plans, adding that the company will use Intel’s 8161 5G modem chip in its 2020 iPhones. The road to launching the first 5G iPhone will not be easy as the report adds that Apple is currently not happy with Intel. As an alternative – Plan B – option, Apple is in talks with MediaTek to supply 5G modems if Intel fails to deliver.
Dell Latitude 5290 2-In-1: All Work And No Play, But In A Good Wayedit
Over the years, Dell has become synonymous with laptops. So much so that no matter the price range or the kind of laptop one is looking for, there are always one or two options from the device-maker to be considered. The range of products from Dell is something that works to its advantage and while its laptops may not always be the best-looking or the lightest ones in the business, they are very functional. So when we got an opportunity to review a Dell product aimed at enterprise customers and serious professionals, we took it.
Dell Latitude 5290-in-1: All work and no play, but in a good wayedit
Over the years, Dell has become synonymous with laptops. So much so that no matter the price range or the kind of laptop one is looking for, there are ad ways one or two options from the devicemaker to be considered. The range of products from Dell is something that works to its advantage and while its laptops may not always be the best-looking or the lightest ones in the business, they are very functional. So when we got an opportunity to review a Dell product aimed at enterprise customers and serious professionals, we took it.
Get an Early Look at HP’s Black Friday Adedit
If you’re excited about Black Friday, here’s something else to check out: A circular featuring details on HP’s upcoming blowout sale was released early.Laptops, desktop towers, all-in-ones, gaming accessories, and more are being discounted heavily, so be sure to check out the entire ad scan at our sister site BlackFriday.com.
AMD Climbs After Saying Amazon Will Use Its Cloud Server Chipsedit
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.’s largest competitor in the market for computer processors, said Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing unit is a new partner for its server chips. AMD shares gained as much as 8.8 percent on the announcement.
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The anatomy of performanceedit
Gigabyte’s gaming sub-brand has got a high-performance motherboard for AMD users. Compatible with both 1st and 2nd-generation Ryzen Threadripper, the motherboard can handle even the most daunting workloads with ease. The X399 boasts advanced therÂmal design, host of I/O ports, 4-way Crossfire/SLI and multi-zone RGB light for that visual appeal.
This stubborn little PC just got more powerfuledit
For years, Apple’s Mac mini was the entry-level home entertainment desktop which shipped without a display, but it was rather under powered. Now, the new Mac mini has been announced and it comes with a cool new Space Grey finish and supercharged performance.
5G iPhone to hit stores in 2020:Reportedit
The first 5G iPhone is likely to use an Intel Modem, the 8161, and it could hit the stores in 2020, according to a report. If everything goes as planned, Intel will be the sole provider of iPhone modems. For prototyping and testing the 5G iPhone, Intel is reportedly working on a precursor to the 8161 called the 8060.
Top 5 Windows Laptops Under Rs 50,000 You Can Buy This Diwaliedit
Diwali is around the corner and there are a lot of consumer electronic products like smartphones, laptops, and more to buy this festive season. 2018 has seen the release of some amazing laptops, and in this guide, we’ve found all the best laptops of 2018. Addressing the dual needs of access to content and the capability of content creation, laptops are becoming increasingly popular among students. If you’ve landed here it means you are an avid online shopper trying to find out the Best Laptops Under Rs. 50000. Here is a list of Top Laptop Models from major brands at the lowest price possible.
Microsoft Gears Up For Another Digital Revolution With Quantum Computingedit
For Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, quantum computing is among three technologies — the other two being Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mixed Reality — that will soon disrupt the status quo, impacting our lives, communities and economies. Believed to be a lot faster and more capable than the existing computing systems, quantum computing is set to herald the next wave of the digital revolution.
Living with the Microsoft Surface Book 2edit
Windows PCs and laptops have conventionally been made and sold by various OEMs as Microsoft’s role was prominent only in the software side of things while the hardware was manufactured as per the brands’ wish. This was contrary to Apple who managed both the hardware as well as software and hence could optimize their MacBook line-up and make necessary tweaks and customizations based on what they thought the user would require.
HP Envy Conceptualized For Convenience And Performanceedit
Productivity and output remain a must for anyone, meaning most would need a reliable laptop to carry around. However, there are certain requirements that consumers prefer ranging from size, weight and the features needed to ensure ample computing performance.
MacBook AIR or MacBook PRO? Making sense of Apple’s confusing laptop lineupedit
Now that Apple’s finally launched an updated MacBook Air, we can get down to the real business of ripping it apart and picking nits, so to speak. Given that the laptop hasn’t yet been “officially” reviewed yet, everything here is just speculation based on leaked data and anecdotal evidence. We also need to take a closer look at Apple’s entire MacBook lineup, which only seems more confusing as time passes.
How to Use Snapchat Camera Lenses on Mac and Windowsedit
Snapchat might be going down the hill in its popularity but there’s no denying the fact that the service has the best camera lenses or face filters of any app, period. Not only do Snapchat filters look good but each filter also reacts uniquely to a user’s facial reaction which makes them fun to use.
ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces the Strix GL10CS Desktopedit
ASUS, via its Republic o Gamers branding, today announced the Strix GL10CS gaming desktop, which fits full-size power into a compact 27-liter case that uses futuristic armor and ROG’s obsession with speed as design inspirations. Customizable Aura Sync RGB lighting can be controlled from Armoury Crate, a single utility that provides all-access configuration and monitoring of the GL10CS. GL10CS is equipped with up to a 6-core 12-thread Intel Core i7-8700 processor, capable of handling multiple concurrent workloads such as gaming, streaming and running voice communication for teammates. With up to 32GB of DDR4 memory, GL10CS effortlessly switches from productivity tasks to more demanding workloads provided by multi-threaded applications used by content creators.
Apple said to introduce first 5G iPhone with Intel 5G modem in 2020edit
According to to a latest report, Apple’s first 5G iPhone said to hit the market in 2020. The company is planning on using Intel’s 8161 5G modem chip in its 2020 phones. Intel will be the sole provider of iPhone modems. Intel is also said to be working on 8060 modems which will be used for prototyping and testing the 5G iPhone.
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How Microsoft is leading quantum computer race to unlock mysteries around usedit
For Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, quantum computing is among three technologies — the other two being Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mixed Reality — that will soon disrupt the status quo, impacting our lives, communities and economies.
Asus announces VivoBook seriesedit
Asus announced the entry of VivoBook S15 (S530) and S14 (S430), both lightweight Windows 10 laptops. The 15.6″ and 14″ laptops feature five eclectic colours and colour-blocking designs, with several textured finishes.
Apple MacBook Air 2018 performance improved over 2017 models in GeekBench scoresedit
Apple’s 2018 MacBook Air refresh has been listed on Geekbench with performance scores similar to base model of 12-inch MacBook. Earlier this week, Apple launched the 2018 MacBook Air in New York, and mentioned that new MacBook Air carry 8th generation dual-core Intel i5 processor clocked at 1.6GHz.
Technology/Gizmos – Hot Stuff (Asus AIO 27)edit
Asus’ 27-inch all-in-one looks great and provides top-notch performance for all your desktop needs. The display is 4K UHD, running Windows 10 Pro, Core i7, upto 32 gigs of RAM options of a 2TB HDD+ 1 TB SSD, Harman Kardon audio, multiple ports including Type-C thunderbolt, face login and Alexa. There’s even Qi charging for mobiles built into the base.
Asus announces VivoBook seriesedit
Asus announced the entry of VivoBook S15 (S530) and S14 (S430), both lightweight Windows 10 laptops. The 15.6″ and 14″ laptops feature five eclectic colours and colour-blocking designs, with several textured finishes.
Publication: Telangana Today
Microsoft Beefs Up Its Video Game-Watching Platform to Rival Twitchedit
If you’re a gamer under the age of 25, chances are you spend as much time watching other people play video games online as you do playing games yourself. That’s why Microsoft is beefing up its Mixer video-game streaming service, which lags larger rival Twitch, owned by Amazon.com Inc. Mixer, which works with Xbox and Windows, is rolling out a new series of features starting Thursday, including more internal currency options and ways for users to pay their favorite streamers.
Publication: Bloomberg Quint
Activist investor Carl Icahn sues Dell over plans to go publicedit
Activist investor Carl Icahn sued Dell Technologies on Thursday, alleging that the computer maker did not disclose financial information related to its plans to go public by buying back its tracking stock.
Publication: The Economic Times
Apple Event Highlights: IPad Pro, MacBook Air, Mac Miniedit
Apple has had a busy month refreshing its lineup for the year-end holiday season, and close on the heels of the iPhone launches, Apple unveiled in Brooklyn today the last of its hardware refreshes for the year with the introduction of ground-up rethinks on the iPad Pros, the MacBook Air and the Mac mini. Here are the key highlights on what was launched at the event, and when you can expect them to hitting a store near you.
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Artificial Intelligence can have biases as humans: ThoughtWorks India MDedit
Artificial Intelligence (AI) may show biases regarding conduct and response towards human beings, said Sudhir Tiwari, Managing Director of ThoughtWorks India. ThoughtWorks is a global technology consultancy firm.
Publication: Business Standard
#MeToo impact: 80% men overly cautious with women at workplaces, says studyedit
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, almost 80 per cent of men have become overly cautious in their interactions with women colleagues, according to a report. The study by market research and analysis company Velocity MR, which had over 2500 respondents across Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Chennai, noted that eight out of 10 people said that formal workplace interactions have been highly impacted as a result of the movement.
Publication: The Economic Times
Wearable Device Security Market To Witness A Substantial Growth At A CAGR Of 12.65% Owing To Increasing Demand For Wearable Electronic Devices Till 2022 | Million Insightsedit
According to new report available with Million Insights, growing demand for wearable device technology from healthcare sector and introduction of wearable inhibitors is expected to fuel the growth of market over the forecast period. Globally, the market is predicted to generate massive revenue over next seven years, providing numerous opportunities for market players to invest for research and development in the wearable device security market.
Publication: BizWire Express
Tech firms for extended internships this season, cite employabilityedit
Seeking to train students for niche jobs, some recruiters have asked for long internships this placement season, say some leading engineering institutes.
Publication: Business Standard
Fallacies about workplace gender parityedit
Chanda Kochhar’s ignominious departure as CEO of India’s largest private sector bank on alleged corruption charges, and Shikha Sharma’s early exit from Axis Bank for poor due diligence appear to have tarnished the Golden Age of women at the top of Indian banking.
Publication: Business Standard
3 Tips To Promote Diversity In Hiringedit
Innovation for tech brands: The need of the hour is to position India as a top destination for R&D globallyedit
In recent times, a lot of global brands have set up their research and development (R&D) centres in India. With technology advancing at a rapid pace, tech brands need to keep innovating to sync with their consumer’s demands.
Publication: Financial Express
HR tech adoption results in time, cost, productivity gains for organisations: Reportedit
The automation of routine processes and efficient data management through technology results in up to 65 per cent gains in time and cost for the HR administration function, a TeamLease report said Tuesday.
Publication: Business Standard
A broader talent management game: Embracing new-age performance philosophiesedit
The talent management landscape has been growing and changing radically , and retaining talent has not been getting any easier. It is only natural then, that performance management systems have been undergoing a renaissance in terms of concept, functionality and business relevance.
Publication: People Matters
IT firms expect margin rise despite stronger rupeeedit
Indian IT services firms will see improvement in margins in the quarter to December despite rupee appreciation on the back of lower crude prices, say analysts, who have factored in an average dollar rate of Rs 71.5 in the third quarter as against Rs 70.7, the exchange rate on Monday, to arrive at their estimates.
Publication: The Economic Times
ACT Fibernet join hands with Indiajoy as connectivity partnersedit
Broadband service provider ACT Fibernet has collaborated with Indiajoy as their official connectivity partners. Parth Biswas, COO, ACT Fibernet said, “This is the first time a gaming, animation media and entertainment event of this stature is happening in India and we are thrilled to be a part of it. It is in our constant endeavor to support and encourage platforms that showcase new products and innovations.”
Publication: Gizbot
India cannot afford to ignore Data Scienceedit
The world is waking up to the vast possibilities of emerging technologies. With numerous breakthroughs within the past few years, terms such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) that were relatively unknown terms, have become buzzwords.
Publication: The Economic Times
Shortage of Intel chips to hit PC marketedit
The shortage of Intel processor chips is set to chip away at the shipments of the overall traditional personal computers in India in the coming few quarters. This decline was pointed out by the International Data Corporation (IDC) Quarterly Personal Computing Devices Tracker, November 2018.
Old PCs can eat into profitability of firms: Studyedit
A personal computer, older than four years, may attract huge owning and operating cost which is equivalent to acquiring at least three new modern PCs, says a recent survey jointly commissioned by Microsoft and Intel. The research revealed that SMBs (small and medium businesses) with a PC or laptop older than four years might be spending Rs 93,500 ($1,279) per device. The cost is enough to replace the ageing hardware with three or more new PCs.
PC shipment grows by 20.2%edit
PC shipment in India grew by 20.2 per cent in the July-September period to 2.71 million units against the previous quarter, driven by strong growth in commercial and consumer segments, as per research firm IDC. IDC, in its report, noted that while shipment had grown sequentially, the sales had declined by 10.6 per cent compared to July-September 2017 quarter “owing to increased sell-in due to goods and services tax (GST) implementation in Q3 2017”.
Tech hiring set to make comeback in 2019: Reportedit
Hiring intent in 2019 is expected to be strongest after a gap of four years on the back of bullish employment opportunities in IT, automotive, travel and hospitality sectors, a report said Thursday. According to India Skills Report, almost 64 per cent employers have a positive outlook on hiring, 20 per cent said they will hire the same number of people as 2018 and only handful have a negative outlook for 2019.
Publication: The Economic Times
India Skills Report: Andhra tops in employability rate, talent qualityedit
Andhra Pradesh has topped the list of states with the highest employability followed by Rajasthan and Haryana, as per the India Skills Report 2019.
Publication: Business Standard
Bengaluru highest paying city, hardware and networking top paying job: studyedit
Bengaluru region pays the highest salaries in India, according to latest study by LinkedIn – the professional networking site. Bengaluru has surpassed the financial capital of the country – Mumbai which is the second highest paying region followed by Delhi NCR (Gurugram, Noida and Delhi). Hyderabad and Chennai were the fourth and fifth biggest payers respectively, as per the report.
Publication: The Indian Express
$38.2 Billion Application Processor Market by Device Type, Core Type, Industry, Geography – Global Forecast to 2023edit
The “Application Processor Market by Device Type (Mobile Phones, PC Tablets, Smart Wearables, Automotive ADAS & Infotainment Systems), Core Type (Octa-core, Hexa-core, Quad-core, Dual-core, Single-core), Industry, Geography – Global Forecast to 2023” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
Publication: BizWire Express
Atos selected as technology partner to build supercomputers under India’s NSMedit
French IT services firm Atos has been selected to build the supercomputers under India’s Rs 4500 crore National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). The tender to build these high-performance computers (HPC) had been floated by the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in February this year.
Publication: ET Tech
Hardware, software jobs pay the highest in Indiaedit
Hardware & networking, software & IT services, and the old favourite, the consumer sector, are the three highest paying industries in India, according to LinkedIn, which has just done a salary study for the first time in the country based on data on its platform.
Publication: Times of India
Q2 PC Shipments Rise 20.2% QoQ to 2.71 million unitsedit
Publication: The Economic Times
System on a Chip (SoC) Industry Research Report 2018 with Capacity Production & Growth Rate Overviewedit
A System on a Chip or SoC is a microchip designed for electronic devices and holds all the necessary electronic circuits and parts required for a given system. Growing demand for the consumer electronic devices are need of power efficient devices are driving the market of System on a Chip whereas changing technological environment and government rules are some of the major restraint to the market.
Publication: Web News Wire
India PC Market Grows Over 20% as HP Leads The Wayedit
The traditional PC market in India grew 20.2 percent in the third quarter of 2018, with HP Inc leading the segment with 30.7 percent share and Dell at second spot with 22.9 percent market share, International Data Corp (IDC) said on Wednesday.
Publication: Beebom
Global PCIe Market Insights Report 2018-2025: Intel Corporation, Emulex Corporation, Texas Instrument, Microsemi, Alteraedit
The global “PCIe market” research report has thorough and in-depth research that encapsulates all the important aspects of the PCIe market which can be easily understood for further analysis by newbies as well as industry professionals.
Publication: Share Tech News
Use of Artificial Intelligence in HR opening new vistas and leading to better results: Anna Roy, Advisor, NITI Aayogedit
Speaking at a FICCI conference Anna Roy, Advisor (DM&A, Industry), NITI Aayog said here today that the use of disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) was pervasive in all sectors and verticals. Human Resource (HR) being one of most important vertical is bringing new opportunities to the fore and giving rise to new areas, leading to better results.
Publication: BW People
Micron leads chipmaker losses as demand concerns growedit
Shares of Micron Technology led falls for U.S. microchip producers on Tuesday, driven by a combination of concerns over slackening iPhone demand and a series of brokerage downgrades that reflect a growing technology stock selloff.
Publication: Reuters
Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Learningedit
Professors and cognitive researchers frequentlydepend on test scores to determine how well students comprehend lessons. However,this practice ignores many critical aspects of learning, such as the engaging effect of classroom discussion or interests and motivationsof classroom learners.
Publication: CIOL
Top 10 strategic IoT patterns and technologiesedit
The development of artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, cloud to the edge, intelligent apps, immersive experiences and analytics are a very important piece of innovation improvements developing in this advanced age. Gartner has listed top 10 IoT Trends strategically that will empower business innovation from current scenario till 2023.
Publication: Analytics Insight
Engineering graduates more employable than MBAsedit
Andhra Pradesh has topped the list of states with the highest employability followed by West Bengal and Delhi while engineers continued to be the most employable, according to a nationwide skills survey.
Publication: The Times of India
Data localization will see growth of of data centres in India: Xilinx CEOedit
Chip maker Xilinx is among companies that is bullish on India on the back of the country’s push to global companies to host data of local users in servers here. It also sees a business opportunity to offer its chips to server makers in the country, while hiring more engineers at its R&D facility in Hyderabad, Victor Peng, CEO of Xilinx told in an interview.
Publication: ET Tech
How Technology Propelled Online Mobile Gaming In Smartphonesedit
The telecom industry has seen one of the major transformations in technology in recent years. The last decade has witnessed the enormous rise of online mobile gaming with the introduction of new innovative games almost every fortnight. In the earlier days, the interface of the games used to be simple but difficult to access; but the modern games leverage over the new and smart technologies like smartphones, laptops and tablets.
Publication: BW Businessworld
How firms should attain and manage leadership position in digital eraedit
Leadership is a highly desired attribute that has been revered for centuries and been the hallmark of successful individuals and organisations. For several years now, whenever the topic of leadership has been discussed, the credo of ‘disrupt or be disrupted’ has been debated by every academic and professional practitioner.
Publication: Financial Express
India houses the second largest pool of blockchain developers in the worldedit
India’s software developers are betting big on learning all the nuts and bolts about the fast-emerging blockchain technology. The country is home to the second most number of blockchain developers in the world with nearly 19,627 developers, according to a market analysis carried out by Dappros, a London-based blockchain consulting firm.
Publication: Moneycontrol
What India Can Learn From An Underdeveloped African Nation About Leveraging AIedit
Corruption in India is deep-rooted and enhanced technology and innovative ideas are needed to weed out the menace. In such times, when issues like black money and money laundering are rampant, Sierra Leone has shown innovative ways India can approach this problem. The country, which has seen trade in illicit gems or “blood diamonds” for their role in funding conflicts and perpetuating their civil war, is now using new technology to counter the problem.
Publication: Analytics India Magazine
Most millenial gamers prefer Rs 500 price point; keep a new game for 6 months: Reportedit
Over 50 percent of gamers in India are under 24 years, and are increasing their spend on the latest games in anvil, said a report by digital entertainment firm JetSynthesys. The gaming community in India consists of about 200 million users, which will increase to 300 million gamers by 2021.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Online gaming: All ready to playedit
The online gaming market is India is estimated to be Rs 43.8 billion and expected to touch Rs 118.8 billion by 2021 growing at a CAGR of 22.1%.
Publication: The Hindu Business Line
Hyper Scale Data Centers (HSDC) Market 2018: Company Profiles, Segments, Landscape, Demand and Trends by Forecast to 2023edit
Hyper Scale is can be explained as the optimum distribution of huge data in the environment to access the required information efficiently. The hyper scale data centers are generally adopted by cloud service providers and house cloud-based resources.
Publication: BizWire Express
Cybersecurity Predictions 2019: Trusted Interactions Critical to Fuel Growth for Enterprises and Governmentsedit
Forcepoint launched its 2019 Forcepoint Cybersecurity Predictions Report, with security specialists, behavioral intelligence researchers and data scientists providing guidance on the sophisticated threats facing organizations in the months to come. The report examines seven areas where risks will increase in 2019, with Forcepoint experts taking a deep dive into technology trends and the motivation behind cyber-attacks, so that business and government leaders and their security teams can better prepare to face the new wave of threats.
Publication: BWCIO
IT spending in India to touch $90 bn in 2019: Gartneredit
Driven by digital business transformation initiatives from both private and public enterprises, India’s IT spending is poised to hit $89.2 billion in 2019, an increase of 6.7 per cent from the estimated spending of $83.6 billion in 2018, Gartner said on Wednesday.
Publication: Business Standard
Experiential learningedit
Experiential learning is an emerging tool to fill skill gaps by upgrading skillsets in a modern workplace, says Ashish Gaikwad. As the country is focused on creating jobs through initiatives like Make in India and Digital India, the challenge for the industry is to attract talent with the right skills and improve the skill sets of existing workers to keep pace with the changing demands of the job.
Publication: Daily Pioneer
Jobseekers rejoice as hiring in India jumps 21% in October; this sector on recruitment spreeedit
Online hiring activity in October 2018 recorded an increase of 21% to 2,088 from 1,728 in the year-ago period, on the back of bullish hiring trends in the information technology (IT) industry, according to The Naukri JobSpeak Index for October 2018. The report also said that positive momentum is expected to continue going forward.
Publication: Financial Express
Technology trends that are changing the face of gaming in Indiaedit
In 2015, 66M households were part of the ‘consumption class’ with annual household income greater $4000, which is 27 per cent of India’s total households. The consumption class will rise to 53 per cent of total households in 2025, implying a mammoth 800M+ individuals belonging to the consumption class with access to smartphones and improving data speeds that augurs well for gaming in all forms — PC, Mobile and even AR/VR. Let’s look at some of the emerging technology trends that are changing the face of gaming in India.
Publication: Deccan Chronicle
Artificial Intelligence to create challenges for policymakers in future: WIPO DGedit
Growing use of Artifical Intelligence will create challenges for the policy makers dealing with intellectual property rights in the times to come, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry said Tuesday.
Publication: The Economic Times
Outlook & Priorities 2019edit
As we sign out of this year and step into 2019, what is in store for supply and demand side of IT? Here we present insights from prominent leaders from the tech industry who share their strategy and roadmap for 2019.
Publication: Dataquest
A look at few key Indian millennial gaming trendsedit
Over half the games in India under 24 years old, and the vast majority are under 36 with most spending 30 hours gaming a month as against about 90 minutes shopping, according to the first edition of the India millennial Gaming Report.
Publication: ET Tech
Mobile gaming 2.0: The next frontieredit
Mobile Gaming has come a long way, from the time of the simple game of snakes in which less involvement and brainstorming was required. Then, in early 2000, Nokia came up with a gaming phone, probably far ahead of its time, the Nokia N-GAGE. But at that time, this concept of gaming did not take off. Circa 2018, and mobile gaming 2.0 has become the rage in the India handset market.
Publication: ET Tech
World’s largest ‘human brain’ supercomputer with 1 million processors switched onedit
The world’s largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does has been fitted with its landmark one-millionth processor core and is being switched on for the first time.
Publication: India Today
PwC India Commits Investment Of 100 Crore For Developing New Tech Solutionsedit
PwC India today announced an investment of INR 100 Cr towards development of digital solutions and is expected to hire 1000 digital technology experts over the next three years, in order to strengthen their capabilities to deliver tech solutions that will help clients address real-world business challenges. This will be in addition to ongoing investments towards innovation, Digital R&D and talent for building new tech-enabled solutions.
Publication: Express Computer
Gaming smartphones penetration to hit 6.5% in India by 2021edit
Riding on the growing popularity of advanced mobile games such as PUBG and Fortnite, gaming smartphones are projected to reach 1.8 per cent of the total smartphone shipments in the Indian market by the end of this year, a new report said on Friday.
Publication: TechGig
At China’s internet conference, a darker side of tech emergesedit
Every year at the World Internet Conference, held since 2014 in the photogenic canal town of Wuzhen near Shanghai, companies and government officials have convened to send a message: China is a high-tech force to be reckoned with.
Publication: ET CISO
Edge Computing Market Projected to Gain Significant Value by 2025edit
Global Edge Computing market is projected to grow at around CAGR of XX% to reach approximately USD XX billion by 2025, Edge Computing as “pushing the frontier of computing applications, data, and services away from centralized nodes to the logical extremes of a network. It enables analytics and data gathering to occur at the source of the data. It is a method of optimizing cloud computing systems by performing data processing at the edge of the network, near the source of the data.
Publication: Web News Wire
Here’s how Indian IT firms are overhauling employee training process edit
When Amit Mehra (name changed) joined Capgemini after earning his degree from IIT Bombay earlier this year, he had already finished one part of his initial learning programme. There were two training programmes — one that started after he joined the IT services firm, and another, even before his first day on the job. “We were given online access to certain modules we had to complete before joining work, depending on the profile we had been hired for,” said Mehra.
Consumer IoT to attract more investments among Internet of Things technologies, says GlobalDataedit
Internet of Things (IoT) is widely recognized by enterprises as one of the most important emerging technologies. Increased levels of investment can be expected across all IoT technology areas in the next phase. However, consumer IoT (ambient commerce) will attract more investments among all IoT technologies over the next three years, according to leading data and analytics company GlobalData. Tech Observer
Xiaomi 13.3-inch Mi Notebook Air unveiled with 3,999 Yuan (~$579) pricingedit
Apart from launching the 15.6-inch Mi Notebook Lite, Xiaomi had also unveiled the 13.3-inch Mi Notebook Air in China yesterday. Even though it is a smaller device than the 15.6-inch Mi Notebook Lite, it is equipped with advanced specs. The compact laptop is fueled by the 8th generation Core i3 processor.
Learning from the expertsedit
RISCing a futureedit
INDIANS HAVE LONG been recognised as significant players in the field of computing. Vinod Dham is credited with the development of the Pentium processor, while Ajay Bhat is known as the father of USB. In spite of having some of the sharpest minds – Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google – none of the Indian techies have been able to create start-ups that can leave a mark in the world of computing. In fact, of the 7,700 start-ups as reported by NASSCOM, only a few have been able to look overseas. But, according to The Print, developments of a team from IIT Madras may change all that soon.
Global Smart Retail Market 2018 Leading Growth Drivers, Emerging Technologies, Segments, Sales, Profits & Analysis and top players like Intel, IBM, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Cisco, Bosch etcedit
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Cloud High Performance Computing (CHPC)Market 2018 Global Trends, Key Vendors Analysis, Industry Growth, Import & Export, Revenue by Forecast to 2023edit
Lately High-Performance computing (HPC) applications have been garnering a lot of attention in the cloud computing world. The cloud HPC offers the benefits of increased computing capability, reduction in capital costs, scalability for critical applications, high flexibility, and faster deployment. Owing to these benefits, cloud HPC finds its application in various industry verticals such as biological sciences, digital content creation & distribution, computer-aided engineering and mechanical design & analysis, chemical engineering, and many other scientific fields. Deployment of cloud HPC in various fields coupled with high adoption among end-users drives the market for cloud HPC.
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Global Market Requirements, Growth, Opportunities, Top Key Players and Forecast to 2025edit
This report studies the global Cryptocurrency and Blockchain market size, industry status and forecast, competition landscape and growth opportunity. This research report categorizes the global Cryptocurrency and Blockchain market by companies, region, type and end-use industry.
Enterprise Artificial Intelligence (EAI)Market 2018 Global Industry Analysis By Size, Share, Growth Factors, Competitive Landscape, With Regional Forecast To 2023edit
The renewed focus on improving artificial intelligence has increased the need for enterprise artificial intelligence market to a great extent. Focused Market reports connected to the information and communications technology sector among others lately have been made available by Market Research Future which publishes a report on this sector. The market for enterprise artificial intelligence is expected to develop at a favorable pace in the forecast period.
Diwali gifting ideas: Top gaming gadgets for the gamers in your lifeedit
Love PC gaming and wondering where to spend that fat Diwali bonus, even if it’s your dad’s? Great! This list is just for you. If you follow our advice to the letter, you’ll go home a very satisfied gamer, albeit one with a vastly depleted bank account.
Top 6 AI Collaborations Between NITI Aayog And Tech Giants In 2018edit
2018 has been a very important year for the adoption of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science in the public sector. The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) had unveiled a discussion paper earlier this year which addresses the national strategy on AI and other emerging technologies in India. Here, the government think tank had identified five sectors to focus its efforts towards implementation of AI to serve societal needs. The five sectors are healthcare, agriculture, education, smart cities and infrastructure, smart mobility and transportation.
How IT firms are trying to plug commute gaps for employeesedit
IT corridors in Bengaluru are notorious for traffic snarls – the city’s frenetic charm is visible on gridlocked roads as commuters’ brave bumper-to-bumper traffic, leading to increasing travel time. There are no readymade congestion busters, but companies are doing their bit to take at least a few thousand vehicles off the road.
6 Tech Giants Who Are Building Robust AI Developer Ecosystems In Indiaedit
The Indian Government has put in substantive efforts to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence in India and facilitate research and development in this sector. Besides the Government’s deep interest in AI applications, there is also a significant increase in this field from across all sectors, particularly healthcare, finance and precision agriculture, said Deepak Garg, director of Leading India according to Equifax. He explained that despite the growing attention around AI in India, the country still lags behind China and the US.
Top 5 gaming laptop deals from Amazon and Paytmedit
As everything becomes more and more expensive, gaming laptops have become relatively more affordable. There was once a time when even the most basic gaming laptops would cost above a lakh and a half, but today, you can get a beast of a machine for that price. However, if you’re on a budget that would be considered tight for a gaming laptop, Amazon, Flipkart and PayTM all have some spectacular deals on some really good machines, all under a lakh. Here are the best gaming laptop deals.
IIT-Madras Develops India’s First Microprocessor, ‘Shakti’edit
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) have designed and booted up India’s first microprocessor, Shakti, which could be used in mobile computing and other devices. According to IIT-Madras, the Shakti microprocessor can be used in low-power wireless systems and networking systems, besides reducing reliance on imported microprocessors in communication and defence sectors.
Artificial Intelligence as a Service market forecast to 2025 explored in latest research: Radiant Insights, Incedit
In 2017, the global Artificial Intelligence as a Service market size was million US$ and it is expected to reach million US$ by the end of 2025, with a CAGR of during 2018-2025. This report focuses on the global Artificial Intelligence as a Service status, future forecast, growth opportunity, key market and key players. The study objectives are to present the Artificial Intelligence as a Service development in United States, Europe and China.
Xiaomi gaming laptops could be launched in India in 2019edit
Xiaomi is one of the leaders in the Indian smartphone arena. Though it debuted with smartphones, it started bringing other devices such as fitness trackers, Bluetooth speakers, smart devices, suitcases and more. Now, it looks like the brand will bring its laptops as well to the country.
Talent crunch in US forces Indian IT firms to hire from each otheredit
Indian IT firms are poaching employees from each other in the US to work on client projects onsite due to their decreasing number of work permits and a scarcity of local talent even as business increases from their main market.
Publication: The Economic Times
Xiaomi gaming laptops could launch in India next year: Manu Jainedit
In a conversation, the Xiaomi Global VP and India MD, Manu Jain, said that this year Xiaomi focussed on bringing its televisions and accessories to India, which were previously exclusive to China. Next year, in 2019, the company will try to bring more of its gadgets here and itsGaming Laptop are on the list, along with some other devices.
Publication: Digit
Want a gaming PC? Here’s how you can build your ownedit
Ayush Bhardwaj, an avid gamer, prefers to assemble his own gaming system as it is more flexible and cost-effective. “Buying every component separately and assembling them manually is not easy, but it is worth the effort as it gives me control over every component that would go into my PC,” he says.
Publication: Livemint
System on a Chip Market 2022: Comprehensive Research Studyedit
A System on a Chip or SoC is a microchip designed for electronic devices and holds all the necessary electronic circuits and parts required for a given system. SoC is used in various electronic equipment’s but the major application areas are smartphones or wearable computer.
Publication: WebNewsWire
The Era of Quantum Computing: How Close are We?edit
After decades of heavy slog with no promise of success, quantum computing is suddenly buzzing with almost feverish excitement and activity. Nearly two years ago, IBM made a quantum computer available to the world: the 5-quantum-bit (qubit) resource they now call (a little awkwardly) the IBM Q experience.
Publication: ELE Times
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BOXER-6841M is a Powerful Solution for Both Edge AI and Machine Vision Applicationsedit
AAEON launched the BOXER-6841M, a box PC built for both edge AI and machine vision applications. The controller is available in six different SKUs, with four AI models featuring PCIe(x16) slots for the installation of Nvidia GPUs, and two machine vision models fitted with a pair of PCIe(x8) slots for frame grabber cards.
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