AMD specific news
AMD-hired Agency in South Korea Teases AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, Ryzen 5 3600Xedit
Anyone looking for an update to their CPU that didn’t quite jump on the Coffee Lake/Zen/Zen+ bandwagon is likely paying close attention to AMD’s upcoming Zen 2 CPUs. The upcoming AMD processors will finally leave the company ahead of Intel in terms of manufacturing process for the first time in years, and will bring about AMD’s new vision for HCC desktop processors in a chiplet design. With the release of Zen 2 set for 2019 (probably around Computex), and its launch being of such importance to AMD, it isn’t that surprising that some promotions/teases are already popping up.
Publication: Tech Power Up
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX and Asus ROG Zenith X399 Extreme Reviewedit
According to AMD, the complete Threadripper mission began out as an experiment. A handful of engineers simply determined to make use of their spare time to discover simply how far they might push the Zen architecture, which was then nonetheless within the early phases of its improvement. These high-performance CPUs weren’t even on the corporate’s roadmaps till the crew made a proposal to AMD’s high administration and acquired their concept greenlit.
Publication: TechXP
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Battlefield 5 – Minor Update Coming Next Week, DICE Addresses Several Known Issuesedit
If you find Battlefield V is crashing post-update and you have an AMD graphics card, updating your Radeon graphics driver will make things more stable.
Publication: Gaming Bolt
Gaming News: Insurgency Sandstorm might be here in 2 days Redit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4440 (3.10GHz)/AMD FX-6300 (3.50GHz)
Publication: SportsKeeda
CCF-APAC 2018 Focus on AI, Hybrid Cloud and Automationedit
Global vendors such as Dell EMC, Lenovo, HP, Schneider Electric , Huawei, AMD, Citrix, Fujitsu and VMware among others – are putting their best foot forward in terms of showcasing their latest and innovative offerings directed towards the channel community of the region.
Publication: VAR India
Xbox Scarlett Planned for 2020 Release Date, Will Use AMD Zen 2 and Navi Tech: Reportedit
It will likely use AMD tech. Specifically it will leverage AMD’s Zen 2 CPU and Navi architecture to deliver games at 4K resolution with 60 frames per second. What’s more is, it’s slated for a 2020 release date.
Publication: Gadgets 360
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Always connected PCs likely in India post 2Q, 2019: Qualcommedit
Qualcomm expects a new range of personal computers driven by its new LTE chipset which ensures Internet connectivity at all times to hit India in or after the second quarter of 2019 and said that it needs to be priced cost effectively – at $600 or below – to be successful in the price sensitive market.
Publication: ET Telecom The Economic Times The Economic Times (In Print)
Intel “Ghost Canyon” High-end NUC Picturededit
Intel plans to put an 8-core “Coffee Lake” CPU into a chassis with no more than 5 liters volume. Detailed earlier this month, the “Ghost Canyon” is a high-end NUC (next unit of computing) desktop which features the company’s premium “Coffee Lake-HR” SoC. This chip features an 8-core/16-thread CPU and Intel UHD 620 graphics, and a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slot.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 7nm SoC with Eight Next-Gen Kryo 495 CPU Cores for Windows 10 PCs Announcededit
Along with the Snapdragon 855 chipset for smartphones, Qualcomm also unveiled a new processor for Windows 10 laptops and PCs on the third day of Qualcomm Summit 2018 in Maui, Hawaii.
Publication: My Smart Price
Taking aim at Intel, Qualcomm launches chip for business PCsedit
Qualcomm Inc, the biggest supplier of chips for mobile phones, on Thursday pushed further into the PC market with a line of chips designed to power business machines. Qualcomm’s “Snapdragon” processor chips historically have been at the heart of mobile phones like Alphabet Inc’s Google Pixel phone and many Samsung Electronics Co Ltd devices.
Publication: ET Tech Moneycontrol News18 Deccan Chronicle Hindustan Times The Asian Age BGR
Intel 7nm EUV Node Back On Track, 2x Transistor Densities Over 10nmedit
There could be light at the end of the tunnel for Intel’s silicon fabrication business after all, as the company reported that its 7 nanometer silicon fabrication node, which incorporates EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography, is on track. The company stressed in its Nasdaq Investors’ Conference presentation that its 7 nm EUV process is de-linked from its 10 nm DUV (deep ultraviolet) node, and that there are separate teams working on their development.
Publication: Tech Power Up
NVIDIA Reveals the Titan of Turing: TITAN RTXedit
NVIDIA today introduced NVIDIA® TITAN RTX™, the world’s most powerful desktop GPU, providing massive performance for AI research, data science and creative applications. Driven by the new NVIDIA Turing™ architecture, TITAN RTX — dubbed T-Rex — delivers 130 teraflops of deep learning performance and 11 GigaRays of ray-tracing performance.
Publication: Gaming Central
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Lenovo V330 Review | NDTV Gadgets360.comedit
We’ve often felt that Lenovo is lacking out on an enormous market by not promoting its skilled ThinkPad laptops extra extensively in India and at extra cheap costs. While many fashions can be found in retail, workplaces that purchase in bulk get higher costs and extra decisions in terms of options and specs. That ignores an enormous variety of potential consumers – college students, freelancers, startups, the BYOD crowd, and even simply atypical house customers who prioritise productiveness over fashion or leisure.
Publication: TechXP
Dell Inspiron 7572 Review: Aims to be an all-rounderedit
A laptop is not an impulse purchase like a smartphone. It is something you purchase once, and probably don’t look back for at least next three to four years. The PC market maybe on a decline as more consumers use their phone as primary computing device.
Publication: BGR
Industry news
Life lessons learned from gamingedit
Crediting his ability to think outside the box and on his feet to gaming, Ashwin N feels that gaming has helped him in many ways. The 26-year-old engineering graduate, currently working as a senior quality analyst in Costrategix Technologies in Bengaluru, started his gaming journey with Dave and Prince Megahit.
Publication: The New Indian Express
Indian gaming industry is on a boom. These numbers are proofedit
The overall gaming industry in India, pegged at Rs 5,540 crore (FY19), is poised for high growth, with a likely 22.1% CAGR taking it to Rs 11,880 crore by 2023, as per KPMG India. Both Indian and international gaming players are now eyeing the space in India. Consider how Ronnie Screwvala’s U-Sports hosted a gaming convention early this year.
Publication: Financial Express
IGDC 2018 announces awards for innovative Indian game IP creatorsedit
The India Game Developer Conference (IGDC) announced 5 winners under different categories for creating original Indian Game IP’s at the just concluded 10 th anniversary edition of IGDC Conference competition held during December 4-6 at Indiajoy 2018 Media and Digital Entertainment Expo in Hyderabad.
Publication: Times of India Telangana Today International Business Times
Hackathons to hire top talent growing steadily: reportedit
In a quest for good talent, use of hackathons across industries including technology and IT, manufacturing among others is growing steadily, with42 per cent companies conducting such events at least once a year, according to a report.
Publication: Business Standard
Umbrellas & LCDs to Microchips Made in China’s Going High Endedit
US sought the arrest of the CFO of Chinese tech giant Huawei for alleged violations of American sanctions of Iran, but commentators have pointed out that the move is backlit by the Donald Trump administrations’ crackdown on Chinese companies over suspected US intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers.
Publication: The Times of India
IIT-M sees record offers in Phase I of placement seasonedit
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), has recorded the highest number of offers it has received in the first phase of placement season which concluded Saturday. As many as 888 offers were made by 195 companies, including the 136 pre-placement offers, taking the total number of offers to 1,024, a press release said.
Publication: The Hans India
Nasscom meet to focus on CSR trends in IT industryedit
Indian IT industry apex body’s social arm Nasscom Foundation will host a conference here on December 10-11 to discuss corporate social responsibility (CSR) trends in IT industry. “The CSR Leadership Conference will discuss innovative approaches to CSR and help create a roadmap to a new, developed and inclusive India,” the Nasscom Foundation said in a statement here.
Publication: Vishva Times
IIT Kharagpur sets record: 1,000 offers in 6 days; 20% more than last yearedit
Led by Information Technology (IT) and core companies, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) has clocked 1000 job offers in record time of merely six days this year. At the end of the sixth day of the final placement process that began on December 1, IIT-KGP had bagged in all 1012 offers from 112 companies.
Publication: CNBC TV18
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