AMD specific news
AMD to introduce Ray Tracing while Nvidia incorporates FreeSyncedit
As AMD’s CES 2019 press conference wrapped up a few days ago, CEO Lisa Su engaged with the press in a Q&A session published by PC World, where she talked about the company’s future plans for Ray Tracing.
Publication: TechQuila
AMD to Drop 7nm Bombs at CESedit
AMD President and CEO Lisa Su took to the stage at CES to give what some analysts suggested was the most important appearance by AMD at a tradeshow since a keynote at the now-defunct Comdex by then-CEO Hector Ruiz in 2002. She did not disappoint.
Publication: Financial Express TechnoSports
CES 2019: AMD shows off 3rd-gen Ryzen desktop processor, to debut mid-yearedit
Chipmaker AMD unveiled its third-generation Ryzen desktop processor at the ongoing CES 2019 event in Los Angeles. The company President and CEO Lisa Su announced that the processor will launch in mid-2019.
Publication: Deccan Chronicle The Asian Age
AMD Unveils World’s First 7nm Gaming GPU!edit
AMD has unveiled AMD Radeon VII,the world’s first 7nm gaming graphics card. It was designed to deliver exceptional performance and amazing experiences for the latest AAA, esports and Virtual Reality (VR) titles, demanding 3D rendering and video editing applications, and next-generation compute workloads.
Publication: Voice & Data
AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su Reveals Coming High-Performance Computing Inflection Pointedit
AMD highlighted historic leaps in computing, gaming and visualization technologies expected in 2019 based on a combination of leading-edge 7nm technology and the most advanced computing and graphics designs the company has ever created.
Publication: Cell IT
AMD CTO Mark Papermaster Confirms 7 nm Lineup Refresh for 2019edit
AMD’s CTO Mark Papermaster, in an interview with TheStreet, confirmed AMD’s plans with 7 nm for their graphics offerings are just beginning with Radeon VII. When inquired on AMD’s plans for their graphics division, Papermaster said that “What we do over the course of the year is what we do every year. We’ll round out the whole roadmap.” he then added that “We’re really excited to start on the high-end… you’ll see the announcements over the course of the year as we round out our Radeon roadmap.”
Publication: Tech Power Up
AMD brand mentions
Apple should drop Intel for AMDedit
Rumor has it that Apple is planning to produce its own CPUs and GPUs for Macs. Those T2 processors we have today are just a tiny first step—the big leap is to take something like the A12X and build a MacBook around it. It makes sense from the perspective of both power-to-performance ratio and a cost-to-performance ratio.
Publication: Computerworld
Hybrid Processors are the future of computingedit
While Intel and AMD were outdoing each other at CES 2019 by announcing their respective 10nanometer (nm) and 7nm processors, both companies also introduced hybrid processors that may change the future of computing forever.
Publication: Deccan Chronicle The Asian Age
Five major trends at CES 2019edit
Both Intel and AMD had announcements on its processor lineup. While Intel finally announced its 10 nm plans sporting the Sunny Cove architecture along with additions to its 9th Gen Core series lineup, AMD launched its Ryzen 3000 series mobile processors aka APUs – these are still on the 12 nm manufacturing process though. PCs based on these processors are coming towards the end of 2019. The AMD Athlon brand is also making a comeback in the mainstream laptop space and Ryzen should be seen in high-end laptops this year as well.
Publication: Firstpost
Building a high-end gaming desktopedit
As with our previous guides, there are four potential avenues to pick from when it comes to the CPU and GPU: an AMD/ AMD combination, an Intel/ AMD combination, an AMD/ Nvidia combination and an Intel/ Nvidia combination.
Publication: Deccan Herald
10 Innovations from CES 2019edit
The Yoga A940 is equipped with an 8th-gen Intel Core i7 processor, AMD Radeon RX 560 discrete graphics, upto 31 GB RAM, upto 512GB solid state drive or 2TB hard drive storage.
Publication: The Times of India
Artificial Intelligence trends and predictions to watch out for this 2019edit
In near future, chip manufacturers such as Intel, ARM, NVIDIA, MediaTek, AMD, and Qualcomm will make specialized AI enabled chips to speed up the execution of an application.
Publication: ABP News
Mother Lode! The Hottest Motherboards From CES 2019edit
The two major PC-tech trade shows, CES and Computex, tend to be the venues at which Intel and AMD launch new CPU platforms. And that usually means, at the same time, motherboard makers roll out fresh motherboards based on a new supporting chipset or chipsets.
Publication: PC Mag
CES 2019 Proves AI and 5G Will Transform the Futureedit
The CES 2019 keynote stage featured some of the biggest names in tech, including AMD, AT&T Communications, IBM, LG and Verizon. CTA released its 2019 International Innovation Scorecard grading countries on how well they support innovation, and announced it will invest $10 million in venture firms and funds focused on women, people of color and other underrepresented startups and entrepreneurs.
Publication: Digital Conqueror Social News
Competition in news
Apple should drop Intel for AMDedit
Rumor has it that Apple is planning to produce its own CPUs and GPUs for Macs. Those T2 processors we have today are just a tiny first step—the big leap is to take something like the A12X and build a MacBook around it. It makes sense from the perspective of both power-to-performance ratio and a cost-to-performance ratio.
Publication: Computerworld
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition Reviewedit
Traditionally, the “60” variant in an Nvidia GPU lineup has stood for value. It bests or competes with the “70” variant of the last generation GPU line at a significantly lesser price.
Publication: PC Mag
Qualcomm’s attack on Apple’s ‘exclusive’ chip supplier Intel backfires in FTC trialedit
Qualcomm Inc.’s lawyers saw a chance to score some points in a government antitrust case against the chipmaker by making an example of rival Intel Corp. as a company accused of abusing its dominance of an industry. They were wrong.
Publication: Financial Express
The Stuff CES 2019 Gadget Awardsedit
Last year, Nvidia’s RTX graphics cards were met with a mooted response. They were really expensive and developers weren’t ready to utilise the new features of the card. Sure, ray tracing looked cool, allowing game makers to create really impressive lighting and reflections, but it just wasn’t in many games so there wasn’t reason to upgrade.
Publication: Stuff
The Story Of Intel’s Ajay Bhatt, Who Invented The USB That We Use Everydayedit
There’s no shortage of famous Indian names in technology — the CEOs of Google, Microsoft and Adobe are all Indian, and Indian CTOs are scattered across Silicon Valley. But there are some Indians who’ve invented tech products that we use every day — and they aren’t nearly as well known as their high-flying CEO counterparts.
Publication: Office Chai
Intel, Alibaba to develop sports solutionedit
Intel and Alibaba announced that they are teaming to develop athlete tracking technology powered by artificial intelligence (Al) that is aimed to be deployed at the Olympic Games 2020 and beyond.
Publication: The Morning Standard
Partner in news
Asus TUF FX505 review: Latest Intel processor and sturdy build make this a dependable gaming laptopedit
Asus is one of the very few brands in India that focuses on the gaming segment more than anyone else. Their ROG series of laptops are popularly known to be the choice of hardcore gamers, with several gamer-friendly features. The TUF series offers a more no-nonsense approach to PC gaming at relatively affordable prices.
Publication: India Today
Industry news
Bucking skills’ shortage, attrition, Indian IT industry goes digitaledit
Embracing disruptive technologies to stay ahead of the curve, the buoyant Indian IT industry made digital business its growth driver in 2018, despite facing a shortage of skills and double-digit attrition.
Publication: The Economic Times
Take a look at top hiring trends of 2019edit
The year 2018 saw the steady uptrend in the hospitality sector. The continued strong growth rates in foreign tourist arrivals and airline passenger movement coupled with muted supply growth contributed to the growth. The settling down of business sectors to all the new initiatives rolled out in 2018 and growing demand from the domestic market segment added further impetus.
Publication: India Today
Amazon plans to build its own gaming service: Reportedit
Amazon is reportedly looking at grabbing a share of the gaming market with its own streaming service. The e-commerce giant is looking to build an online gaming service. The company is in talks with publishers about potential titles for the service. However, the service is unlikely to be ready for launch until next year, Mashable reported.
Publication: Hindustan Times Business Standard
PC Lesson for the smartphone industryedit
The end of easy growth in PCs forced Microsoft, computer chip makers, PC hardware vendors and others to think harder about innovation.
Publication: Financial Express
The Technology leap in the gaming industry in 2018edit
India has always been upfront in embracing the innovative creations and consuming limitless trends! The bigger the market size, the higher the consumption rate. Since technology and gaming go hand in hand, the gaming industry has aced the technology trends to surprise individuals.
Publication: Animation Xpress
Gadget trends at CES 2019edit
CES is the world’s biggest tech expo and it just wrapped up last week. Though it had all the vapourware and quirky gadgets we’ve come to expect from the annual coming together in Las Vegas, the show also threw up key products and big trends we should expect this year.
Publication: The Telegraph
Verizon ready to roll out its own cloud gaming service to counter Netflixedit
Verizon had been quietly working on its own cloud gaming service which is now ready to hit the shore. Verizon Gaming is already running in alpha mode on Nvidia Shield and will soon be up on the Android platform. The service will mark the US carrier’s new move into the gaming industry and showcase its 5G broadband for both in-home and on-the-go.
Publication: The Hans India
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