AMD specific news
AMD Radeon VII GPU gives gamers a bigger playgroundedit
After the not so successful release of the power-hogging AMD Vega 56 and 64, attendees at CES 2019 knew they were in for something special after the company announced that they would rectify that mistake with a new and improved graphics card. This new card came in the form of the new AMD Radeon VII, the world’s first GPU using a 7nm process.
Publication: Moneycontrol
AMD Radeon VII Specifications, Performance Details Revealed in Run-Up to Launchedit
The new 7nm Radeon VII GPU was an unexpected announcement at AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su’s CES 2019 keynote last week, and very few actual specifications and details were disclosed at the event. More information has come trickling out over the past few days, some of which is interesting and some that might dampen the appeal of this new top-end gaming hardware.
Publication: NDTV Gadgets360
Is AMD only going to make only 5,000 units of the Radeon Vega VII?edit
At CES 2019, AMD made waves with the announcement of a new high-performance GPU. The Radeon Vega VII is poised to be positioned as a competitor to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 but at $100 cheaper, priced at $699 (Approximately Rs 49,000).
Publication: PC Mag
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Intel Wants Lisa Su as its New CEO?edit
During the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, we picked up an intriguing rumor circulating among a few C-Level executives that Intel Corp. is pondering the acquisition of AMD. Given Intel’s acrimonious history vs. AMD in the CPU market, common sense says this is an unlikely marriage. Most analysts we reached dismissed it outright.
Publication: EET India
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: IT News Online
Get 25 Percent Off Dell’s UltraSharp Monitors, Plus a $100 Gift Cardedit
CyberpowerPC Gamer Supreme AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 8-Core Liquid Cooled Gaming PC with 8GB Radeon RX 580, 16GB RAM, Dual Storage for $999.99 at Walmart (list price $1589.99).
Publication: PC Mag
AORUS Announces the AD27QD, the World’s First Tactical Gaming Monitoredit
On top of that, the monitor has passed VESA certified DisplayHDR 400 standards which gives users spectacular display quality; With AMD Radeon FreeSync ™ technology, the monitor can provide the most fluent gaming experience to let you enjoy your gaming without picture stripping.
Publication: Indian Noob
CES 2019: AI is changing the world, while PQ Labs is changing the AIedit
For historical reasons, the whole AI industry, and academic research are built upon the graphics card programming model (specifically NVIDIA GPU card, while AMD GPU lacks such software/algorithm functionality). There are other AI chips that follow suit, but they are all using similar AI models and optimization strategy.
Publication: IT News Online
Five gaming monitors that made a big splash at CES 2019edit
Samsung’s new CRG9 super ultra-wide monitor boasts a high-resolution panel, equivalent to that of two 27-inch 2560 x 1440 displays. This ultra-wide monitor runs at a 120Hz refresh rate with AMD FreeSync 2 support. The CRG9’s HDR panel conforms to HDR10 standards, ensuring excellent contrast and colour accuracy.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Competition in news
Intel Wants Lisa Su as its New CEO?edit
During the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, we picked up an intriguing rumor circulating among a few C-Level executives that Intel Corp. is pondering the acquisition of AMD. Given Intel’s acrimonious history vs. AMD in the CPU market, common sense says this is an unlikely marriage. Most analysts we reached dismissed it outright.
Publication: EET India
NVIDIA Releases GeForce 417.71 WHQL Drivers with FreeSync Supportedit
NVIDIA today released its latest version of GeForce software. Version 417.71 WHQL is the first public driver to add support for the new GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card. More importantly, it makes good on CEO Jen-Hsun Huang’s promise to make NVIDIA GPUs, “Pascal” and “Turing,” compatible with VESA Adaptive-Sync (AMD FreeSync) monitors.
Publication: Tech Power Up
$300,000 prize pool for the maiden ESL One Dota 2 e-sports tournament in Indiaedit
ESL and NODWIN Gaming, a subsidiary of Nazara Technologies, have joined forces to bring one of the most popular gaming events in the world, ESL One, to India. The event will be held at the NSCI Dome, Mumbai between April 19 and 21, 2019. Intel will sponsor the event.
Publication: Mint
In CEO Search, Intel Still Hasn’t Found What It’s Looking Foredit
Intel Corp. has been trying to fill the most prominent role in the $400-billion chip industry for more than six months. The company’s board still hasn’t found what it’s looking for.
Publication: Gadgets 360
Partner in news
Qualcomm Refused To Sell Chips For Apple iPhonesedit
It was the talk of the town when Apple decided to ditch Qualcomm’s chips and go with Intel instead. However now, it has come to the forefront that Apple wanted to have Qualcomm chips on their iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR models but was refused a sale by Qualcomm themselves.
Publication: iGyaan
Industry news
Shashi Tharoor moves bill to regulate online gamingedit
Senior Congress leader and a member of parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor, introduced a private member’s bill in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, seeking a regulatory mechanism for the largely unorganised online gaming sector, which has seen the entry of many new players in the last two years.
Publication: The Economic Times
HR analytics is a high priority in APAC, but the adoption is sluggishedit
Human resource function has moved beyond operational to strategic to now data-driven. Extracting insights from data has paved a way into HR functions across businesses. The technology which has become a trend for the last couple of years called analytics helps companies track absenteeism, turnover, burnout, performance and much more.
Publication: People Matters
With US tech workers in short supply, Indian IT starts hoarding talentedit
Indian IT companies have begun ‘hoarding’ employees and subcontractors in the US, ahead of deals in which to deploy them, as a limited number of technology workers is restricting the sector’s ability to win and deliver deals in their largest market.
Publication: ET Tech
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