Epic’s Unreal Engine (Unity’s main competitor), received official ray tracing support earlier in the 4.22 preview build for both low-level and high-level operations. During yesterday’s post-earnings conference call, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang proclaimed this as very big news for the future adoption of ray tracing technology in games.

Publication: TechQuila

So far we have seen numerous leaks on the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, some of them could turn out to be actually true, some were confirmed wrong. But we had never seen any leaked benchmark score for the GTX 1660 Ti, until now.

Publication: TechQuila

The Spectre range comprises HP Spectre Folio and HP Spectre x360, with Folio being the world’s first leather convertible PC. Two new laptops have been launched in the Indian market by HP India. These are the HP Spectre Folio and the HP Spectre x360. Both these laptops should be considered high-end machines with their prices ranging from Rs 1.3 lakh to 2 lakh approximately.

Publication: Click IT News

In an accident, Intel published the specifications for the 9th generation Core series H processors for a brief period of time. The Core i9-9980HK will be the flagship model, but will also be the only overclockable mobile processor. The Core i9-9980HK processor has 16 MB L3 cache on-boards and reaches a feisty 5 GHz. The non-overclockable i9-9880H has as much L3 as the previous model reaches 4.8 GHz.

Publication: The Asian Age ; Deccan Chronicle

US-based chip giant Intel Corporation, which has been shopping for new technologies and skilled talent, has quietly snapped up Hyderabad-based startup Ineda Systems, a low-key fab-less semiconductor product company, for an undisclosed amount.

Publication: The Times of India

Intel released earnings last week. It beat expectations on the bottom line, but it missed big on the top line and the outlook was dismal. Looking under the covers, the company is a mess. The expected CEO announcement didn’t occur. AMD’s earnings are expected to be very strong, and AMD just made some organizational changes that suggest an increase in its competitive attack.

Publication: NewsR

Every few years there comes along a game that does a little more than its peers. Successful games that make an impact create ripples that draw players to it and the natural progression from here is to the creation of forums, mods and heated discussion among its fanbase about strategy, Easter eggs, and the usual paraphilia.

Publication: Gizbot

After the successful EIP1 and EIP2 (External Internship Programs), Inkers, begins its EIP3 Program, designed especially for the Working professionals, on Machine Learning for Deep Neural Networks, open for learners from all domains. EIP 3.0, now powered by NASSCOM’s CoE IoT & AT and NVIDIA, begins enrolment on www.inkers.ai/eip3.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Of late, ASUS has shown that the brand is not afraid of taking risks and the ZenBook 15 Pro is a clear example of this approach. However, as you might imagine, implementing a design with dual displays on a laptop doesn’t just result in an attractive product, but also ends up digging a deep hole in the customer’s pocket.

Publication: 91Mobiles

Leaked images of MSI’s upcoming GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics cards show a redesign of their high-tier offerings. As we’ve already covered, it seemsn that NVIDIA’s GTX 1660 Ti will be the NVIDIA silicon with most partner custom designs and SKUs, and for good reason – it’s expected this card will succeed the GTX 1060 in terms of popularity in the mainstream gamer market.

Publication: Tech PowerUp

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $476.7 billion in 2018, a 13.4 per cent increase from 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Memory strengthened its position as the largest semiconductor category, accounting for 34.8 per cent of total semiconductor revenue, up from 31 per cent in 2017, the global research and advisory firm added.

Publication: My Mobile

Video editing is a tiring job and requires a lot of precision. It takes the right software and hardware to get that exact product you had been aspiring to have. Whatever skill level you’re at, we’ve got an option for you below – from high-powered Macs and Windows PCs through to Chromebooks and budget video-editing laptops.

Publication: The Times of India

Electronic Arts (EA) is aiming to reproduce the success of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) and Fortnite with its latest game, Apex Legends. Within seven days of its launch, Apex Legends has signed up 25 million gamers, a milestone Fortnite took about two weeks to accomplish.

Publication: Hindustan Times

The PC market is a varied one, with longstanding competition fuelled by AMD, NVIDIA and Intel. This also means that the end consumer has a bevy of options to choose from while building a PC. If users are not going to use to PC for heavy loads such as video editing or gaming at ₹4,000 resolution, it becomes impractical to spend a lot of money on the build. This is where the budget PC market comes in.

Publication: Analytics India Magazine