March 2019

Stories

AMD specific news
AMD brand mentions
Competition in news
Partner in news
Industry news

Category	Stories
AMD specific news	60
AMD brand mentions	110
Competition in news	83
Partner in news	63
Industry news	55

AMD specific news

Semiconductor company AMD looking to ramp up engineering team in India (Proactive)

Semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is looking to strengthen its India team, with focus on building teams to work on artificial intelligence and wireless technology, says Ruth Cotter, senior vice-president of worldwide marketing, human resources and investor relations at the Santa Clara, California-headquartered company. In an interview with ET, Cotter says the company is also looking to increase the number of women engineers in an effort to strengthen its diversity numbers.

Publication: The Economic Times

Semiconductor company AMD looking to ramp up engineering team in India (PROACTIVE)

Publication: The Economic Times

AMD Releases a White Paper on “Intel Tax”

AMD called out Intel saying their server line is filled with self-imposed, designed-in performance bottlenecks that affect real-world results. The company also shows how you can avoid the Intel tax in the paper (by opting for their Epyc chips instead).

Publication: Techquila

AMD Stocks Move Into Risky Zones, Courtesy of Google Stadia

One of the most recent markets trends has seen Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) stocks rise up with a very healthy rate. There is also a good reason behind this upshoot but there’s always some subtext attached with the market regarding the tech world. When it comes to tech stocks, there are a number of aspects that have the potential to cause movement in the market. News tends to be one of the biggest reasons for the movement.

Publication: Techquila

AMD Navi 20 GPU to feature Ray Tracing and Enhanced GCN Architecture

We are still a few months away from getting our first official look at AMD’s new Navi GPU based graphics cards but it looks like we have some new details coming in. There have been many speculations about AMD’s Navi GPU based Radeon RX graphics cards that could be launching in the second half of 2019 and while they are aimed at the more budget-tier audience, details of a second Navi GPU which is aimed at the enthusiast tier have been revealed by RedGamingTech.

Publication: The Indian Wire

Compal Buying more AMD CPUs due to Intel’s 14nm Shortages

Even though a few manufacturers are waiting for Intel’s production to increase, most have moved on to AMD. AMD has taken advantage of this opportunity and introduced CPUs catering to these markets. At CES 2019, it unveiled 2 Athlon A-Series processors for chromebooks. HP and Acer were quick to embrace the new processors.

Publication: Techquila

Google Stadia Will Use AMD GPUs but Not CPUs, AMD Confirms

Google confirmed that its Stadia game streaming service uses GPUs manufactured by AMD at the time of its official launch announcement at this year’s GDC conference. However, the company was not as forthcoming regarding the CPUs that it has decided to use in its Stadia datacentres. The only information released was that the CPUs would be based on the x86 architecture which means that Intel and AMD were the only possible manufacturers. Curiously, the description of a “custom 2.7GHz hyper-threaded x86 CPU with AVX2 SIMD and 9.5MB L2+L3 cache” CPU strongly indicated that Intel is the manufacturer, since Hyper-Threading is an Intel trademark. AMD uses the term Simultaneous Multi-Threading, or SMT.

Publication: NDTV Gadgets 360

Women in Tech: AMD India’s Jaya Jagdish says women should be vocal about pay hikes (Proactive)

When it comes to women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), the numbers do not tell a promising tale. Across the world, there are not only fewer women in science and technology, but those in India are likely to be paid 30% less than men for highly skilled occupations. In an interview to TNM, Jaya Jagadish, India engineering lead and corporate vice president for Silicon Design Engineering at AMD India Private Limited, spoke to TNM about her experience of being a woman in a leadership position in technology.

Publication: The News Minute

AMD Radeon GPUs to power Google Stadia game streaming platform (Proactive)

AMD has announced that its cloud-optimized Radeon datacenter GPUs will power Google’s Stadia game streaming platform, which Google unveiled a few days ago at the Game Developers Conference.

Stadia is a new video game platform, delivering instant access to games on any type of screen—whether it’s a TV, laptop, desktop, tablet or mobile phone. The goal is to make those games available in resolutions up to 4K and 60 frames per second with HDR and surround sound. Google will be launching later this year in select countries including the U.S., Canada, U.K. and much of Europe.

Publication: The Unbiased Blog

AMD Radeon GPUs will power Google Stadia Gaming Platform (Proactive)

AMD has announced the Google selected high-performance, custom AMD Radeon datacenter GPUs for its Vulkan and Linux-based gaming platform. AMD is also supporting Google with its software development tools and Linux-based, open-source Vulkan driver to help game developers optimise future titles to run on the new GPU-powered platform.

Publication: The Indian Gamer

AMD Radeon datacenter GPUs to power Google’s ambitious Stadia gaming streaming service (Proactive)

Google Stadia is the search giant’s latest venture, which lets users play high-end AAA games on a smartphone, tablet, notebook, Chromebook, and an entry-level laptop. Stadia can offer 4K HDR video game streaming @ 60fps and in the future, Stadia will be able to stream games in true 8K resolution @60fps. The only requirement for the Stadia is a high-speed internet connection with low latency. Google will use AMD GPU and CPU to render games in a remote location, which will be streamed like a YouTube video.

Publication: GizBot

Google’s Streaming Service, Stadia is Indeed Powered by an Intel CPU

Yesterday, we covered the technical specifications of Google’s new Stadia streaming service. It promises 4K-60 FPS in modern games although we are pretty sure that it won’t be at the ultra graphics preset. Regardless, the service was announced at GDC19 and it was also mentioned that a custom AMD Radeon Vega GPU with 16 GB HBM2 memory will render the visuals at Google’s data-centers.

Publication: Techquila

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 On Sale For $220 On Amazon

The AMD Ryzen 7 2700 is currently listed on sale at Amazon. You can get your hands on the octa-core processor for just $220. Although you might want to hurry as stocks are limited, and at an attractive price like that, the deal’s bound to expire soon.

Publication: Techquila

<1% Steam Gamers Use AMD’s Radeon RX 580; NVIDIA GTX 1060 @ 15%

As per the latest Steam hardware survey, things are looking rather grim for AMD’s Radeon Technologies Group. AMD’s most popular graphics card, the Radeon RX 580 is apparently being used by less than 1% of the total Steam user-base, 0.94% to be more specific. There is not a single red card with a higher share on Steam’s database, which to be honest is quite disappointing.

Publication: Techquila

EK to Release Vector Series Water Block for the AMD Radeon VII

AMD’s Radeon Vega VII may be hard to find at a decent price, but that hasn’t stopped OEMs from releasing waterblocks for AMD’s 7nm GPU. BYKSI and Alphacool already started selling their respective water cooled solutions a while back, and now EK is also joining the party. EK has also announced new waterblocks for the top-end NVIDIA GeForce RTX cards but’s a story for another time.

Publication: Techquila

AMD Ryzen 3000 Motherboards Leaked by Asus; Based on X570

According to Videocardz, 12 motherboards by Asus have surfaced online which are based on AMD’s X570 architecture. These X570 motherboards will support AMD’s upcoming Zen2 based Ryzen 3000 processors.

Publication: Techquila

AMD Ryzen CPU Sales on Par with Intel in European DIY Markets

AMD’s CPU division has been on the rise ever since the Ryzen processors came out. First, it was the consumer market, then the server market and lastly the mobile PC market has also started feeling the heat. Now, as per a report from Tweakers reports, AMD is catching up to Intel in the DIY PC building space in Europe and will most likely surpass it in the near future.

Publication: Techquila

EK Water Blocks Releases EK-Vector Series Water Blocks for AMD Radeon VII

EK Water Blocks, the leading premium computer liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is releasing EK-Vector Radeon VII water blocks that are compatible with reference design AMD Radeon VII graphics cards. This kind of efficient cooling will allow your high-end graphics card to reach higher boost clocks, thus providing more overclocking headroom and more performance during gaming or other GPU intense tasks.

Publication: Tech Power Up

AMD Radeon™ GPUs and Developer Tools Tapped for New Generation Gaming Platform, Google Stadia

Building on a close, long-term collaboration between the two companies, AMD recently announced that Google selected high-performance, custom AMD Radeon datacenter GPUs for its Vulkan® and Linux®-based Google Stadia. Google announced the platform today at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, Calif. AMD also is supporting Google with its software development tools and Linux-based, open-source Vulkan driver to help game developers optimize future titles to run on the new GPU-powered platform.

Publication: Cell It

AMD Ryzen 3000 “Zen 2” BIOS Analysis Reveals New Options for Overclocking & Tweaking

AMD will launch its 3rd generation Ryzen 3000 Socket AM4 desktop processors in 2019, with a product unveiling expected mid-year, likely on the sidelines of Computex 2019. AMD is keeping its promise of making these chips backwards compatible with existing Socket AM4 motherboards. To that effect, motherboard vendors such as ASUS and MSI began rolling out BIOS updates with AGESA-Combo 0.0.7.x microcode, which adds initial support for the platform to run and validate engineering samples of the upcoming “Zen 2” chips.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Giada Adds AMD Ryzen-Powered DM6 To High-Performance Signage Player Series

Giada, the number one media player brand in the German-speaking region in 2018, is proud to announce the availability of the new DM6 compact signage player. The cost-effective, book-sized DM6 applies the power and performance of AMD Ryzen CPUs and offers 4K video output via four HDMI ports.

This new addition to the Giada high-performance signage player series joins Giada’s Intel-based D67 and D68. Giada products will be on display at booth number 2431 of the DSE (Digital Signage Expo) 2019 from March. 27-28, 2019 at Las Vegas Convention Center, Nevada, America.

Publications: Biz Wire Express

AMD soars to a 5-month high

AMD shares on Thursday soared over 8% to their best level in more than five months as traders continued to pile in following Tuesday’s announcement that Google would be using the chipmaker’s graphics processing units for its streaming-video-game service Stadia. Shares have gained nearly 20% since Monday’s close, but Ihor Dusaniwsky, managing director of predictive analytics at the financial technology and analytics firm S3 Partners, says there’s still no signs of short-sellers running for cover.

Publication: Business Insider

AMD’s CEO was at Google’s big streaming video-game unveiling, and it may hint big plans for the future

AMD was the biggest winner on Tuesday, spiking 12%, after Google unveiled Stadia, its plan to upend the video-game industry. At its developer’s conference on Tuesday, Google formally announced that it would use AMD’s graphics processing units for its new cloud-based gaming platform “Stadia.” The new streaming platform will allow gamers to play anywhere they can access the Chrome web browser

Publication: Business Insider

AMD Ryzen 3000 Processors Receive Early BIOS Support on X370 and X470 Motherboards

With the upcoming advent of AMD’s new Ryzen 3000 Series of processors, it seems manufacturers have already started adding early support to their X370 and X470 product lineup. AMD’s new Zen 2 based Ryzen 3000 Series processors are scheduled to arrive sometime mid of 2019, sporting higher clocks, increased core count and an overall increase in efficiency. The new chips will utilise the spanking new 7nm process technology.

Publication: Techquila

Zen 2 processors support pops up on X470 and X370 motherboards

AMD’s roadmap claims that Zen 2 processors will hit the markets by mid 2019. So going by that, we’ll have to wait about 3 to 4 more months. Meanwhile, in the last few weeks, there have been several leaks, rumours and speculation about the chip’s pricing, specifications and performance. So, our excitement has no bounds. We have another positive piece of news for you. Three motherboard manufactures (Biostar, MSI and ASUS) have released two new updates namely AGESA 0072 and AGESA 0070. These updates, as ASUS explicitly mentions, will improve compatibility with AMD’s ‘upcoming’ processors.

Publication: Gaming Monk

AMD RX 590 gets a huge price cut to compete against GTX 1660: Now available for $220

Nvidia Recently launched the Nvidia GTX GeForce 1660 GPU, which is marketed as one of the best value for money 1080p gaming GPU. Now, just a few hours after the launch of the GTX 1160, AMD has made a huge price cut on the AMD RX 590, which is now available for $220.

Publication: GizBot

AMD Ryzen Memory Tweaking & Overclocking Guide

Over the past two years, AMD has introduced two generations of high-performance processors with Ryzen. Great products based on a completely new architecture with great potential, the Internet is still rife with fears and misinformation when it comes to these products, some of which are misgivings of the brand, while others are related to the underlying implemented technology and the efficacy of performance potential. These misgivings are based on criticism the products faced upon release of the first generation of Ryzen processors.

Publication: Tech Power Up

AMD perplexes analysts with a 12% jump on ‘well known’ news

The biggest move in Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares in seven weeks led to some head scratching on Wall Street. The stock rallied 12 percent Tuesday as Google unveiled its video-game streaming service that will use AMD processors, even though analysts said the chipmaker’s involvement was already known. AMD Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su said during a presentation at the CES trade show in Janua

Publication: Bloomberg Quint

The Division 2 | First Impressions (Proactive)

Anirudh has made an effort to walk the viewers through the gaming experience while putting different skills to use. He says, the game looks beautiful and is using RX 590.

The video has received about 8K views and 175 Likes.

Publication: Youtube (Anirudh Regidi’s – r4gs)

AMD To Power Google’s New Video Game Streaming Service; Shares Up 9%

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) are currently up 9% on Tuesday after Alphabet’s Google confirmed that the chipmaker will power its new game streaming platform. Earlier on Tuesday Google had unveiled a new game streaming platform called Stadia. At the event in connection with the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Google executives said the partnership with AMD will lead to thousands of exclusive custom AMD gaming chips in Alphabet data centers to run Stadia.

Publication: RTT News

AMD has a ‘significant’ opportunity from Google’s cloud gaming initiative

AMD has a “significant” opportunity from Google’s cloud gaming initiative, Morgan Stanley says. In February, AMD revealed that it has been working with Google’s Project Stream, a video game-streaming service it began testing late last year. CEO Lisa Su announced during a CES 2019 keynote that Google’s service is using AMD’s Radeon GPUs.

Publication: Business Insider

AMD Says Not to Count on Exotic Materials for CPUs in the Next Ten Years, Silicon Is Still Computing’s Best Friend

AMD’s senior VP of AMD’s datacentre group Forrest Norrod, at the Rice Oil and Gas HPC conference, said that while graphene does have incredible promise for the world of computing, it likely will take some ten years before such exotic material are actually taken advantage off. As Norrod puts it, silicon still has a pretty straightforward – if increasingly complex – path down to 3 nanometer densities. And according to him, at the rate manufacturers are being able to scale down their production nodes further, the average time between node transitions stands at some four or five years – which makes the jump to 5 nm and then 3 nm look exactly some 10 years from now, where Norrod expects ...

New AMD drivers extend DirectX and Vulkan Support

Well, the move to extend support for Windows 7 seems a bit strange given that Microsoft will end support by 2020. Also, the immensely popular Windows 10 is almost 4 years old with 800 million devices running it. But, in fact, there are more Windows 7 users than one might expect. So extending DirectX 12 support helps AMD to tap into the earlier untouched crowd while providing them with a richer gaming experience.

Publication: Gaming Monk

AMD Radeon VII review (PROACTIVE)

It’s safe to say that Nvidia runs the show in the graphics segment but if you don’t have deep pockets, then things can get a little messy. With a host of options from both AMD and Nvidia, we’ve got AMD’s latest and greatest pixel gusher to level the playground.

Publication: Stuff

Ryzen shine: The little chip that turned AMD’s Indian fortunes (PROACTIVE)

On 9 January, Lisa Su, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), presented her first keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. With 4,500 exhibitors from 155 countries, the world’s biggest consumer technology conference showcased innovations ranging from functional to hedonistic. There was Google and Amazon, of course. And rollable TVs. Self-driving suitcases. Bluetooth turntables. Capsule-based beer brewing machines.

Publication: The Ken PDF (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8) (Part 9)

AMD Radeon RX 590, RX Vega 56 Prices Slashed Amid NVIDIA’s GTX Turing Onslaught

Just yesterday, we posted an article comparing the newly released GeForce GTX 1660 to its AMD competitor, the Radeon RX 590. The GTX 1660 pretty much beats the 590 in every game (at a lower price). It became apparent that AMD needed to either come up with the Navi cards ASAP or further reduce the prices of the existing RX 500 series, mainly the RX 590. And well, what do you know, that is exactly what happened.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD Releases Dual-Core A6 9400 APU For $35

AMD is building on its 7th Gen A-Series line-up of APUs with the introduction of the AMD A6 9400 APU. The chip is presumably being produced by TSMC on the 28nm node. The new “Stoney Ridge” Core uses the Excavator Microarchitecture and comes with 1MB of L2 cache.

Publication: TechQuila

The Division 2’s Newest Trailer Shows Off The Game’s AMD GPU-Specific Features

With The Division 2, Ubisoft has partnered with AMD, and has optimized the game for AMD GPUs. This newest trailer shows us what the game can look like running on AMD graphic cards on PC, as well as several AMD-specific features you can get in the PC version of the game, such as volumetric lighting, global illumination, and strikingly stark high-resolution shadows. Assuming you want the best looking version of The Division 2 possible, it seems like PC rigs running on AMD cards are the way to go.

Publication: Gaming Bolt

AMD Partner Sapphire To Stop Producing Radeon VII, To Wait For Navi

AMD unveiled its first 7nm mainstream GPU, the Radeon VII earlier this year to go against the flagship RTX cards from rival NVIDIA. It’s fair to say that the expectations were high for the Radeon VII, from both the company and the users. Radeon VII was supposed to be the NVIDIA alternative in the high-end market and honestly, it succeeded, to an extent. Sure, the card isn’t as powerful as its direct competitor, the NVIDIA RTX 2080, but it still is a very powerful GPU and has a place of its own in the high-end GPU segment.

Publication: Techquila

Ryzen shine: The little chip that turned AMD’s Indian fortunes (PROACTIVE)

Publication: The Ken

AMD’s latest driver is optimized for The Division 2, supports DX12 in Windows 7

AMD is pushing out a new Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition driver release (19.3.2) for Radeon GPU owners with a few notable goodies, the first of which is baked in optimizations for The Division 2. The Division 2 lands on PC tomorrow, March 15. If you’re planning to play it and own a Radeon graphics card, this is the driver you want. And if you’re hoping to play it and don’t own an AMD GPU, many of the current AMD GPUs come with three free games, including The Division 2.

Publication: PC Gamer

Devil May Cry 5 review (Proactive)

Outrages entrances, corny dialogue and extremely satisfying action – Devil May Cry 5 is a good reason to believe that Rajnikant had a pivotal role in the game’s development. Jokes aside, Devil May Cry 5 is by far the best and the most interesting game in the series. Where Rajnikant runs the show in all his movies, Devil May Cry revolves around three characters each with different play style and personal agendas to defeat the blood-stealing demons. After a very long debate inside a Mahindra Scorpio, we think that Devil May Cry 5’s three characters closely represent Rohit Shetty’s cop movies.

Publication: Stuff

AMD Brings Back the “XT” Moniker with China-specific Radeon RX 560 XT

Back in the glory days of ATI Radeon, the XT brand extension denoted the better-endowed variant among two or more graphics card models based on the same silicon, such as the Radeon HD 2900 XT. After AMD’s takeover, the XT, Pro, XL, and other lesser used extensions such as XTX and All-in-Wonder were retired in favor of numerical variant numbers, beginning with the HD 3870. AMD launched its first overtly XT brand-extended product in close to 15 years, with the China-specific Radeon RX 560 XT, but alas, it’s a lousy re-brand.

Publication: TechPower Up

AMD Ryzen 5 2600/The Division 2 bundle on sale at Amazon

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 along with a free copy of The Division 2 is on sale at Amazon for $154.99. The processor also comes with a Wraith Stealth Cooler. Below you can find its specifications:

6 Cores/12 Threads UNLOCKED Frequency: 3.9 GHz Max Boost. Includes Wraith Stealth Cooler 19MB of Combined Cache. Maximum temperature: 95°C Compatibility: Windows 10 – 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Publication: Techquila

Cloud gaming set to become popular: AMD’s Marinkovic (Proactive)

Cloud gaming is all set to take over the world by storm in the coming years, feels Sasa Marinkovic, Director of AMD’s Gaming Marketing. “Cloud based services not only enable cross platform gaming between PC and consoles, but also allow running games on smartphones. Our recent partnership with Google’s Project Stream would do just that by enabling Google to push the edge of computing through the cloud, allowing PC games on the cloud to be run in data centres and then streamed on the users’ machine Marinkovic told DH in an email interview.

Publication: The Deccan Herald

AMD vs Nvidia – what’s the best add-in GPU for you?

Right now, choosing the best graphics card for your gaming PC isn’t quite so convoluted, though each new generation produced by AMD and Nvidia contains multi-unit releases rather than just one card. Adding fuel to the fiery feud will be Intel’s entry into the GPU arena during 2020 with its Xe add-in graphics card spearheaded by former Radeon lead Raja Koduri.

Publication: Android Authority

AMD Radeon 19.3.1 Driver Introduces Optimisations Dedeicated to Devil May Cry 5

Capcom’s much-awaited action-adventure title Devil May Cry 5 has finally launched and for interested buyers, AMD has good news if you’re a PC gamer.

AMD has officially rolled out the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.3.1 driver, which carries performance improvements for DMC 5. Continuing the story of demon hunters Dante and Nero, AMD’s internal testing with an RX Vega 64 graphics card reveal 4 percent better performance on the new driver when compared to version 19.2.3.

Publication: FirstPost

AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Laptop CPU Coming As Soon As April

There has been a lot of chatter on the internet regarding AMD’s Ryzen 3rd generation CPUs. These 7nm chips based on the Zen2 architecture are expected to bring significant improvements over the current Zen+ lineup, thanks to a better IPC and higher clocks. However, before the Zen2 lineup launches, we’ll be seeing the release of the 12nm Zen powered laptops, and as per a report from WCCFTech, the Ryzen mobile flagship, the Ryzen 7 3750H might hit retail as soon as April.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD Confirms 3rd Gen Zen2 Based Ryzen Chips Will Come in 2019

In a presentation for investors, AMD confirmed that the new 7nm Zen2 based Ryzen 3000 processors along with the 64 core Epyc server CPU will indeed be coming to the market this year itself. The company also detailed their plans for some of the niche PC markets as well such as the Athlon mobile APU and revisited the newly announced Chromebooks.

Publication: TechQuila

Women Leaders Should Challenge The Status Quo: Jaya Jagadish (PROACTIVE)

Women may still be a minority in tech, but as their power rises, so does their responsibility and visibility. Jaya Jagadish, India Engineering Lead and CVP, Silicon Design Engineering at AMD India is one such successful leader who has been instrumental in driving AMD’s India as well as global growth. In an exclusive interaction with CXOToday, Jagadish talks about her career journey, challenges faced by women leaders in the IT industry, changes in the CIO role and how women can make their mark in IT domain.

Publication: CXOToday

AMD Radeon VII – Shooting for the stars (PROACTIVE)

A surprise announcement at CES 2019, AMD unveiled to the world a flagship GPU in the form of the Radeon VII. Based on the Vega 20 GPU, the Radeon VII stood out because of the process shrink as well as the competitive pricing.

Publication: Digit

Bykski Rolls Out Radeon VII Full-coverage Water-block with RGB LED Lighting

Chinese liquid cooling major Bykski rolled out one of the first full-coverage water-blocks for AMD Radeon VII, the Bykski A-Radeon VII-X. This block uses nickel-plated copper as its main material, with a clear-acrylic top. The metal part doesn’t span the entire length of the block, since AMD has concentrated all heat on the Radeon VII through its multi-chip module approach, and hot VRM components surrounding the MCM in close proximity. The acrylic top spans the entire length of the reference PCB for cosmetic reasons. The top is studded with nine addressable RGB diodes that take in a standardized 3-pin aRGB header input. The block supports standard G 1/4″ fittings. The company didn’t reveal pricing.

Publication: TechPowerUp

AMD Patents Variable Rate Shading Technique for Console, VR Performance Domination

While developers have become more and more focused on actually taking advantage of the PC platform’s performance – and particularly graphical technologies – advantages over consoles, the truth remains that games are being optimized for the lowest common denominator first. Consoles also share a much more user-friendly approach to gaming – there’s no need for hardware updates or software configuration, mostly – it’s just a sit on the couch and leave it affair, which can’t really be said for gaming PCs. .

Publication: TechPowerUp

AMD Adrenalin Software Now for Ryzen, Vega (PROACTIVE)

While Nvidia drivers are considered to be more up-to-date and optimised for the latest PC titles, AMD, in CES 2019, had announced the Adrenalin software for Ryzen PCs running on Vega GPUs. The software is now ready for download via the official AMD support page.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle (Bangalore) Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) The Asian Age

Nvidia Vs. AMD: Which Graphics Card Should You Buy?

In the event that you ask a console gamer, they’ll go on finally about the lasting contention between the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro, and which you ought to play games on. Be that as it may, PC gamers have a comparable quarrel: Nvidia versus AMD. Furthermore, regardless of whether you’ve never caught wind of it, the sheer measure of rivalry and advancement that is come about because of this fight is completely astounding.

Publication: SaveDelete

AMD’s Radeon VII GPUs Selling For $850 on Amazon; Out of Stock Everywhere Else

It has been almost a whole month since AMD released their 7nm based Radeon VII graphics card, but their stocks are still empty everywhere you look. The only two places from where you can snag a Vega 7 are eBay and Amazon, where these cards are being sold for $849 or more. This is a hundred and fifty dollars more than the launch price of $699, and despite assurances from AMD’s PR team, there seems to be no end to the shortage.

Publication: TechQuila

Nvidia and AMD Suffering From GPU Oversupply

Now that the cryptocurrency fad is over, Nvidia and AMD have a serious problem lying ahead of them. The GPU vendors overestimated the cryptocurrency demand in 2018 and as a result, there has been an oversupply of graphics cards in the market. This and the ample amount of GPUs sitting in the inventory has led to retailers ordering fewer graphics cards from vendors.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs Prices Leaked; 16 Core 3850X To Cost $560

AMD’s Zen2 based Ryzen 3000 CPUs have been listed yet again, this time by an online Singapore-based retailer and if this leak is anything to go by, seems like the market is in for another exciting year. The Ryzen 3000 series was (accidentally) listed by a Russian retailer a while back and before that by AdoredTV.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD Drives High-Performance Computing for the Embedded Industry with New Customers

AMD arrives at Embedded World 2019 riding a wave of success following the launch of its flagship AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 and AMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000 processors in 2018 that have resulted in new and expanded partnerships with industry leaders like Advantech, Supermicro, Mentor, congatec, IEI, and more.

Publication: Cell IT

AMD Showcases FreeSync 2 HDR Technology With Oasis Demo

AMD is looking to further push the adoption of FreeSync with the release of FreeSync 2 HDR Technology. The primary goal of the new standard is to take what FreeSync already offered including wide variable refresh rates and low framerate compensation and to pair that with HDR for a truly immersive experience. To show off what FreeSync 2 can do while also pushing for broader adoption has resulted in AMD creating their new Oasis Demo.

Publication: Tech PowerUp

AMD brand mentions

Google Stadia, proceed with extreme caution

Google has teamed up with AMD as they jump head first into gaming with Stadia. Their brand new streaming platform that runs on cu stom AMD GPU’s in their data centres to deliver high resolution gameplay to any compatible device like mobile, tablet, smart TV or desktop.

Publication: The Mumbai Age

It’s game on with thee gaming laptops

One of the cheapest gaming laptops available on e-commerce websites is the Acer Nitro 5 AN515-42. This laptop is powered by the AMD Ryzen 5 processor that runs at 2.0 GHz and can be overclocked to 3.6 GHz. The Nitro 5 has a 15.6 inch screen with a full high-definition (HD) display panel, 8 GB DDR4 RAM (upgradable to 32 GB), AMD Radeon graphics card, 1 TB hard disk drive (HDD), backlit keyboard and a battery that can last up to 7 hours.

Publication: Deccan Herald

VES India presents ‘The Making of’ some of the magical work in VFX powered by AMD Radeon Pro

Not only will the presentations furnish an in-depth understanding and perspective with respect to how the VFX supervisors managed to deliver the premium VFX spectacles in the movies but also shed light on the latest technologies by the leading software company AMD that is poised to ease the workflow across studios.

Publication: Animation Express

Nvidia’s upcoming Navi GPU could feature real-time ray tracing support

Nvidia’s domination in the commercial GPU market is still going strong in 2019. According to the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for January 2019, Nvidia GPUs dominate charts with 74-per cent of systems running on the chipmaker’s GPUs as compared to AMD’s 15.34 per cent.

Publication: Money Control

Top five laptop offers under Rs 35,000 that you can avail on Flipkart Laptop Bonanza sale

At Rs 25,990, the Ideapad 330 offers a different processor than the usual array of Intel Core i3 processors. The Ideapad 330 gets an AMD Ryzen 3 processor along with an AMD Raedon Vega 3 GPU. The laptop comes with 4GB DDR4 RAM and 1TB HDD. There’s a 15.6-inch HD LCD display. It comes preloaded with Windows 10.

Publication: India Today

Google Stadia game streaming service maybe using Intel’s x86 CPU, not AMD’s

Google announced its Stadia streaming service at the Game Developers Conference with an aim to deliver access of the games to anyone and anywhere. While it confirmed that the game streaming service uses GPUs manufactured by AMD, the name of the CPU was kept more like a secret. Well, today, also there’s no official confirmation on the name of the company which is delivering the CPU but at least there are hints around that depict Intel is the supplier here.

Publication: Mobile Scout

AMD Radeon Navi 20 GPU Might Support Raytracing

As per YouTube channel, RedTechGaming, AMD is looking to take on NVIDIA in the highest segment of the GPU market the coming year with a supercharged Navi chip. And I mean a card that’ll challenge the Turing flagship, the RTX 2080 Ti. Yeah, I know it sounds a bit hard to believe given AMD’s recent performance in the consumer graphics card market, but what’s wrong with wishful thinking? Absolutely nothing!

Publication: Techquila

Corsair One Pro i180

We’ve only seen numbers like these from the very top-end CPUs on the market with loads of cores, such as AMD’s Ryzen Threadrippers and the most elite Intel Core X-Series chips, like this one or the Intel Core i9-9980XE Extreme Edition.

Publication: PC Mag

BIOSTAR Unveils A68MHE Motherboard

IOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices, presents the A68MHE motherboard for mainstream users. The BIOSTAR A68MHE features the AMD A68H chipset that supports AMD’s Socket FM2+ Athlon /A- Series processors and DDR3 memory. The A68MHE packs two DIMM slots supporting up to DDR3-2600(OC) memory and a maximum capacity of 32GB, more than enough to provide excellent performance for home and office platform.

Publications: Tech Power Up

Dive deep into your game with $30 off Viotek’s 27-inch 1440p 144Hz computer monitor

The monitor uses AMD FreeSync to reduce screen tearing, and it can be enabled to work with Nvidia’s G-Sync as well. The connectivity options include three HDMI ports, DisplayPort, and a 3.5mm audio jack. It’s backed by a one-year warranty and a Pixel Perfect Promise from Viotek.

Publications: Android Central

Google to leverage custom AMD GPU and Intel CPU for Stadia

The search giant confirmed that a custom AMD graphics card would aid Stadia in achieving these results. According to Google, the AMD GPU will feature 56 compute units that provide 10.7 TFLOPs of performance. While performance numbers match that of a desktop-grade Vega 56, 500 GB/s of memory bandwidth is equal to the AMD’s Vega 64.

Publication: Money Control

Here’s how to build your home theatre PC

Building a home theatre personal computer (HTPC) from scratch gives one plenty of options to personalise, and save money. In this case, an Intel i3 or AMD Ryzen 3 processor should be able to do the trick. If 4K video is to be streamed or played through the HTPC, a slightly more powerful Intel i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 processor is recommended. An Intel i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 is better if 4K video is to be viewed. However, it is important to keep in mind one point here.

Publication: Deccan Herald

NVIDIA G-Sync FreeSync supported monitor list grows

At the beginning of this year during CES 2019, NVIDIA announced the company’s graphics cards would support AMD’s FreeSync monitors thanks to an update in the GeForce drivers. This week the company has added more NVIDIA G-Sync FreeSync monitors to its ever-growing list of compatible displays under the ‘G-Sync Compatible’ initiative.

Publication: Geeky Gadgets

GeForce Experience Security Flaw Could Affect PC Gamers, Nvidia Advises Users to Download Update

Nvidia currently has the lion’s share of discrete GPUs across desktops and laptops, with the latest Steam Hardware Survey pegging its install base as slightly over 75 percent, compared to just under 15 percent for AMD. Of course that figure represents gamers, not the entirety of PC users.

Publication: NDTV Gadgets

Gaming NVIDIA Releases DLSS Support For Anthem; Claims 40 Percent Boost In Performance

NVIDIA’s RTX GPUs are based on their new Turing architecture that brought real-time ray tracing to consumers. Ray tracing is a technique used to render lighting in an environment as it should in the real world. This means the environment will be illuminated by the light source and all the light rays bouncing off the objects. And using NVIDIA’s RTX GPUs, all of this will be done in real-time. However, real-time ray tracing isn’t exclusive to NVIDIA’s RTX GPUs, since Crytek recently demonstrated the same on an AMD Vega 56 GPU.

Publication: Firstpost

Big Game Awareness

Advanced Micro Devices, (AMD) is often mentioned for their Gaming chips but they derive too small an overall percentage of revenue from Gaming to be considered a true gaming stock. The same would apply to Intel (INTC).

Publication: Web News Wire

Google Stadia, proceed with extreme caution

Google has teamed up with AMD as they jump wlA head first into gaming with Stadia. Their brand new streaming platform that runs on custom AMD GPU’s in their datacentres to deliver high resolution gameplay to any compatible device, mobile, tablet, smart TV or desktop.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Google Stadia, proceed with extreme caution

Google has teamed up with AMD as they jump head first into gaming with Stadia. Their brand new streaming platform that runs on custom AMD GPU’s in their datacentres to deliver high resolution gameplay to any compatible device — mobile, tablet, smart TV or desktop.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

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Today Only: CyberPowerPC Gamer Master GMA1394A AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Gaming PC with RTX 2070, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD + 2TB HDD for $1099 at Amazon (list price $1469). Today Only: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 12-Core/24-Thread Desktop Processor for $279.99 at Amazon (list price $399).

Publication: PC Mag

Acer Nitro 5 (AMD Ryzen 5) long term review: Casual gaming in a tight budget

The base variant of the Acer Nitro 5 offers AMD Ryzen 5 processor with Radeon RX560 graphics while high-end options include 8th generation Intel Core i5, Core i5+, Core i7, and Core i7+ processors coupled with Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 or GTX 1050Ti graphics and Optane memory technology.

Publication: Gadgets Now

Asus announces 2019 peripherals road map for India

Part of the Asus Expedition series, the EX-A320M-GAMING is an AMD chipset that supports AMD’s Ryzen family of processors, 7th Generation A series of APUs and Athlon CPUs. It is VR-ready and Aura Sync RGB compatible. Positioned as a budget motherboard, the EX-A320M-GAMING will sell for Rs 5,000.

Publication: Digit, APN News, Asian Age, VAR India, Click IT News, Telecom Live, IT Voice, Tech Power Up

ASUS TUF FX505DY and FX705DY gaming laptops launched in India

Powered by AMD Ryzen 5 processor and Radeon GPUs, the new ASUS TUF FX505DY and FX 705DY are officially available across India. While 505DY is 15.6″ variant, the 705DY is a 17″ variant. The FX505DY will be available only on Amazon India, priced at Rs. 59,990. The bigger sibling will be available in offline and online stores for Rs.69,990/-.

Publication: Gadget Detail

Now, game sans console

Several gaming giants are working on cracking this, as it cuts down hardware costs, and eliminates piracy. Google showed off its numerous data centres the world over equipped with hardware created by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to be able to support the demands of gaming.

Publication: The Hindu – Metro Plus

VR headset dives deeper on immersion

To navigate, the Reverb comes with two Bluetooth-powered motion controllers. The headset also has connections for a DisplayPort, a USB 3.0 slot, and 3.5mm headphone jack. However, to use the headset, you’ll need a PC with a powerful graphics card.

For the pro version, HP recommends a system with an Nvidia GTX1080, Nvidia Quadro P5200, or AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 GPU. The pro version will offer a 0.6-metre cable that can attach to HP’s wearable VR backpack, a $2,000+ PC you can strap to your body.

Publication: ET Panache (The Economic Times)

Stadia Will Not Support Game Downloads For Offline Playback, Confirms Google

The service will leverage Google’s massive infrastructure of data centers – that will in turn be powered by a custom AMD chip capable of churning out 10.7 GPU teraflops (for some perspective, the most powerful gaming console in the world, the Xbox One X maxes out at 6 teraflops) – simply put, Stadia is the most powerful gaming ring in the world. Not to mention, the most ambitious.

Publication: Republic World

Nvidia RTX graphics cards to lose their ray-tracing exclusivity

Nvidia’s original message when RTX GPUs first released was essentially “here’s a new feature available exclusively on our new RTX series”. And the gaming world might have been inclined to go with Nvidia’s message of ray tracing exclusivity if not for Crytek’s stunning ray tracing demo running on AMD’s Radeon Vega 56 GPU: Quite the coincidence. Nvidia’s new message seems to be, “GTX owners can also have some ray tracing”.

Publication: Money Control

Asus introduces TUF Gaming FX505DY, FX705DY laptops in India

The major highlights of the new gaming laptops are the new AMD Ryzen 5 3550H processor. The chipset comes with four cores and eight threads. The TUF Gaming FX505DY gaming laptop equips a 15.6-inch Full HD display with a screen resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels. The display features a 60Hz screen refresh rate. The TUF Gaming FX705DY is equipped with a 17.3-inch Full HD display with 60Hz refresh rate.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle, The Asian Age, The Mobile Indian, Techlomedia, FoneArena, CIOL, Firstpost, VAR India, Gizbot, iGyaan, Digit, 91 Mobiles, NDTV Gadgets, Digital Terminal, Mobile Scout, Compare Raja

Samsung Unveils HBM2E Memory for GPUs, B/W Up to 1,64 TB/s

Samsung’s HBM2E memory was showcased at NVIDIA’s GTC19, and considering that AMD isn’t doing too well with its HBM2 based Radeon VII GPUs, it’d be safe to say that this is meant for NVIDIA’s future workstation processors.

Publication: Techquila

Intel Gen11 iGPU Faster than AMD’s Vega 10 in Gaming

Someone recently posted benchmarks giving us an idea of how Intel’s upcoming quad-core Icelake processors, more specifically their Gen11 iGPU will perform in games. This leak is of Oxide’s popular Ashes of the Singularity benchmark. It puts the Intel chip ahead of the Vega 10, but still quite far from the Vega 11 or NVIDIA’s MX130 and 150.

Publication: Techquila

Sekiro: How To Fix Low FPS, Enable 21:9 Support, Crash, Freeze, Black Screen, & PS4 Controller Bug

The first thing you need to do is make sure your PC specifications meets that Sekiro’s Minimum PC System Requirements. The details are posted below.

OS: Windows 7 64-bit | Windows 8 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 | AMD Radeon HD 7950 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 25 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 11 Compatible

Publication: Game Pur

Step up your game with Alienware’s 1080p computer monitor on sale for $276

The Alienware 25 uses a TN panel because these offer the fastest response times. They sacrifice the viewing angles of an IPS panel and the contrast ratio of VA, but if what you’re interested in is competitive gaming, this is the way to go. It has a response time under 1ms and refresh rate of 240Hz. It also has AMD’s FreeSync technology, although it is a bit disappointing the pixel resolution is only 1080p. This would be the perfect monitor in 4K.

Publication: Android Central

UBISOFT Announces PC Specifications Of Assassin’s Creed III Remastered

Minimum Specifications (~30 FPS) Operating System: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) Processor: Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.1 GHz, AMD FX 6350 @ 3.9 GHz RAM: 8 GB Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, AMD Radeon R9 270X (2 GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) Resolution: 1080p Video Preset: Lowest

Publication: Firstpost

Intel to introduce new processors

The computer chipmaker also announced the Intel GameDev Boost is a marketing programme aimed to support the game development community to help them access Intel’s one billion PC gaming systems. This will help the company compete against AMD and Nvidia, which have been running similar efforts for years.

Publication: Telangana Today

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AmazonBasics 3ft High-Speed HDMI Cable (2-Pack) for $4 at Amazon (list price $8.99). SkyTech Legacy Mini AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8-Core Gaming PC with RTX 2070, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD for $999.99 at Walmart (list price $1099.99).

Publication: PC Mag

Intel Xe Graphics Card Design, Gen 11 Graphics, and Control Center Detailed at GDC19

Intel introduced a brand new Graphics Command Center that will go up against NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience and AMD’s Catalyst, although as of now it’s really lacking compared to its competitors. The third and final bit of info was with regard to Intel’s Gen11 integrated graphics processor that for the first time will challenge AMD and NVIDIA’s low-end discrete graphics solutions.

Publication: Techquila

How Google Stadia can change the gaming industry

To begin with, Google has partnered with AMD to create custom graphics solutions for its gaming datacenters, which will apparently deliver up to 10.7 teraflops of computing power. For reference, the Microsoft Xbox One X delivers 6 teraflops, while the Sony PlayStation 4 Pro delivers only 4.2 teraflops.

Publication: 91 Mobiles

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice PC Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

Ram: 4 GB Video Card: NVidia GeForce GTX 760 / AMD Radeon HD 7950 OS: Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 8 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit Sound Card: DirectX 11 Compatible Free Disk Space: 25 GB Dedicated Video Ram: 2048 MB CPU: AMD FX 6300 / Intel Core i3-2100 Network: Broadband Internet Connection

Publication: Gamepur

The Dell 27-inch 1080p monitor has plenty of great gaming features for just $150

This Dell 27-inch monitor has a TN panel with full 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, 2ms response time, and 144Hz refresh rate. The 400 nits brightness level supports a visible display with high contrast, and it uses AMD FreeSync technology to reduce screen tearing. The connectivity options include one DisplayPort, one HDMI, two USB 2.0 downstream ports, and one USB 3.0 upstream. The monitor also has integrated speakers and VESA mounting on the back.

Publication: Android Central

Oculus Rift S $399 PC virtual reality headset unveiled by Facebook

Recommended PC specifications to be able to use the latest Oculus Rift S VR headset : – Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480 or greater or Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater – Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater – 8GB+ RAM Publication: Geeky Gadgets

HP new Reverb VR headset, Envy, ProBook series laptops launched

HP has refreshed the Envy laptops lineup with 8th Gen Intel processors and 2nd-gen AMD Ryzen processors. Alongside this, the company has also launched two new laptops in the ProBook series powered by AMD processors. There’s a new VR headset as well that gets launched alongside the new hardware and it carries the name HP Reverb VR headset.

Publication: Mobile Scout

Intel Teases 9th Gen Core CPUs for Gaming Laptops, Announces New Software, and More at GDC 2019

Next, Intel announced its new GameDev Boost marketing programme and ‘Runs Great on Intel’ certification for game developers. Intel will provide tools including software libraries, performance analysers and tutorials to help developers code their games to run on Intel hardware more efficiently. This will help the company compete against AMD and Nvidia, which have been running similar efforts for years.

Publication: Eaves Rock

ASUS Rolls Out TUF B450M-Pro Gaming Motherboard

ASUS expanded its TUF Gaming motherboard series for the AMD platform with the new TUF B450M-Pro Gaming, positioned above its existing TUF B450M-Plus Gaming. This board features a more upscale CPU VRM design, chunkier VRM heatsinks, a more premium onboard audio solution, an additional M.2 slot, and more fan headers than the B450M-Plus Gaming.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Along with AMD, Intel will possibly power Google’s Stadia

Google has launched its game streaming service, Stadia that will allow people to play AAA titles on their TVs, desktop, laptops, tablets and smartphones. If you’d like to know more, read our main article here. Google has planned to use custom Radeon ‘date center’ GPUs to run the service. The GPUs would use HBM2 memory which will help Google minimize power consumption. Being a ‘data center’ chip the graphics chip has some essential features including Error Correcting Code (ECC).

Publication: Gaming Monk

7 things you need to know about Google Stadia

Those are just early examples, but they show what’s possible here. AMD has developed a custom GPU capable of delivering 10.7 teraflops of graphics performance – compare that to 6 teraflops on the Xbox One X and 4.2 teraflops on the PlayStation 4 Pro. And some games can use multiple GPUs as needed to further boost performance.

Publication: Stuff

Alpenföhn Unveils the Brocken ECO Advanced CPU Cooler

The features of the Alpenfohn Brocken Eco Advanced at a glance:

High-performance CPU cooler rated at with a 170W TDP Four 6mm heat pipes in nickel-plated copper Efficient WingBoost 3 fan in 120mm format Improved RAM compatibility thanks to asymmetric design Compatibility with AMD and Intel Redesigned installation process for easy mounting

Publication: Tech Power Up

HP Inc unveils new security service, powerful PCs

Designed for the modern SMB workforce, HP expanded its AMD commercial portfolio with the addition of the HP ProBook 445R G6, HP ProBook 455R G6, and the HP ProDesk 405 G4 Desktop Mini. Powered by 2nd Generation AMD Ryzen mobile processors, the HP ProBook 445R G6 and HP ProBook 455R G6 notebooks feature an ultra-slim aluminum chassis with crisp lines and clean edges.

Publication: Business Standard, Techquila

Google Stadia – A cloud based gaming service announced: Everything you need to know

The platform is built on Linux and uses Vulkan API. The stadia does all the rendering from a remote location (using cloud computing) with the following specifications. AMD 2.7GHz x86 processor 16 GB RAM GPU with 10.7 Teraflops of performance Up to 484GB/s transfer speed

Publication: GizBot

Apple Refreshes iMac Lineup in India With Two New Devices, Prices Start at Rs 1,19,900

AMD’s Radeon Pro Vega graphics come to the 21.5-inch iMac, delivering up to 80% faster graphics performance. “The 27-inch iMac with Radeon Pro Vega now delivers up to 50 per cent faster graphics performance,” said Apple. With up to 14.7 million pixels, one billion colours and 500 nits of brightness, iMac’s Retina display aims to deliver an immersive experience and the ability to edit 4K video at full resolution.

Publication: Telecom Talk, Live Mint

Google Stadia Specs Revealed – 16GB RAM, 10.7 TFLOP GPU, SSD Storage, And More

Google announced that their hardware uses a custom x86 CPU (which is best for compatibility with PC, PlayStation, and Xbox), with a 9.5MB L2+L3 cache and AVX2 SIMD. They also have a custom AMD GPU with 10.7 TFLOPs of power, HBM2 memory, and 56 compute units; 16GB of RAM, with bandwidth of up to 484 GB/s, and SSD storage.

Publication: Gaming Bolt

Apple announced refreshed 4K iMac and 5K iMac with 9th Gen Intel CPU and AMD Vega Pro GPU

The Apple iMac 4K comes with a 21.5-inch 4k (4096×2304 pixels) retina display, offering up to 500 nits of brightness comes with a starting price tag of Rs 1,19,900. The entry-level model is powered by the 7th Gen Intel Core-i5 Hexa-core processor with AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 GPU. The entry-level model is powered by the 7th Gen Intel Core-i5 Hexa-core processor with AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 GPU.

Publication: GizBot

Sharkoon Unveils WPM Gold ZERO Semi-modular Power Supply Series

RYZEN Compatible and Semi-Modular The semi-modular design enables the tidy and uncomplicated installation of the power supply, and the cables can be selected and installed according to the needs of the user. The exceptions to this are the cables for the ATX and the 4+4-pin CPU connections. The CPU cable supplies optimal power also to high-performance systems. Even PCs with AMD RYZEN processors can be operated without any additional adapters via one of the two PCIe / CPU sockets, which can also be used for connecting to graphics cards.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Dell launches Alienware Area-51m, Alienware m15 and Dell G7 gaming laptops in India

*Enables full support for the Alienware Graphics Amplifier enabling dedicated PCI-Express bandwidth for desktop graphics cards from NVIDIA or AMD

* Thermal control: Alienware’s Advanced Cryo-Tech 2.0 technology platform offers the most robust notebook cooling solution yet moving more CFM of ambient air than any previous Alienware notebook

Publication: Var India

AI in Sports is Likely to be Very Lucrative Market in Upcoming Years

Some of the key players evaluated during the study includes; 24/7.ai Inc., Active.Ai, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc., AIBrian Inc., Amazon Inc., Anodot, AOL Inc., Apple Inc, ARM Limited, Atmel Corporation, Baidu Inc., Cisco Systems, DeepScale, Digital Reasoning Systems Inc., Directly, Facebook Inc., Fujitsu Ltd., Gamaya, Gemalto N.V., General Electric (GE), General Vision Inc., Google Inc., Graphcore, H2O.ai, Haier Group Corporation, Haptik, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., IBM Corporation, Imagen Technologies, Inbenta Technologies Inc., Intel Corporation, InteliWISE, IPsoft Inc., iRobot Corp., Juniper Networks, Inc., Koninklijke Philips N.V, Kreditech.

Publication: IT News Online

RPCS3 Emulator Shows Exceptional Progress in Latest Update Video

Multiple titles have seen tremendous gains thanks to Nekotekina, who managed to approximate Xfloat. This has allowed more games to benefit from the SPU LLVM recompiler which delivers better performance compared to ASMJTT. It also results in LLVM seeing better compatibility with a broader range of titles that before did not run with it or had game breaking issues. They also demonstrated Improvements to SPU cache building with LLVM now being multi-threaded. This change cut the cache build time from 12 minutes and 34 seconds to a 1 minutes 28 seconds on an AMD Ryzen 7 1700.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Principled Technologies Compares VM Migration Between Intel Processor-Based Servers and Between Servers Based on Different Processor Architectures

According to the report, “If your company selected servers powered by the AMD EPYC processor, you would not be able to carry out live migrations between existing servers powered by Intel processors and the AMD processor-based servers. The data center would, in effect, have two separate pools of servers and the mobility of VMs would remain limited for the life of those servers.”

Publication: Biz Wire Express

NVIDIA to Enable DXR Ray Tracing on GTX (10- and 16-series) GPUs in April Drivers Update

Following AMD’s claims on software-based real-time ray tracing in games, and Crytek’s Neon Noir real-time ray tracing demo for both AMD and NVIDIA GPUs, it makes sense in hindsight that NVIDIA would allow rudimentary DXR ray tracing support to older hardware that do not support RT cores. In particular, an upcoming drivers update next month will allow DXR support for 10-series Pascal-microarchitecture graphics cards (GTX 1060 6 GB and higher), as well as the newly announced GTX 16-series Turing-microarchitecture GPUs (GTX 1660, GTX 1660 Ti).

Publication: Tech Power Up

Principled Technologies Compares VM Migration Between Intel Processor-Based Servers and Between Servers Based on Different Processor Architectures

In hands-on testing, PT migrated VMs in a homogeneous environment of servers powered by current and older Intel Xeon processors and in a heterogeneous environment consisting of both Intel Xeon processor- and AMD EPYC processor-based servers. Live migration of VMs in the former environment was seamless with no service interruption, while “cold migration” of VMs in the mixed CPU environment incurred downtime, which would require planning and place a burden on administrators.

Publication: IT News Online BizWire Express

TYAN Showcases New AI Inference-Optimized GPU Platforms with NVIDIA T4 Accelerators at GTC 2019

The Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor-based Thunder HX GA88-B5631 and AMD EPYC™ processor-based Transport HX GA88-B8021 feature support for up to four and six NVIDIA T4 GPUs within a 1U server respectively. Both platforms offer an additional PCIe x16 slot next to the GPU cards to accommodate high-speed networking adapters up to 100Gb/s such as EDR InfiniBand or 100 Gigabit Ethernet. These platforms are among the industry’s highest density GPU servers available on the market and are ideal for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Neural Network workloads. In addition, GA88-B5631 and GA88-B8021 can deploy up to four NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 GPUs for professional visual computing.

Publication: IT News Online

AI in Sports is Likely to be Very Lucrative Market in Upcoming Years

Publication: IT News Online

Dell Alienware Area-51m, Alienware m15 and Dell G7 laptops launched in India: Price and specifications

The Alienware Area-51m comes with full support of Alienware Graphics Amplifier with PCI Express enabled which makes it capable of holding a desktop GPU from either NVIDIA or AMD.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle The Asian Age Gadget Bridge Technuter India Today Cell IT Digital Terminal

Student’s Birthday Present: $1200 Best Gaming PC Build

We built our previous computer on the Intel Core i3 processor, so the “blue” CPU was the first candidate to become the heart of the new system, too. It was the Core i5-8400, but the final choice was different. I looked at the AMD Ryzen platform after my son decided to try himself in computer graphics and video montage in addition to regular gaming. CG rendering and content creation software is optimized to utilize CPU cores and threads more effectively than most of modern games, so we chose the 6-core 12-thread processor – AMD Ryzen 5 2600.

Publication: Tech Shout

Solus 4 ‘Fortitude’ Linux Distro Is Finally Here As A Major Release

Starting with the kernel itself, Solus 4 ships with Linux kernel 4.20.16 out of the box. It makes sure that Intel Coffee Lake and Ice Lake chips are better supported. On the graphics front, Linux 4.20.16 provides better performance with AMD hardware like Picasso, Raven 2, Vega 10 and Vega 20.

Publication: Fossbytes

Alphacool releases new waterblock for AMD Vega VII

Alphacool, a German enterprise which manufactures coolants for silicon microprocessors, has launched a custom waterblock for AMD’s Radeon Vega VII discrete graphics card. This comes after AMD’s decision to let other manufacturers make custom coolers for the card.

Publication: TechQuila

Microsoft adds DirectX 12 support on Windows 7

As for drivers, both AMD and NVIDIA has announced that they will be releasing drivers that enable support for DX12 on Windows 7 for compatible graphics cards.

Publication: GSM Arena

NVIDIA GTX 1660 With 6GB GDDR5 VRAM Launched In India

NVIDIA has launched the Turing-based GTX 1660 Graphics card in India. First announced in February 2019, the GPU chip has 6 GB of GDDR5 VRAM and is a step up from the GTX 1060 GPU chip, which is based on the Pascal architecture. The 1660 series is targeted towards the mid-range GPU sector and will compete against graphics cards like AMD’s RX 580.

Publication: iGyaan

Broadcom Announces Industry’s First Complete Portfolio Of OCP NIC 3.0 Adapters For Data Center And Cloud Infrastructure

“The OCP NIC 3.0 definition is just one example of the power of collaboration to establish open server platforms in the industry, and we welcome the availability of the new Broadcom OCP NIC 3.0 solutions to the ecosystem,” said Raghu Nambiar, corporate vice president and CTO of the Datacenter Ecosystems & Application Engineering at AMD. “With the first PCIe 4.0 products from AMD expected to arrive this year, the ability to support the highest speed NICs from Broadcom in an OCP design will be welcomed by customers of AMD EPYC processors.”

Publication: Communications Today

Devil May Cry 5 plots strong comeback of hack-and-slash games genre (Proactive)

Component Minimum Settings Recommended Settings CPU Intel Core i5-4460, AMD FX-6300, or better Intel Core i7-3770, AMD FX-9590, or better RAM 8 GB RAM 8 GB RAM OS WINDOWS 7, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT) WINDOWS 7, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT) GPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x with 2GB Video RAM, or better Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 with 6GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 480 with 8GB VRAM, or better Disk Space 35GB 35GB Direct X Version 11 Version 11

Publication: Money Control

Nvidia Against AMD: GeForce GTX 1660 vs. Radeon RX 590

Nvidia continues to steamroll through the GPU market with new Turing-based cards, it’s also shoring up a position as the value leader (AMD’s former sweet spot) with cards like the GeForce GTX 1660. Here’s a look at it versus the reference specs of the Radeon RX 590, AMD’s most comparable card. In terms of real-world pricing, though, the GTX 1660 at $219 or a little more falls between most models of the Radeon RX 590 and the older Radeon RX 580.

Publication: PC Mag

HP Envy x360 13 Review

HP Envy x360 13 comes in two variants powered by AMD processors. First in the row is powered by Ryzen 3 processor which is coupled with 4GB of DDR4 RAM and 128GB of SSD storage which costs Rs 63,490. Another one is the Ryzen 5 variant which is paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM and 256GB of SSD storage. Today we are considering the Ryzen 5 variant. There is no option to expand the RAM as there is no free RAM slot in both of the variants.

Publication: Techno Codex

EVGA GTX 1660 XC Ultra 6 GB Review

At $220, the GTX 1660 is built to a cost, and NVIDIA has made sure it has ample headroom to cut costs further in the future if AMD comes out with competitive products in this segment, such as the fabled “Navi.” It is carved out of the same 12 nm “TU116” silicon as the GTX 1660 Ti with fewer CUDA cores and slower 8 Gbps GDDR5 memory replacing 12 Gbps GDDR6. NVIDIA is hence looking to offer a product that’s incrementally faster than the GTX 1060 6 GB and anything AMD has to offer in this segment, which can still deliver on Full HD gameplay with maximum quality.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Digital Storm Lynx

Build it yourself, or go with a prebuilt model? That’s the classic dilemma when you’re shopping for a gaming desktop. California-based specialty builder Digital Storm aims to deliver the benefits of both worlds with its Lynx mid-tower (starts at $799; $1,999 as tested). Designed for serious gaming, it’s offered in four prebuilt configurations (dubbed Levels 1 to 4) to meet most budgets, maxing out with eight-core Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 CPUs and Nvidia GeForce RTX 20-class graphics cards.

Publication: PC Mag

ES Design West Registration Opens

The SEMICON West keynote speaker lineup includes:

Aart de Geus, co-founder, chairman and co-CEO of Synopsys and ESD Alliance Governing Council member. Dr. Lisa Su, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Dr. Jeff Welser, vice president and lab director at IBM Research – Almaden

Publication: Telangana Today

The Division 2 PC Performance Review

The Division 2 system requirements (minimum) OS: Windows 7 | 8 | 10 CPU: AMD FX-6350 | Intel Core I5-2500K RAM: 8GB GPU: AMD Radeon R9 270 | Nvidia Geforce GTX 670

Publication: NDTV Gadgets 360

HP Envy x360 13 Review

HP’s premium laptops have been marketed under its Envy and Spectre series, and today, we’ll be testing an AMD-based Envy x360 13, which was launched in India in late 2018. The x360 13 in the name signifies that this is a convertible 2-in-1, which means this laptop can be used as a tablet too. The model that we have today is priced at Rs. 77,990 on HP India’s online store, and packs in a good set of specifications. Let’s see if it makes the cut.

Publication: NDTV Gadgets

Accelor.io Emerges from Stealth Unveiling Blockchain Industry’s First Hardware Accelerator to Integrate Security, Performance, and Decentralization

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Accelor is founded by a stellar team of hardware engineers who have spent more than two decades developing semiconductors for industry heavyweights Qualcomm, Nvidia and AMD. The company is backed by $2M in seed funding from Chengwei Capital, a $3B evergreen investment fund. Under development for more than a year, Accelor has performed successful live testing, and holds one approved US patent, five patent-pending, and six more ready to be filed.

Publication: IT News Online

PUBG Lite PC update: Stable version with notable enhancements coming to Steam

As for desktops, the minimum RAM requirement is 8GB, paired with 2.8GHz Intel Core i5 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 GPU. Currently, beta version of PUBG Lite for PC allows gamers to play in Erangel map with TPP mode in Solo/Duo/Squads. The stable update will bring other content that will be more appealing to gamers.

Publication: IB Times

Intel Graphics Teases a New Gamer-Friendly Control Panel

Intel Graphics switched gears from being integrated graphics solutions for basic 2D desktop and video, to something that could appeal to gamers. The change appears to have been brought about by hiring of Raja Koduri, who led graphics teams at AMD and Apple. Intel discovered that its iGPUs can play many e-Sports games such as PUBG, World of Tanks, Warhammer: Vermitide 2, etc., and so, the company decided to do more for this segment of PC gamers that still games on iGPUs, beginning with regular driver updates that pack game-optimizations, the switch to the new DCH driver model for Windows 10, and apparently, a new Control Panel app designed for gamers.

Publication: TechPower Up

Dell Inspiron 5480 Review: Best Entry-Level Mid-Range Laptop?

The VivoBook X505, powered by the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, and priced at around Rs 37,000, is an obvious alternative and we can vouch for the Ryzen 5 performance as well. It’s got better graphics performance too thanks to the Vega 8 integrated graphics. If you are wondering this too had a spinning HDD. The Asus VivoBook S14 series starts at Rs 54,990, which is still cheaper than the Dell Inspiron 5480 after GST. It offers an SSD and a similarly bright display as we saw in our review. Plus it does have a unique ErgoLift hinge for improved typing.

Publication: BeeBom

ATP Prevents DDR3 Supply Shortage with New Own-Built DDR3 8 Gbit Components and Modules

ATP is also authorized to manufacture SDR/DDR DRAM modules for Micron customers unable to migrate, as well as selected legacy DRAM modules specifically for customers using AMD Embedded/Geode platforms. With ATP providing 8 Gbit components for DDR3 memory modules, the company reaffirms its commitment to continue supporting legacy memory requirements to maximize customers’ return on infrastructure investments.

Publication: India Online

Intel Currently in Trouble With 14nm CPU Shortage

On the other hand, there has been a boost for AMD’s low-end laptop sales adding salt to Intel’s wounds. The stats shared by Mercury Research show a sharp increase in team red’s market share. Intel has also announced that their 10nm Ice Lake processors will begin mass production from Q3 2019. However, Digitimes research claim that Intel is currently having issues in the mass-production schedule. These shortages may prompt Intel to shift directly 7nm process henceforth.

Publication: Techquila

Intel to Refresh its LGA2066 HEDT Platform This Summer?

Intel is rumored to refresh its high-end desktop (HEDT) platforms this Summer with new products based on the “Cascade Lake” microarchitecture. Intel now has two HEDT platforms, LGA2066 and LGA3647. Elsewhere in the industry, and sticking with Intel, we’ve known since November 2018 of the existence of “Comet Lake,” which is a 10-core silicon for the LGA1151 platform, and which is yet another “Skylake” derivative built on existing 14 nm process. This chip is real, and will be Intel’s last line of defense against AMD’s first 7 nm “Zen 2” socket AM4 processors, with core-counts of 12-16.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Metro Exodus review

WELCOME TO PC MASTER RACE

Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X; Liquid cooled by Corsair H115i RGB Platinum

GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti

Motherboard: Asus PRIME X399-A

RAM: 32GB of Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB

CPU Case: Corsair Obsidian 500D RGB

Keyboard: Kingston HyperX Alloy Elite RGB

Publication: Stuff

HP Envy x360 review: a compact 2-in-1 that tries to do too much, and mostly succeeds

“Intel inside” has become more than a marketing slogan. While the tagline was created back in 1991, it still seems to work well as a seal of approval for deciding which PC or laptop to buy. That’s not to say that the California-based chipmaker doesn’t face any competition (of course, on the mobile side, Intel has left the turf open for the likes of Qualcomm and MediaTek). AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) has been trying to rival Intel’s chips for a long time, and its latest Ryzen processors comes quite close. Perhaps that’s why quite a few laptop makers are opting for AMD’s Ryzen chips.

Publication: 91 Mobiles

Cooler Master Unveils TR4 Edition Variants of MasterLiquid ML RGB Series AIO Coolers

Cooler Master unveiled TR4 Edition variants of its MasterLiquid ML RGB line of all-in-one liquid CPU coolers, which include the ML240 RGB TR4 Edition and the ML360 RGB TR4 Edition. As the names suggest, these coolers support AMD socket SP3r2 aka TR4, and are designed for Ryzen Threadripper processors. The ML240 RGB TR4 Edition with its 240 mm x 120 mm radiator is recommended for models with 180W TDP, while its bigger sibling with a 360 mm x 120 mm radiator is recommended for 250W models, including the 32-core Threadripper 2990WX.

Publication: Tech Power Up

ASUS Vivo Book X505 – Full Review , Specifications , Performance and Pricing

Now let’s get to the real meat of the ASUS Vivo Book X505. The machine we received for review is powered by the Intel’s 6th generation Core i5 clocked at 2.0GHz with AMD Ryzen 5 2500U. There is also 8GB of RAM onboard and felt like a little on the lower side. The motherboard on the X505 features a singular RAM DIMM and allowing you to upgrade to 8GB of RAM. Our review unit also had a 1TB internal drive spinning at 5400rpm, but there is an m.2 slot on the motherboard which will allow you to use an NVMe based SSD (max 256GB) to speed up the system.

Publication: Hashtag Gadgetz

Microsoft Warns About WIN10 Upgrade

Windows 10 has once again landed in controversy. The latest update for Windows 10 (patch KB4482887) has damaged gaming performance on the platform across both Nvidia and AMD GPUs, according to AskWoody. After confirming the problem, Microsoft issued an official warning about the update and assured that it is working on a fix. After installing KB4482887, users may notice graphics and mouse performance degradation with desktop gaming when playing certain games (eg: Destiny 2),as explained Microsoft.

Publication: The Asian Age

Respawn banned 350,000 Apex Legends cheaters/hackers

Respawn has declared a full-fledged war against Apex Legends hackers/cheaters. In a Reddit post, Respawn community manager Jay Frechette announced they had banned 350,000 Apex Legends cheaters through Anti-Easy-Cheat alone on PC. After Nvidia, Respawn will visit AMD next week to work upon the stability and performance issues on PC. They will also release a patch for PC to address some issues. “In the next client patch on PC we will be addressing some of the known crashes, but there will still be work to do as we haven’t nailed down all crashes yet.”

Publication: Vo Story

Devil May Cry 5 PC Performance Review

Devil May Cry 5 PC system requirements (minimum)

OS: Windows 7 (64-bit required) Processor: Intel Core i5-4660, AMD FX-6300, or better Memory: 8GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760, AMD Radeon R7 260x with 2GB RAM, or better DirectX: Version 11

Publication: NDTV Gadgets

Best Graphics Cards for Apex Legends: 14 GPUs Tested

Dedicated graphics is a near-must if you want to play Apex Legends at a competitive level (Nvidia certainly agrees, according to this research, though there just might be a vested interest there!), without dialing down settings far enough to be a nuisance. Here at PC Labs, I have access to a library of all the late-model video cards from AMD and Nvidia. So, I figured: Hey, Apex party! I put the game through its paces to see the rough frame rates that gamers can expect from samples of the top graphics cards on store shelves today.

Publication: PC Mag

Top gaming laptops in India under Rs 50,000 that all gamers can look out for

The Dell Vostro 3578 Laptop is powered by the 8th Intel Core i5-8250U processor ideal for fast processing speed. It has 15.6 inches HD Backlit LED Display, which gives rich viewing experience while working. The AMD Radeon 520 with 2GB graphics card for all video and gaming stuff.

Publication: The Times of India

Lenovo, Huawei Laptops: Smaller, Faster, Add a Second Screen

The company also showed a new line of inexpensive laptops aimed at first-line workers and the education market, including the Lenovo 14w, using older AMD processors and starting at $299; and a Chromebook version, starting at just $179.

Publication: PC Mag

Dialog Semi, smaller after Apple deal, targets new growth areas

Nvidia and AMD have both given optimistic 2019 outlooks in the past few weeks.

Publication: Reuters

Apex Legends Game Crash Fix: How to fix crashing down of the game

The game needs to be patched by Respawn because it doesn’t address the issue with other graphics cards and drivers such as AMD. The bug was not very frequent or game breaking thankfully. EA has to simultaneously deal with Anthem having a console breaking bug. For now, the novelty of Apex Legends is still around.

Publication: SportsKeeda

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Gaming X 6G

Nvidia has been winning for a while, and winning a lot. Whether it’s sending AMD’s Radeon cards to the cleaners with regularity in benchmarking face-offs, seeing its stock price (despite some recent quakes) increase 10 times over in two years, or leading the charge on bleeding-edge tech like real-time ray tracing, for a while it seemed that Nvidia was an unstoppable silicon juggernaut.

Publication: PC Mag

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Not Coming to India

Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300

Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 | AMD Radeon HD 7950

Publication: Gadgets360

Monetising AI

As well, cloud providers of all sizes are rolling out GPU-as-a-Service, on-server memory solutions and the latest high-speed processors from Intel, AMD and Qualcomm to handle the expected loads from autonomous cars, self-service kiosks and intelligent agents in the home and workplace.

Publication: Communications Today

Maxon Announces Cinebench Release 20

Cinebench R20 incorporates the latest rendering architectures, including integration of Intel’s Embree raytracing technology and advanced features on modern CPUs from AMD and Intel that allow users to render the same scene on the same hardware twice as fast as previously.

Publications: BizWire Express SocialNewsXYZ IndiaOnline

MSI X470 and B450 Motherboards Receive BIOS Support for Upcoming Athlon “Raven Ridge” Processors

MSI, the world leading motherboard brand, is proudly to release BIOS updates to support the upcoming AMD Raven Ridge processors, including AMD Athlon 200GE, 220GE, and 240GE APUs. The updated BIOS version is prepared to support the future AMD Athlon 200GE, 220GE, and 240GE APUs and also the current Athlon APUs which have launched last year. MSI strongly recommends its users to update their systems by downloading and applying the latest BIOS.

Publication: TechPowerUp

Products reviewed this month

AMD Radeon VII

Publication: Digit

Feedback for the February 2019 issue of Digit

Lastly, if you aren’t planning on getting a cabinet, monitor, keyboard and mouse, then this configuration should work for you.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Publication: Digit

Digit config

Everything you will ever need to build your own PC. Whatever your budget.

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G, AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, AMD Ryzen 5 1600X, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Publication: Digit

GIGABYTE Rolls Out its Radeon RX 590 Gaming Graphics Card

That took a little while, but GIGABYTE has finally updated their lineup with an AMD RX 590 graphics card. Based on the 12 nm-revised Polaris 30 silicon with higher clocks than those that could be achieved by its 14 nm predecessors (already the RX 480 and RX 580 graphics cards), the GIGABYTE RX 590 Gaming rbings the already well-known 2304 Stream processors, and gets them to tick at 1560 MHz (against AMD’s 1545 MHz reference). It’s a usual GIGABYTE graphics card by all standards, with a dual-fan WindForce 2X cooling solution with fan-stop functionality.

Publication: TechPowerUp

How Much It Would Cost To Build A PC As Powerful As The Xbox One X?

We’re reaching that remarkable point of time in the console life-cycle where the PC space democratizes—a point where almost any modern hardware configuration is about good enough to deliver a console-worthy experience. In the previous generation, we reached this point in 2012. That was the year that the GTX 650 and the Radeon HD 7750—from Nvidia and AMD respectively—released. Both were bargain-priced GPUs in the 100-dollar range which offered the opportunity to run just about every seventh-gen title at high/ultra at at least 720p, a qualitative step up from the console experience.

Publication: GamingBolt

JPR: GPU Shipments Down 2.65% From Last Quarter, 3.3% YoY

Jon Peddie Research, the market research firm for the computer graphics industry, has released its quarterly Market Watch report on worldwide GPU shipments used in PCs for Q4’18. Overall GPU shipments decreased -2.65% from last quarter, AMD shipments decreased -6.8% Nvidia decreased -7.6% and Intel’s shipments, decreased -0.7%. AMD’s market share from last quarter decreased -0.6%, Intel’s increased 1.4%, and Nvidia’s market share decreased -0.82%. Year-to-year total GPU shipments decreased -3.3%, desktop graphics decreased -20%, notebooks increased 8%.

Publication: TechPowerUp

Spiceworks Study Shows On-Premises Server Infrastructure Remains Vital to the Workplace

AMD gains ground in the server processor space: Intel remains the most commonly used CPU manufacturer with 93 percent of businesses currently using Intel processors in their servers. However, 16 percent of respondents are currently using AMD processors in their servers, and usage is expected to increase to 21 percent by 2020.

Publication: IT News Online

Crackdown 3 review Microsoft’s first big exclusive of the year?

WELCOME TO PC MASTER RACE

Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X; Liquid cooled by Corsair H115i RGB Platinum

GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti

Motherboard: Asus PRIME X399-A

RAM: 32GB of Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB

CPU Case: Corsair Obsidian 500D RGB

Keyboard: Kingston HyperX Alloy Elite RGB

Publication: Stuff

DiRT Rally 2.0 PC vs PS4 Pro vs Xbox One X Graphics Comparison, EGO Engine Analyzed

As usual, we will begin with the PC version. The developers recommend an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i5 8600K, 8GB of memory and AMD RX Vega 56 or NVIDIA GTX 1070. On the graphical settings front, DiRT Rally 2.0 features a rather massive list of visual parameters you can play with.

Publication: Gaming Bolt

Making Our Own Chips & Data Security

Last year, in January, researchers announced a series of major security vulnerabilities, named Spectre and Meltdown, in the microprocessors (central processing unit-CPU), made by Intel, AMD and ARM that are used in all computer systems since the past 15-20 years. Using these vulnerabilities, anyone can steal user data from such systems or devices.

Publication: Moneylife

Convert your Precious Memorable Videos into Digital Library

AVerMedia Technologies has announced the availability of C039. C039 resolves the trouble with piles of old VHS tapes. It converts your collection of beloved old movies, sports games, or precious memorable videos into digital libraries, for generations to come. In this era of digital media, any bulky VHS tape that still sits atop shelves surely contains precious videos. Unlike digital files, physical tapes are susceptible to heat, moisture, and dusts. Not to mention how working VCRs are becoming expensive antiques.

Publication: PCQuest

Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 Ti OC 6GB Review

Sometimes, when companies think it’s time for the world to move on to a new standard or format, they ruthlessly kill off older products or services and force people to change. The most famous example of this is of course Apple, with its relentless deprecation of floppy and optical drives, all ports other than USB Type-C, and most frustratingly, the 3.5mm headphones socket.

Publication: NDTV Gadgets360 ; TechXP

Competition in news

Nvidia’s upcoming Navi GPU could feature real-time ray tracing support

Publication: Money Control

AMD Radeon Navi 20 GPU Might Support Raytracing

Publication: Techquila

NVIDIA G-Sync FreeSync supported monitor list grows

Publication: Geeky Gadgets

Gaming NVIDIA Releases DLSS Support For Anthem; Claims 40 Percent Boost In Performance

Publication: Firstpost

Key announcements by global telecom majors at MWC Barcelona 2019

MWC Barcelona 2019 concluded on a high note, bringing together disruptive technological innovations and state-of-the-art technology applications from across the globe. The highlight of the four-day event, hosted by the GSM Association, was 5G and its use cases, with global original equipment manufacturers, technology and equipment vendors as well as operators showcasing products and demonstrating solutions. The event also witnessed the signing of several global agreements in 5G and other technology domains.

Publication: Tele Net

Nvidia RTX graphics cards to lose their ray-tracing exclusivity

Publication: Money Control

Asus ROG Strix SCAR II GL504 Review: The good turns better along with RTX power

Republic of Gamers (ROG), the sub-brand of Taiwanese company Asus has just updated its existing ROG Strix Scar II and Hero II of gaming laptops with new hardware. The company launched the updated lineup of its laptops along with a few new models at the beginning of the month. The highlight of the recently launched lineup was general improvements to the device after user feedback along with the addition of new hardware including the much anticipated jumpy to Nvidia RTX GPU cards along with the latest H series Coffee Lake processors from Intel.

Publication: BGR

Intel stops developing modular Compute Cards

Intel showcased its Compute Card platform early in 2017 as a modular component to be incorporated into a wide variety of devices, which is built to accommodate a system on chip (SoC), memory, storage and wireless connectivity together to provide computing power. “Compute Cards were Intel’s vision of modular computing that would allow customers to continually update point of sale systems, all-in-one desktops, laptops and other devices. Pull out one card, replace it with another, and you have a new CPU, plus RAM and storage,” Tom’s Hardware website reported late on Friday.

Publication: Pro Kerala

LG Uplus, Nvidia partner for Cloud gaming

South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. has said it would launch Nvidia’s GeForce NOW Cloud gaming platform for Internet Protocol (IP) television services and upcoming 5G smartphones. LG Uplus said it has signed an exclusive deal with Nvidia — a US-based graphics processing unit (GPU) manufacturer — to give access to a rich array of games to its mobile and Internet subscribers.

Publication: The Economic Times

Lenovo Ideapad 530S Long-Term Review

Lenovo Ideapad was launched back in June 2018 and for that time it has been one of the premium laptops from Lenovo having good specifications and performance. It has a lightweight design weighing just 1.5Kg. It is a great match for students as well as for a person with daily office works as it carries good specifications with a dedicated Nvidia GPU just at Rs 80,000.

Publication: TechnoCodex

8 Best NVIDIA G-Sync Laptops You Can Buy

Nvidia G-Sync is a proprietary technology that ensures buttery smooth, tear-free gaming experience. This is made possible by adaptively varying the monitor’s refresh rate, in order to make sure that remains in sync with the graphics card’s render rate. Additional hardware is required to implement this technology into any display panel and that’s exactly why G-Sync displays are more expensive than traditional displays.

Publication: BeeBom

Intel to introduce new processors

Publication: Telangana Today

Intel Xe Graphics Card Design, Gen 11 Graphics, and Control Center Detailed at GDC19

Publication: Techquila

Google Unveils New Cloud Gaming Service Stadia At GDC 2019

The Alphabet Inc unit has unveiled a new game streaming service called Stadia at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The announcement marks a major new foray into the $180 billion industry for the internet giant. Stadia lets developers build new games on a streaming platform that will allow players to access the action through the web instead of having to buy expensive consoles or personal computers. The company also introduced its own game controller, which creates console-like gaming on a computer or smartphone.

Publication: Express Computer, The Financial Express

GDC: Intel to introduce new processors in Q2

Computer chipmaker Intel on Thursday said that it will introduce a portfolio of high-performance mobile processors to power the laptops for gamers and creators in the second quarter of this year.The new 9th Gen Intel Core mobile processors (H-series), including the new Intel Core i9 processors, will help foster gaming growth on the PC platform, the company said at the ongoing Game Developers Conference (GDC) here.

Publication: The Quint

Intel Teases 9th Gen Core CPUs for Gaming Laptops, Announces New Software, and More at GDC 2019

Publication: Eaves Rock

Sharkoon Unveils WPM Gold ZERO Semi-modular Power Supply Series

Publication: Tech Power Up

Building a killer 4K gaming rig

At Digit, if there’s one thing everyone loves, it’s gaming. Our team consists of people who are hardcore console lovers, those who proudly claim to belong to the PC Master Race and those who flip-flop between the two platforms. However, when Nvidia announced the new RTX cards, perspectives shifted and we decided to build the best possible gaming PC to understand just how much of a difference does RTX even make, visually. So, we reached out to some of our friends and here is a list of what we used to build the machine.

Publication: Digit

Principled Technologies Compares VM Migration Between Intel Processor-Based Servers and Between Servers Based on Different Processor Architectures

Publication: Biz Wire Express

NVIDIA to Enable DXR Ray Tracing on GTX (10- and 16-series) GPUs in April Drivers Update

Publication: Tech Power Up

Latest chip push suggests Intel has a short memory

It can be tough to recall that Intel invented the memory-chip business half a century ago. It gave up on the field for more than a decade, starting in the 1980s, and has struggled since returning in 2006 to match the success of Samsung Electronics in the historically low-margin product category. The bigger issue for Intel, however, is that memory-chip technology hasn’t been advancing as quickly as more profitable gear. The limitations of memory chips are starting to lessen the value customers see in buying, say, Intel’s lucrative server chips, threatening a central profit centre.

Publication: Financial Express

A new player in the business tech game

As computing becomes more focussed on smartphones and tablets, a good functionÂal laptop, which allows one to make the occasional presentation, offers a few entertainment options as well as help with official work is bound to be popular in the boardroom. It is with this in mind that Hong Kong-based Nexstgo has launched the Primus NX101. Does it tick all the boxÂes? Let’s jump right in.

Publication: The Hindu Metro Plus

Newly-launched Nvidia GTX 1660 GPU is one of the best value for money graphics cards

Nvidia has made yet another splash in the PC gaming space with the launch of its newly-launched GTX 1660, which is a budget replacement for their previous Pascal-based GTX 1060. The new GTX 1660 crushes Nvidia’s last gen 1060 cards in benchmarks and retails at Rs 21,000.

Publication: Moneycontrol

NVIDIA to Enable DXR Ray Tracing on GTX (10- and 16-series) GPUs in April Drivers Update

NVIDIA had their customary GTC keynote ending mere minutes ago, and it was one of the longer keynotes clocking in at nearly three hours in length. There were some fascinating demos and features shown off, especially in the realm of robotics and machine learning, as well as new hardware as it pertains to AI and cars with the all-new Jetson Nano. It would be fair to say, however, that the vast majority of the keynote was targeting developers and researchers, as usually is the case at GTC. However, something came up in between which caught us by surprise, and no doubt is a pleasant update to most of us here on TechPowerUp.

Publication: Tech Power Up

TYAN Showcases New AI Inference-Optimized GPU Platforms with NVIDIA T4 Accelerators at GTC 2019

Publication: IT News Online

NVIDIA, Alphabet and Intel Listed as Visionary Leaders by 360Quadrants for Automotive Artificial Intelligence

360Quadrants powered by MarketsandMarkets™, the world’s only comparison platform that combines expert analysis with crowdsourced insights has released a quadrant on Automotive Artificial Intelligence industry to help businesses make quicker and more informed decisions. The first release of the quadrant has NVIDIA, Alphabet, and Intel sharing space as Visionary Leaders. 360Quadrants are generated post analysis of companies (product portfolios and business strategy).

Publication: IT News Online

Here’s how CIOs can address server, open source bottlenecks while implementing AI

IBM’s key initiative is to enhance the development of Power AI framework which can be used across all platforms at free of cost. Using IBM Power AI server, companies can write AI algorithms on top of it which is open source in nature. The Power AI open source framework can talk to various platforms like Google Tensor Flow, Torch, Caffe and other open-source AI platforms.

Publication: ET CIO

Details about Intel’s Comet Lake surface, 10 Cores and More

Intel’s ‘Comet Lake’, something we all have been waiting for quite eagerly, seems to be just around the corner. There are leaks about Intel’s Comet Lake surfacing on the internet. The upcoming processors have been listed on the Linux support list.

Publication: Gaming Monk

NVIDIA GTC 2019 Kicks Off Later Today, New GPU Architecture Tease Expected

NVIDIA will kick off the 2019 GPU Technology Conference later today, at 2 PM Pacific time. The company is expected to either tease or unveil a new graphics architecture succeeding “Volta” and “Turing.” Not much is known about this architecture, but it’s highly likely to be NVIDIA’s first to be designed for the 7 nm silicon fabrication process. This unveiling could be the earliest stage of the architecture’s launch cycle, would could see market availability only by late-2019 or mid-2020, if not later, given that the company’s RTX 20-series and GTX 16-series have only been unveiled recently.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Intel Advances Hardware, Cloud and Connectivity at Open Compute Project Global Summit

At the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, Intel today announced new open hardware advancements enabling greater computing capabilities, innovation and cost efficiencies for data center hardware developers. The new advancements include a high-density, cloud-optimized reference design; collaboration with Facebook on the upcoming Intel Cooper Lake processor family; and optimization on Intel’s Rack Scale Design.

Publication: Cell IT

A Milestone in Moving Data

As part of my job leading the data-centric groups at Intel, I regularly meet with customers from across many different industries. They all face unique business challenges, but they have one thing in common: the need to get more value out of enormous amounts of data.

Publication: VAR India

Intel Comet Lake Processors To Feature Up To 10 Cores: Linux Support List

With Intel set to release their next-gen Comet Lake processors, a leaked Linux support list has indicated that the forthcoming desktop processors might feature up to 10 cores. Intel will still rely on the 14nm manufacturing process, and the Comet Lake-S is speculated to be based on the Skylake micro-architecture. It will succeed the currently popular Intel Core i9-9900K processor which has 8 cores and 16 threads.

Publication: Fossbytes

GIGABYTE unveils GeForce GTX 1660 series graphics card

GIGABYTE has launched the GeForce GTX 1660 graphics cards powered by NVIDIA Turing architecture. GIGABYTE launched 3 graphics cards – GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING OC 6G, GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G, GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G. These graphics cards not only use overclocked GPUs certified by GIGABYTE but are also built with GIGABYTE cooling systems for game enthusiasts pursuing extremely performance and the best gaming experience.

Publication: The Asian Age T3 India Technuter Fossbytes

NVIDIA GTX 1660 With 6GB GDDR5 VRAM Launched In India

Publication: iGyaan

Intel, Google And Others Join Forces For CXL Interconnect

Key players in the data center industry have joined forces to develop a high-speed interconnect specification designed to connect data center CPUs and accelerator chips. The Compute Express Link, or CXL, is aimed at solving the challenges of improving performance and removing bottlenecks between CPUs and other components like GPUs, memory and FPGAs.

Publication: Communications Today

NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute Announces New Courses in Data Science and Autonomous Machines

A lack of appropriate skills is one of the biggest barriers organizations face in adopting AI, according to a study by McKinsey. To address this gap, the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute is launching new courses — both instructor-led and self-paced online — to help developers and data scientists solve real-world challenges with deep learning and GPU-accelerated computing.

Publication: Cell It

Nvidia Against AMD: GeForce GTX 1660 vs. Radeon RX 590

Publication: PC Mag

EVGA GTX 1660 XC Ultra 6 GB Review

Publication: Tech Power Up

Intel Graphics Teases a New Gamer-Friendly Control Panel

Publication: TechPower Up

Intel Currently in Trouble With 14nm CPU Shortage

Publication: Techquila

Intel to Refresh its LGA2066 HEDT Platform This Summer?

Publication: Tech Power Up

Asus launches 2019 ROG laptops and desktops with Nvidia RTX GPU and latest Intel processors, start from Rs 1,64,990

In the world of gaming, Asus is a well known name responsible for some of the craziest gaming machines you will ever see, adorning the ROG logo. Today, the company has launched the 2019 lineup of its ROG gaming laptops and desktops. Prices start at Rs 1,64,900 and Asus is bringing more firepower than before as usual. The highlight of this year’s lineup is the introduction of the new Nvidia RTX series GPUs as well as support for Pantone colours.

Publication: India Today

Mellanox Not Quite Intel’s Yet, NVIDIA Joins Competitive Bidding

Late January it was reported that Intel is looking to buy out Israeli networking hardware maker Mellanox Technology, in what looked like a cakewalk USD $6 billion deal at the time, which was a 35 percent premium over the valuation of Mellanox. Turns out, Intel hasn’t closed the deal, and there are other big tech players in the foray for Mellanox, the most notable being NVIDIA. The GPU giant has reportedly offered Mellanox a competitive bid of $7 billion.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Nvidia Offers Bid for Israel’s Mellanox

Nvidia Corp has submitted an offer to buy Israeli chip designer Mellanox, the Calcalist financial news’website said on Sunday. Nvidia is competing for Mellanox with Intel Corp, which has already offered $6 billion for the Israeli company, Calcalist said. It cited estimates that Nvidia would pay at least 10% more than the price offered by Intel. Mejlanox said it does not comment on rumors or speculation.

Publication: The Economic Times

Global Computer Vision Market Business Growth Statistics, Massive Improvements and Key Players Insights By 2025 – Google, Facebook, NVIDIA, ABB, Apple, Texas Instruments, Mobileye, GE, VideoIQ, Sony

Computer Vision market report delivers a detailed study with present and upcoming Opportunities to clarify the future investment in the market. Global Computer Vision industry 2025 report shares information regarding key drivers, challenges, and Opportunities with its impact by regions. This report is a valuable source of guidance for companies and individuals offering Industry Chain Structure, Business Strategies and Proposals for New Project Investments.

Publication: Biz Wire Express

NVIDIA Measures the Relation Between GPUs and Kill/Death Ratios in Battle Royale Games

NVIDIA today is publishing information on gamer gameplay performance in Battle Royale games, and how technology can help gamers perform better. At NVIDIA, we have been partnering with esports professionals for years to develop the most competitive hardware. Our graphics cards are optimized for high frame rate gameplay, which helps improve latency and your overall reaction time.

Publication: Digital Conqurer

Intel Expected to Recapture #1 Semi Supplier Ranking in 2019

IC Insights is currently updating its 2019-2023 semiconductor market forecasts that will be presented later this month in the March Update, the first monthly Update to the 500-page, 2019 edition of The McClean Report—A Complete Analysis and Forecast of the Integrated Circuit Industry (released in January 2019). For 2019, a steep 24% drop in the memory market is forecast to pull the total semiconductor market down by 7%. With 83% of Samsung’s semiconductor sales being memory devices last year, the memory market downturn is expected to drag the company’s total semiconductor sales down by 20% this year.

Publication: Electronics Maker

Intel 5G modem powered devices will arrive in first half of 2020: Jonathan Wood

5G is here. The biggest topic at Mobile World Congress 2019 was 5G and for the first time, it was not just part of conversations in closed door briefings. The fifth generation of mobile connectivity is real, and it could be seen connected to 5G devices and transmitting gigabits of data at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona. 5G is such a big deal for the telecom industry, be it operators, network equipment providers or chip manufacturers, that every big company made it a point to have some kind of 5G representation at MWC this year.

Publication: BGR

This limited edition Nvidia graphics card costs over Rs 2 lakh

Colorful Technology recently took the wraps off its flagship GPU, the iGame GeForce RTX 2080 Ti KUDAN. The company revealed that this one of a kind GPU is equipped with advanced cooling capabilities and a powerful PCB, engineered for overclocking. This 2080 Ti graphics card boasts a Steampunk inspired design and will cost a whopping $3000 (over Rs 2 lakh), more than double the price of the Founders Edition RTX 2080 Ti which retails at $1200.

Publication: Moneycontrol

Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC 6GB Review

We’re just coming out of a very dark period for PC gamers. Neither AMD nor Nvidia released any significantly new GPUs through late 2017 and most of 2018, and graphics cards were either out of stock or massively inflated in price thanks to cryptocurrency miners raiding markets around the world. If you had to buy or upgrade a gaming PC, you were stuck paying way too much for graphics cards that didn’t even feel fresh or exciting.

Publication: Gadgets360 TechXP

Dialog Semi, smaller after Apple deal, targets new growth areas

Nvidia and AMD have both given optimistic 2019 outlooks in the past few weeks.

Publication: Reuters

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Gaming X 6G

Publication: PC Mag

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Not Coming to India

Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300

Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 | AMD Radeon HD 7950

Publication: Gadgets360

Intel releases 4Q and full-year 2018 results

Intel Corporation reported its 4Q revenue as USD 18.7 billion, up 9 percent year-over-year (YoY); and full-year revenue set a record of USD 70.8 billion, up 13 percent YoY. The company delivered outstanding 4Q earnings per share of USD 1.12 (USD 1.28 on a non-GAAP basis) and achieved record full-year operating income, net income and EPS. In 2018, Intel generated USD 29.4 billion cash from operations; USD 14.3 billion of free cash flow and returned nearly USD 16.3 billion to shareholders.

Publication: Communications Today

Researchers discover a new ‘Spoiler’ flaw in Intel CPU’s

Security researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the University of Lübeck have published a paper outlining a vulnerability on Intel processors. The vulnerability only affects Intel chips and not AMD or ARM chips. The vulnerability affects Intel chips all the way back to the first generation of Core CPUs. According to the researchers, the potential attack vector is similar to Spectre, but not subject to the same mitigations. Just to be clear, Spectre and Spoiler are 2 different attacks.

Publication: Digit BGR

Monetising AI

Publication: Communications Today

Elected

Intel Corporation has announced Robert Swan as chief executive officer, who has been serving as Intel’s interim CEO for seven months and as chief financial officer since 2016. Swan has also been elected to Intel’s board of directors.

Publication: Communications Today Pitch

NVIDIA launches CTX1660 Ti, a non-RTX turing

In light of the overpriced RTX launch and dropping stock prices, NVIDIA launched the gtx 1660 Ti, a graphics card without ray-tracing or DLSS. It offers about a 36% improvement in performance over the GTX 1060.

Publication: Digit

MSI GE75 Now with real-time ray tracing

While every manufacturer unveiled an NVIDIA RTX GPU laptop at CES 2019, MSI has been the first to bring it to India. The MSI GE7S Raider 8SG retains the same Intel Core i7-8750H CPU while upgrading to the newer NVIDIA RTX 2080 GPU.

Help Intel develop its future GPUs

“The Odyssey”,a community program by Intel will allow users to share ideas on how company should develop future CPUs.

Publication: Digit

USB4 specification released: Thunderbolt 3 support, 40Gbps bandwidth and more

Intel has announced that it contributed the Intel Thunderbolt protocol specification to the USB Promoter Group, enabling other chip makers to build Thunderbolt compatible silicon that is royalty free. Additionally, USB Promoter Group announced the pending release of the USB4 specification, based on the Thunderbolt protocol.

Publication: Fone Arena Indiatimes

Intel And Qualcomm Will Offer 5G Modems For Computers

Consumers believe that 5G technology will initially be limited to just smartphones, which may not be the case. A lot of companies speculate that 5G support will be available almost immediately on desktops and laptops with M.2 sockets. At MWC 2019, companies like Intel and Qualcomm were found showing off their 5G modems that will render high speed internet connectivity to traditional computing devices including laptops and desktops.

Publication: iGyaan

USB4 adopts Intel’s Thunderbolt 3 architecture to achieve speeds of up to 40 Gbps

USB4 is expected to increase maximum data transfer speeds to 40 Gbps over 20 Gbps offered by USB 3.2. The new standard is based on Intel’s Thunderbolt protocol that Intel has contributed to the USB Promoter Group royalty free. The new interface will use USB Type-C connectors and will maintain backwards compatibility with USB 2.0, USB 3.2 and Thunderbolt 3 interfaces.

Publication: Firstpost

Qualcomm launches new patent challenge against Apple

Qualcomm on Monday kicked off a patent challenge to Apple Inc, capping off a two-year legal strategy to put pressure on the iPhone maker before a major antitrust lawsuit between thetwo goes to trial in April. Qualcomm, the world’s biggest maker of mobile chips, alleges in federal court in San Diego that Apple violated three of its patents, and is askingfortens of millions of dollars or more in damages.

Publication: Business Standard

Nvidia Ampere GPU rumours hint at vastly reduced pricing and improved performance

There’s some hope for ye folk who’re holding out for the prices of Nvidia’s exorbitantly priced GPUs to fall. Rumour has it that Nvidia’s new Ampere architecture is arriving next year and that GPU prices will fall by more than half.

Publication: Firstpost

Nvidia Vs. AMD: Which Graphics Card Should You Buy?

Publication: SaveDelete

Nvidia and AMD Suffering From GPU Oversupply

Publication: TechQuila

Qualcomm Announces Wi-Fi 6 For Automotive, Bringing Greater Capacity for Premium In-Vehicle Experiences

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today introduced the new Qualcomm® Automotive Wi-Fi 6 chip, the QCA6696, bringing the next generation of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® connectivity to the automotive industry.

Publication: Techphlie

Futuristic gadgets that are re-imagining tech

Chipmaker Qualcomm showcased its vision for the future with 5G network capabilities at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress. The company announced its plans for a platform that will push for phone-powered VR and AR headsets. It reportedly plans for VR and AR (collectively called XR) platform where it will create an XR-optimised certification program for phones using its Snapdragon 855 processors.

Publication: ET Panache

A Welcome Change

One that looks absolutely stunning with NVIDIA’s real time ray tracing on the newest RTX GPUs; while it is brilliant what they have achieved, it is not the biggest selling point for anyone.

Publication: The Mumbai Age

A gorgeous beast

A flagship laptop, the ASUS ZenBook 15 has been designed especially for high-end users who demand power and portability in a compact form factor. The ZenBook 15 sits at the top of the company’s latest lineup, which also includes ZenBook 13 and 14.

Publication: Auto X

Tech Giants Bring Machine Learning Inference On Edge With AI-based Chips Designed For Mobiles

In 2017, prominent chipmaker introduced its new Movidius™ Myriad™ X vision processing unit (VPU), advancing Intel’s end-to-end portfolio of AI solutions to deliver more autonomous capabilities across a wide range of product categories including drones, robotics, smart cameras, and virtual reality.

Publication: Analytics India Magazine

Intel Drives Development of Quantum Cryoprober with Bluefors and Afore to Accelerate Quantum Computing

Intel, Bluefors* and Afore* have introduced the first cryoprober, a quantum testing device named the Cryogenic Wafer Prober, developed specifically to speed the development of quantum computing solutions. Intel identified the need for a quantum testing tool to collect more data about quantum chips called “qubits.”

Publication: Cell IT

Five leading global organisations join the OpenSDS project

The Linux Foundation has announced that Click2Cloud, GMO Pepabo, Intel, the Internet Initiative of Japan, and KPN have joined the OpenSDS project. The new contributors to the OpenSDS project will help accelerate its evolution, including the development of Flash management, and the adoption of NVMe and NVMe over Fabric in cloud native environments.

Publication: Open Source For You

MWC 2019: Here are some non-smartphone innovations unveiled at the event

While the Mobile World Congress, as it is called, may sound like an event only for mobile phones, there are several innovations that are not smartphone-related released at this annual event as well. However, most of these innovations may have some relevance to the smartphone’s ecosystem. Here’s a look at some them.

Publication: The News Minute

Global Industrial Internet Chip Market Insights, Forecast 2025

The internet chip includes hardware such as processors, sensors, connectivity ICs, memory devices, and logic devices, which are used to run the internet-enabled devices. It helps connect the two worlds physical and virtual with the help of cloud connectivity.

Publication: Webnewswire

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Memory Size Revealed

NVIDIA’s upcoming entry-mainstream graphics card based on the “Turing” architecture, the GeForce GTX 1650, will feature 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, according to tech industry commentator Andreas Schilling. Schilling also put out mast box-art by NVIDIA for this SKU.

Publication: Tech PowerUp

Chipset innovation: India enters into an elite club, says Aruna Sundararajan

India has entered into an elite club of countries with chipset-level innovation, telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan Wednesday said, adding that it was extraordinary that an Indian company has come forward and launched not only 4G-LTE chip but also a 5G NR modem.

Publication: Gadgets Now

The Future Of Data Centers Is Green

The continued growth of the global data center market is being driven by ongoing demand for cloud and Internet services. While growth and expansion are always a good thing from a business perspective, in a data center context, it equates to increasing power output to remain operational, and the type of power and way in which it’s used can have adverse effects on the environment.

Publication: Communications Today

Intel and Partner Ecosystem Offer New Silicon-Enabled Security Solutions

Today, Intel along with customers and industry partners announced several solutions designed to scale and accelerate the adoption of hardware-enabled security across data center, cloud, network and edge. From OEMs to cloud service providers (CSPs) and independent software vendors (ISVs), Intel continues to help lead the industry and advance security tools and resources that help improve the security and privacy of application processing in the cloud, provide platform-level threat detection and shrink the attack surface.

Publication: Cell IT

ASUS ZenBook 15 Review

Publication: XiteTech

Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 Ti OC 6GB Review

Publication: NDTV Gadgets360 ; TechXP

NVIDIA Partners with OBS for GeForce Optimization and RTX Encoder

We saw a glimpse of this at the NVIDIA suite during CES 2019, with a beta version coming out shortly after. NVIDIA and OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) have since brought out the full release of a new OBS Studio, version 23.0.1, that adds improved support for NVIDIA GeForce cards. In particular, their latest and greatest RTX lineup, including the new desktop RTX 2060 as well as the mobile and Max-Q variants, will see an FPS impact drop by as much as 66% according to NVIDIA’s internal testing.

Publication: Tech PowerUp

Partner in news

Dell Alienware Area 51m: desktop-grade gaming beast in notebook form

Gaming notebooks are undergoing a major makeover. They are a lot more powerful and some even offer desktop-grade components, without adding serious amount of girth. Dell Alienware Area 51m belongs to this new breed of gaming notebooks.

Publication: Mint

It’s game on with thee gaming laptops

Publication: Deccan Herald

Best laptops with i9 processor from Asus, Dell, MSI and others

Every computer in the world has a processor! Irrespective of the size, functionality and purpose, it takes good processor to deliver high-end performance. If you are a tech enthusiast, you don’t need any introduction to the ‘Intel Core i PC chips series’.

Publication: The Times of India

Top five laptop offers under Rs 35,000 that you can avail on Flipkart Laptop Bonanza sale

Publication: India Today

Dell strengthens gaming PC portfolio

DELL IN INDIA believes that the evolving gaming landscape, with its developing gamer profiles, growing communities, and a distinct rise of gamers regionally, requires development of an ecosystem. The American firm is now bringing new products, next-generation software and strategic partnerships to advance the industry in India. Recently, Dell and Alienware (a separate subsidiary of Dell) introduced two powerful gaming machines; Alienware Area-5 lm and Alienware ml5, catering to a growing PC gaming market comprising amateur and professional gamers.

Publications: Financial Express

Look who has now gone slim and trim

The packaging of the ml5 was large so on unboxing it, we were pleasantly surprised that the actual size of the laptop was well in the 15-inch notebook range. It does tip the scales a tad bit at 2.1 kg, but it’s now much easier to slip an Alienware gaming laptop into a backpack and move it around. The review unit came in the Epic Silver colour (the other is Nebula Red) and it looked formal enough to sit on an office desk without looking out of place.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

High on Power, Low on Size

With the Zephyrus, Asus has experimented with a new design and this is evident as soon as you lay eyes on it. Gone are the thick bezels it has sleek bezels on top and both sides. The bezel is so thin that there is no space to put a front camera on the machine. That’s why Asus bundles an external camera in the box that can be attached for the times you need it.

Publication: The Economic Times

Dell strengthens gaming PC portfolio

DELL IN INDIA believes that the evolving gaming landscape, with its developing gamer profiles, growing communities, and a distinct rise of gamers regionally, requires development of an ecosystem. The American firm is nowbringing new products, next-generation software and strategic partnerships to advance the industry in India. Recently,Dell and Alienware (a separate subsidiary of Dell) introduced two powerful gaming machines; Alienware Area- 51m and Alienware ml5, catering to a growing PC gaming market comprising amateur and professional gamers.

Publications: The Financial Express

Acer Nitro 5 (AMD Ryzen 5) long term review: Casual gaming in a tight budget

Publication: Gadgets Now

Asus announces 2019 peripherals road map for India

Publication: Digit, APN News, Asian Age, VAR India, Click IT News, Telecom Live, IT Voice, Tech Power Up

ASUS TUF FX505DY and FX705DY gaming laptops launched in India

Publication: Gadget Detail

Colour my future

Last week, Apple updated its iMac line with up to 8-core Intel 9th-generation processors for the first time, and powerful Vega graphics options, delivering dramatic increases in both compute and graphics performance. With up to 14.7 million pixels, 1 billion colours, 500 nits of brightness, P3 wide colour gamut and an incredible viewing angle, iMac’s Retina display delivers an immersive front-of-screen experience.

Publication: The Hindu

Asus ROG Strix SCAR II GL504 Review: The good turns better along with RTX power

Publication: BGR

Asus introduces TUF Gaming FX505DY, FX705DY laptops in India

HP Spectre Folio Review: There Are Premium Laptops, And There is This Setting New Benchmarks

If you thought that you had seen the pinnacle of premium laptops running Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system, you would be wrong. Wide off the mark. Because while the likes of the HP Spectre line-up with the extreme slimness, the Microsoft Surface Laptop dressed in the alcantara and the sheer sophistication of the Dell XPS 13 did everything they could at different points in time in the history of laptops, nothing quite comes close to the HP Spectre Folio. But is this all looks and no substance?

Publication: News 18

Lenovo Ideapad 530S Long-Term Review

Publication: TechnoCodex

Dell Inspiron 15 5580 Review

Dell’s ‘Inspiron’ branding has now become synonymous with budget and mainstream laptops. This series has come a long way from its initial days of basic low-cost plastic laptops to now, when you can opt for a convertible design and metal construction. The latest models even have modern design touches, similar to Dell’s more expensive XPS line.

Publication: NDTV Gadgets 360

ASUS Brings GPU-Optimized Servers and Workstations: Accelerating AI and Edge Computing

US showcases its latest GPU servers, workstations, mobile workstations and motherboards for edge-computing solutions for inference, AI-enabled solutions, and content creation to accelerating deployments on handling the workload demands by 5G and datacenter at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC). ASUS is demonstrating its products at booth 718 at the San Jose Convention Center through March 21.

Publication: CIOL

High On Power, Low On Size

ROG or Republic of Gamers by Asus is one of the few gaining focused brands that keeps updating its catalogue. ROG has recently launched the latest Zephyrus S GX 701 in India”this is their best and most expensive gaming laptop. With the Zephyrus, Asus has experimented with a new design and this is evident as soon as you lay eyes on it. Gone are the thick bezels, it has sleek bezels on top and both sides-The bezel is so thin that there is no space to put a front camera on the machine. Publication: The Economic Times

Deals: HDMI Cables, GoPro Hero7 Silver, SkyTech Legacy Mini

Featured Deals

Publication: PC Mag

The Dell 27-inch 1080p monitor has plenty of great gaming features for just $150

Publication: Android Central

HP new Reverb VR headset, Envy, ProBook series laptops launched

Publication: Mobile Scout

HP Inc unveils new security service, powerful PCs

Publication: Business Standard, Techquila

Apple Refreshes iMac Lineup in India With Two New Devices, Prices Start at Rs 1,19,900

Publication: Telecom Talk, Live Mint

Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX701 hands-on review

The best of the best gaming laptops usually come to the Stuff HQ either in a bag big enough to fit an annoying colleague and have it shipped to the Himalayas or a Military grade suitcase that can withstand a stampede. Not here, the Zephyrus series has changed the trend of bulky gaming laptops.

Publication: Stuff

Dell launches Alienware Area-51m, Alienware m15 and Dell G7 gaming laptops in India

*Enables full support for the Alienware Graphics Amplifier enabling dedicated PCI-Express bandwidth for desktop graphics cards from NVIDIA or AMD

* Thermal control: Alienware’s Advanced Cryo-Tech 2.0 technology platform offers the most robust notebook cooling solution yet moving more CFM of ambient air than any previous Alienware notebook

Publication: Var India

ASUS Announces ZenBook 14 (UX431)

ASUS has announced ZenBook 14 (UX431). It balances value and performance to deliver a sleek, sophisticated ultraportable that doesn’t compromise on power. This premium laptop is packed full of the latest technology that includes 8th Generation Intel®Core™processors, NVIDIA®GeForce®MX150 graphics, up to 16GB of RAM, ample SSD storage space and the latest connectivity options. The ZenBook 14 is available now, in two configurations, starting at $999.99.

Publication: IT Nerd Blog

Dell Alienware Area-51m, Alienware m15 and Dell G7 laptops launched in India: Price and specifications

The Alienware Area-51m comes with full support of Alienware Graphics Amplifier with PCI Express enabled which makes it capable of holding a desktop GPU from either NVIDIA or AMD.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle The Asian Age Gadget Bridge Technuter India Today Cell IT Digital Terminal

Acer Swift Range: Compact design combined with excellent performance

The new laptop includes two USB 3.0 ports, one full size HDMI port, a card reader and a USB Type C port.

Publication: The Economic Times (Hindi)

Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX701 review: A great looking gaming laptop with excessive power and high price

Asus makes some of the best gaming laptops in the word under its ROG lineup. The ROG laptops stand apart from others with their crazy RGB lighting and class-leading internal hardware at a reasonable price — prices reasonable for a gaming laptop. Like every year, Asus revamps the lineup with the latest computing technologies and this year, they have gone ahead with the very best in computing technologies. The 2019 ROG lineup adopts the Nvidia RTX graphics cards and the latest Intel processors. Sadly, the prices have gone up as well.

Publication: India Today

Asus Zenbook 14 UX433 review: A sleek laptop power-packed with performance

In the era of cut-throat competition, a lot goes into making a new product that stands out in the crowd of similar offerings from the competitors. The latest Zenbook from Asus is one of those rare laptops that stands out with its light-weight yet premium design and smooth performance.

Publication: Business Standard

Dell brings Alienware Area-m51 customisable gaming laptop to India, starts at Rs 299,590

Dell’s Alienware has launched the Area-51m laptop in India, which the company claims to be the world’s most powerful gaming laptop ever. Perhaps the highlight of the gaming laptop is that users can swap out and upgrade both the graphics card and processor. The notebook starts at Rs 299,590 and is available for purchase through dell.co.in

Publication: The Indian Express

ASUS unveils gaming laptops

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) recently unveiled its range of gaming laptops in India, including the ROG Zephyrus S GX531, ROG Zephyrus S GX701 and ROG Strix SCAR II and a desktop named GL12CX.

Publication: Telangana Today

ASUS ZenBook 14 (UX431) Now Available

ASUS today announced ZenBook 14 (UX431). It balances value and performance to deliver a sleek, sophisticated ultraportable that doesn’t compromise on power. This premium laptop is packed full of the latest technology that includes 8th Generation Intel Core processors, NVIDIA GeForce MX150 graphics, up to 16GB of RAM, ample SSD storage space and the latest connectivity options. The ZenBook 14 is available now, in two configurations, starting at $799.99.

Publication: TechPowerUp

HP Envy x360 13 Review

Publication: Techno Codex

Asus rolls out FOTA update for Zenfone Max Pro M2

Taiwanese smartphone maker Asus has released FOTA update for the Zenfone Max Pro M2 smartphone. The update brings FOTA version – 15.2016.1902.192 along with Google security patch for February. In a press statement, the company said that the update will roll out in different batches to the Zenfone Max Pro M2 users. Other firmware changes include enhanced front camera quality, improved display in status bar and upgraded touch FW.

Publication: The Times of India

AI Demystified With New Lenovo AI Workstation

As interest in and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow across industries, so does the need for guidance and solutions for navigating AI strategies. It’s one thing to implement machine and deep learning workflows, but it’s another to ensure you’re getting the most out of them – with quick and easy deployment and, ultimately, faster time to market. At Lenovo, we understand getting up and running requires both an understanding of AI and the solutions that allow you to harness this complex technology.

Publication: Cell It

HP Envy x360 13 Review

Publication: NDTV Gadgets

Dell Inspiron 5480 Review: Best Entry-Level Mid-Range Laptop?

Publication: BeeBom

Acer Swift 3 review: Sleek and stylish performer without compromising on the features

This is made possible by using slim bezels on the sides of the screen. The screen itself is bright with rich colours and has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. We used the laptop for watching video, playing first-person shooter games as well as for document editing and reading – no complaints at all from the screen in terms of viewing angles or sharpness.

Publication: The Economic Times

5 Reason To Love Acer Swift 5

The Acer Swift 5 is designed to be the laptop for those on-the-go, whether that’s running between meetings or finishing work while in the great outdoors. Though it is slim and lightweight, it doesn’t compromise on performance or display. Here are the top five features that make Acer Swift 5 and an ideal next-generation laptop.

Publication: The Techy

HP Envy x360 review: a compact 2-in-1 that tries to do too much, and mostly succeeds

Publication: 91 Mobiles

Asus launches 2019 ROG laptops and desktops with Nvidia RTX GPU and latest Intel processors, start from Rs 1,64,990

Publication: India Today

ASUS Vivo Book X505 – Full Review , Specifications , Performance and Pricing

Publication: Hashtag Gadgetz

The Breakout Zone

Inspite of its hefty price tag, HP Spectre Folio is bound to get mixed reactions as far as looks are concerned. Clad in cognac brown genuine leather, it could be a head-turner but only if you have a taste for the classic corporate combo of leather and metal. However, what matters most is what is under the hood and how well it performs.

Publication: Business Today

India Ahead

According to the latest Dell Technologies Digital Transformation Index, India is the most digitally mature country in the world. However, businesses in India still have a lot of work to do. Leaders in India are more aware of the need to prioritise digital transformation throughout their organisations: 91 percent of business leaders believe that digital transformation should be more widespread, compared to78 percent globally. Almost half (48 percent) (51 percent globally), believe theyâ€™ll struggle to meet changing customer demands within five years.

Publication: India Legal

Lenovo, Huawei Laptops: Smaller, Faster, Add a Second Screen

Publication: PC Mag

Asus ZenBook 13 (2019) review: Compact yet stellar

Taiwanese tech giant Asus is one of the stronger contenders in the laptop market. With a line up spanning through the most basic to the high-end laptops, he ZenBook range from Asus has been a name to reckon with.

Publication: Gadgets Now

A mini-beast built for rapid multi-tasking

Asus has been going through a design transformation for quite some time now, especially in its laptops. Ever since the Taiwanese gadget-maker introduced the snazzy Zenbook series sporting a thinner form factor and pleasing design, it has been able to grab new customers, especially among the youth.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

Asus ZenBook 13, 14 and 15

Taiwanese tech major Asus has come up with its new ZenBook series of laptops called the ZenBook 13 (UX333), ZenBook 14 (UX433) and ZenBook 15 (UX533) in India. This comes after the company introduced the devices at IFA last year. The Asus ZenBook 13, 14 and 15 are claim to be the world’s most compact 13.3-inch, 14-inch and 15.6-inch laptops that feature the frameless Asus NanoEdge display with ultraslim bezels that have 95 per cent screen-to-body ratio.

Publication: My Mobile

A welcome addition to the office

Acer recently launched two sleek and elegantly designed Chromebases- the Acer Chromebase for Meetings 24V2 for effortless video conferencing with Google Hangouts Meet, and the Acer Chromebase 2412, an all-in-one Chrome device designed to fill multiple roles, either as an individual desktop working device, or as an in-store kiosk.

Publication: My Mobile

HP ENVY x360 (2018) Review

The ENVY x360 is HP’s mid-range convertible laptop that sits between the Spectre x360 and the Pavilion x360. Read on to find out how it did in our review.

Publication: Digit

HP Notebook 15 For those only seeking good performance

The HP Notebook 15 brings with it a 256GB PCIe solid state drive. That seems to make all the difference on the otherwise banal laptop.

Publication: Digit

Acer, ESL extend partnership in e-sport sponsorship

Acer has signed contracts with e-sport tournament organizer ESL to extend their partnerships for three years with Acer to support all four annual Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) events and serve as the sole supplier of the events’ PC hardware.

Publication: Digitimes

Mo power, mo battery, mo expensive

Microsoft’s original Surface Laptop – its long-overdue entry into the notebook market but this time maybe the Surface Laptop 2 can close the distance on the 13in MacBook. By and large, little has really changed here.

Publication: Stuff

Acer Predator Helios 500 review: the ‘do-everything’ laptop

Big, bulky and at times, gaudy – these are just some of the adjectives used ever so often to describe gaming laptops. Over the years, laptop manufacturers have taken drastic steps to debunk some of these stereotypes, but the fact remains – putting powerful components inside a slim chassis is a sure shot remedy for thermal throttling. Sometimes, big and bulky is good, especially if you want to game without any hardware restrictions or limitations.

Publication: 91 Mobiles

A gorgeous beast

Publication: Auto X

ASUS Republic Of Gamers Announces First-Ever Global Partnership For All ESL One Powered By Intel Events In 2019

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that it has been named the Official PC and Monitor Partner for all ESL One powered by Intel events through 2019. This marks the first time that ROG has joined forces with ESL for a global partnership as the official sponsor of large-scale international esports tournaments.

Publication: IT Nerd

ASUS Announces The ASUS Chromebook Flip C434

ASUS today announced the next-generation ASUS Chromebook Flip C434, a slim and powerful 14-inch laptop that takes convertible Chromebook design to the next level. Its stylish contemporary looks, compact portability and powerful specifications are all designed to let users get things done with no fuss, all day and every day.

Publication: IT Nerd

AWS open sources Neo-AI project to accelerate machine learning deployments on edge devices

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has released the code behind one of its key machine learning services. At reinvent 2018, the company released Amazon SageMaker Neo, a new machine learning feature that AWS spokespersons said could be used to train a machine learning model once, and then run it anywhere in the cloud and at the edge. Amazon is now making the code available as the open source Neo-AI project under the Apache Software License.

Publication: Open Source For You

MWC 2019: Here are some non-smartphone innovations unveiled at the event

Publication: The News Minute

ASUS ZenBook 15 Review

Publication: XiteTech

Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 Ti OC 6GB Review

Publication: NDTV Gadgets360 ; TechXP

Industry news

Google Stadia, proceed with extreme caution

Publication: The Mumbai Age

Google Stadia game streaming service maybe using Intel’s x86 CPU, not AMD’s

Publication: Mobile Scout

HyperX Set To Sponsor eSports Team

HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology, and brand leader in gaming and eSports, on Wednesday, announced becoming the official sponsor of Entity Gaming in India.

This is the brand’s first eSports team sponsorship in India, exclusively with the HyperX Peripherals, SSDs and Memory products.

Publication: The Asian Age

Google to leverage custom AMD GPU and Intel CPU for Stadia

Publication: Money Control

Here’s how to build your home theatre PC

Publication: Deccan Herald

GeForce Experience Security Flaw Could Affect PC Gamers, Nvidia Advises Users to Download Update

Publication: NDTV Gadgets

Key announcements by global telecom majors at MWC Barcelona 2019

Publication: Tele Net

Google Stadia, proceed with extreme caution

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Google Stadia, proceed with extreme caution

Google has teamed up with AMD as they jump head first into gaming with Stadia. Their brand new streaming platform that runs on custom AMD GPU’s in their datacentres to deliver high resolution gameplay to any compatible device — mobile, tablet, smart TV or desktop.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Now, game sans console

Publication: The Hindu – Metro Plus

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Confluence 2019, organised jointly by IFIM Law School and IFIM Business School was the melting pot of ideas, information and insights about artificial intelligence, related laws and how the future looks with it.

Publication: The Economic Times

Stadia Will Not Support Game Downloads For Offline Playback, Confirms Google

Publication: Republic World

Alibaba Cloud Outlines Strategic Upgrade after a Decade of Success

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing and data intelligence arm of Alibaba Group, unveiled at its Beijing Summit the new strategy to develop the company into a more technologically inclusive platform. Jeff Zhang, President of Alibaba Cloud and Chief Technology Officer of Alibaba Group, for the first time elaborated publicly on the strategic upgrade of the business, evolving to serve as a key component of the Alibaba Business Operating System, and empowering customers and ecosystem partners to win in the digital era.

Publication: SME Channels

What is Google Stadia?

Google Stadia is a platform built for cloud gaming and will allow you to play games on any machine including TVs, smartphones, tablets and laptops as long as the device you use has access to Google Stadia and a good internet connection.

Publication: The Mobile Indian

The future of gaming is… Youtube?

YouTube has a practical monopoly on user-generated video online. It’s the birthplace of creative communities, the workplace for many, and the landing spot for a huge array of gaming-related videos. Lest we forget, YouTube’s most popular personality, PewDiePie, got his start by filming himself playing games. Everything from replays of competitive e-sport matches to complete play-throughs of narrative-driven games, game reviews, and curated anthologies of funny moments in games make their way onto YouTube.

Publication: The New Indian Express

Advancement in Chip Technology Fillips the Data Center Chip Industry

For instance, in January ‘19, Huawei Technologies, a telecommunication equipment company, launched a new data center chipset aimed at enhancing performance and reducing power consumption. In February ’19, Arm Ltd. introduced two seven-nanometer Neoverse chips designed for data centers and 5G networks. Nvidia recently announced its plans to acquire Mellanox Technologies for data center chips for a sum of $6.8 billion.

Publication: Techi Expert

Google Unveils New Cloud Gaming Service Stadia At GDC 2019

Publication: Express Computer, The Financial Express

After Google, Walmart is reportedly building a game streaming service

If the report is accurate, we may just have another major player in the game streaming space. But even if Walmart is working on this, it may well be a while before it launches its service. For starters, we don’t yet know if Walmart’s made any progress on building the necessary tech for its platform. As we’ve learned from Google’s announcement of its own Stadia service, there are several moving parts involved, including having a vast network of data centers to beam games to players quickly, with custom hardware designed to run those titles in the cloud efficiently.

Publication: The Next Web

Semiconductor shares rise as Micron predicts memory recovery

Stocks in chipmakers have been pummelled in the last six months as demand for Apple’s iPhones declined and prices for DRAM and NAND memory chips sank due to an oversupply, adding to concerns that a two-year-long semiconductor upswing was coming to a halt. Micron’s remarks came as it reported quarterly earnings above analysts’ estimates on Wednesday as cost-cutting helped offset falling demand and prices. A chip recovery will likely be fueled by fresh investments from data center customers and more memory content in phones, according to JPMorgan analysts.

Publication: Reuters

Top 5 sectors that need upskilling: How to stay relevant in age of disruption?

India continues to be the world’s number one sourcing destination for IT-BPM services employing 4 million people directly and 13 million indirectly. Changing demands of global customers are driving Indian IT-BPM players to develop relevant competencies around technologies like IoT, ML/AI, Big data, cloud, robotics and automation. As many as 97 per cent of the industry leaders view reskilling the current workforce as a key initiative to be prepared for the change due to the impact of primary forces.

Publication: The Indian Express

Building a killer 4K gaming rig

Publication: Digit

AI in Sports is Likely to be Very Lucrative Market in Upcoming Years

Publication: IT News Online

RPCS3 Emulator Shows Exceptional Progress in Latest Update Video

Publication: Tech Power Up

Can Google create the Netflix for video games with new service?

The service will deliver games on demand, rather than as downloads, and may support even the most graphic-rich games, without the need for a PlayStation or Xbox

Publication: Financial Express

Here’s how CIOs can address server, open source bottlenecks while implementing AI

Publication: ET CIO

Google Eyes The Future of Gaming, But is a Cloud Service Enough to Take on Microsoft And Sony?

Google is getting into gaming. It was always a matter of when and not if. It could very well be now. Google has teased the keynote for the upcoming Game Developers Conference 2019 with the words “Gather around as we unveil Google’s vision for the future of gaming.” Remember, this comes not too long after the patent which Google filed for a game controller became public knowledge just a few days ago. But why would Google want to get into gaming.

Publication: News18

Young Indians are earning thousands by turning PUBG and other video games into a spectator sport

Six nights a week, Rishab Karanwal sits down at his desk at home at 9.30 pm, turns on his computer and settles in to game. For the next few hours, he goes by his game name Raka. He plays till about 1.30 am or 2 am with no breaks in between. Then Karanwal goes to bed, gets up in the morning and heads to his day job at a company in Gurgaon. Raka is done and Rishab Karanwal is back. Until again at night.

Publication: Scroll.in

India sets “aspirational” target for engineering exports at USD 200 bn by 2025

India can achieve a three-fold “aspirational” increase in its engineering exports to reach USD 200 billion by 2025, if concerted efforts are made by the governmentand industry to develop a conducive ecosystem, and ensuring inputs at competitive prices, according to an EEPC India-Deloitte strategy paper.

Publication: The Economic Times

Accelerating digital transformation – Top priorities of talent leaders

Take away three key digital initiatives that talent leaders should undertake to accelerate their organization’s digital transformation – focusing on organizational brand and culture, building more efficient development pipelines, and translating engagement to productivity

Publication: People Matters

Broadcom Announces Industry’s First Complete Portfolio Of OCP NIC 3.0 Adapters For Data Center And Cloud Infrastructure

Publication: Communications Today

Key participants of social gaming markets are Valve Corporation, Playjam, Playdom, Bluestack systems, Gameloft, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo

North America is expected to dominate the social gaming market due to the high adoption rate of games, strong internet infrastructure, and connectivity. The presence of global key players in this region and their continuous efforts to provide best gaming platforms will boost the social gaming market.

Publication: Technology Magazine

India can meet the unemployment challenge only if it adapts to new reality of a digital economy

Jobs — or, rather, joblessness — is this election season’s hot potato. So far, the debate has focused largely on aggregate numbers, rather than change in sectoral figures or the influence of information technology (IT) on the changing profile of jobs in the country. This is surprising, especially when you consider the findings of a March 2018 study that shows a steady drop in manual jobs and growth in cognitive jobs over the last two-and-a-half decades in India.

Publication: The Economic Times

Intel surpasses Samsung in semiconductor sales revenue, IHS says

The declining market for semiconductors used in mobile handsets and enterprise servers led to a realignment in the company market-share ranking for semiconductor manufacturers. While Samsung led semiconductor sales for the past five quarters, Intel outpaced Samsung in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to IHS Markit. Intel’s semiconductor sales revenue reached US$18.4 billion in the fourth quarter, compared to US$15.8 billion for Samsung, IHS said. While quarter-over-quarter Intel semiconductor sales declined by 2.3% in the fourth quarter, Samsung fell 24.9%, IHS indicated.

Publication: DigiTimes

HR function witnessed a growth of 20% in hiring from last year: Report

The Naukri JobSpeak Index for February 2019 showed a 16 percent increase in hiring activity from February 2018 (2,087). Sharing the report, Sumeet Singh, CMO, Infoedge India Ltd. commented, “Naukri’s latest Hiring outlook survey with over 3300 recruiters across the country had anticipated increased hiring, wherein 84 percent recruiters surveyed said that new jobs would be created. It is good to see this growth led by core sectors viz. IT, Construction, Engineering & FMCG.”

Publication: People Matters

Nasscom in talks with MeitY to fund skilling people on Futureskills platform

In 2018, the National Association of Software and Services Companies launched the FutureSkills platform to help companies to skill their employees in new skills. The platform offers training in the internet of things (IoT), robotic process automation (RPA), virtual reality, big data analytics, cloud computing, and 3D printing, among others to participants from NASSCOM member companies.

Now as NASSCOM plans to open up the platform for general use, it is in discussion with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to fund this part of the skilling service platform.

Publication: The Economic Times

MediaTek preparing a high-end 5G-based 7nm chipset to rival Snapdragon 855

MediaTek has confirmed that it’ll be introducing a 7nm 5G-enabled chipset sometime this year to rival that of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 system-on-chip. The chipmaker revealed that the upcoming chip will be more powerful than the Helio P90 chip which was announced back in December last year.

Publication: The Mobile Indian

The ‘glass ceiling’ is in the mind

The women were ChitraHar-iharan, a veteran engineer and chip-designer who heads opÂerations and product develop-mentatSenZopt Technologies, a company she co-founded; Swapna Gupta, who leads Qual-comm Venture’s investments in early stage tech companies; Madhavi Rao, marketing direc-toratCadence Design Systems; and Poornima Shenoy, a serial entrepreneur now on her third venture, The Gain.

Publication: Deccan Herald

CII expresses concern on country’s job market

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Wednesday expressed concern on the country’s job market amid growing challenges of making a generation employment-ready. CII’s observation came a day after the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) flagged climbing unemployment rate in the country.

Publication: ET Now News

Semi launches semiconductor manufacturing workforce development campaign electricity lessons grade 6

The semiconductor manufacturing industry is fighting to attract, educate, and retain the necessary talent for its continued growth. A significant workforce gap of up to 10,000 global positions stretches the industry’s ability to meet the world’s already demanding technology needs. gas in back and stomach To solve this challenge, SEMI, the global electronics manufacturing association, is launching an audacious and innovative campaign to raise industry awareness and attract students and recent graduates that don’t yet know about the immense opportunities available to them in semiconductor manufacturing.

Publication: Gas & Electricity

Here’s why this gaming PC costs as much as a Mercedes

Even when it comes to the top-of-the-line, best of the best gadgets, a pertinent question has to be asked about their price: how much is too much? Take the case of a gaming PC.

Publication: Gadgets Now

Amazon Is the Biggest Employer in Tech

Global workforce of selected tech companies at the end of 2018 for most recent available.

Publication: The Economic Times

JPR: GPU Shipments Down 2.65% From Last Quarter, 3.3% YoY

Publication: TechPowerUp

Analytics jobs: Shortage of talent real, 97,000 positions vacant in India

A study on hiring trends in the analytics sector in India, conducted by edtech company Great Learning, indicates that 97,000 positions related to analytics and data science are currently vacant due to a dearth of qualified talent. A majority of these job openings are for junior roles. The number of unfilled positions has seen an increase of 45% over last year, indicating the widening talent gap in the industry.

Publication: Financial Express

Software products policy positive step towards making India global hub: Nasscom

IT industry body Nasscom on Friday said the National Policy on Software Products is a “positive step” towards empowering India to become global software products hub. “The policy recommendations are aligned to Nasscom’s suggestions on sectorial software product development clusters, talent accelerator programs and the initiative to nurturing of software products start-ups…” Nasscom said in a statement.

Publication: The Economic Times

H-1B issue: US-based IT firms file 40 lawsuits against USCIS

A group representing the IT outsourcing firms has filed nearly 40 lawsuits against the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The companies claim that the strict H-1B visa norms could eliminate the IT outsourcing industry from the US.

Publication: TechGig

Nasscom’s Mohan Krishnan on using CoEs to boost India’s AI, data sciences capabilities

Over the past three years, Nasscom, the nodal lobby for India’s software services industry, has launched four centres of excellence (CoE) for the Internet of Things (IoT), data sciences and artificial intelligence (AI) across the country.While the CoE for IoT offers platforms to enable innovations in areas such as connected devices, the ones for data sciences and AI collaborate with innovators, government, user enterprises, academia and industry.

Publication: TechCircle

Five leading global organisations join the OpenSDS project

Publication: Open Source For You

AWS open sources Neo-AI project to accelerate machine learning deployments on edge devices

Publication: Open Source For You

MWC 2019: Here are some non-smartphone innovations unveiled at the event

Publication: The News Minute

Global Industrial Internet Chip Market Insights, Forecast 2025

Publication: Webnewswire

Chipset innovation: India enters into an elite club, says Aruna Sundararajan

Publication: Gadgets Now

The Future Of Data Centers Is Green

Publication: Communications Today

Intel and Partner Ecosystem Offer New Silicon-Enabled Security Solutions

Publication: Cell IT

Convert your Precious Memorable Videos into Digital Library

Publication: PCQuest

Global Embedded Systems Market Research Report 2025

This report studies the global Embedded Systems market status and forecast, categorizes the global Embedded Systems market size (value & volume) by manufacturers, type, application, and region. This report focuses on the top manufacturers in United States, Europe, China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and other regions.

Publication: Webnewswire

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Semiconductor company AMD looking to ramp up engineering team in India (Proactive)edit

Semiconductor company AMD looking to ramp up engineering team in India (PROACTIVE)edit

AMD Releases a White Paper on “Intel Tax”edit

AMD Stocks Move Into Risky Zones, Courtesy of Google Stadiaedit

AMD Navi 20 GPU to feature Ray Tracing and Enhanced GCN Architectureedit

Compal Buying more AMD CPUs due to Intel’s 14nm Shortagesedit

Google Stadia Will Use AMD GPUs but Not CPUs, AMD Confirmsedit

Women in Tech: AMD India’s Jaya Jagdish says women should be vocal about pay hikes (Proactive)edit

AMD Radeon GPUs to power Google Stadia game streaming platform (Proactive)edit

AMD Radeon GPUs will power Google Stadia Gaming Platform (Proactive)edit

AMD Radeon datacenter GPUs to power Google’s ambitious Stadia gaming streaming service (Proactive)edit

Google’s Streaming Service, Stadia is Indeed Powered by an Intel CPUedit

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 On Sale For $220 On Amazonedit

<1% Steam Gamers Use AMD’s Radeon RX 580; NVIDIA GTX 1060 @ 15%edit

EK to Release Vector Series Water Block for the AMD Radeon VIIedit

AMD Ryzen 3000 Motherboards Leaked by Asus; Based on X570edit

AMD Ryzen CPU Sales on Par with Intel in European DIY Marketsedit

EK Water Blocks Releases EK-Vector Series Water Blocks for AMD Radeon VIIedit

AMD Radeon™ GPUs and Developer Tools Tapped for New Generation Gaming Platform, Google Stadiaedit

AMD Ryzen 3000 “Zen 2” BIOS Analysis Reveals New Options for Overclocking & Tweakingedit

Giada Adds AMD Ryzen-Powered DM6 To High-Performance Signage Player Seriesedit

AMD soars to a 5-month highedit

AMD’s CEO was at Google’s big streaming video-game unveiling, and it may hint big plans for the futureedit

AMD Ryzen 3000 Processors Receive Early BIOS Support on X370 and X470 Motherboardsedit

Zen 2 processors support pops up on X470 and X370 motherboardsedit

AMD RX 590 gets a huge price cut to compete against GTX 1660: Now available for $220edit

AMD Ryzen Memory Tweaking & Overclocking Guideedit

AMD perplexes analysts with a 12% jump on ‘well known’ newsedit

The Division 2 | First Impressions (Proactive)edit

AMD To Power Google’s New Video Game Streaming Service; Shares Up 9%edit

AMD has a ‘significant’ opportunity from Google’s cloud gaming initiativeedit

AMD Says Not to Count on Exotic Materials for CPUs in the Next Ten Years, Silicon Is Still Computing’s Best Friendedit

New AMD drivers extend DirectX and Vulkan Supportedit

AMD Radeon VII review (PROACTIVE)edit

Ryzen shine: The little chip that turned AMD’s Indian fortunes (PROACTIVE)edit

AMD Radeon RX 590, RX Vega 56 Prices Slashed Amid NVIDIA’s GTX Turing Onslaughtedit

AMD Releases Dual-Core A6 9400 APU For $35edit

The Division 2’s Newest Trailer Shows Off The Game’s AMD GPU-Specific Featuresedit

AMD Partner Sapphire To Stop Producing Radeon VII, To Wait For Naviedit

Ryzen shine: The little chip that turned AMD’s Indian fortunes (PROACTIVE)edit

AMD’s latest driver is optimized for The Division 2, supports DX12 in Windows 7edit

Devil May Cry 5 review (Proactive)edit

AMD Brings Back the “XT” Moniker with China-specific Radeon RX 560 XTedit

AMD Ryzen 5 2600/The Division 2 bundle on sale at Amazonedit

Cloud gaming set to become popular: AMD’s Marinkovic (Proactive)edit

AMD vs Nvidia – what’s the best add-in GPU for you?edit

AMD Radeon 19.3.1 Driver Introduces Optimisations Dedeicated to Devil May Cry 5edit

AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Laptop CPU Coming As Soon As Apriledit

AMD Confirms 3rd Gen Zen2 Based Ryzen Chips Will Come in 2019edit

Women Leaders Should Challenge The Status Quo: Jaya Jagadish (PROACTIVE)edit

AMD Radeon VII – Shooting for the stars (PROACTIVE)edit

Bykski Rolls Out Radeon VII Full-coverage Water-block with RGB LED Lightingedit

AMD Patents Variable Rate Shading Technique for Console, VR Performance Dominationedit

AMD Adrenalin Software Now for Ryzen, Vega (PROACTIVE)edit

Nvidia Vs. AMD: Which Graphics Card Should You Buy?edit

AMD’s Radeon VII GPUs Selling For $850 on Amazon; Out of Stock Everywhere Elseedit

Nvidia and AMD Suffering From GPU Oversupplyedit

AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs Prices Leaked; 16 Core 3850X To Cost $560edit

AMD Drives High-Performance Computing for the Embedded Industry with New Customersedit

AMD Showcases FreeSync 2 HDR Technology With Oasis Demoedit

AMD brand mentions

Google Stadia, proceed with extreme cautionedit

It’s game on with thee gaming laptopsedit

VES India presents ‘The Making of’ some of the magical work in VFX powered by AMD Radeon Proedit

Nvidia’s upcoming Navi GPU could feature real-time ray tracing supportedit

Top five laptop offers under Rs 35,000 that you can avail on Flipkart Laptop Bonanza saleedit

Google Stadia game streaming service maybe using Intel’s x86 CPU, not AMD’sedit

AMD Radeon Navi 20 GPU Might Support Raytracingedit

Corsair One Pro i180edit

BIOSTAR Unveils A68MHE Motherboardedit

Dive deep into your game with $30 off Viotek’s 27-inch 1440p 144Hz computer monitoredit

Google to leverage custom AMD GPU and Intel CPU for Stadiaedit

Here’s how to build your home theatre PCedit

NVIDIA G-Sync FreeSync supported monitor list growsedit

GeForce Experience Security Flaw Could Affect PC Gamers, Nvidia Advises Users to Download Updateedit

Gaming NVIDIA Releases DLSS Support For Anthem; Claims 40 Percent Boost In Performanceedit

Big Game Awarenessedit

Semiconductor company AMD looking to ramp up engineering team in India (Proactive)

Semiconductor company AMD looking to ramp up engineering team in India (PROACTIVE)

AMD Releases a White Paper on “Intel Tax”

AMD Stocks Move Into Risky Zones, Courtesy of Google Stadia

AMD Navi 20 GPU to feature Ray Tracing and Enhanced GCN Architecture

Compal Buying more AMD CPUs due to Intel’s 14nm Shortages

Google Stadia Will Use AMD GPUs but Not CPUs, AMD Confirms

Women in Tech: AMD India’s Jaya Jagdish says women should be vocal about pay hikes (Proactive)

AMD Radeon GPUs to power Google Stadia game streaming platform (Proactive)

AMD Radeon GPUs will power Google Stadia Gaming Platform (Proactive)

AMD Radeon datacenter GPUs to power Google’s ambitious Stadia gaming streaming service (Proactive)

Google’s Streaming Service, Stadia is Indeed Powered by an Intel CPU

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 On Sale For $220 On Amazon

<1% Steam Gamers Use AMD’s Radeon RX 580; NVIDIA GTX 1060 @ 15%

EK to Release Vector Series Water Block for the AMD Radeon VII

AMD Ryzen 3000 Motherboards Leaked by Asus; Based on X570

AMD Ryzen CPU Sales on Par with Intel in European DIY Markets

EK Water Blocks Releases EK-Vector Series Water Blocks for AMD Radeon VII

AMD Radeon™ GPUs and Developer Tools Tapped for New Generation Gaming Platform, Google Stadia

AMD Ryzen 3000 “Zen 2” BIOS Analysis Reveals New Options for Overclocking & Tweaking

Giada Adds AMD Ryzen-Powered DM6 To High-Performance Signage Player Series

AMD soars to a 5-month high

AMD’s CEO was at Google’s big streaming video-game unveiling, and it may hint big plans for the future

AMD Ryzen 3000 Processors Receive Early BIOS Support on X370 and X470 Motherboards

Zen 2 processors support pops up on X470 and X370 motherboards

AMD RX 590 gets a huge price cut to compete against GTX 1660: Now available for $220

AMD Ryzen Memory Tweaking & Overclocking Guide

AMD perplexes analysts with a 12% jump on ‘well known’ news

The Division 2 | First Impressions (Proactive)

AMD To Power Google’s New Video Game Streaming Service; Shares Up 9%

AMD has a ‘significant’ opportunity from Google’s cloud gaming initiative

AMD Says Not to Count on Exotic Materials for CPUs in the Next Ten Years, Silicon Is Still Computing’s Best Friend

New AMD drivers extend DirectX and Vulkan Support

AMD Radeon VII review (PROACTIVE)

Ryzen shine: The little chip that turned AMD’s Indian fortunes (PROACTIVE)

AMD Radeon RX 590, RX Vega 56 Prices Slashed Amid NVIDIA’s GTX Turing Onslaught

AMD Releases Dual-Core A6 9400 APU For $35

The Division 2’s Newest Trailer Shows Off The Game’s AMD GPU-Specific Features

AMD Partner Sapphire To Stop Producing Radeon VII, To Wait For Navi

Ryzen shine: The little chip that turned AMD’s Indian fortunes (PROACTIVE)

AMD’s latest driver is optimized for The Division 2, supports DX12 in Windows 7

Devil May Cry 5 review (Proactive)

AMD Brings Back the “XT” Moniker with China-specific Radeon RX 560 XT

AMD Ryzen 5 2600/The Division 2 bundle on sale at Amazon

Cloud gaming set to become popular: AMD’s Marinkovic (Proactive)

AMD vs Nvidia – what’s the best add-in GPU for you?

AMD Radeon 19.3.1 Driver Introduces Optimisations Dedeicated to Devil May Cry 5

AMD Ryzen 7 3750H Laptop CPU Coming As Soon As April

AMD Confirms 3rd Gen Zen2 Based Ryzen Chips Will Come in 2019

Women Leaders Should Challenge The Status Quo: Jaya Jagadish (PROACTIVE)

AMD Radeon VII – Shooting for the stars (PROACTIVE)

Bykski Rolls Out Radeon VII Full-coverage Water-block with RGB LED Lighting

AMD Patents Variable Rate Shading Technique for Console, VR Performance Domination

AMD Adrenalin Software Now for Ryzen, Vega (PROACTIVE)

Nvidia Vs. AMD: Which Graphics Card Should You Buy?

AMD’s Radeon VII GPUs Selling For $850 on Amazon; Out of Stock Everywhere Else

Nvidia and AMD Suffering From GPU Oversupply

AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs Prices Leaked; 16 Core 3850X To Cost $560

AMD Drives High-Performance Computing for the Embedded Industry with New Customers

AMD Showcases FreeSync 2 HDR Technology With Oasis Demo

Google Stadia, proceed with extreme caution

It’s game on with thee gaming laptops

VES India presents ‘The Making of’ some of the magical work in VFX powered by AMD Radeon Pro

Nvidia’s upcoming Navi GPU could feature real-time ray tracing support

Top five laptop offers under Rs 35,000 that you can avail on Flipkart Laptop Bonanza sale

Google Stadia game streaming service maybe using Intel’s x86 CPU, not AMD’s

AMD Radeon Navi 20 GPU Might Support Raytracing

Corsair One Pro i180

BIOSTAR Unveils A68MHE Motherboard

Dive deep into your game with $30 off Viotek’s 27-inch 1440p 144Hz computer monitor

Google to leverage custom AMD GPU and Intel CPU for Stadia

Here’s how to build your home theatre PC

NVIDIA G-Sync FreeSync supported monitor list grows

GeForce Experience Security Flaw Could Affect PC Gamers, Nvidia Advises Users to Download Update

Gaming NVIDIA Releases DLSS Support For Anthem; Claims 40 Percent Boost In Performance

Big Game Awareness

Google Stadia, proceed with extreme caution

Google Stadia, proceed with extreme caution

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