AMD specific news
Bykski Rolls Out Radeon VII Full-coverage Water-block with RGB LED Lightingedit
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 Dominationedit
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)edit
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?edit
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 brand mentions
GIGABYTE Rolls Out its Radeon RX 590 Gaming Graphics Cardedit
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?edit
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% YoYedit
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 Workplaceedit
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
Competition in news
Qualcomm launches new patent challenge against Appleedit
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 performanceedit
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?edit
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
Industry news
Amazon Is the Biggest Employer in Techedit
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% YoYedit
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
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