AMD specific news
Ryzen shine: The little chip that turned AMD’s Indian fortunes (PROACTIVE)edit
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.
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AMD Radeon RX 590, RX Vega 56 Prices Slashed Amid NVIDIA’s GTX Turing Onslaughtedit
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 $35edit
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 Featuresedit
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 brand mentions
Alphacool releases new waterblock for AMD Vega VIIedit
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 7edit
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 Indiaedit
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 Infrastructureedit
“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
Competition in news
Intel Advances Hardware, Cloud and Connectivity at Open Compute Project Global Summitedit
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 Dataedit
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 Listedit
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 cardedit
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 Indiaedit
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
Intel, Google And Others Join Forces For CXL Interconnectedit
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 Machinesedit
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
Partner in news
ASUS unveils gaming laptopsedit
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 Availableedit
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
Industry news
India sets “aspirational” target for engineering exports at USD 200 bn by 2025edit
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 leadersedit
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 Infrastructureedit
“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
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