AMD specific news
AMD’s 64-Core, 128-Thread EPYC Rome to Impact Intel’s Server Dominanceedit
Earlier this year, AMD’s 64-Core, 128-Thread EPYC Rome Server chips were announced with an expected release later this year. Most manufacturers receive an early sample for testing and apparently, several benchmarks of the upcoming EPYC Rome chips have leaked on public databases.
Publication: Techquila
AMD Ryzen 3000 Will Support A320 and B350 Motherboardsedit
AMD Stocks Rose by Almost 140% in 2018; Intel’s Less than 10%edit
The year 2018 was an eventful one for the CPU sector. Intel lost its footing, AMD took advantage of the chaos and gained steadily in all segments. From Ryzen to Epyc, team red started chipping away at Intel’s territory both in the consumer as well as the server space. AMD’s stock rose by almost 140% while Intel’s almost stayed stagnant with a growth of less than 10%.
Publication: Techquila
AMD Aims To Capture 10% Of Server CPU Bizedit
AMD’s EPYC series continuing to attract more orders, Intel’s is likely to see its serve market share fall below 90 per cent by the end of 2020, according to market sources. Japan-based NTT Data is the latest firm to announce that it plans to procure datacentre servers equipped with AMD EPYC processors for its credit and financial information sysÂtem from Tyan Computer.
Publication: Deccan Chronicle
Semiconductor company AMD looking to ramp up engineering team in India (Proactive)edit
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: ET Telecom
AMD brand mentions
LG to Viewsonic to BenQ: Top value-for-money gaming monitorsedit
LG 24 inch Gaming Monitor | 24-inch Screen Size | AMD Free Sync | 144Hz Refresh Rate | Full HD 1920×1080 resolution | 1ms Response Time | TN Panel | Rs 20,300 | This monitor delivers excellent performance going up to 144 Hz refresh rate in a nice minimalist design.
Publication: Money Control
Hitman 2 Finally Receives DX12 Support, But is it Really Worth it?edit
On the other hand, AMD’s RX 580 was able to hit 70 fps and 26 fps minimum with DX11 enabled. And on enabling DX12 the average fps did drop a bit from 70 fps to 66 fps but the minimum fps saw a considerable jump from just 26 fps to 35 fps.
Publication: Techquila
Why AMD’s Navi GPUs Won’t Impress Gamers or Enthusiasts Alikeedit
After the rather mild reception that Radeon VII received, gamers have been hoping that AMD’s upcoming Navi GPUs will give NVIDIA’s growing market share something to chew on. I am not contesting the fact that the lineup will be competitive, but I’m positive most AMD fans are setting their sights way too high.
Publication: Techquila
Google Stadia, proceed with extreme cautionedit
Stadia is expected to roll out in the United States, Canada, UK and most of Europe sometime later in 2019 and it’s worth following closely. Google has teamed up with AMD as they jump head first into gaming with Stadia. Their brand new streaming platform that rims 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 (Chronicle Bengaluru), The Asian Age – Delhi Age
Grave Keeper Review (PC): It’s Got Zombies…And Not Much Elseedit
As I’ve mentioned a few times, this is a mobile port. The performance on any computer should be good. And it is. It ran flawlessly at 1080p on a Ryzen 5/GTX 1060 machine, but it also ran very well on my 5-year-old laptop with an AMD A10 processor and integrated graphics. Managed to stay at a constant 60 fps on the native 1366×768 display.
Publication: Indian Noob
Competition in news
Prominent NVIDIA Engineer, Tom Petersen to Join Intel; Will Work on Xe GPUsedit
It looks like Intel is getting rather aggressive with its recruitment drive (or should I say “Odyssey”) for the Visual Technologies Team. After poaching the head of Radeon Technologies Group, Raja Koduri, Intel seems to have “persuaded” Tom Petersen, one of the most prominent (former) faces at NVIDIA to switch sides. He had been working as the director of technical marketing there since 2005.
Publication: Techquila
The future of gaming is… YouTube?edit
If there weren’t enough consoles in this world, Google showcased their minimalist Stadia controller last week. This magical new controller is supposed to work via WiFi across platforms. Google Stadia has its benefits. It foresees a future where we can see a games trailer, and click to play no matter what the actual console and graphic requirements might be.
Publication: The New Indian Express
Is streaming the future of gaming? We highlight the advantages and drawbacks of removing hardware from the gaming experienceedit
Competitive e-sports players, who swear by wired devices as opposed to wireless ones due to their superior response times, will find streaming services a hard sell. Even standard competitive multiplayer games could be a challenge for the sheer number of inputs and streams that need to be processed back and forth.Google is by no means the first company to dive into game streaming – Sony and Nvidia already offer such services on console and PC respectively.
Publication: Mumbai Mirror
Nvidia may develop own smart home deviceedit
The smart home segment is set to get even more crowded as Nvidia, according to report, mulls foraying into the space. With every major tech company planning to occupy the space, it was only a matter of time that Nvidia too would take the plunge.
Publication: Deccan Chronicle
NVIDIA GeForce RTX Graphics Cards’ Prices Drop First Time Since Launchedit
NVIDIA’s Turing based RTX cards have received price cuts for the first time since release. These GPUs launched with some fancy new features like support for real-time raytracing, AI-based upscaling, adaptive shading as well as improved per core efficiency. However, gamers weren’t satisfied with the performance gains compared to the previous gen Pascal cards and the prices didn’t really do much to help. Compared to the GTX 10-series, the RTX 20-series graphics cards were roughly $100-150 more expensive than their respective predecessors.
Publication: Click It News
Intel Powering Industry 4.0 for Smart Manufacturing and Data-Centric Transformationedit
We are well along the journey to Industry 4.0 – where analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) drive intelligence, decision-making and productivity. The transformative opportunities and market potential of Industry 4.0 are massive: It’s expected to create up to $3.7 trillion in value within global manufacturing. We are still in the early adoption stages, with only 30 percent of companies actively deploying IoT solutions at scale.
Publications: Cell IT
C-DAC announces Tech Conclave 2019edit
Eminent experts of international repute from MeitY, Niti Ayog, C-DAC, DRDO, IISc, IIT, AIIMS, research labs and industry like FICCI, Intel, Nvidia, Atos, Mellanox, NetApp, DDN will deliberate on the focussed research areas and provide deep insights through their synergetic ideas.
Publication: The Siasat Daily
NVIDIA Project R.O.N Leaked — Looks Like A Google Home And Hologram Mashupedit
The news of an upcoming home connectivity device from Nvidia was recently leaked online. The story was reported by Keith May from Wccftech, while he was in Caltrain. At the station, he spotted a guy with an ‘NV’ (Nvidia) badge working on a presentation for a venture named ‘Nvidia Project R.O.N.’ And from the looks of it, Project R.O.N looks similar to a Google home device.
Publication: Foss Bytes
Partner in news
LG to Viewsonic to BenQ: Top value-for-money gaming monitorsedit
LG 24 inch Gaming Monitor | 24-inch Screen Size | AMD Free Sync | 144Hz Refresh Rate | Full HD 1920×1080 resolution | 1ms Response Time | TN Panel | Rs 20,300 | This monitor delivers excellent performance going up to 144 Hz refresh rate in a nice minimalist design.
Publication: Money Control
Industry news
Prominent NVIDIA Engineer, Tom Petersen to Join Intel; Will Work on Xe GPUsedit
It looks like Intel is getting rather aggressive with its recruitment drive (or should I say “Odyssey”) for the Visual Technologies Team. After poaching the head of Radeon Technologies Group, Raja Koduri, Intel seems to have “persuaded” Tom Petersen, one of the most prominent (former) faces at NVIDIA to switch sides. He had been working as the director of technical marketing there since 2005.
Publication: Techquila
The future of gaming is… YouTube?edit
If there weren’t enough consoles in this world, Google showcased their minimalist Stadia controller last week. This magical new controller is supposed to work via WiFi across platforms. Google Stadia has its benefits. It foresees a future where we can see a games trailer, and click to play no matter what the actual console and graphic requirements might be.
Publication: The New Indian Express
Is streaming the future of gaming? We highlight the advantages and drawbacks of removing hardware from the gaming experienceedit
Competitive e-sports players, who swear by wired devices as opposed to wireless ones due to their superior response times, will find streaming services a hard sell. Even standard competitive multiplayer games could be a challenge for the sheer number of inputs and streams that need to be processed back and forth.Google is by no means the first company to dive into game streaming – Sony and Nvidia already offer such services on console and PC respectively.
Publication: Mumbai Mirror
Google Stadia, proceed with extreme cautionedit
Stadia is expected to roll out in the United States, Canada, UK and most of Europe sometime later in 2019 and it’s worth following closely. Google has teamed up with AMD as they jump head first into gaming with Stadia. Their brand new streaming platform that rims 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 (Chronicle Bengaluru), The Asian Age – Delhi Age
Intel Powering Industry 4.0 for Smart Manufacturing and Data-Centric Transformationedit
We are well along the journey to Industry 4.0 – where analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) drive intelligence, decision-making and productivity. The transformative opportunities and market potential of Industry 4.0 are massive: It’s expected to create up to $3.7 trillion in value within global manufacturing. We are still in the early adoption stages, with only 30 percent of companies actively deploying IoT solutions at scale.
Publications: Cell IT
C-DAC announces Tech Conclave 2019edit
Eminent experts of international repute from MeitY, Niti Ayog, C-DAC, DRDO, IISc, IIT, AIIMS, research labs and industry like FICCI, Intel, Nvidia, Atos, Mellanox, NetApp, DDN will deliberate on the focussed research areas and provide deep insights through their synergetic ideas.
Publication: The Siasat Daily
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