April 4, 2019

AMD specific news

A party crasher (Proactive)edit

With a host of options from both AMD and Nvidia, we have got AMD’s latest and greatest pixel gusher to level the playground.

Publication: Stuff

AMD may unveil Epyc, 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs with Navi GPUs at Computex 2019edit

AMD is gearing up for its second big unveil of the year at Computex 2019 in Taiwan. The company’s CEO and driving force behind the rise of Ryzen, Dr Lisa Su will be leading the charge, delivering the ‘prime’ keynote at the event.

Publication: Moneycontrol Gadgets360 Gaming Monk

AMD brand mentions

US Stocks – Chip index at record, boosts Wall St as trade hopes buildedit

AMD surges, top gainer on Philadelphia Semiconductor index

Publication: Reuters India

HP Envy x360: Good offering at the start of the premium ladderedit

The review unit was powered by the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U quad-core processor and came with an integrated Radeon Graphics card. The Envy X360 is also available in a variant with the AMD Ryzen 3 processor. There are two RAM variants as well as 4 GB and 8 GB – and according to the spec sheet, up to 16 GB. It runs on Windows Home 10.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

 

Wall St Rises on Trade Hopes, Chip Stocks at Record Highsedit

Stocks rose on Wednesday, extending a strong start to the quarter as rising hopes of a trade deal with Beij ing and bullish reports lifted the semiconductor index to a record high. Advanced Micro Devices Inc jumped 9.08 %, the biggest gainer on the S&P 500, and Intel Corp rose 2.50% after Nomura Instinet started coverage of both the stocks with buyer ratings.

Publication: The Economic Times (Delhi) Mumbai Hyderabad Chennai

8th Generation laptop from HPedit

HP has launched an exciting range of laptops including the HP Envy x360 which are equipped with the 8th generation Intel processors and 2nd Generation AMD Ryzen processors.

Publication: Daily Thanthi

Product Watchedit

Designed for extreme gamers, the Predator Helios 500 is a gaming beast. It features up to overclockable 8th generation Intel Core i9 8950HK + Nvidia GTX1070 8GB Graphics or AMD Ryzen 7 2700 + AMD Vega 56 Graphics. Intel Optane memory increases responsiveness and load times, while ultra-fast NVMePCIe SSDs, Killer DoubleShot Pro networking, and up to 64GB of memory keep the action going, making the Helios 500 the ideal gaming notebook for graphic-intensive AAA titles and live streaming. Top-notch visuals are delivered on bright, vibrant 4K UHD or Full-HD IPS 17.3-inch displays with 144Hz refresh rates for blur- and tear-free gameplay.

Publication: National Computrade News

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Lenovo Yoga 730: Pretty design meets great display and specsedit

The device runs on Windows 10 Home, which can be an energy guzzler at times but thats an animal you have to live with if you are not a fan of Linux systems. That said, the Yoga 730 does a decent job on the energy consumption front thanks to its processor – 8th Gen Intel Core i7 – and an 8 GB RAM, backed by a solid slate drive (SSD) of 256/512 GB/l TB depending on the price.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

Nvidia to launch turing architecture-based GEForce GTX 1650 and 1650 TI soon: reportedit

Expected to launch in March earlier, the NVIDIA GTX 1650 is probably going to finally see the light of day towards the end of April. This is going to be yet another Turing architecture-based GPU launch from the GPU giant. It had earlier released the GTX 1660 and 1660 Ti, and now are targeting the lower price segment.

Publication: Firstpost

Lenovo Announces Data Center Portfolio Refresh – Featuring New Intel® Processors, Persistent Memory and Enhanced Securityedit

Lenovo, a Fortune Global 500 company and a technology leader in Intelligent Transformation, today announced a series of upgrades to its ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile data center infrastructure portfolios, aligned with Intel’s launch of the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory modules.

Publication: Social News XYZ

SUSE joins hand with Intel to meet transformation challengesedit

SUSE has announced support for 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, formerly code named “Cascade Lake,” following on the heels of becoming the first enterprise Linux optimized for Intel Optane DC persistent memory with SAP HANA workloads earlier this year.

Publication: VAR India

8th Generation laptop from HPedit

HP has launched an exciting range of laptops including the HP Envy x360 which are equipped with the 8th generation Intel processors and 2nd Generation AMD Ryzen processors.

Publication: Daily Thanthi

Intel Announces Broadest Product Portfolio For Moving, Storing And Processing Dataedit

Intel unveiled a new portfolio of data-centric solutions consisting of 2nd-Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Intel Optane DC memory and storage solutions, and software and platform technologies optimized to help its customers extract more value from their data.

Publication: Communications Today

ASUS unveils latest ROG line up powered by NVIDIA GeForce RTXedit

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) unveiled the latest range of gaming laptops, ROG Zephyrus S GX531, ROG Zephyrus S GX701, and ROG Strix SCAR II along with desktop GL12CX. Committed to enhancing every aspect of the gaming laptops, ASUS ROG has powered the graphics of these latest laptops with the cutting-edge NVIDIA GeForce RTX engines, thus yielding incredibly fast displays framed by amazingly slim bezels, serving a fully immersive experience.

Publication: National Computrade News

Product Watchedit

Designed for extreme gamers, the Predator Helios 500 is a gaming beast. It features up to overclockable 8th generation Intel Core i9 8950HK + Nvidia GTX1070 8GB Graphics or AMD Ryzen 7 2700 + AMD Vega 56 Graphics. Intel Optane memory increases responsiveness and load times, while ultra-fast NVMePCIe SSDs, Killer DoubleShot Pro networking, and up to 64GB of memory keep the action going, making the Helios 500 the ideal gaming notebook for graphic-intensive AAA titles and live streaming. Top-notch visuals are delivered on bright, vibrant 4K UHD or Full-HD IPS 17.3-inch displays with 144Hz refresh rates for blur- and tear-free gameplay.

Publication: National Computrade News

Intel Unleashes 56-core Xeon “Cascade Lake” Processor to Preempt 64-core EPYCedit

Intel late Tuesday made a boat-load of enterprise-relevant product announcements, including the all important update to its Xeon Scalable enterprise processor product-stack, with the addition of the new 56-core Xeon Scalable “Cascade Lake” processor. This chip is believed to be Intel’s first response to the upcoming AMD 7 nm EPYC “Rome” processor with 64 cores and a monolithic memory interface.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Intel Unveils New Server Chips Aimed at Keeping Its Leadedit

Intel the largest maker of computer processors, announced a new range of server chips aimed at maintaining its dominance over one of the most profitable segments of the semiconductor industry. The company is introducing 90 different versions of the Xeon processor aiming to expand the type of work its most lucrative model can handle.

Publication: Gadgets360 Financial Express Business Standard Express Computer

Intel consolidates IT work with infosys, lays off US employeesedit

Intel laid off hundreds of IT workers in US and Costa Rica last week as the company consolidated its IT operations under single vendor, Infosys, reports said. While the number of affected employees from this process of consolidation was not immediately known, Intel confirmed the development; saying it had done so taking into account the priorities of its business. “We are consolidating our existing outsourcing relationships. We continue to maintain a global internal IT team,” said Intel in an email reply. Questions sent to Infosys remained unanswered till the time of going to press.

Publication: Business Standard

Intel Appoints George Davis As EVP And CFOedit

Intel Corp. (INTC) said that it appointed George Davis as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 3. Davis will report to Intel CEO Bob Swan and oversee Intel’s global finance organization, including finance, accounting and reporting, tax, treasury, internal audit and investor relations. He will also oversee Intel’s information technology or IT organization.

Publication: RTT News

Intel Driving Data-Centric World with New 10nm Intel Agilex FPGA Familyedit

Intel announced today a brand-new product family, the Intel Agilex FPGA. This new family of field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) will provide customized solutions to address the unique data-centric business challenges across embedded, network and data center markets.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Women in Tech: Qualcomm’s Viji Ranganna on breaking barriers and chasing dreamsedit

In 1992, a time when anyone going to the US to study was a rare phenomenon, Viji Ranganna dreamt big. Not only did she want to go to the US to do her Masters, she wanted to one day work for a hardware company like Intel. And despite opposition from her parents and apprehensions from people around her, she made it happen.

Publication: The News Minute

H2O.ai Unveils AI and Machine Learning Acceleration on New 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor Based Systemsedit

H2O.ai, the open source leader in AI and machine learning (ML), today unveiled the first phase of its strategic collaboration project with Intel, codenamed Project BlueDanube, focused on accelerating H2O.ai technologies on Intel platforms, including the new 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. The combination allows enterprise organizations that are embarking upon the AI journey with highly scalable, cost effective and faster path to insights by combining H2O.ai’s accelerated machine learning technology with Intel’s most advanced processor and memory architecture in order to gain a competitive edge.

Publication: PTI Business Today Telangana Today VAR India IT News Online

Intel’s 2nd-gen Xeon Scalable processors are hereedit

Aiming to empower businesses with deep learning capabilities, Intel on Tuesday launched the second generation of Xeon scalable processors, including the flagship Xeon Platinum 9200 processor with 56 cores, at its “Data-Centric Innovation Day” here.

Publication: BGR Business Standard Financial Express PC Mag  The Mobile Indian Daijiworld Webindia123 Orissa Post SiliconIndia Netindia123.com InfoTech Lead Sify Forever News

Partner in news

Lenovo Yoga 730: Pretty design meets great display and specsedit

The device runs on Windows 10 Home, which can be an energy guzzler at times but thats an animal you have to live with if you are not a fan of Linux systems. That said, the Yoga 730 does a decent job on the energy consumption front thanks to its processor – 8th Gen Intel Core i7 – and an 8 GB RAM, backed by a solid slate drive (SSD) of 256/512 GB/l TB depending on the price.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

New laptops to jazz up the way you workedit

The 15-inch Spectre x360 is a 2-in-l convertible laptop, and it has a unique sawed-off rear corner with USB ports to let you plug in peripherals while keeping the cords from interfering with whatever else is on your desk. The reason the new convertible is so interesting is its optional OLED display, with deeper blacks and more vivid colours than a typical LCD. HP Spectre x360 is more expensive than its LCD-based counterparts.

Publication: ET Panache

Lenovo Announces Data Center Portfolio Refresh – Featuring New Intel® Processors, Persistent Memory and Enhanced Securityedit

Lenovo, a Fortune Global 500 company and a technology leader in Intelligent Transformation, today announced a series of upgrades to its ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile data center infrastructure portfolios, aligned with Intel’s launch of the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory modules.

Publication: Social News XYZ

ASUS unveils latest ROG line up powered by NVIDIA GeForce RTXedit

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) unveiled the latest range of gaming laptops, ROG Zephyrus S GX531, ROG Zephyrus S GX701, and ROG Strix SCAR II along with desktop GL12CX. Committed to enhancing every aspect of the gaming laptops, ASUS ROG has powered the graphics of these latest laptops with the cutting-edge NVIDIA GeForce RTX engines, thus yielding incredibly fast displays framed by amazingly slim bezels, serving a fully immersive experience.

Publication: National Computrade News

Industry news

Semiconductor group urges more research funding to counter Chinaedit

A trade group for the semiconductor industry on Wednesday called on U.S. government leaders to boost funding for chip research and science education while easing limits on green cards in an effort to counter China’s investments in chip technology.

Publication: Reuters

Flipkart, Amazon, OYO top workplaces in India: Reportedit

Walmart-owned Flipkart is the most preferred workplace in India, followed by Amazon and OYO in the second and third places, respectively, according to LinkedIn’s latest ranking released on Tuesday. E-commerce companies, ride-hailing and food-delivery firms, and IT businesses dominated the top spots in the list.

Publication: ET Tech

Emerging areas of advanced computingedit

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) to hosts two days Technology Conclave on 4th and 5th April 2019 at Pune in the emerging areas of Advanced Computing with major thrust on Exascale Computing, Microprocessor and Quantum Computing, AI & Language Computing, IoE and Dependable and Secure Computing and Next Generation Applied Computing.

Publication: Financial Samachar

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