AMD specific news
AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.4.1 Is Out and Fixes Several Issuesedit
AMD have released a new driver update for its graphics cards today. The release notes say the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.4.1 driver fixes crashing and application hang up when MSAA is enabled in World of Warcraft. It also resolves issues in World of Tanks, where intermittent graphical corruption occurred when game settings are set to minimum on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products, which could prevent Radeon WattMan’s auto overclock to raise engine clocks past default levels on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.
Publication: Gaming Bolt
AMD to Highlight New 3rd Gen CPUs and GPUs at Computex 2019edit
A recent press release issued by Taitra and AMD has laid out plans to use the 2019 Computex International Press Conference to highlight some of their upcoming tech in a keynote by AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. The event is slated for May 27th and AMD will use the time to further detail their upcoming Ryzen CPUs and its NAVI GPUs.
Publication: Gaming Bolt
AMD Teams Up With Gearbox To Optimize Borderlands 3 for Ryzen and Radeonedit
AMD has been working quite hard in the recent times, partnering up with big publishers to bring blockbuster titles for their platform. Earlier this year, we saw Devil May Cry 5 and Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 being released in partnership with AMD, and now the red team has bagged another highly anticipated title, Borderlands 3.
Publication: Gaming Monk
Digit and AMD give you the chance to win AMD-powered laptopsedit
Are you sick and tired of your old laptop that is somehow managing to chug along at a snail’s pace? Are you on the lookout for some more performance. Well, looks like it’s your lucky day. Digit and AMD have partnered to offer a select few the chance to win a brand new AMD-powered laptop.
Publication: Digit
AMD Shares Jump Over 8 Percentedit
According to Reuters, Advanced Micro Devices shares jumped over 8-percent, while Intel rose about 2-percent.
Publication: NewsR
HOSTKEY Deploys AMD EPYC™ Processors for Customers Needing Powerful Performance on Virtualized, HPC and Parallel Workloadsedit
Today, AMD and HOSTKEY, a leading cloud solutions company representing clients across Europe, Russia and North America, has announced the release of AMD EPYCTM processor-based servers across HOSTKEY’s infrastructure. This new deployment of AMD EPYC CPUs offers differentiated features, core-count, connectivity and memory bandwidth to HOSTKEY customers running virtualized environments and high-performance computing workloads.
Publication: Cell IT
AMD To See Sales Increase Sharply In 2H19edit
A ramp-up in CPU and GPU shipments for notebooks, motherboards and servers will buoy significantly AMD’s sales performance in the second half of 2019, according to sources at PC makers. AMD’s third-generation Ryzen series CPUs featuring the new Zen 2 architecture, and corresponding X570 chipsets are set to be unveiled at Computex 2019 at the end of May, while AMD’s new server CPUs codenamed Rome will begin shipments in mid-2019. The company’s next-generation Navi series GPUs will also make their debut in the third quarter. All chips will be fabricated on 7nm process.
Publication: Communications Today
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Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 SSD Review: Fast and Furiousedit
Samsung is a pioneer in computer storage technology, and the company is known for offering the best storage solutions to computers, laptops, and even smartphones. The Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 SSD is the latest high-speed M.2 style SSD which is available in India for Rs 7,700, and I have been using the storage module on our gaming rig with 7th gen Intel Core i7-7700 CPU and AMD RX 580 GPU.
Publication: Gizbot
Wall St rises on trade hopes, chip stocks at record highsedit
US stocks rose on Wednesday, extending a strong start to the quarter as rising hopes of a trade deal with Beijing and bullish reports lifted the semiconductor index to a record high. Advanced Micro Devices Inc jumped 9.08 per cent, the biggest gainer on the S&P 500, and Intel Corp rose 2.50 per cent after Nomura Instinet started coverage of both the stocks with “buy” ratings.
Publication: The Economic Times
Competition in news
Intel gears up to tap data explosionedit
Every human on this earth is creating some 1.5 mega bytes of data a day and only 2 pre cent of it is currently analysed and that means business opportunities around data processing, management and storage are really huge, said semiconductor major Intel on Wednesday.
Publication: The Asian Age
Gaming in the motherland: talking esports, online and PC gaming with Intel Indiaedit
Gaming, the activity of sitting in front of a screen for hours on end with the potential to live different lives, visit places that don’t exist and save galaxies from evil lords. All this is of course a lot more fun when done with friends. With the ability to play with friends, the natural evolution in gaming has been competition
Publication: Digit
‘AI Becoming The Fastest Growing Workload In Data Centres’edit
In line with the global launch of the second generation of Xeon processor in San Francisco. Chip maker Intel has introduced one of the widest range of innovations in its data-centric portfolio in the history of Intel Corp. The legacy of Xeon has been existing over the last decades for Intel, however, after a gap of four years, the company has launched its 2nd-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor. It claims to have made significant improvements over first generation processor, along with computing, memory and networking slew of products.
Publication: Express Computer
Partner in news
Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 SSD Review: Fast and Furiousedit
Samsung is a pioneer in computer storage technology, and the company is known for offering the best storage solutions to computers, laptops, and even smartphones. The Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 SSD is the latest high-speed M.2 style SSD which is available in India for Rs 7,700, and I have been using the storage module on our gaming rig with 7th gen Intel Core i7-7700 CPU and AMD RX 580 GPU.
Publication: Gizbot
Industry news
10 soft skills that really matter at workedit
Workplaces are undergoing drastic changes in the face of emerging technologies and disruptions. We constantly hear about new job roles being created as the nature of doing business has evolved. A decade ago, these roles were completely unheard of but now we are already talking about reskilling and upskilling to stay relevant and take on these emerging jobs. Naturally, future employees will need to develop new skills to keep themselves abreast with the changes taking place around them.
Publication: The Hans India
‘Skills And Jobs Must Match To Meet High Aspirations Of India’s Young’edit
As India heads for its 17th general elections, employment is emerging as the single most important voter issue, noted a pre-election survey conducted across Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh by Lokniti-CSDS-ABP News. Labour participation rate fell from 43.2% to 42.7% in just a month to February 2019, noted the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, a business information company, in its March 2019 report.
Publication: IndiaSpend
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