April 8, 2019

AMD specific news

GPD Win 2 Max handheld gaming PC with AMD Ryzen APU Coming Soonedit

The thought of handheld gaming PCs with inbuilt qwerty keyboard and thumbsticks seems absurd at all levels. But the people at GPD are trying to break into a small and niche market with their upcoming GPD Win 2 Max. This “portable PC” packs an AMD APU in its belt, which is allegedly powered by a 25W AMD Ryzen CPU and a Vega GPU. The Win 2 Max is a follow-up to the GPD Win 2 which was powered by Intel’s Kaby-Lake chipset.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD shares skyrocket at 12% after analyst predicts growth in 7nm productsedit

Silicon-chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was the limelight at the bullion, with its share soaring through the roof. Analyst David Wong at Instinet earlier today commenced with a “buy” rating on the company’s stock, signaling a bright future for the 7nm product lineup of the company.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD CPU Market Share in Japan Doubles as 14nm Chip Shortages Continue to Hinder Inteledit

As per BCN Rankings, Intel’s CPU market share in Japan dropped from 78.0% in March 2018 to 58.6% in March this year. On the other hand, AMD’s share, which was 22.0% has nearly doubled by jumping to around 41.4%. Ever since AMD’s Ryzen chips were announced, Intel has been having a hard time keeping up with team red’s competitive offerings.

Publication: TechQuila

HWINFO v6.04 adds spport for AMD Navi and Intel Emmitsburgedit

The new version of HWiNFO v6.04 has preliminary support for AMD Navi GPUs and a mysterious Emmitsburg architecture from Intel. The latest version of HWiNFO is available for download.

Publication: The Indian Wire

Digit and AMD are bringing you the chance to win an AMD-powered laptopedit

Are you tired of using the same old laptop and looking for  a new laptop that offers higher performance? If yes, here is the alternative. Digit and AMD are coming together to give select users a chance to win a brand-new AMD powered laptop.

Publication: Digit Hindi 

AMD brand mentions

Intel Core i7-9750H w/ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming Laptops Leakededit

The 9750K will go up against AMD’s upcoming Zen+ based mobile flagship, namely the Ryzen 3750H. We expect the Intel chip to be faster than its Ryzen competitor, but aggressive pricing and similar graphics solutions should more than make up for that.

Publication: TechQuila

Most Used GPUs over the Past 15 Years (As per Steam Hardware Survey)edit

In April 04 we see healthy competition between ATI (AMD acquired ATI in 2006 and have ceased using the ATI branding ever since 2010) and Nvidia.

Publication: TechQuila

Intel’s new 56 Core Xeon Platinum Server CPUs To Counter AMD’s EPYC Lineupedit

Finally Intel has announced up to 56 core Xeon Platinum Server CPU Lineup to counter the upcoming AMD’s EPYC Server chips. Intel in the past few years has not really amazed the tech world yet, holding its previously gained position and so with its processors. The same old 14nm architecture is being followed and used in most of their consumer end as well as server end processor lineup.

Publication: TechnoSports

Acer Unveils Aspire 7 Notebooks with Intel Kaby Lake G CPU and AMD graphics for $1,499edit

Intel showcased its lineup of Kaby Lake G CPUs with integrated AMD Radeon Vega Graphics last year. Intel even launched a mini gaming PC featuring the chip, which was followed by multiple laptops launched by companies like Dell, HP with the Intel Kaby Lake G CPUs, but that was it, the processor was sort of neglected after that.

Publication: TechQuila

April 2019: Top 5 Laptop Models for Buying!edit

The Dell Inspiron 15 5000 device has AMD Ryzen 5 quad core CPU and 2 Gigabyte support, and is fast to use with the 8-inch graphics support. This device is based on the Windows 10 operating system.

Publication: Tamil Gizbot

The Battle for Middle-Range: ZOTAC GTX 1660Ti and 1660 Reviewedit

The green team has been going strong in the high-end gaming segment for a while now. With AMD’s Vega line-up having a tough start and the RTX GPUs being launched, it’s hard to understate NVIDIA’s market share. But it’s the mid-range market where things get interesting. The red team’s Polaris GPUs have given NVIDIA a run for their money ever since the launch of the RX 480, and still continue to do so, with the RX 500 series.

Publication: Gaming Monk

Nvidia set to launch Turing-based GeForce GTX 1650 and 1650 Ti in Apriledit

Nvidia seems to have amped-up its efforts of leaving AMD in the dust with a new series of Turing-based cards to replace the Pascal-based GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti. The new GTX 1650 and possible 1650 Ti will feature the company’s latest Turing architecture with improved performance from the previous entry-level 10 series cards.

Publication: Moneycontrol

Competition in news

Intel Core i7-9750H w/ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming Laptops Leakededit

The 9750K will go up against AMD’s upcoming Zen+ based mobile flagship, namely the Ryzen 3750H. We expect the Intel chip to be faster than its Ryzen competitor, but aggressive pricing and similar graphics solutions should more than make up for that.

Publication: TechQuila

Intel’s new 56 Core Xeon Platinum Server CPUs To Counter AMD’s EPYC Lineupedit

Finally Intel has announced up to 56 core Xeon Platinum Server CPU Lineup to counter the upcoming AMD’s EPYC Server chips. Intel in the past few years has not really amazed the tech world yet, holding its previously gained position and so with its processors. The same old 14nm architecture is being followed and used in most of their consumer end as well as server end processor lineup.

Publication: TechnoSports

Acer Unveils Aspire 7 Notebooks with Intel Kaby Lake G CPU and AMD graphics for $1,499edit

Intel showcased its lineup of Kaby Lake G CPUs with integrated AMD Radeon Vega Graphics last year. Intel even launched a mini gaming PC featuring the chip, which was followed by multiple laptops launched by companies like Dell, HP with the Intel Kaby Lake G CPUs, but that was it, the processor was sort of neglected after that.

Publication: TechQuila

Leaked Acer Nitro laptops with 9th Gen Intel CPUs and mobile GeForce GTX 1650 GPUedit

A PowerPoint slide from a recent Chinese retailer event was leaked on Twitter this week, pointing to Acer’s upcoming Nitro AN515-54 and AN517-51 gaming laptops will be featuring Intel 9th-gen Coffee Lake H-series processors and Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and soon-to-be-released GTX 1650 graphics cards.

Publication: The Indian Wire

Ready your systems, gamersedit

For anyone who’s found a good outlet through their controller, there is no love greater than the love of gaming, or so it would seem! Little wonder then, that the first Gamerconnect Express event of 2019 scheduled on April 7 in Hyderabad, is trending on Facebook posts and the WhatsApp groups of gaming enthusiasts in the city.

Publication: The Hindu

Indian students to participate in global science and engineering contestedit

A group of 25 school students from different parts of the country is all set to go to the United States of America to compete in a global science and engineering competition organised by Intel. As many as 1800 young innovators from 78 countries would be at the meet competing for about four million dollars in awards.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

HP Omen X Emperium 65edit

The first for-sale version of the Nvidia Big Format Gaming Display (BFGD) is the HP Omen X Emperium 65. Its forte is running AAA games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider at an extreme 4K resolution and very high refresh rates on its 65-inch screen. It takes a lot of PC muscle to push it to its limit, though.

Publication: PC Mag

The Battle for Middle-Range: ZOTAC GTX 1660Ti and 1660 Reviewedit

The green team has been going strong in the high-end gaming segment for a while now. With AMD’s Vega line-up having a tough start and the RTX GPUs being launched, it’s hard to understate NVIDIA’s market share. But it’s the mid-range market where things get interesting. The red team’s Polaris GPUs have given NVIDIA a run for their money ever since the launch of the RX 480, and still continue to do so, with the RX 500 series.

Publication: Gaming Monk

Intel investing $13 million into an AI chip that can transfer data 1,000 times fasteredit

Toronto-based Untether AI, recently announced a $13 million USD Series A funding round led by Intel Capital, to help develop an AI computer chip. It was joined by other investors, none of which were identified.

Publication: The Indian Wire

The cloud gaming market is about to explodeedit

The race to 5G isn’t just among the carriers and device-makers working to roll out 5G-enabled devices and telecommunications infrastructure. The rest of the tech industry is jockeying to capitalize on next-gen connectivity in all sorts of ways, and one of the biggest is cloud gaming.

Publication: PC Mag

Nvidia set to launch Turing-based GeForce GTX 1650 and 1650 Ti in Apriledit

Nvidia seems to have amped-up its efforts of leaving AMD in the dust with a new series of Turing-based cards to replace the Pascal-based GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti. The new GTX 1650 and possible 1650 Ti will feature the company’s latest Turing architecture with improved performance from the previous entry-level 10 series cards.

Publication: Moneycontrol

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Acer Unveils Aspire 7 Notebooks with Intel Kaby Lake G CPU and AMD graphics for $1,499edit

Intel showcased its lineup of Kaby Lake G CPUs with integrated AMD Radeon Vega Graphics last year. Intel even launched a mini gaming PC featuring the chip, which was followed by multiple laptops launched by companies like Dell, HP with the Intel Kaby Lake G CPUs, but that was it, the processor was sort of neglected after that.

Publication: TechQuila

HP Omen X Emperium 65edit

The first for-sale version of the Nvidia Big Format Gaming Display (BFGD) is the HP Omen X Emperium 65. Its forte is running AAA games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider at an extreme 4K resolution and very high refresh rates on its 65-inch screen. It takes a lot of PC muscle to push it to its limit, though.

Publication: PC Mag

The cloud gaming market is about to explodeedit

The race to 5G isn’t just among the carriers and device-makers working to roll out 5G-enabled devices and telecommunications infrastructure. The rest of the tech industry is jockeying to capitalize on next-gen connectivity in all sorts of ways, and one of the biggest is cloud gaming.

Publication: PC Mag

Microsoft joins tech race to clean up shipping with big dataedit

At noon every day — when the sun is directly overhead — the world’s fleet of commercial maritime ships report their position, speed and weather conditions. It’s the primary way ships track how much fuel they’re burning and how to to use less of it, and they’ve been doing it this way for at least 200 years.

Publication: The Economic Times

Industry news

SignalChip is India’s First Innovator of 56 Semiconductor Chipsedit

Signalchip takes pride to be the first Indian developer of semiconductor chips for 4G and 5G. Could you comment on how this was accomplished?

Publication: Voice & Data

Ready your systems, gamersedit

For anyone who’s found a good outlet through their controller, there is no love greater than the love of gaming, or so it would seem! Little wonder then, that the first Gamerconnect Express event of 2019 scheduled on April 7 in Hyderabad, is trending on Facebook posts and the WhatsApp groups of gaming enthusiasts in the city.

Publication: The Hindu

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