Bloomberg analyzed 2018 spending by 10 of the largest U.S. tech companies: Alphabet, Amazon.com Inc., Apple, Cisco, Facebook, Intel Corp., International Business Machines Corp., Microsoft, Oracle and Qualcomm Inc. The study looked at six common uses of corporate cash: buybacks, dividends, hiring, acquisitions, capital expenditures and research and development. The 2018 statistics were compared with previous years.

Publication: Business Standard

The new model is an upgrade to the original version, which was launched back in 2017. The hybrid laptop features a Snapdragon 850 processor, 4G LTE connectivity, Huawei Share support for file transmission, and a fingerprint scanner. This is Huawei’s first ARM-based 2-in-1 notebook.

Publication: Express Tech

As for performance, Zenbook 14 comes in two variants with Whiskey lake 8th generation Intel Core i5-8265U or the Core i7-8565U. In India, you get Intel UHD Graphics 620 and discrete Nvidia GeForce MX150 GPU with 2GB VRAM, 8GB LPDDR3 memory and up to 512GB PCIe 3.0 x 2 SSD storage (256GB on the low-end model).

Publication: Smartprix

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, is bringing the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) expertise to the cloud with the Qualcomm® Cloud AI 100. Publication: Telecom Drive

Acer today announced the new Spin 3, the latest addition to its popular Spin convertible notebook series. The combination of power, value, long battery life, and generous screen size sets the Acer Spin 3 apart. Powered by Windows 10 and up to an 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor and an optional NVIDIA® GeForce® MX230 GPU, it features up to a 512GB PCIe SSD and up to 1TB of HDD storage, a dockable and rechargeable pen, and enhanced Wi-Fi 5 performance.

Publication: IT Voice

“Intel continues to champion the needs of creators in their PCs by delivering the premium performance and platform technologies needed to speed workflows and enable their best,” said Chris Walker, Vice President and General Manager, Client Computing Group, Intel. “Across notebook and desktop form factors, and capability from 9th Gen Intel Core i7 and i9 along with Intel Xeon processors, ConceptD from Acer is a prime example of combining design, features and peripherals to deliver PCs to meet the highest demands for content creation at all levels.”

Publication: IT Voice

In addition, Acer has updated the Nitro 5 series laptop with the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics, a new display with a 144Hz refresh rate, and a low-latency response time of only 3ms.

Publication: Asian Age

The company has launched this product in the market which has a 17.3 inch full HD IPS display, with a refresh rate of 144Hz. This has NVIDIA G-SYNC gaming card for a good gaming experience. Speaking about performance of the laptop, this has an Intel core i9 CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 graphics engine.

Publication: News Track Live

Applied Materials, Inc. has been recognised by Intel as a recipient of a 2018 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award. The PQS award recognises companies like Applied that Intel believes have relentlessly pursued excellence and conducted business with resolute professionalism.

Publication: OEM Update

Intel revealed details about Intel® Optane™ memory H10 with solid-state storage – an innovative device that combines the superior responsiveness of Intel Optane technology with the storage capacity of Intel® Quad Level Cell (QLC) 3D NAND technology in a single space-saver M.2 form factor.

Publication: Cellit

Mozilla announced that the latest Firefox beta is now available for Windows 10 devices that are powered by Qualcomm’s 64-bit Snapdragon Arm processors. Mozilla has been working with Qualcomm on this Firefox port since December of last year.

Publication: The Indian Wire 

The redesigned Predator Helios 300 includes a sleek modern look and is powered by either up to an NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070 with Max-Q Design, or the latest GeForce® GTX GPUs, yet still retains its budget-friendly price tag. It’s well-suited for task-heavy computing, as its high-end hardware provides the performance needed for gaming, streaming, and video and photo editing.

Publication: Click IT News

Even if the AIO were packing four Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards, they wouldn’t be enough to push many new games in 8K at 120Hz.

Publication: The Indian Wire

Global semiconductor revenue totalled USD 474.6 billion in 2018, a 12.5 per cent increase from 2017, a report by Gartner Inc. said on Friday.

Publication: New Kerala

Acer announced new additions across its growing Predator line of gaming products at the annual next@acer global press conference in New York. The new Predator Orion 5000 desktop PC powered by Windows 10 is a mid-tower targeting hardcore gamers, with Intel’s latest Z390 chipset, 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K processor, and features an NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2080 GPU. In addition, Acer has launched a massive 43-inch Predator monitor, alongside new additions to its series of Predator gadgets.

Publication: Click IT News