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16-Core/32-Thread AMD 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadripper 2950X on Sale for $100 Lessedit
If you are a content creator or someone who’s into CAD modeling or rendering, then the AMD Ryzen Threadripper is what you should have in your system. The Intel equivalent of these chips are twice as expensive and still don’t come with as many PCIe lanes and L3 cache. Regardless of what you own, Newegg is selling AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 2950X for $100 less than the retail price of $899 for a limited time duration of 24 hours.
Publication: TechQuila
Before Ryzen Microsoft considered each AMD Core Equal to 75% of an Intel Xeon Coreedit
Thanks to AMD’s Reddit thread, it has come to our attention that back in 2012 when AMD’s Opteron server processors were around, Microsoft would consider them to be 3/4th of a real (read Intel Xeon) CPU core. This is clearly mentioned in the company’s SQL Server 2012 Core Licensing guide that assigns a “Core Factor” of 0.75 to all AMD chips while the Intel Xeon parts all had a value of 1. According to the documentation, “The core factor is a multiplier used in calculating the number of core licenses you will need for a server with a given processor type. To simplify the Transition Report, focus on those servers containing more than 4 cores per processor.”
Publication: TechQuila
AMD Radeon Navi Driver for Linux Ready for Deploymentedit
It seems like AMD’s Radeon Navi GPUs might show up at Computex 2019 after all, with a possible release on 7/7/19 to mark team red’s shift to the 7nm manufacturing process. Phonorix has spotted a new open source driver for a GPU codenamed, “gfx1010” which will most likely be the highly anticipated Radeon product.
Publication: TechQuila
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Everything You Need to Know About Choosing the Right CPU for Your Next Laptop or Desktop PCedit
There are only two CPU manufacturers in the world: Intel and AMD. Many people only know of Intel and its Celeron, Pentium, and Core processor lines, and that isn’t a big surprise since this company has had the lion’s share of the market for decades now. The other player is AMD, which has always had to fight for recognition and is only just emerging from a years-long period when its products were too weak to be taken seriously.
Publication: Gadgets360
ASUS Laptops with GTX 1660 Ti And Ryzen Spotted on 3DMarkedit
Thanks to TUM_APISAK, who posted the 3DMark benchmarks on Twitter, we now have eyes on ASUS laptops that pair the green team’s graphics with the red team’s Ryzen 3 APU, which was revealed at CES earlier this year. ASUS has already revealed a Zephyrus G series laptop with the same pairing, the GA502. But the ones we see in the 3DMark results are the FX505DU and GU502DU models, referred to as Gamersky and Galaxy 5305 in the test respectively.
Publication: Gaming Monk
Top 5 Mid Budget Gaming Laptops coming soonedit
A known entity in the performance series, Dell has revamped its Vostro series with this minimal design. Powering this one is an 8th Gen i5, clocking in at 1.6Ghz, which is lower compared to other two listed above but packs a 2GB AMD Radeon 530 graphics card to balance the scale. Besides this, the Dell Vostro also shares the same RAM and battery capacity as the Acer Aspire E. The main difference comes down to its resolution, that at 1920 x 1080 pixels.
Publication: IGN India
Intel cuts forecast as China data centre sales remain weakedit
As bad as the outlook is for 2Q19 and FY19 due to weaker macro softness, we think there remains further headwinds due to the increased competitive threat from AMD into 2H19 and 2020,” said Kinngai Chan, an analyst with Summit Insights Group.
Publication: Zee Business
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NVIDIA “Mortal Kombat 11” Game Ready Driver Just Released for Newly Announced GTX 16-Series Gaming Laptops and GTX 1650 GPUsedit
NVIDIA today released a Game Ready Driver for Mortal Kombat 11 that also provides support for GeForce GTX 16 Series Laptops and GeForce GTX 1650 GPUs. GeForce users will see performance improvements of up to 13% inStrange Brigade using Vulkan with this new driver, which also brings new features, such as SLI support for Anthem and seven new G-SYNC Compatible displays.
Publication: Digital Conqueror
Nvidia’s hardware device could be a 2-in-1 shield android hybridedit
After cancelling plans to build any SHIELD products back in 2016, it seems like NVIDIA wants a bigger piece for itself in the portable gaming market. NVIDIA’s SHIELD Experience software reportedly contains code indicating that the hardware giant may be building a hybrid tablet and laptop device.
Publication: Firstpost
Intel cuts forecast as China data centre sales remain weakedit
As bad as the outlook is for 2Q19 and FY19 due to weaker macro softness, we think there remains further headwinds due to the increased competitive threat from AMD into 2H19 and 2020,” said Kinngai Chan, an analyst with Summit Insights Group.
Publication: Zee Business
Intel: 10nm Ice Lake U Mobile CPUs in 2019, 10nm Xeon in 2020edit
Intel during its Q1 earnings call reaffirmed that the company’s 10nm chips are on track for deployment, later this year for notebooks and mobile platforms and in 2020 for Xeon based server platforms. The company claims that the 10nm CPUs will hit retail shelves in the fourth quarter of 2019 and there won’t be any shortages as initially predicted.
Publication: TechQuila
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Reviewedit
Lenovo’s ThinkPad line includes several models that go beyond the common perception of staid, sober business machines that the brand originally became famous for. Lenovo has experimented with various new features including 2-in-1 convertible devices, tablets, and ultra-slim laptops within the ThinkPad family, but they all still prioritise construction quality, reliability, and manageability — to a large extent, at least.
Publication: Gadgets360
Microsoft becomes a trillion dollar company after impressive earningsedit
Microsoft Corp on Wednesday briefly topped $1 trillion in value for the first time after executives predicted continued growth for its cloud computing business. The Redmond, Washington-based company beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and revenue, powered by an unexpected boost in Windows revenue and brisk growth in its cloud business which has reached tens of billions of dollars in sales.
Publication: Mint
First Look: With New GeForce GTX, Lenovo Launches Budget IdeaPad L340 Gaming Laptopedit
While Lenovo has its dedicated gaming laptop line, Legion, the IdeaPad series continues to offer new affordable gaming laptops of its own. This week, the PC giant unveiled the IdeaPad L340 Gaming, alongside some tweaks to its Legion lineup. While the Legion tweaks are to its existing models, centered around internal upgrades based on the newest Nvidia GTX and Intel 9th Generation Core parts, the IdeaPad is more interesting, as a totally new product.
Publication: PC Mag
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