June 27, 2019

AMD specific news

16 Core AMD Ryzen 3000 CPU Posts Fastest SC and MC Score, Beating Intel’s $2000 Core i9-9980XEedit

When AMD announced its Matisse flagship, the Ryzen 9 3950X, it became the fastest processor beating Intel’s 36 thread Core i9-9980XE, but on the single core side, the i9-9900K continued to reign supreme. Now, chip detective, TUM_APISAK has shared the Geekbench score of yet another 16 Core/32 Thread Matisse (Ryzen 3000) possibly an engineering sample (correction) which beats all the i9s, both in the single-core as well as the multi-core test.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 leaks show how it could be one of the most sought-after CPUs for gamersedit

AMD’s highly anticipated 7nm based Ryzen 3000 series processors is just two weeks away from its official release and now another leak has surfaced and this time its AMD Ryzen 5 3600. The Ryzen 5 3600 has a base clock of 3.6 GHz and can turbo to 4.2 GHz.

Publication: The Indian Wire

AMD: EPYC Rome will Double our Server CPU Share, Intel on the Runedit

According to Forrest Norrod, the SVP and GM of the Datacenter and Embedded Solutions Group at AMD, team red expects to double its server market share by the end of 2020. During an interview with AnandTech, Norrod claimed that AMD should have control of about 10% of the server market by “Q2 or Q4 of next year”.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen and Aorus Push SSD Speeds to 15000MB/Sedit

Shortly after AMD Ryzen 3rd Generation processors hit the scene, we’ve been seeing NVMe SSDs break all sorts of sequential read and write speed records approaching 5,000MB/s. However, Gigabyte’s premium gaming brand, Aorus, has managed to blow past the 5K Rubicon and deliver an 8TB setup that runs up to 15,000MB/s read and 15,200MB/s write.

Publication: IGN

1st Gen Ryzen 7 1800X Shown Running on an X570 Motherboardedit

A couple of days back, we shared a few Geekbench scores which had the Ryzen 5 3600 running on an A320 motherboard, despite a clear announcement from AMD that the platform won’t be supporting the new Zen 2 chips. Now, we’ve got a German YouTuber running a 1st Gen Ryzen part, the Ryzen 7 1800X on an X570 board.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD brand mentions

Al, loT fuel new chip designs, and India is at the centre of it (PROACTIVE)edit

Fathima Farouk, HR head for India at semiconductor company AMD, says they plan to add over 350 engineers in 2019, and there are a variety of openings, including for performance architecture, physical design, performance verification, machine learning, drivers and compiler development, and in embedded.

Publication: The Times of India

BIOSTAR Motherboards Updated for AMD Ryzen 3rd Generation CPUs & APUsedit

BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices offers piece of mind for its customers, by announcing the BIOSTAR AMD AM4 300-series and 400-series motherboards are compatible with the upcoming 3rd Gen AMD RYZEN CPUs and APUs. BIOSTAR’s engineering team have been working relentlessly to ensure BIOSTAR products give their customers worry-free and product updates with a simple BIOS refresh which can be downloaded from their website.

Publication: IT Voice

You can now custom build Lenovo laptops with Made To Order serviceedit
CPU–AMD/ Intel; Intel CPU Customization options – Core i3, i5 or i7 Storage–Standard Hard Disks/ High speed SSD Graphics–Standard in-built graphics/ dedicated graphics AMD/ NVIDIA graphics

Publication: GadgetDetail Dataquest

MS, Intel may have fallen outedit

Disappointed by Intel’s new range of products, Microsoft is reportedly considering switching to rivals AMD for its next lineup of Surface device. For Intel, this move would be a second major blow in quick succession as Apple too has similar plans for its future devices.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle (Chennai) (Hyderabad) (Bangalore) The Asian Age

Competition in news

MS, Intel may have fallen outedit

Disappointed by Intel’s new range of products, Microsoft is reportedly considering switching to rivals AMD for its next lineup of Surface device. For Intel, this move would be a second major blow in quick succession as Apple too has similar plans for its future devices.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle (Chennai) (Hyderabad) (Bangalore) The Asian Age

Partner in news

Dell Technologies Launches AI Experience Zones Across APJedit

In a bid to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) market, Dell Technologies has launched Dell EMC AI Experience Zones in various cities in the region. The knowledge sharing zones opened in Bangalore, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo offer visitors an immersive AI experience, serving as a catalyst for AI understanding and adoption among organisations in the .

Publication: CXOToday

Asus 6Z goes on sale in India via Flipkart; check out price, specifications, offersedit

Asus 6Z is go on sale in India starting today via Flipkart. The Taiwanese company Asus only a few weeks ago in India. Asus 6Z was to be called ZenFone 6 but a court order restrained the company to sell its Zen branded products in India after it found Asus guilty of infringing on trademark rights of Telecare Network.

Publication: Business Today

BIOSTAR Motherboards Updated for AMD Ryzen 3rd Generation CPUs & APUsedit

BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices offers piece of mind for its customers, by announcing the BIOSTAR AMD AM4 300-series and 400-series motherboards are compatible with the upcoming 3rd Gen AMD RYZEN CPUs and APUs. BIOSTAR’s engineering team have been working relentlessly to ensure BIOSTAR products give their customers worry-free and product updates with a simple BIOS refresh which can be downloaded from their website.

Publication: IT Voice

You can now custom build Lenovo laptops with Made To Order serviceedit
CPU–AMD/ Intel; Intel CPU Customization options – Core i3, i5 or i7 Storage–Standard Hard Disks/ High speed SSD Graphics–Standard in-built graphics/ dedicated graphics AMD/ NVIDIA graphics

Publication: GadgetDetail Dataquest

Apple hires key chip designer Mike Filippo from ARM as own efforts ramp upedit

Apple Inc. hired one of ARM Holdings Inc.’s top chip engineers as the iPhone maker looks to expand its own chip development to more powerful devices, including the Mac, and new categories like a headset.

Publication: Financial Express

Industry news

Al, loT fuel new chip designs, and India is at the centre of it (PROACTIVE)edit

Fathima Farouk, HR head for India at semiconductor company AMD, says they plan to add over 350 engineers in 2019, and there are a variety of openings, including for performance architecture, physical design, performance verification, machine learning, drivers and compiler development, and in embedded.

Publication: The Times of India

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