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AMD Radeon RX 5700 Review: Decent Budget Card but No RTXedit
AMD launched the Radeon Navi cards earlier this month to tackle NVIDIA’s growing influence in the mid-range market. Although the initial prices were fixed at $399 and $449, the RTX Super announcement forced AMD to slash the MSRP at the very last minute. Whether it was a planned move or improvisation is debatable, but regardless, the upper-midrange GPU market is competitive all of a sudden.
Publication: Techquila
Why AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs Don’t Overclock Well: Precision Boost 2, PB Overdrive and AutoOCedit
Ever since AMD’s Ryzen 3000 CPUs hit the market, Intel has been more or less sidelined in the mainstream desktop market. Better performance, better power efficiency and all that at a cheaper price, this is what the Zen 2 chips offer. However, there is one aspect where they are somewhat disappointing- overclocking. The Ryzen 3rd Gen processors barely budge when it comes to the clock speeds, with the high-end parts not even boosting to their maximum advertised frequencies in most cases.
Publication: Techquila
AMD Joins Intel Compute Express Link (CXL) Consortium Expected to Replace PCIe…Eventuallyedit
Intel’s been taking a beating from AMD for quite some time now. Senior execs at Team Blue even admitted recently that their “overly aggressive” stance on maturing their products on the 10nm process slowed down the pace of growth–they were forced to play catch-up with AMD’s 7nm Ryzen 3000 parts.
Publication: Techquila
AMD Radeon RX 5700 Challenger Series: ASRock’s Custom Navi Cards Announcededit
The custom Radeon RX 5700s are on their way! After MSI teased its RX 5700 Mech series, it’s now Asrock’s turn to take a spin at AIB Navi hardware with the ASRock Challenger RX 5700 and 5700 XT. One of the biggest problems with the Navi parts was the terrible reference design. We’ve seen the blower-style GPU cooler before in reference AMD models–from Polaris to Vega–and it’s performed terribly every time.
Publication: Techquila
AMD brand mentions
Here’s How You Can Monitor Idle Voltages and Clocks on the Ryzen 3000 CPUs Correctlyedit
The 3rd Gen Ryzen 3000 CPUs may have won hearts and wallets, and then some but many people including journalists and experts are still confused as to how the power scaling and voltages are regulated in AMD’s new 7nm Zen 2 chips. This is especially true in case of the idle voltages and TDP which reportedly go as low as 5-10W. According to Robert Hallock, Senior-Technical Marketing Manager at AMD Ryzen, the existing monitoring tools like CPU-Z and HWINFO don’t give an accurate reading of the core clocks and voltages.
Publication: Techquila
Sony PlayStation 5 Hardware Emulation on PC Feat AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Radeon RX 5700 XTedit
Earlier this year, a custom AMD APU was leaked from the 3DMark database called “Gonzalo”, rumored to be the processor featured in Sony’s next PlayStation console. Based on the codename and some help from an AMD intern, we learned that the AMD APU would feature 8 cores, with a CPU boost clock of 3.2 GHz and a GPU clock of 1.8 GHz
Publication: Techquila
Ryzen 2700X Gaming Performance Benchmarks in Reference to RAM Speedsedit
With the launch of the Zen 2 processors, everyone seems to have forgotten about the Zen+ chips as a relic of the past. However, with the drops in price, some of them can really provide you great value for your money. One such processor is the 2700x, costing about 25 thousand rupees, it is a great deal for people looking to make a workstation while saving some money, and also planning to game on the side.
Publication: Techquila
Buying Guide: No Cost EMI Offers On Best Laptops For Studentsedit
Lenovo Ideapad S145 AMD (EMI starts at Rs 1,200. No Cost EMI available)
Processor: AMD A9-9425 7th Generation processor, 3.1 Ghz base speed, 3.7 Ghz max speed, 2 cores, 1 Mb Cache Operating System: Preloaded Windows 10 Home, with lifetime validity Display: 15.6-inch screen with (1366×768) HD display | Anti Glare technology
AMD AGESA 1.0.0.3ABA Buggy, Company Pulls it from Motherboard Vendorsedit
The latest version of AGESA ComboAM4 microcode that enables 3rd generation Ryzen support on AMD 400-series chipset motherboards has been deemed buggy and pulled from motherboard vendors. AGESA ComboAM4 1.0.0.3ABA (not to be confused with 1.0.0.3AB that’s being widely distributed), was originally released to fix an application crash noticed with “Destiny 2.”
Publication: Tech PowerUp
Competition in news
Intel Further Pushes 7nm CPUs to 2021edit
Intel is all set to play catch-up to AMD in the processor market for the next two years, at least. Intel CEO Bob Swan spoke recently at the Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, CO and clarified that Intel will only start manufacturing of 7nm parts in 2021. A few months ago, Team Blue unveiled the first SKUs in the Ice Lake line, all of which will be built on the 10nm process. Swan’s comments earlier in the week seem to confirm Intel’s approach here.
Publication: Techquila
Buying Guide: No Cost EMI Offers On Best Laptops For Studentsedit
Lenovo Ideapad S145 AMD (EMI starts at Rs 1,200. No Cost EMI available)
Processor: AMD A9-9425 7th Generation processor, 3.1 Ghz base speed, 3.7 Ghz max speed, 2 cores, 1 Mb Cache Operating System: Preloaded Windows 10 Home, with lifetime validity Display: 15.6-inch screen with (1366×768) HD display | Anti Glare technology
Intel announces a partnership with SAP to power enterprises’ digital transformationedit
Intel and SAP have announced a multiyear technology partnership focused on optimizing Intel’s platforms, including Intel Xeon Scalable processorsand Intel Optane DC persistent memory, for SAP’s end-to-end enterprise software applications, including SAP S/4HANA. The partnership is designed to employ Intel’s leading technologies to power SAP’s suite of business solutions and intelligent technologies, enabling enterprises to deploy high-performance, highly-optimized applications within the cloud, enterprise and at the edge.
Publication: Var India
Industry news
Better career prospects, sense of fulfilment attract expats to India: Surveyedit
India has emerged as a popular destination for expats as working in the country boosts their careers and provides enhanced salary and sense of fulfilment, says an HSBC survey. The survey was conducted on 18,059 expats from 163 markets.
Publication: The Economic Times
18% GST likely on back-end IT services as they don’t qualify as exportedit
Most facilitation services the IT and ITeS sector offers at the back end, especially with respect to business process outsourcing, may attract an 18 per cent goods and services tax (GST) because the government has said those will not qualify as export.
Publication: Business Standard
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