July 25, 2019

AMD specific news

Laptops for every season: Judicious blend of beauty and performance (Proactive)edit

With a wide range to choose from, laptops are no longer a luxurious indulgence. Laptops and notebooks have evolved over the last decade to become an essential part of our lifestyle today. PC makers are constantly innovating entry, budget mainstream and premium laptops with newer form factors and features to cater the needs of different consumer segments.

Publication: The Financial Express (Bangalore Mumbai Chennai Delhi)

New AMD Radeon Pro Vega II GPU to be Included In the Mac Proedit

AMD announced that the new AMD Radeon Pro Vega II GPU will be included in the all-new Mac Pro. For those producing 8I< video, video effects and other high-end content creation workloads, Radeon Pro Vega II GPUs will provide ground-breaking levels of graphics performance with industry-leading 7nm process technology.

Publication: DQ Channels

AMD Flute SoC spotted on UserBenchmark, rumoured to power Xbox Project Scarlettedit

At E3 2019, Microsoft revealed several details of the next-generation Xbox console, codenamed “Project Scarlett”. And, while we already know the software giant will partner with AMD for the CPU and GPU on the upcoming Xbox Scarlett, few details were available on actual hardware, until now.

Publication: Moneycontrol

AMD Claims It Bluffed Nvidia Into Cutting GPU Pricesedit

AMD claims that it bluffed Nvidia into cutting prices on the RTX family. Does the claim stand up to scrutiny? The post AMD Claims It Bluffed Nvidia Into Cutting GPU Prices appeared first on ExtremeTech.

Publication: NewsR

Mysterious AMD Ryzen Threadripper with 16 Cores Clocked at 4GHz Spottededit

AMD is expected to launch the 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs in October with up to 64 cores and 128 threads based on the 7nm Zen 2 architecture. We just talked about the mainstream Ryzen roadmap and a bit about the Threadrippers as well yesterday, and today a mysterious TR chip has surfaced whose specs don’t match any existing models.

Publication: Techquila

64 Core AMD Epyc Rome CPU Grabs #1 Rank on SiSoft Processor Database, Beating Intel’s Xeon Chipsedit

AMD launched the Zen 2 based Epyc Rome chips at Computex 2019 offering more than double the performance compared to the competing Intel Xeon processors. Sure, team blue termed it as a hoax and compared the new AMD server CPU to their 56 Core Cascade Lake-AP flagship, but the deltas still weren’t enough to justify the 4-5 times higher price. The Epyc Rome SKUs top out at $10,000 with 64 cores and a fat L3 cache.

Publication: Techquila

Ryzen 9 3900X hits $740: AMD Struggles to Meet Demandedit

Here’s a problem AMD hasn’t faced in a nearly a decade: So many people buying its processors that it’s unable to meet demand. The awe-inspiring 3900X delivers 12 Zen 2 cores and 24 threads while still fitting on AMD’s consumer-oriented AM4+ socket. At a launch price of $499, it knocks Intel’s high-end offerings like the 9900K right out of the water.

Publication: Techquila

Competition in news

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super launched for Rs 61,400 First look at ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2080 Super AMP Extremeedit

Having launched the GeForce RTX 2060 and RTX 2070 earlier this month, NVIDIA announced the availability of the Founders Edition as well as of the AIB partner cards for the GeForce RTX 2080 Super today. The Founder Edition is priced at Rs.61,400/- whereas partner cards, have slightly higher pricing. The ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2080 Super AMP Extreme that we received is priced at Rs.69,490/- which is a slight step up but ZOTAC does provide 5-years of warranty and the card sports a customised PCB.

Publication: UC News

Partner in news

Hewlett Packard Enterprise to invest USD 500 mn in Indiaedit

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) on Wednesday announced its plans to invest USD 500 million in India over the next five years to expand its operations, strengthen manufacturing capabilities and hire more people in the country.

Publication: The Times of India

Industry news

Are engineers more employable nowedit

The employability of Indian engineers has been under a scanner for quite some time now, with reports claiming that over 80% of engineers were unemployable in the knowledge economy. But with HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ stating in the Lok Sabha that 45.29% of engineering graduates found jobs through campus placement in the 2017-18 academic year, the prospects of graduate engineers seem far from bleak.

Publication: The Times of India

Tech Giants Pour Big Money In Quantum Research, But Is The Revolution Near?edit

In 2018, the news cycle harped that it was the year of quantum computing. It is 2019 now ⁠—and the situation remains the same. However, even though nobody expects quantum computing to go mainstream anytime soon, the landscape is dominated by frenetic R&D and VC investment activity.

Publication: Analytics India

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