AMD specific news
AMD Navi 14 (Radeon RX 5600) and Navi 12 (RX 5800) Driver Submitted for Linuxedit
A while back AMD had sent their pull request for the upcoming Linux driver which included support for the unannounced Navi 12 and Navi 14 GPUs. As per rumors, these will be the big Navi or high-end Navi and the low-end Navi, respectively. The support has now been finally queued along with the AMDGPU Direct Rendering Manager graphics driver for the Linux 5.4 kernel cycle, set to land in September.
Publication: Techquila
AMD’s Latest AGESA Update Removes PCIe 4.0 Support from Pre-X570 Motherboardsedit
AMD’s latest AGESA update, which is being seeded to motherboard manufacturers, culls efforts to implement support for PCIe 4.0 in boards not carrying the latest X570 chipset. Some motherboard manufacturers had enabled support for the new standard on existing B450 and X470 motherboards – some with limited support, as was the case on some of ASUS’ motherboards, others with full support.
Publication: Tech PowerUp
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AMD challenges Intel with new faster server chipedit
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. promoted its new server processor as better-performing than more expensive parts from rival Intel Corp., and said the company had won Google as a new customer for the product.\
Publication: India Finance News
Acer’s New Nitro XF2 Series Monitors Give Gamers an Edge With Astonishing Speededit
Acer America announced the new Nitro XF2 Series monitors offering gamers superbly smooth gameplay thanks to amazingly high speed. To decrease blur in fast moving images, these new monitors include blisteringly fast 3 ms native response times as well as speeds of up to 0.2 ms G2G for the Nitro XF272 X and 0.3 ms G2G for the Nitro XF252Q in overdrive mode. Boasting a rapid 240Hz refresh rate that shortens frame rendering time and AMD Radeon FreeSync that syncs the monitor’s and graphics card’s frames, the Nitro XF2 Series are extremely responsive and support stunningly clear and fluid visuals even when the gaming gets frenetic.
Publication: Tech PowerUp
Competition in news
HP’s lowered the entry cost for gaming devices, says Vickram Bediedit
HP leads the overall India PC market with a 31% share in CY2018, as per IDC. “In the gaming segment as well, we have seen strong growth over a very short period of time,” says Vickram Bedi, senior director, Personal Systems, HP Inc. India. According to him, a recent KPMG report states that online gaming revenues have nearly doubled over the last four years and are expected to grow further at a CAGR of 22.1% from FY18-23 to `118.8 billion.
Publication: The Financial Express
AMD challenges Intel with new faster server chipedit
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. promoted its new server processor as better-performing than more expensive parts from rival Intel Corp., and said the company had won Google as a new customer for the product.\
Publication: India Finance News
Intel chips have another major security flawedit
Researchers at Bitdefender claim that “every machine” that uses an Intel processor and that runs Windows, Linux or FreeBSD is impacted by the vulnerability, which comes just months after the hugely damaging Spectre and Meltdown scares.
Publication: NewsR
Intel has trained more than 1.5 lakh people on AI technology in Indiaedit
Global semiconductor giant Intel has announced that it has trained more than 1,50,000 developers, students and professors across 150 organisations on artificial intelligence (AI)technology in India over the last two years.
Publication: Yourstory
Partner in news
Acer’s New Nitro XF2 Series Monitors Give Gamers an Edge With Astonishing Speededit
Acer America announced the new Nitro XF2 Series monitors offering gamers superbly smooth gameplay thanks to amazingly high speed. To decrease blur in fast moving images, these new monitors include blisteringly fast 3 ms native response times as well as speeds of up to 0.2 ms G2G for the Nitro XF272 X and 0.3 ms G2G for the Nitro XF252Q in overdrive mode. Boasting a rapid 240Hz refresh rate that shortens frame rendering time and AMD Radeon FreeSync that syncs the monitor’s and graphics card’s frames, the Nitro XF2 Series are extremely responsive and support stunningly clear and fluid visuals even when the gaming gets frenetic.
Publication: Tech PowerUp
Industry news
DON’T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN WHEN GAMINGedit
Gaming might seem like a fun little pass time. But ask any gamer and they’ll tell you that it is something much more serious than that. Gaming is a passion for millions of people around the globe. As anyone of these gamers, and they will they you that nothing beats a smooth, uninterrupted gaming session where they will be able to play in peace without facing any lag or being interrupted by any notifications.
Publication: Digit
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