August 20, 2019

AMD specific news

Chiplet designs lead the way in high performance computing (Proactive)edit

For more than five decades, Moore’s Law has governed the pace of innovation in the semiconductor industry – driving evolution in the computing space from the early desktops and laptops to cloud computing and Internet of Things today. Every 18 to 24 months, double the number of transistors per unit area was crammed into our silicon chips.

Publication: ET CIO

Why AMD powered laptops are a rage in 2019?edit

In the market for a top-notch laptop? We’re sure you must be at a crossroad. After all, it is a life-changing decision! A buyer is often seen picking sides – should they go for a thin and light device or a good gaming one…? Should they get a laptop with a larger display or smaller one that is easy to carry? A foldable one with touch screen or traditionally styled one Questions there are aplenty! Such choices make it difficult for anyone to pick the right system.

Publication: The Times of India

How to tackle unconscious bias at the workplace (Proactive)edit

An organization’s workforce today comes from diverse backgrounds – whether it is in terms of different geographies, ethnicity, religion, culture, gender, sexual orientation or even perspectives. A progressive workplace should provide an inclusive environment where this diversity is respected and celebrated. In simple terms, unconscious bias refers to the feelings we have towards others that influence our judgement of people and groups — feelings we aren’t aware that we have.

Publication: People Matters

Competition in news

Microsoft, Nvidia tie up for realistic visuals on Minecraft gameedit

MICROSOFT CORPORATION said on Monday it will use chipmaker Nvidia’s real-time ray tracing technology to provide the software company’s Mine-craft video game players more realistic graphics on personal computers. Real-time ray tracing, or the ability for the chip to simulate how light rays will bounce around in a visual scene, help video games and other computer graphics more closely resemble shadows and reflections in the real world.

Publication: Financial Express Deccan Chronicle Reuters

Nvidia RTX 2080 Super Review: A Slightly Better, Slightly More Affordable RTX 2080edit

Nvidia’s Turing architecture packing GPUs are nothing new; the RTX series arrived last year. However, the company has since launched improved, slightly more affordable versions of its RTX graphics cards with the ‘Super’ moniker. We received the RTX 2080 Super to review a while back, and I’ve played a bunch of games and ran a couple of tests on it.

Publication: Beebom

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super FE Review: is Super the new Ti?edit

Remember back when in 10-series for the Nvidia lineup, the company surprisingly introduced the GTX 1070 Ti? The GPU was meant to be a bridge between the GTX 1070 and the GTX 1080. However, while the improvements were there, the card failed to impress many people, considering how the GTX 1080 would easily outpower it without spending a lot more. With the newer generation of 20-series GPUs, however, Nvidia seems to have corrected itself.

Publication: Mr. Phone

Industry news

Hiring intention stable at 53.41% during Apr-Sept 2019: Experis Surveyedit

Hiring intention among Indian employers remains stable for the period April-September 2019 with a marginal increase of 0.41 percentage points on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, states the latest Experis Employment Outlook Survey (EITEOS). Conducted biannually by Experis IT, part of the ManpowerGroup India, the survey looks to measure IT and non-IT employers’ hiring intentions to increase or decrease the number of employees in their workforce.

Publication: Business Standard

TECH NEXT: Devices aimed at hardcore gamers, running enthusiastsedit

Black Shark was set up in 2017 as a gaming technology company driven by seasoned hardware engineers, designers and gamers. The Black Shark 2 becomes the first smartphone from the brand’s global portfolio to be officially available in India.

Publication: DT Next

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