While Qualcomm and MediaTek are examples of mobile chipset manufacturers turning their heads towards smartphone gaming, a notable entrant recently is Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), known for its Radeon graphics cards on full-scale gaming PCs. AMD recently licensed its new RDNA architecture to Samsung for use in its mobile chipsets. However, the features and hardware in these devices can be put to use for many other things, like augmented reality and virtual reality. Sasa Marinkovic, global gaming marketing director at AMD, concludes that, “phones are going to continue to evolve and become more and more powerful.”

Publication: Mint

While Qualcomm and MediaTek are examples of mobile chipset manufacturers turning their heads towards smartphone gaming, a notable entrant recently is Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), known for its Radeon graphics cards on full-scale gaming PCs. AMD recently licensed its new RDNA architecture to Samsung for use in its mobile chipsets. However, the features and hardware in these devices can be put to use for many other things, like augmented reality and virtual reality. Sasa Marinkovic, global gaming marketing director at AMD, concludes that, “phones are going to continue to evolve and become more and more powerful.”

Publication: Live Mint

Intel is working to develop 5G-based virtual reality (VR), 3D and 360-degree content development platforms for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and the Olympic Games Paris 2024. To help create these experiences, Intel signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sky Limit Entertainment (SoReal).

Publication: Communications Today

SSD prices have been falling fast in China. Consumers may be happy, but vendors are wary of a looming price war that would further undermine their profitability from the SSD market. But in the motherboard market, makers may see ASP improve in the fourth quarter, thanks to Intel and AMD releasing new platforms. For major Taiwan-based ODMs, they have to look beyond consumer electronics for business growth. The smart healthcare sector is promising.

Publication: Communications Today

An excellent buy if you are looking for a high performing 360-degree convertible notebook. Fancy a high-performance convertible laptop thafs stylish, has a touch-screen functionality and comes with a 360-degree hinge? We recommend you go for the HP Pavilion x360. It is an excellent buy for those on the lookout for a high-end touchscreen laptop. Alongside, it comes with a state-of-the-art processor and flash storage. Pre-bundled with a pen, performance smoothening 512 GB SSD, these laptops have a nearly borderless display that’s swanky to say the least.

Publication: The Telegraph

It turns out that the GeForce GTX 1660 Super will be joined by another “Super” SKU by NVIDIA, the GeForce GTX 1650 Super, according to a VideoCardz report. Slated for a November 22 launch, the GTX 1650 Super appears to be NVIDIA’s response to the Radeon RX 5500, which is being extensively compared to the current GTX 1650 in AMD’s marketing material. While the core-configuration of the GTX 1650 Super is unknown, NVIDIA is giving it 4 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 128-bit wide memory interface, with a data-rate of 12 Gbps, working out to 192 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Publication: Tech Power Up

The Snapdragon 700 series of processors have proved to be a successful range of processors for mid-premium range phones that bridge the gap between the flagship Snapdragon 800 series and the mid-range Snapdragon 600 series. After announcing the Snapdragon 730 and Snapdragon 730G back in April this year, it seems like Qualcomm will soon lift the veils of its next processor in the Snapdragon 700 series.

Publication: Mashable India

Best CPU for Gaming @ 1080p: AMD Ryzen 5 3500; Price: Rs. 11,199; Cores/Threads: 6/6; Base Clock: 3.6GHz; Boost Clock: 4.1GHz; Cache: 16MB L3; TDP: 65W. AMD’s Ryzen 5 3500 based on the Zen 2 architecture is finally here to take the Intel Core i5-9400F down by a notch. It beats the Coffee lake chip in multi-threaded workloads and performs on par with it in most games. Courtesy of AMD’s AM4 platform we can save a bit of money on the motherboard and spend it on better storage.

Publication: TechQuila