November 4, 2019

AMD specific news

AMD CEO Lisa Su Talks About 3rd Gen Ryzen Boost Issue in Q3 Earnings Calledit

AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su in response to a question, spoke about 3rd generation Ryzen processor boost issue. Dr. Su was responding to a question by Mitch Steves of RBC Capital on whether she had comments on “the software side” of 3rd gen Ryzen, and articles in the press still popping up about them despite AMD’s fix.

Publication: Tech Power Up

AMD Navi 20 GPUs Based on 2nd Gen RDNA (7nm+) with Hardware Level Ray-Tracing Support Spottededit

2019 will be remembered as the year when AMD made a comeback to the CPU market with all guns blazing, setting Intel’s shares on fire. With the Ryzen 3000 processors, AMD is offering IPC on par with Intel’s latest products at lower price points and with higher core counts.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs Continue to Crush Intel in Germany and Europeedit

AMD has been making a return to the DIY PC space ever since the Zen microarchitecture launched 2-3 years back. However, with the launch of the Matisse chips (Ryzen 3000), the company has been on the front foot, forcing Intel to drop prices and comment on team red’s Ryze.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD Readies Three RX 5500 Series and Two RX 5300 Series SKUs Based on “Navi 14”edit

A collaborative effort by several Redditors discovered that AMD could carve as many as five Radeon RX 5000-series SKUs based on its upcoming 7 nm “Navi 14” GPU. They poured through thousands of lines of code in AMD’s open-source GPU driver files. Among these are two mobile GPUs, and three desktop. The “Navi 14” silicon allegedly features up to 24 RDNA compute units making up 1,536 stream processors; and possibly a 128-bit wide GDDR6 memory interface.

Publication: Tech Power Up

AMD Readies 3rd Gen Threadripper CPUs, Launch Expected on 5th Novedit

AMD has started to prep its 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs for launch with a rumored date of 5th November (Source: Videocardz).

Publication: TechQuila

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Spotted on Eurasian Economic Union Portaledit

AMD launched the Radeon RX 5500 a while back exclusively via OEMS, meaning you can’t buy the card separately and will only be available in pre-built PCs and laptops.

Publication: TechQuila

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TSMC and UMC Deals Conclude the First Wave of Innovative Foundry Technologies’ Foundry Licensing Programedit

By way of background, IFT acquired its portfolio of over 125 U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications in July 2018 from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).  These patents cover semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing that are foundational to planar and finfet transistors.  AMD developed and patented this critical technology before it spun out its semiconductor manufacturing business as Globalfoundries.

Publication: IT News Online

Sony PS4 sales cross 102.8 million in 6 years, becomes second best-selling console of all timeedit

Based on earlier rumors, the PlayStation 5 will be powered by 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen CPU, and 8-core processor based on the new 7nm Zen 2 microarchitecture and custom variant of Radeon’s Navi GPU with support for ray tracing.

Publication: Fone  Arena

Top 13-14 inch laptops you can buy right nowedit

The Asus VivoBook 14 is a Windows 10 laptop powered by the 7th Gen AMD A12 9720P processor with 8GB Dual Channel RAM and AMD Radeon R7 Graphics. It boasts a dual storage design that combines the fast data speeds of a 512GB NVMe SSD with the 1x 2.5 inch SATA HDD expansion slot. It’s the ideal laptop for daily computing and entertainment.

Publication: Times Now News

GIGABYTE Outs AORUS RGB Memory with AORUS Memory Boost Featureedit

Out of the box, the memory modules (real ones) in these kits run at DDR4-2667 with 19-19-19-43 on Intel processors and 20-19-19-43 on AMD ones.

Publication: Tech Power Up

Intel Core i9-9900KS Performance Analysis: Just How Special is 5GHz?edit

While Intel still has a slight edge in gaming in the high end market with the Core i9-9900K, the gap is pretty slim and AMD’s offerings win out heavily in other workloads.

Publication: TechQuila

Intel vs AMD CPU Architectural Differences: Chips and Chipletsedit

2019 has been the most exciting year in the consumer CPU history for the better part of a decade. AMD’s Ryzen architecture has finally come into its own. The 7nm Zen 2 core radically improves on Zen+, offering the high clockspeeds and IPC to take Intel down, not just in multithreaded productivity workloads, but in mainstream gaming as well. Meanwhile, Intel hasn’t exactly been standing still.

Publication: TechQuila

Best Gaming PC Build Under Rs. 60,000: November 2019edit

In this post, we’ll recommend the best 1080p gaming rig you can assemble under Rs. 60,000.

Recommended CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Publication: TechQuila

Best Gaming PC Build Under Rs. 40,000 for 1080p Ultra: November 2019edit

Unlike AMD’s Ryzen chips, the Intel Coffee Lake processors aren’t sensitive to memory, so there’s no need to splurge for an expensive kit. The Adata XPG flame has been tested to run at 2666MHz which is the upper limit for the Core i3.

Publication: TechQuila

Big technology firms’ money-making machine plows ahead amid turmoiledit

The US, which is home to the largest pool of producers, has black-listed Huawei as a threat to national security.Intel gave an upbeat sales and profit forecast and smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. also reported solid results. Intel said it wasn’t seeing demand hit by trade tensions.

Publication: Business Standard

Best Gaming PC Build Under Rs. 70,000: November 2019edit

AMD’s Ryzen 5 3500 is one of the best budget CPUs in the market. It’s essentially a 3600 without hyperthreading and slightly lower clocks. It competes with the Intel Core i5-9400 and performs more or less on par with it in gaming workloads while beating it in multi-threaded ones.

Publication: TechQuila

“Adding more Cores doesn’t improve performance” -Intel executive on AMDedit

Posting this just before AMD releases its first 16-core gaming CPU in the Ryzen 9 3950X seems like a sorry attempt to disparage the competition.

Publication: TechQuila

Intel 10th Gen Desktop CPU Launched: Up to 10 Cores/20 Threads and a new LGA1200 Socketedit

This may not look like much but if paired with aggressive pricing, it’ll be just what Intel needs to tackle the Ryzen threat. The Coffee Lake parts already excel in gaming and single-threaded workloads. Add to that hyperthreading, higher clocks and more cores, and you’ve got a potent (albeit stale) solution to AMD’s 7nm offerings.

Publication: TechQuila

Intel 10nm Desktop Processors Coming in 2020-ishedit

Intel has been having a tough time in the desktop and HEDT market ever since rival AMD launched its Ryzen 3000 lineup.

Publication: TechQuila

Unconfirmed: 16-Inch MacBook Pro Image Shows Slimmer Bezels, Standalone Touch ID, and Physical Esc Keyedit

Our anonymous tipster claims the 16-inch MacBook Pro will be equipped with AMD Radeon RX 5300M or 5500M graphics, part of its Navi line. That is also unconfirmed, but MacRumors contributor Steve Moser did recently uncover a “Radeon RX 5500/5500M” string within macOS Catalina 10.15.1 code.

Publication: NewsR

Extremely Terrifying Halloween Tech Dealsedit

Lenovo IdeaPad S330 AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 15.6-Inch Laptop w/ 8GB RAM and 258GB SSD ($329.00)

Publication: UC News

Flipstart Days sale on Flipkart starts today: Discounts and offersedit

Similarly, the Acer Aspire 3 Ryzen dual core laptop is selling at Rs 25,990 in the ongoing sale.

Publication: Times of India

Best PC Build For Professional Video Editing under Rs. 1.5 Lakh (2019)edit

CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Rs 47, 899

Publication: TechQuila

Top monitors for gaming you can buyedit

The Samsung CF390 monitor delivers a comfortable and enjoyable viewing experience for your home or office use. The TV gets AMD FreeSync technology which allows users to enjoy smooth images, even during the fastest moving scenes. AMD FreeSync dynamically syncs the screen refresh rate with the frame rate of your content to minimize input latency and dramatically reduce image tearing and stutter during gaming.

Publication: Times Now News

Ryzen Roars: AMD Posts Best Quarterly Revenue Since 2005edit

AMD turned in an excellent quarter for itself — the best since 2005, and a testament to the strength of its 7nm products.

Publication: NewsR

Intel’s new Core i9-9900KS Special Edition processor will hit 5.0 GHz across all eight coresedit

AMD’s recently launched Ryzen 3000 series hit the ground running, providing stiff competition to Intel’s 9th Gen Core processor family. However, Intel is geared up and ready to hit back, at least in the top-tier mainstream processor space. The semiconductor manufacturer recently took the lid off a new 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900KS Special Edition processor.

Publication: Moneycontrol

IGEL Announces Dates for DISRUPT 2020: Cloud Workspaces Forumedit

DISRUPT 2020 is presented by IGEL, with sponsors including: Microsoft, Citrix, ADN, AMD, Clientron, CloudJumper, Fluendo, LG Electronics, Login VSI, PrinterLogic and more. DISRUPT 2020 Nashville will be held January 27-29, 2020 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. DISRUPT 2020 Munich will be held February 4-6, 2020 at the Infinity Conference Center & Hotel in Munich.

Publication: IT News Online

Google Unveils Stadia Video Gaming Serviceedit

OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)

Processor: AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz, Ryzen 5 – 1400, Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.5 GHz

Video: AMD Radeon R9 290 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4GB VRAM or more with Shader Model 5.0) or better

Publication: Technuter

Best Gaming PC Build Under Rs. 55,000 for Playing PUBG at 1080p Ultraedit

The AMD Ryzen 5 3500 is exclusive to Asian countries, at least for now. With a price tag of just over Rs 10,000, it beats the Intel Core i5-9400F in multi-threaded workloads while leveling with it in gaming, making it perfect for budget 1080p and 1440p builds.

Publication: TechQuila

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Intel Core i9-9900KS Performance Analysis: Just How Special is 5GHz?edit

While Intel still has a slight edge in gaming in the high end market with the Core i9-9900K, the gap is pretty slim and AMD’s offerings win out heavily in other workloads.

Publication: TechQuila

Intel vs AMD CPU Architectural Differences: Chips and Chipletsedit

2019 has been the most exciting year in the consumer CPU history for the better part of a decade. AMD’s Ryzen architecture has finally come into its own. The 7nm Zen 2 core radically improves on Zen+, offering the high clockspeeds and IPC to take Intel down, not just in multithreaded productivity workloads, but in mainstream gaming as well. Meanwhile, Intel hasn’t exactly been standing still.

Publication: TechQuila

State of Enterprise AI in India 2019edit

Microsoft, Google, AWS, IBM, Intel, NVIDIA have become foundational to AI by providing the building blocks and computational resources for driving AI applications. These top innovators are also the AI leaders, offering solutions that can handle functions like sentiment analysis or speech recognition with minimal infrastructure.

Publication: Analytics India Magazine

“Adding more Cores doesn’t improve performance” -Intel executive on AMDedit

Posting this just before AMD releases its first 16-core gaming CPU in the Ryzen 9 3950X seems like a sorry attempt to disparage the competition.

Publication: TechQuila

Intel 10th Gen Desktop CPU Launched: Up to 10 Cores/20 Threads and a new LGA1200 Socketedit

This may not look like much but if paired with aggressive pricing, it’ll be just what Intel needs to tackle the Ryzen threat. The Coffee Lake parts already excel in gaming and single-threaded workloads. Add to that hyperthreading, higher clocks and more cores, and you’ve got a potent (albeit stale) solution to AMD’s 7nm offerings.

Publication: TechQuila

Intel Opens ‘The Smartest Building in the Worldedit

Intel unveiled its new highly efficient development center in Petach Tikva, Israel. The 800,000-square-foot, 11-story building named PTK unites 2,000 employees, who had been scattered in eight buildings across five campuses.

Publication: Cell IT

Nvidia unveils GTX 1650 and 1660 Super graphics cards and two new Shield TV modelsedit

Nvidia released a slew of new products. The semiconductor giant has released two new models of the Shield TV and two Super variants of the GeForce 16 series graphics cards. The latest products to the company’s portfolio include the Nvidia Shield TV (2019), Nvidia Shield TV Pro, GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GTX 1650 Super graphics cards. So, let’s take an in-depth look at all the new products.

Publication: Moneycontrol

Intel’s new Core i9-9900KS Special Edition processor will hit 5.0 GHz across all eight coresedit

AMD’s recently launched Ryzen 3000 series hit the ground running, providing stiff competition to Intel’s 9th Gen Core processor family. However, Intel is geared up and ready to hit back, at least in the top-tier mainstream processor space. The semiconductor manufacturer recently took the lid off a new 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900KS Special Edition processor.

Publication: Moneycontrol

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India, US bright spots for Apple Mac amid shrinking PC market globallyedit

Amidst the focus on iPhone, Apple during the company’s 2019 Q4 earning calls revealed that it has generated an all-time revenue record for Macs in India. Luca Maestri, the Chief Financial Officer at Apple, also highlighted that more than half of the customers purchasing Macs during the quarter were new to Mac and the active installed base of Macs again reached a new all-time high.

Publication: Business Today

Acer Introduces New Nitro XV3 Series Gaming Monitorsedit

Acer unveiled a new series of Nitro gaming monitors, designed to bring games to life. The new Acer Nitro XV3 series features four new monitors for gamers that deliver extremely high refresh rates and high resolution, providing â– outstanding casual gameplay at affordable prices.

Publication: DQ Channels

Asus Zenbook Duo UX481 review: An artist’s almost perfect dreamedit

When we tried our hands on another Asus Zenbook with the touchpad turned into a second screen not long ago, we were nothing short of amazed. The brilliant implementation, called ScreenPad 2.0 by the company changed the way we looked at laptops. Going back to a regular touchpad laptop naturally felt like a big downgrade. “How could a laptop better this design?” we asked ourselves.

Publication: The Asian Age

Google Unveils Stadia Video Gaming Serviceedit

OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)

Processor: AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz, Ryzen 5 – 1400, Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.5 GHz

Video: AMD Radeon R9 290 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4GB VRAM or more with Shader Model 5.0) or better

Publication: Technuter

Lenovo Yoga S940: One for the business user on-the-moveedit

If Asus’ dual-screen device is meant for early adopters, the YogaS940 from Lenovo is meant for the traditional Ultrabook buyer. The laptop has an edge-to-edge screen, it’s slim, light and delivers good performance coupled with decent battery life.

Publication: Mint

Industry news

Quantum computing race hots upedit

Quantum supremacy is far from the end of the road. Although Google has ed­ged in front, there are still plenty of bends, banks and ditches that could halt the com­petitors in the race to build the first truly useful quantum computer. As well as Google, research groups at IBM, Intel and Microsoft, and a slew of start-ups, are all developing quantum computers.

Publication: Mumbai Mirror

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