The most important thing in a laptop today is the performance and the ZenBook 14 does not disappoint. Considering the price, the AMD-powered laptop can deliver great performance when compared to other laptops in the same price segment. It is powered by AMD’s Ryzen 5 3500U quad-core processor that is cooled with a Radeon Vega 8 GPU. The processor has a clock speed of 210 MHz and can be overclocked to 3698 MHz if needed. When it comes to the RAM, the ZenBook 14 comes with 8GB RAM that can be upgraded to 16GB if needed. In terms of storage, it comes with a 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD which is more than enough for office professionals.

Publication: Mens XP

While we’ve already seen the AMD Radeon RX 5500M debut with the MSI Alpha 15, AMD introduced the Radeon Pro 5500M alongside the new 16-inch MacBook Pro. The Pro version is an Apple-exclusive at the moment and features the full Navi 14 silicon with 24 compute units (CUs). The Radeon Pro 5500M can be had in both 4 GB and 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM options.

Publication: Notebook check

AMD announced that the latest Apple MacBook Pro features the new AMD Radeon™ Pro 5500M and 5300M mobile GPUs. AMD Radeon™ Pro 5000M series are the first 7nm discrete mobile GPUs for professional users, leveraging industry-leading process technology and powerful AMD RDNA architecture to provide groundbreaking levels of graphics performance for video editing, 3D content creation and macOS-based game development.

Publication: CellIT

AMD’s Ryzen 3000 processors leverage the MCM (multi-chip module) design otherwise known as the chiplet approach. It lets the company scale its Zen 2 architecture linearly, adding more chiplets to higher-end parts. This greatly improves yields, cutting down costs and wastage but also inducing a chiplet-to-chiplet latency that adversely affects the gaming performance. The best way to make up for this is to go with the fastest memory out there (till 3733MHz) and pair it with the Infinity Fabric.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD today officially confirmed the existence of the Ryzen 5 3500, a six-core Zen 2 part (essentially a 3600 lacking SMT) with a listing of the product on the company website. There’s however a caveat. The Ryzen 5 3500 is only available through OEMs in pre-built PCs and possibly gaming laptops. It is available as a DIY component separately in Asia-Pacific though, including India. We’ve already listed several gaming-builds in the 50-60K range that leverage the 3500, and we can confirm that the CPU squishes the more expensive Core i5-9400F.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD India’s managing director sales Vinay Sinha says the way the Indian market is evolving, the young millennials, who are very pronounced in their technology preferences, love this choice. “It is the first time that we have a clear process of technology leadership over our competition. That is where we fit in very well: taking a leadership position with Asus in gaming and the thin category which is the fastest-growing segment.”

Publication: The Indian Express

AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 series has had a good time in the midrange to upper midrange graphics card market. The RX 5700 offers performance better than the competing GeForce RTX 2060 Super at a lower price while the 5700 XT is just 10% slower than the RTX 2070 Super while costing a whole $50 less. Things are different here in India though. Although the Radeon RX 5700 is priced quite reasonably the 5700 XT or should I say the aftermarket variants cost a whopping 7-10K more than the reference card.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD launched the Navi 10 graphics cards earlier this year based on the new RDNA architecture, marking a departure from the compute-efficient GCN design. With RDNA and Navi, team RTG is focusing on sheer gaming performance. That means low latencies and high core clocks coupled with fast but affordable GDDR6 memory. HBM was a disaster for AMD and most of the Vega cards largely flopped due to the high BOM and lukewarm sales. Navi is team red’s solution to reconquering its lost fortunes in the GPU space. Navi 10 (RX 5700 series) and Navi 14 (RX 5500 series) are already out and about challenging the GeForce cards at aggressive price points. But what is next for Navi?

Publication: TechQuila