AMD specific news
Super light laptop for road warriors to work on the go (PROACTIVE)edit
ASUS has reimagined its popular ZenBook 14, a lightweight laptop that’s popular with road warriors who have to get stuff done on flights and on the go. The all-new ASUS ZenBook 14 (UM 431) device is propelled by an AMD chip that improves the performance of this device. The new generation AMD . ftyzen TM5 processor with 8GB bDR4 TAM running at 2400 MHz is the talking point of this laptop. It also packs the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics processor.
Publication: DT Next
AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super: Which Graphics Card Should you Buy?edit
If you’re building a 1440p PC, then you’re probably stuck between AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 or the GeForce RTX 2060 Super. Both cards offer similar performance, and the main difference is with respect to the features they offer. The former comes with Navi’s FidelityFX and the new Radeon Boost technologies while the latter’s main advantage is in the handful of titles that support RTX. Let’s have a look at the specs. At first sight, this may look like a tie but the RX 5700 is slightly faster in most titles. And on top of that, it’s actually cheaper than the RTX 2060 Super (by approximately 1.6K INR).
Publication: TechQuila
AMD RX 5500 XT Price, Specs, Performance, Benchmarks India (PROACTIVE)edit
Everything to know about the AMD RX 5550 XT – AMD has launched the new RX 5500 XT Graphics card in the Indian market for a price tag of Rs. 12,990 (4 GB VRAM) and 14,990 (8 GB VRAM), excluding taxes. The AMD RX 5500 XT will be available from board partners like Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock, Sapphire, XFX and can cost between Rs. 17,000 to Rs. 22,000 depending on the model.
Publication: CandyTech
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Graphics Cards for 1080p Gaming Launched in India: Price, Specifications, Game Bundle, and More – NDTV (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD announced the impending launch of a Radeon RX 5500 GPU series in early October, and now the Radeon RX 5500 XT has now been launched. With this new GPU, AMD is targeting gamers who want high performance at 1920×1080 without spending too much. According to AMD, gamers who play at 1920×1080 and 2560×1440 represent over 90 percent of the market, and the company is targeting these two groups with the new Radeon RX 5500 and the previously launched Radeon RX 5700 series respectively.
Publication: BetaRoid
AMD launches the RX 5500XT graphics card at US$169 for 4 GB variant and US$199 for 8 GB (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD recently announced the launch of the RX 5500 XT. This new graphics card is based on the Navi 14 GPU (formerly utilized in the OEM-only RX 5500). Two variants were announced: a 4 GB model starting at $169, and an 8 GB model at $199. Both models use a cut-down variant of Navi 14, with 22 CUs and 1408 shaders enabled. 4 or 8 GB of GDDR6 is paired to a 128-bit memory bus for 224 GB/s of bandwidth. Boost clocks top out at 1845 MHz, while AMD expects the “game clock” to hover around 1717 MHz.
Publication: NoteBook Check
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DIGIT ZERO 1 Awards 2019: Best performing thin and light laptopsedit
Asus has launched the most product launches in 2019 among all other laptop manufacturers. Some SKUs were upgraded within 6 months. By the end of 2019, the company launched Zenbook 14 and AMD Risen 5 powered thin and light laptops. While it comes with the usual good build quality and materials as we expect from the ZenBook series, it does live up to what you expect. While the Dell XPS 13 and ZenBook 13 match some of the other points at the time of performance, the ZenBook 14 is not far behind here.
Publication: Digit
New Technologies That The PC World Embraced In 2019edit
More Efficient CPUs And GPUs AMD made into headlines a lot of times in 2019 with its new CPUs and GPUs. Currently, the company is using a 7nm fabrication to manufacture some of its processors. And this makes AMD components more efficient compared to their Intel and Nvidia counterparts. A CPU or GPU manufactured using the 7nm fabrication will consume less power and will be less compact compared to a CPU or a GPU built using 10mn or even 14nm fabrication. Besides, these parts will be able to offer higher performance per watt.
Publication: Gizbot
Competition in news
AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super: Which Graphics Card Should you Buy?edit
If you’re building a 1440p PC, then you’re probably stuck between AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 or the GeForce RTX 2060 Super. Both cards offer similar performance, and the main difference is with respect to the features they offer. The former comes with Navi’s FidelityFX and the new Radeon Boost technologies while the latter’s main advantage is in the handful of titles that support RTX. Let’s have a look at the specs. At first sight, this may look like a tie but the RX 5700 is slightly faster in most titles. And on top of that, it’s actually cheaper than the RTX 2060 Super (by approximately 1.6K INR).
Publication: TechQuila
New Technologies That The PC World Embraced In 2019edit
More Efficient CPUs And GPUs AMD made into headlines a lot of times in 2019 with its new CPUs and GPUs. Currently, the company is using a 7nm fabrication to manufacture some of its processors. And this makes AMD components more efficient compared to their Intel and Nvidia counterparts. A CPU or GPU manufactured using the 7nm fabrication will consume less power and will be less compact compared to a CPU or a GPU built using 10mn or even 14nm fabrication. Besides, these parts will be able to offer higher performance per watt.
Publication: Gizbot
Partner in news
Super light laptop for road warriors to work on the go (PROACTIVE)edit
ASUS has reimagined its popular ZenBook 14, a lightweight laptop that’s popular with road warriors who have to get stuff done on flights and on the go. The all-new ASUS ZenBook 14 (UM 431) device is propelled by an AMD chip that improves the performance of this device. The new generation AMD . ftyzen TM5 processor with 8GB bDR4 TAM running at 2400 MHz is the talking point of this laptop. It also packs the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics processor.
Publication: DT Next
DIGIT ZERO 1 Awards 2019: Best performing thin and light laptopsedit
Asus has launched the most product launches in 2019 among all other laptop manufacturers. Some SKUs were upgraded within 6 months. By the end of 2019, the company launched Zenbook 14 and AMD Risen 5 powered thin and light laptops. While it comes with the usual good build quality and materials as we expect from the ZenBook series, it does live up to what you expect. While the Dell XPS 13 and ZenBook 13 match some of the other points at the time of performance, the ZenBook 14 is not far behind here.
Publication: Digit
HP launches new Spectre laptop at Rs 99,900edit
Electronics giant HP has launched its new and latest, HP Spectrex360 13 laptop at a starting price of Rs 99, 990. Already available at across 150 HP World Stores in 50+ cities, it is also available on HP’s online store, as well as e-commerce websites Amazon and Flipkart. Coming with a quad-core 10th Gen Intel Core processor with IrisPlus Graphics, HP promises the latest Spectre will provide 2 times the performance of the previous generation. Further it shall have standard intl WI-Fi and 4×4 Gigabit LTE concurrent networks, HP has said.
Publication: The Asian Age
Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 Review: A Business Laptop With a Pleasing Personalityedit
Is it just me, or do laptops that are classified as “business laptops” just look plain and simple boring? Bereft of any personality, colour and look like their entire existence is meant for a purpose of being slaves in the corporate world? Much like the companies that bought them and the human slaves that use them? If you agree with me, chances are you would appreciate of the way the Microsoft Surface computing devices and the Apple MacBook do the blend of the best of both worlds, without leaning too much to one side. They are not boring.
Publication: News 18
Industry news
5 Technology Disruptors for 2020edit
In an increasingly digitised world, disruption by way of technological innovation is inevitable. It has become essential for all the organisations to stay up-to-date with the latest developments, at the same time carefully examine which of these are relevant for their particular business. While there are a number of new and advanced technologies on the rise, including Big Data, IoT and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is proving to be the starting point that majority of enterprises are aiming for today.
Publication: CIOL
Can AI comprehend justice?edit
The Chief Justice of India may have cleared the air on India’s courts using artificial intelligence (AI) in their decision-making process, but some concerns remain. In a measured gesture, CJI SA Bobde clarified a statement he reportedly made a few weeks ago at an event, saying that using technologies such as AI could help deliver justice swiftly. The CJI had also said that such technologies would help streamline hearing of cases while enabling better court management.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
Virtual reality tech on the road to oblivionedit
Of course, hardcore gamers swear by VR, especially the new Sony Play Station VR, which is probably the only area in which the technology has had an impact. People have also tried to use VR in flight stimulation, remote-tours for real estate properties, and entertainment (delivering movies over VR).
Publication: Business Standard
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