AMD specific news
Sapphire Pulse AMD RX 5500 XT 4GB Review – Worth the Wait? (PROACTIVE)edit
The Sapphire Pulse AMD RX 5500 XT is here and aims to become the new budget king. But was it worth the wait and is it worth the price? Let’s find out.
Publication: Gaming Monk (YouTube)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 4GB Review: A Solid Alternative to the GeForce GTX 1650 Super (PROACTIVE)edit
A few months ago, AMD launched the first graphics cards based on the Navi 10 GPU, RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT. Navi is the biggest generational step forward that AMD’s taken since GCN arrived in 2011. They’re competitive for what they offer, but the high volume, mainstream market calls for cheaper parts. This is where Navi 14 and the RX 5500 XT come into the picture. Little Navi makes full use of the clock speed and transistor density advantages 7nm provides to deliver RX 590-levels of performance at mere 120W TDP.
Publication: TechQuila
AMD and Industry Partners to Develop New Blockchain-based Gaming Platformsedit
AMD announced that it has joined the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) and forged partnerships with leading technology providers to help promote the development and proliferation of new blockchain-powered gaming platforms. The Blockchain Game Alliance is committed to driving awareness and adoption of blockchain technologies within the game industry, providing an open forum for individuals and companies to share knowledge and collaborate, create common standards, establish best practices, and network.
Publication: CellIt
AMD brand mentions
Hyderabad to host International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data and Analyticsedit
Hyderabad is set to host the International Conference of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) on High-Performance Computing, Data and Analytics (HiPC) to be held between December 17th to 20th, 2019 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). The delegates will get an opportunity to understand key changes and trends in technology world from the experts likes of Jose Roberto Alvarez – Senior Director, CTO Office PSG at Intel Corporation, Mark Papermaster CTO and EVP at AMD, Ramesh Hariharan CEO at Strand Life Science and Prof. Vivek Sarkar- Professor of Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
Publication: India Education Diary
Competition in news
MediaTek To Focus On 5G, AI And IoT In 2020edit
Fabless semiconductor company MediaTek has announced that it will focus on 5G, AI, and IoT technologies in 2020 to offer new-age experiences to its mobile and non-mobile users. The firm intimated that nearly 32 to 37 percent of revenue is coming from mobile computing (smartphones and tablets). “India has been a key growth market for us both in terms of business value proposition and talent pool. We have a strong R&D team in India, and we plan to continue developing global and India-specific products around our key focus areas – mobile, home and, auto, “Anku Jain, MD, MediaTek India said in a statement.
Publication: Gizbot
Lenovo Successfully Hosted The Grand Finale of Legion of Champions IV in Partnership with Inteledit
Lenovo saw the culmination of its Legion of Champions (LoC) IV Grand Finals in Bangkok. Held in partnership with Intel, the fourth series of Lenovo’s flagship gaming competition was its biggest edition yet, attracting gamers from 12 markets in Asia Pacific, including teams from Australia and New Zealand for the first time. This year, Lenovo also launched its inaugural all-female championship in partnership with Intel – Legion of Valkyries (LoV). LoV seeks to create additional opportunities for female gaming enthusiasts, and is designed to inspire, empower and celebrate women in esports.
Publication: Digital Terminal
Weekend is for learningedit
Microsoft, Citrix Systems, Nutanix Technologies, Infosys, Nvidia Graphics, Harman International, Philips, Mathworks and NASSCOM are some office venues that have played host, with an average attendance at these events being 60.
Publication: The Hindu
Oracle to offer cloud services from India data centreedit
The new service will help Oracle migrate existing users to cloud, and provide smaller companies cheaper cloud offerings, thereby giving them access to recurring revenues, instead of one-time contracts.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
Marvell opens new R&D centre in Bengaluruedit
The Marvell India sites focus on developing technologies and solutions for global markets in the areas of server processors, security and server connectivity. “The talent pool across these sites is highly skilled in areas of soft- ware, digital, analog and mixed-signal IC (integrated circuit) engineering, hardware and customer enablement functions.
Publication: The Times of India
Partner in news
Lenovo Successfully Hosted The Grand Finale of Legion of Champions IV in Partnership with Inteledit
Lenovo saw the culmination of its Legion of Champions (LoC) IV Grand Finals in Bangkok. Held in partnership with Intel, the fourth series of Lenovo’s flagship gaming competition was its biggest edition yet, attracting gamers from 12 markets in Asia Pacific, including teams from Australia and New Zealand for the first time. This year, Lenovo also launched its inaugural all-female championship in partnership with Intel – Legion of Valkyries (LoV). LoV seeks to create additional opportunities for female gaming enthusiasts, and is designed to inspire, empower and celebrate women in esports.
Publication: Digital Terminal
AMD and Industry Partners to Develop New Blockchain-based Gaming Platformsedit
AMD announced that it has joined the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) and forged partnerships with leading technology providers to help promote the development and proliferation of new blockchain-powered gaming platforms. The Blockchain Game Alliance is committed to driving awareness and adoption of blockchain technologies within the game industry, providing an open forum for individuals and companies to share knowledge and collaborate, create common standards, establish best practices, and network.
Publication: CellIt
UK watchdog to probe Google’s $2.6-billion takeover of Lookeredit
The UK formally announced a merger probe into Google’s $2.6-billion takeover of Looker Data Sciences Inc a week after its antitrust watchdogs raised concerns about Amazon.com Inc’s purchase of a minority stake in Deliveroo. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a Tuesday statement that it will verify whether the Alphabet Inc unit’s acquisition might substantially weaken competition.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
Industry news
MediaTek To Focus On 5G, AI And IoT In 2020edit
Fabless semiconductor company MediaTek has announced that it will focus on 5G, AI, and IoT technologies in 2020 to offer new-age experiences to its mobile and non-mobile users. The firm intimated that nearly 32 to 37 percent of revenue is coming from mobile computing (smartphones and tablets). “India has been a key growth market for us both in terms of business value proposition and talent pool. We have a strong R&D team in India, and we plan to continue developing global and India-specific products around our key focus areas – mobile, home and, auto, “Anku Jain, MD, MediaTek India said in a statement.
Publication: Gizbot
Hyderabad to host International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data and Analyticsedit
Hyderabad is set to host the International Conference of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) on High-Performance Computing, Data and Analytics (HiPC) to be held between December 17th to 20th, 2019 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). The delegates will get an opportunity to understand key changes and trends in technology world from the experts likes of Jose Roberto Alvarez – Senior Director, CTO Office PSG at Intel Corporation, Mark Papermaster CTO and EVP at AMD, Ramesh Hariharan CEO at Strand Life Science and Prof. Vivek Sarkar- Professor of Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
Publication: India Education Diary
Weekend is for learningedit
Microsoft, Citrix Systems, Nutanix Technologies, Infosys, Nvidia Graphics, Harman International, Philips, Mathworks and NASSCOM are some office venues that have played host, with an average attendance at these events being 60.
Publication: The Hindu
Oracle to offer cloud services from India data centreedit
The new service will help Oracle migrate existing users to cloud, and provide smaller companies cheaper cloud offerings, thereby giving them access to recurring revenues, instead of one-time contracts.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
UK watchdog to probe Google’s $2.6-billion takeover of Lookeredit
The UK formally announced a merger probe into Google’s $2.6-billion takeover of Looker Data Sciences Inc a week after its antitrust watchdogs raised concerns about Amazon.com Inc’s purchase of a minority stake in Deliveroo. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a Tuesday statement that it will verify whether the Alphabet Inc unit’s acquisition might substantially weaken competition.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
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