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AMD Ryzen 4000 “Renoir” APU Graphics Specs Leaked: Up to 13CUs, 832 Streaming Processorsedit
AMD is expected to launch it’s Ryzen 4000 APU lineup for both gaming laptops as well as the budget desktop space in early 2020. These CPUs dubbed “Renoir” will leverage the 7nm Zen 2 design instead of the 12nm Zen+ cores that the 3000 series Picasso chips feature. As such, you can expect a hefty single-core boost, better gaming performance as well as a more efficient TDP. The graphics side although supposedly will retain the Vega graphics core, it’ll be beefed up with a higher core count. We have some unofficial figures right here.
Publication: Daily Hunt
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Launch Date Draws Near: Spotted on ECC Portaledit
AMD launched the Radeon RX 5500 XT last week to tackle NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1650 Super and reclaim thew budget GPU space. It performs quite well at 1080p beating the latter in most cases, albeit the pricing is still a concern. We’ve been hearing of a second budget Navi card, presumably the RX 5600 XT for a while now. Whether this part will be based on the same Navi 14 core or the illusive Navi 12 remains to be seen.
Publication: TechQuila
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Oracle Cloud Applications Now Live On India Data Centreedit
Oracle has announced that Oracle Cloud Applications is now live on its “Gen 2” Cloud region in the country. The move is aimed at helping Oracle’s existing and new customers, including those operating in sectors that are bound by the country’s regulatory environment to store data within the borders of the country such as the public sector organisations or banking and telecom companies take advantage of Oracle’s full stack of offerings.
Publication: Express Computers
Marvell Expands R&D Footprint in Indiaedit
Marvell announced the addition of its new state-of-the-art facility in Bangalore. Marvell India Private Limited, which is the company’s second largest research and development (R&D) center, spans three sites – Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad. The new Bangalore campus is over 160,000 square feet and is expected to be a center of growth over the next year.
Publication: CIOL
Nvidia touts chip deals with China’s Alibaba, Baidu and Didiedit
Nvidia Corp on Wednesday said it has won a series of deals in which some of China’s biggest technology companies are using its chips to make product recommendations and to develop self-driving vehicles. Nvidia told reporters that e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and search engine provider Baidu Inc have started using its chips to run systems that make recommendations to users with the aim of increasing the number of times users click on those recommendations.
Publication: ET Auto
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Apple Macbook Pro 16-inch review: Everything you missed in the last Macbook, and moreedit
If you didn’t buy the 15-inch Macbook Pro because of the reported keyboard or performance issues, Apple has a solution. While the company isn’t officially calling it a replacement, the new 16-inch Macbook Pro fixes a lot of the issues with its older counterpart and has a happy new addition. First, Apple uses a more conventional keyboard now over the older butterfly mechanism now. It’s less prone to breakdowns and provides an excellent typing experience.
Publication: Livemint
HP Spectre x360-13: Style meets power on this laptopedit
HP’s latest flagship, the Spectre x360-13 laptop offers 10th gen Intel processors in a smaller footprint, while retaining the premium look and feel the series is known for. It also has a SIM-slot, which allows internet on the go. The first thing that strikes you about the Spectre x360 is how small it feels and how easy it is to carry it around. It weighs just 1.27kg. The bezels around the screen look thinner than before and the palm rest under the keyboard looks smaller.
Publication: Livemint
India server market revenue hits $280.1 mn in Q3 2019edit
The overall server market in India witnessed a Year-over-Year (YoY) growth of a dismal 0.8 per cent in terms of revenue to reach $280.1 million in the third quarter (Q3) versus $277.8 million in Q3 of 2018, a new report by International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Wednesday. According to IDC’s ‘Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker 3Q19 December 2019’ report, this growth is majorly driven by non-x86 server market as it registered big deals from large public and private banks in India during Q3 2019.
Publication: ETCIO
Facebook Buys Cloud Gaming Company PlayGiga for Undisclosed Amountedit
In a bid to gain footprint into cloud-based game streaming market, Facebook has acquired Spanish video gaming firm PlayGiga. According to a CNBC report, the acquisition comes at a time when tech giants like Apple and Google have rolled out cloud-based video game streaming services like Apple Arcade and Google Stadia. Microsoft has also previewed its xCloud game streaming service. A Spanish business newspaper Cinco Dias claimed that Facebook acquired PlayGiga for about $78 million (roughly Rs. 554 crores).
Publication: Gadgets 360
Acer launches ConceptD and ConceptD Pro family series in Indiaedit
Acer has launched its ConceptD series for both consumer and commercial uses in India. The new ConceptD brand is a collection of high-end desktops, laptops and monitors.
Publication: Gadgets Now
Amazon’s Alexa may soon start talking to Apple’s Siriedit
The new project also includes the Zigbee Alliance, a separate effort to develop a common wireless standard for connected devices that includes manufacturers such as Samsung, retailers such as Ikea and other tech firms, including Texas Instruments and NXP Semiconductors
Publication: The New Indian Express
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India server market revenue hits $280.1 mn in Q3 2019edit
The overall server market in India witnessed a Year-over-Year (YoY) growth of a dismal 0.8 per cent in terms of revenue to reach $280.1 million in the third quarter (Q3) versus $277.8 million in Q3 of 2018, a new report by International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Wednesday. According to IDC’s ‘Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker 3Q19 December 2019’ report, this growth is majorly driven by non-x86 server market as it registered big deals from large public and private banks in India during Q3 2019.
Publication: ETCIO
Amazon’s Alexa may soon start talking to Apple’s Siriedit
The new project also includes the Zigbee Alliance, a separate effort to develop a common wireless standard for connected devices that includes manufacturers such as Samsung, retailers such as Ikea and other tech firms, including Texas Instruments and NXP Semiconductors
Publication: The New Indian Express
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