Chipset maker Qualcomm sees 5G-ready phones entering India in the next two quarters as manufacturers are keen on tapping the digital consumer well before telecom operators roll out the supporting network. The chip manufacturer, which has its second largest workforce based out of India, is confident of driving the 5G rollout with partner ecosystem in the country, said Rajen Vagadia, vice-president and President Qualcomm India and SAARC. “We see as early as this quarter or the next when affordable 5G phones will start launching in India. People are looking for long-term investments in devices now and will be using those when the rollout happens eventually,” he said.

Publication: Business Standard

Your smartphone, a pocket computer, is infinitely faster than the laptop you used to carry 10 years ago. On the other hand, Pratyush, an Indian supercomputer that predicts the weather is infinitely more powerful than your phone. But smartphones and supercomputers share the same foundation. In future, this foundation of computing is going to change through quantum computing. Instead of the classic bits where 0 and 1 exist in separate states, quantum computers use quantum bits or qubits, which can process 1 and 0 simultaneously, leading to significantly faster processing.

Publication: Livemint

IT and industries minister K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday officially kick-started the Telangana state government’s ‘Year of AI’ by launching the initiative’s logo and website. The state government plans to conduct various events and deploy various projects by using artificial intelligence (AI) in 2020. Mr Rama Rao, along with principal secretary, IT, Jayesh Ranjan, exchanged memoranda of agreement (MoU) with eight organisations including Intel, IIIT-H, IIT Kharagpur, NVIDIA, Adobe, Hexagon and NASSCOM.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Trying to build a gaming PC or a powerful rig for your daily computing needs is undoubtedly going to be more confusing in 2020. With the launch of AMD’s recent Zen 2 processors, which earned universal praise, you’re going to face a hard time choosing between Intel and AMD. The Intel vs AMD competition is only going to get fiercer as both the companies are making CPUs that are more affordable and competent than ever. Along the similar lines, leaks for Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake desktop CPUs are here and contain details of a long list of SKUs.

Publication: Fossbytes

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X: At 4K, it’s the GPU that does most of the heavy lifting and you can get away with a fairly budget CPU. However, to make sure this rig can handle high frame rates at 1440p, we’ll be opting for the Ryzen 7 3800X, one of the best high-end processors on the market. The 3800X is ideal for a gaming PC that can be used for streaming as well as content creation.

Publication: TechQuila

As we prepare to see more and more driverless cars, foldable smartphones and smart AR glasses around us in a couple of years, the next decade will also lead to the demise of some of your current favourite gadgets. Some of these could be: Gaming consoles: The arrival of Cloud-based game streaming services like Apple Arcade, Google Stadia and the upcoming Microsoft XCloud are all set to change the way people play games, thus threatening the very survival of the traditional gaming industry ruled by consoles like Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation.

Publication: Outlook India

The Telangana government has announced partnerships with chip major Intel, Adobe, Tech Mahindra, Nvidia, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and the IITs at Kharagpur and Hyderabad in the area of Artificial Intelligence.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine