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Gaming Technology: AMD bets big on cloud gaming (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD, the American semiconductor major, is eyeing a big opportunity through the next leap in gaming technology—cloud gaming. The company is taking its deep-gaming expertise to cloud with data centre class graphics processing unit (GPU) technologies to enable the future of cloud gaming. Cloud gaming is evolving as a new trend among gamers as 5G is evolving and there is no need for expensive hardware.
Publication: Financial Express
Gaming Technology: AMD bets big on cloud gaming (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD, the American semiconductor major, is eyeing a big opportunity through the next leap in gaming technology—cloud gaming. The company is taking its deep-gaming expertise to cloud with data centre-class graphics processing unit (GPU) technologies to enable the future of cloud gaming. Cloud gaming is evolving as a new trend among gamers as 5G is evolving and there is no need for expensive hardware.
Publication: Financial Express
AMD’s 64-Core Ryzen 9 3990X to Cost Roughly Rs. 3 Lakhs in India And For Good Reason (PROACTIVE)edit
64 cores. 128 threads. $4000. AMD’s top-of-the-line Ryzen 9 3990X CPU is all about impressive numbers. The Ryzen 9 3990X belongs to AMD’s third-gen Threadripper lineup which comprises the 24-core Threadripper 3960X and the 32-core Threadripper 3970X apart from the latest 64-core high-performance processor. Even though the Threadripper CPU is a desktop processor that anyone can buy, its power (and certainly its price) isn’t for everyone. The Threadripper 3990X is really targeted towards creators who really need that kind of horsepower in their performance machines.
Publication: TechQuila
AMD brand mentions
Fault’s in Our Parts, Not Starsedit
Texas Instruments chose Bengaluru to set up its first design base outside of the United States in the late Eighties, and since then India has emerged as a design hub for most global companies — Intel, Qualcomm, ZTE, ARM and AMD — to build their next-generation chips.
Publication: The Economic Times
India’s lack of electronics manufacturing ecosystem is hurting Isro’s space plansedit
Texas Instruments chose Bengaluru to set up its first design base outside of the United States in the late Eighties, and since then India has emerged as a design hub for most global companies Intel, Qualcomm, ZTE, ARM and AMD to build their next-generation chips.
Publication: The Economic Times
CES 2020: Lenovo Unveils Yoga Slim 7 14-inch Laptop With AMD or Intel CPU Options, ThinkBook Plus Laptopsedit
Lenovo has unveiled a new 14-inch laptop under its Lenovo Yoga series of notebooks during the CES 2020. The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14-inch laptop comes powered with Intel’s latest 10nm processors and offers an optional discrete NVIDIA GPU. Plus, the company has launched an AMD processor variant of the laptop as well, which is priced almost half of what its Intel counterpart is priced at. Well, let’s see what all the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 laptop has in store for us – the price, specifications, and features nonetheless.
Publication: My Smart Price
Intel enters the graphics game with its first discrete DG1 GPUedit
Intel has announced its first discrete GPU at the CES 2020. The chipmaker claims that its GPU codenamed as “DG1” is the first big step towards the future computing ambitions. The company even showed a live demo of Destiny 2 running on the new GPU. Lack of discrete cards has been a big problem for Intel. The company had to team up with the rival firm, AMD to create a hybrid line of Core i5 GPUs. The company did not comment on AMD’s Ryzen 4000 APU announcement. The keynote focused on AI, video-encoding enhancements as well. Intel has not clarified when it will launch the DG1.
Publication: TechGig
Heavy duty performeredit
There is also a more powerful AMD Radeon Pro 5500M GPU that offers 4 GB of VRAM. Though the starting model has 512 GB of storage, there is also 1 TB version, which can be raised to up to 8 TB. All these specs translate into an extremely powerful machine, which can handle with consummate ease anything and everything you throw at it.
Publication: The Economic Times
Dell unveils new gaming laptop G5 15 SE special editionedit
D ell on Tuesday launched its new laptop G5 15 SE Special Edition the latest product in G Series portfolio for price- conscious gamers for $799.99. This is the first Dell G Series lap- top to feature a 15.6-inch FHD display panel 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen 4000 H-Series Mobile Proces- sors (up to 8- cores, 16-threads), paired with the new AMD Radeon RX 5600M GPUs. These two AMD chips work seamlessly together using AMD SmartShift technology to optimise performance for the task at hand by automatically and intelligently shifting power between the Ryzen processor and Radeon GPU as needed, giving users exactly what they want at each moment of gameplay.
Publication: Telangana Today
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Fault’s in Our Parts, Not Starsedit
Texas Instruments chose Bengaluru to set up its first design base outside of the United States in the late Eighties, and since then India has emerged as a design hub for most global companies — Intel, Qualcomm, ZTE, ARM and AMD — to build their next-generation chips.
Publication: The Economic Times
CES 2020: Lenovo Unveils Yoga Slim 7 14-inch Laptop With AMD or Intel CPU Options, ThinkBook Plus Laptopsedit
Lenovo has unveiled a new 14-inch laptop under its Lenovo Yoga series of notebooks during the CES 2020. The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14-inch laptop comes powered with Intel’s latest 10nm processors and offers an optional discrete NVIDIA GPU. Plus, the company has launched an AMD processor variant of the laptop as well, which is priced almost half of what its Intel counterpart is priced at. Well, let’s see what all the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 laptop has in store for us – the price, specifications, and features nonetheless.
Publication: My Smart Price
Intel enters the graphics game with its first discrete DG1 GPUedit
Intel has announced its first discrete GPU at the CES 2020. The chipmaker claims that its GPU codenamed as “DG1” is the first big step towards the future computing ambitions. The company even showed a live demo of Destiny 2 running on the new GPU. Lack of discrete cards has been a big problem for Intel. The company had to team up with the rival firm, AMD to create a hybrid line of Core i5 GPUs. The company did not comment on AMD’s Ryzen 4000 APU announcement. The keynote focused on AI, video-encoding enhancements as well. Intel has not clarified when it will launch the DG1.
Publication: TechGig
DPIIT, Ecomm Cos to Discuss Data Storage in Draft Policyedit
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has convened a meeting of industry representatives from IT and e-commerce sec- tors on January 14 to discuss the merits and demerits of draft e- commerce policy on data storage, sources said. Representatives from different companies including Accenture, Adobe, Facebook, Genpact, Google, HCL, Infosys, Intel, Microsoft and TCS are expected to participate in the deliberations, they said.
Publication: The Economic Times
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CES 2020: Lenovo Unveils Yoga Slim 7 14-inch Laptop With AMD or Intel CPU Options, ThinkBook Plus Laptopsedit
Lenovo has unveiled a new 14-inch laptop under its Lenovo Yoga series of notebooks during the CES 2020. The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14-inch laptop comes powered with Intel’s latest 10nm processors and offers an optional discrete NVIDIA GPU. Plus, the company has launched an AMD processor variant of the laptop as well, which is priced almost half of what its Intel counterpart is priced at. Well, let’s see what all the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 laptop has in store for us – the price, specifications, and features nonetheless.
Publication: My Smart Price
Dell, HP, Lenovo, Apple—Here’s What You Need To Know When Buying A Laptopedit
With the laptop industry going under a major overhaul in the past few years (tablets with detachable keyboards are picking up steam) picking the right one for your needs can be confusing. Some laptops double up as tablets, some business laptops weigh less than a kilogram, and many of them are touch-enabled. On the other end of the spectrum are the hefty gaming behemoths. It’s going to be a while before we move into the era of foldable laptops.
Publication: Huffington Post
Heavy duty performeredit
There is also a more powerful AMD Radeon Pro 5500M GPU that offers 4 GB of VRAM. Though the starting model has 512 GB of storage, there is also 1 TB version, which can be raised to up to 8 TB. All these specs translate into an extremely powerful machine, which can handle with consummate ease anything and everything you throw at it.
Publication: The Economic Times
Dell unveils new gaming laptop G5 15 SE special editionedit
D ell on Tuesday launched its new laptop G5 15 SE Special Edition the latest product in G Series portfolio for price- conscious gamers for $799.99. This is the first Dell G Series lap- top to feature a 15.6-inch FHD display panel 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen 4000 H-Series Mobile Proces- sors (up to 8- cores, 16-threads), paired with the new AMD Radeon RX 5600M GPUs. These two AMD chips work seamlessly together using AMD SmartShift technology to optimise performance for the task at hand by automatically and intelligently shifting power between the Ryzen processor and Radeon GPU as needed, giving users exactly what they want at each moment of gameplay.
Publication: Telangana Today
HP unveils nextgen Spectre x360edit
HP introduced the next generation of Spectre x360 13 for the modern hyper connected consumers in India who want to do more with technology. Premium design and craftsmanship, breakthrough performance and mobility, and strengthened security of this new Spectre device will push the boundaries for today’s tech-savvy users who expect nothing less than exceptional computing experience.
Publication: Trinity
Industry news
‘Storage industry in India is going to continue to grow in double digits’edit
The digitization wave has driven up demand for data storage, and Western Digital (WD), with a wide portfolio of products, is one of the companies that ticks almost all boxes. India’s external storage market, that includes external hard drives, SSDs, pen drives and personal cloud storage drives witnessed a growth of 8.0% year-on-year, according to IDC’s latest enterprise storage systems tracker for the third quarter of 2019.
Publication: Livemint
Big Innovation Centre opens hub in Hyderabadedit
Hyderabad: UK-based global innovation hub, Big Innovation Centre, has launched its first innovation hub in India in Hyderabad. The India centre will build ecosystems which will engage with key stakeholders from leading businesses, public bodies, academia and entrepreneurs and offer thought leadership and advisory services on emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Virtual Reality and others for more sustainable way of living and inclusivity, Abdul Rehman, head, Big Innovation Centre India, said in a release.
Publication: The Times of India
DPIIT, Ecomm Cos to Discuss Data Storage in Draft Policyedit
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has convened a meeting of industry representatives from IT and e-commerce sec- tors on January 14 to discuss the merits and demerits of draft e- commerce policy on data storage, sources said. Representatives from different companies including Accenture, Adobe, Facebook, Genpact, Google, HCL, Infosys, Intel, Microsoft and TCS are expected to participate in the deliberations, they said.
Publication: The Economic Times
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