AMD specific news
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super 4GB: Best Budget 1080p Graphics Card? (PROACTIVE)edit
The RX 5500 XT is the clear winner here. It maintains higher frame rates compared to NVIDIA’s GTX 1650 Super across all the ten games we tested. The gap swells to a significant 20-30% in the Navi favored titles in-line with AMD’s official figures. Considering that there is no RTX here, we have no reason to not recommend the 5500 XT over the 1650 Super.
Publication: Hardware Times
Budget 2020: FinMin to note – Revisions and amendments to GST is the only solution to a better Digital India (PROACTIVE)edit
Swetang Vin, Corporate Vice President, Finance and Regional CFO, AMD – “The main objective should be to make direct taxes simple and easy to implement. Give sufficient time for a smooth rollout. The changes in and lowering of corporate tax in 2019 was a welcome move by the government and much appreciated. Safe harbor rule can be amended for lower markup percentage to a more realistic level so that more companies can directly apply the safe harbor rates and do away with potential litigation.”
Publication: Voice & Data
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super 4GB: Best Budget 1080p Graphics Card? (PROACTIVE)edit
The RX 5500 XT is the clear winner here. It maintains higher frame rates compared to NVIDIA’s GTX 1650 Super across all the ten games we tested. The gap swells to a significant 20-30% in the Navi favored titles in-line with AMD’s official figures. Considering that there is no RTX here, we have no reason to not recommend the 5500 XT over the 1650 Super.
Publication: Hardware Times
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 5G launched with 10.5-inch display, Smart S Penedit
Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Tab S6 5G, which it says is the world’s first 5G enabled tablet. The newly launched tablet is essentially a 5G variant of its last year’s Galaxy Tab S6 and it is priced at 999,900 Won (Rs 60, 280 approximately) in Korea.
Publication: Hindustan Times
HP PAVILLION X360 Reviewedit
Chromebooks in the Indian laptop market are, in a manner of speaking, a lot like electric vehicles (EVs) in the Indian car market. They’re mostly bought by serious enthusiasts and early adopters who want to make a statement. They don’t come in all price ranges or from a variety of popular manufacturers. And they can’t always replace mainstream models in terms of capability and compatibility. But like the current crop of EVs in India, they exist amongst conventional Windows/macOS-powered laptops anyway.
Publication: Digit
Acer ConceptD laptops, desktop and monitor: First Lookedit
Acer ConceptD 9 and ConceptD 9 Pro are the top-shelf products in the series. They feature Ezel Aero Hinge that allows the screen to be tilted or pushed forward. It can be configured with up to 9th generation Intel Core i9 processor, an NVIDIA RTX 2080 or Quadro RTX 5000 series graphics. They also offer 32GB of RAM and two 1TB PCIe NVMe SSDs in Raid0 configuration. The ConceptD 9 is aimed at those looking to render 3D models, edit or export 6K videos and do real-time ray tracing. The ConceptD 9 is available starting from Rs 3,59,999.
Publication: BGR
Microsoft beats Street view on cloud demandedit
Microsoft’s quarterly sales beat analysts’projections by more than S 1 billion, fueled by persistent demand from corporate customers seeking to shift computing tasks to cloud-based systems.
Publication: Financial Express
Industry news
Budget 2020: FinMin to note – Revisions and amendments to GST is the only solution to a better Digital India (PROACTIVE)edit
Swetang Vin, Corporate Vice President, Finance and Regional CFO, AMD – “The main objective should be to make direct taxes simple and easy to implement. Give sufficient time for a smooth rollout. The changes in and lowering of corporate tax in 2019 was a welcome move by the government and much appreciated. Safe harbor rule can be amended for lower markup percentage to a more realistic level so that more companies can directly apply the safe harbor rates and do away with potential litigation.”
Publication: Voice & Data
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