AMD specific news
AMD Might be Working on 3rd Gen Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X Quad-Core CPUsedit
With the Ryzen 3000 CPUs, the company focused on both IPC and single-threaded performance while also increasing the core counts to never-before-seen figures. However, the absence of the lower-end Ryzen 3 parts, if not thoroughly felt, was noticed at the very least. It seems like AMD hasn’t completely forgotten about the budget segment though. A couple of Ryzen 3 parts based on the 7nm Zen 2 core might be announced before Vermeer (Ryzen 4000), after all.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD’s Ryzen 4000 Desktop CPUs “Vermeer” to Retain the B450 Chipsetedit
So, it turns out that AMD will indeed be retaining its AM4 socket for the next-gen Ryzen 4000 desktop processors. That’s not it though. Both the B450 as well as the X470 chipsets will support the Vermeer CPUs through a microcode update. This was confirmed by an XMG employee on a Reddit thread.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD’s Server Processor Share Expected to Increase to 10% by the End of 2020edit
AMD’s server CPU share is expected to increase to double-figures (~10%) by the end of 2020. Prior to the Zen-based Epyc processors, the company was almost completely eliminated from the server market, with Intel maintaining complete dominance for nearly a decade. With the coming of the 7nm Zen 2-based Epyc Rome chips, the scales have begun shifting in AMD’s favor, though it’s going to be a gradual change.
Publication: Hardware Times
What is Ray-Tracing and How Does it Work? Are NVIDIA’s RTX GPUs Worth It?edit
Now, you may ask, what about AMD and the next-gen consoles? How will they leverage ray-tracing? Well, as far as AMD’s 2nd Gen Navi GPUs are concerned, they will for a fact utilize the DirectX 12 API (or more specifically DXR). However, the exact techniques used to make it viable in gaming such as BVH, denoising, etc will have to be developed by the company itself. The same goes for the consoles too (the API in PS5 be different though).
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs 3600X vs Intel Core i5-9600K: Performance Comparisonedit
Ryzen all the way! The 3rd Gen Ryzen 5 CPUs basically murder the Core i5-9600K in productivity and content creation related workloads. When it comes to gaming, the 9600K manages to edge past the 3600 but loses to the 3600X in newer Direct12 titles. The two Ryzen chips are mostly on par with each other. The 3600X with its higher boost clock is suited for gaming-centric workloads.
Publciation: Hardware Times
We need to foster a workplace culture of belonging and attachment: AMD’s Mark Pearson (PROACTIVE)edit
Mark Pearson is Senior Director, Talent and Organizational Capabilities at Advanced Micro Devices. He leads the global Human Resources functions of Talent Management, Belonging and Inclusion, Learning and Development, Organization Development, and Talent Analytics/Insights at AMD.
Publication: People Matters
AMD sets up Covid-19 high-performance computing fund (PROACTIVE)edit
“The fund will include an initial donation of $15 million of high-performance systems powered by AMD EPYC CPUs (central processing units) and AMD Radeon Instinct GPUs (graphics processing units) to key research institutions,” Lisa Su President and Chief Executive Officer, has said.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
AMD Ryzen 9 4900U’s Specs Leaked: Faster Than its Predecessors?edit
AMD’s Ryzen 4000U was released in January with the Ryzen 7 4800U being the highest-spec model. At that time AMD did not give any hints on their Ryzen 9 chip. It seems the Ryzen 7 4800U is not anymore the fastest and highest-spec model. Recently, Twitter user @TUM_APISAK posted the leak about AMD Ryzen 9 chips. Both the processors have almost the same configuration but the Ryzen 9 4900U has the highest clock.
Publication: TechQuila
Intel i5-10600 Rivals AMD’s Ryzen 3600 in Leaked Benchmarkedit
The i5-10600 is a 6 core/12 thread Comet Lake CPU, which is yet another refinement of the 14nm process which started all the way back with Sky Lake. It has a base clock of 3.3 GHz and can boost up to 4.3 GHz, although the average boost clock in the benchmark was found to the around 4.15 GHz. The Intel chip registered a higher single-core score (143) than the AMD counterpart. But the overall score of the i5-10600 was lower than the R5 3600.
Publication: TechQuila
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Crysis Remastered Leaked – Coming to Nintendo Switch Along with PC, PS4, Xbox Oneedit
This will mark the franchise’s debut on Nintendo’s portable platform. Before this, back in 2007 Crysis debuted as a PC exclusive game due to its future-proof graphics capabilities. “But can it run Crysis?” soon became the big question when it came to testing high-end PC hardware. Just recently we saw the game getting fan-developed raytraced graphics for NVIDIA’s RTX cards. With Crysis: Remastered the game will now officially support NVIDIA’s attracting technology, as well as AMD’s DXR implementation when that drops.
Publication: TechQuila
Doom Eternal Performance On Various GPUs At Different Resolutionsedit
We have compiled the performance of Doom Eternals on various PCs with different GPUs to give you an idea of the actual performance of the game on your PC if it has a similar GPU. The game has a great storyline and it is optimized to offer good performance even on an entry-level GPU with at least 3GB video memory.
Publication: Gizbot
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AMD’s Server Processor Share Expected to Increase to 10% by the End of 2020edit
AMD’s server CPU share is expected to increase to double-figures (~10%) by the end of 2020. Prior to the Zen-based Epyc processors, the company was almost completely eliminated from the server market, with Intel maintaining complete dominance for nearly a decade. With the coming of the 7nm Zen 2-based Epyc Rome chips, the scales have begun shifting in AMD’s favor, though it’s going to be a gradual change.
Publication: Hardware Times
What is Ray-Tracing and How Does it Work? Are NVIDIA’s RTX GPUs Worth It?edit
Now, you may ask, what about AMD and the next-gen consoles? How will they leverage ray-tracing? Well, as far as AMD’s 2nd Gen Navi GPUs are concerned, they will for a fact utilize the DirectX 12 API (or more specifically DXR). However, the exact techniques used to make it viable in gaming such as BVH, denoising, etc will have to be developed by the company itself. The same goes for the consoles too (the API in PS5 be different though).
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs 3600X vs Intel Core i5-9600K: Performance Comparisonedit
Ryzen all the way! The 3rd Gen Ryzen 5 CPUs basically murder the Core i5-9600K in productivity and content creation related workloads. When it comes to gaming, the 9600K manages to edge past the 3600 but loses to the 3600X in newer Direct12 titles. The two Ryzen chips are mostly on par with each other. The 3600X with its higher boost clock is suited for gaming-centric workloads.
Publciation: Hardware Times
AMD Ryzen 9 4900U’s Specs Leaked: Faster Than its Predecessors?edit
AMD’s Ryzen 4000U was released in January with the Ryzen 7 4800U being the highest-spec model. At that time AMD did not give any hints on their Ryzen 9 chip. It seems the Ryzen 7 4800U is not anymore the fastest and highest-spec model. Recently, Twitter user @TUM_APISAK posted the leak about AMD Ryzen 9 chips. Both the processors have almost the same configuration but the Ryzen 9 4900U has the highest clock.
Publication: TechQuila
Nvidia gets China’s go-ahead for $6.9 billion Mellanox dealedit
U.S. chip supplier Nvidia Corp said on Thursday Chinese authorities had approved its $6.9 billion acquisition of Israeli chip designer Mellanox Technologies Ltd, overcoming the last obstacle for the deal announced over a year earlier. Mellanox shares rose nearly 2% in afternoon trading, while Nvidia jumped about 4%. Many acquisitions between U.S. and international companies with significant operations in China have faced challenges in securing approval from the country’s regulator due to a bitter trade war between the two largest economies of the world that started in January, 2018.
Publication: Reuters India
One step closer to commercialisation: Intel’s big breakthrough will allow quantum computers to work at warm temperaturesedit
Quantum computers have long been touted as the next breakthrough in computing, but such machines have largely been the preserve of researchers at large corporations and academic institutions. While they are extremely expensive to develop and maintain, their mainstream adoption has been encumbered by practical reasons, one of them being the inability of qubits – the fundamental unit of quantum computing – to function at temperatures that aren’t extremely low.
Publication: The Economic Times
Intel i5-10600 Rivals AMD’s Ryzen 3600 in Leaked Benchmarkedit
The i5-10600 is a 6 core/12 thread Comet Lake CPU, which is yet another refinement of the 14nm process which started all the way back with Sky Lake. It has a base clock of 3.3 GHz and can boost up to 4.3 GHz, although the average boost clock in the benchmark was found to the around 4.15 GHz. The Intel chip registered a higher single-core score (143) than the AMD counterpart. But the overall score of the i5-10600 was lower than the R5 3600.
Publication: TechQuila
Crysis Remastered Leaked – Coming to Nintendo Switch Along with PC, PS4, Xbox Oneedit
This will mark the franchise’s debut on Nintendo’s portable platform. Before this, back in 2007 Crysis debuted as a PC exclusive game due to its future-proof graphics capabilities. “But can it run Crysis?” soon became the big question when it came to testing high-end PC hardware. Just recently we saw the game getting fan-developed raytraced graphics for NVIDIA’s RTX cards. With Crysis: Remastered the game will now officially support NVIDIA’s attracting technology, as well as AMD’s DXR implementation when that drops.
Publication: TechQuila
Doom Eternal Performance On Various GPUs At Different Resolutionsedit
We have compiled the performance of Doom Eternals on various PCs with different GPUs to give you an idea of the actual performance of the game on your PC if it has a similar GPU. The game has a great storyline and it is optimized to offer good performance even on an entry-level GPU with at least 3GB video memory.
Publication: Gizbot
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AMD’s Ryzen 4000 Desktop CPUs “Vermeer” to Retain the B450 Chipsetedit
So, it turns out that AMD will indeed be retaining its AM4 socket for the next-gen Ryzen 4000 desktop processors. That’s not it though. Both the B450 as well as the X470 chipsets will support the Vermeer CPUs through a microcode update. This was confirmed by an XMG employee on a Reddit thread.
Publication: Hardware Times
Sony plans to produce limited PS5 consoles in first yearedit
Sony Corp plans to produce far fewer units of its upcoming PlayStation 5 in its first year than it had for the previous-generation console’s launch, according to people familiar with the matter. The Tokyo-based tech giant is limiting its initial production run in part because it expects the PS5’s ambitious specs to weigh on demand by leading to a high price at launch, the people said, asking not to be identified because the subject is private.
Publication: Hindustan Times
Apple’s new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro to start at Rs 27,900edit
The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro will start at Rs 27,900 for the 11-inch iPad Pro. For the bigger 12.9-inch iPad Pro it will cost Rs 31,900. In India, the existing 11-inch iPad Pro starts at Rs 71,900 for the WiFi only model, while the WiFi+ cellular model costs Rs 85,900. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro starts at Rs 89,900 for the WiFi model and Rs 103,900 for the WiFi + cellular model.
Publication: Indian Express
Crysis Remastered Leaked – Coming to Nintendo Switch Along with PC, PS4, Xbox Oneedit
This will mark the franchise’s debut on Nintendo’s portable platform. Before this, back in 2007 Crysis debuted as a PC exclusive game due to its future-proof graphics capabilities. “But can it run Crysis?” soon became the big question when it came to testing high-end PC hardware. Just recently we saw the game getting fan-developed raytraced graphics for NVIDIA’s RTX cards. With Crysis: Remastered the game will now officially support NVIDIA’s attracting technology, as well as AMD’s DXR implementation when that drops.
Publication: TechQuila
Doom Eternal Performance On Various GPUs At Different Resolutionsedit
We have compiled the performance of Doom Eternals on various PCs with different GPUs to give you an idea of the actual performance of the game on your PC if it has a similar GPU. The game has a great storyline and it is optimized to offer good performance even on an entry-level GPU with at least 3GB video memory.
Publication: Gizbot
Industry news
AMD’s Server Processor Share Expected to Increase to 10% by the End of 2020edit
AMD’s server CPU share is expected to increase to double-figures (~10%) by the end of 2020. Prior to the Zen-based Epyc processors, the company was almost completely eliminated from the server market, with Intel maintaining complete dominance for nearly a decade. With the coming of the 7nm Zen 2-based Epyc Rome chips, the scales have begun shifting in AMD’s favor, though it’s going to be a gradual change.
Publication: Hardware Times
What is Ray-Tracing and How Does it Work? Are NVIDIA’s RTX GPUs Worth It?edit
Now, you may ask, what about AMD and the next-gen consoles? How will they leverage ray-tracing? Well, as far as AMD’s 2nd Gen Navi GPUs are concerned, they will for a fact utilize the DirectX 12 API (or more specifically DXR). However, the exact techniques used to make it viable in gaming such as BVH, denoising, etc will have to be developed by the company itself. The same goes for the consoles too (the API in PS5 be different though).
Publication: Hardware Times
We need to foster a workplace culture of belonging and attachment: AMD’s Mark Pearson (PROACTIVE)edit
Mark Pearson is Senior Director, Talent and Organizational Capabilities at Advanced Micro Devices. He leads the global Human Resources functions of Talent Management, Belonging and Inclusion, Learning and Development, Organization Development, and Talent Analytics/Insights at AMD.
Publication: People Matters
AMD sets up Covid-19 high-performance computing fund (PROACTIVE)edit
“The fund will include an initial donation of $15 million of high-performance systems powered by AMD EPYC CPUs (central processing units) and AMD Radeon Instinct GPUs (graphics processing units) to key research institutions,” Lisa Su President and Chief Executive Officer, has said.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
Sony plans to produce limited PS5 consoles in first yearedit
Sony Corp plans to produce far fewer units of its upcoming PlayStation 5 in its first year than it had for the previous-generation console’s launch, according to people familiar with the matter. The Tokyo-based tech giant is limiting its initial production run in part because it expects the PS5’s ambitious specs to weigh on demand by leading to a high price at launch, the people said, asking not to be identified because the subject is private.
Publication: Hindustan Times
Apple’s new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro to start at Rs 27,900edit
The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro will start at Rs 27,900 for the 11-inch iPad Pro. For the bigger 12.9-inch iPad Pro it will cost Rs 31,900. In India, the existing 11-inch iPad Pro starts at Rs 71,900 for the WiFi only model, while the WiFi+ cellular model costs Rs 85,900. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro starts at Rs 89,900 for the WiFi model and Rs 103,900 for the WiFi + cellular model.
Publication: Indian Express
Nvidia gets China’s go-ahead for $6.9 billion Mellanox dealedit
U.S. chip supplier Nvidia Corp said on Thursday Chinese authorities had approved its $6.9 billion acquisition of Israeli chip designer Mellanox Technologies Ltd, overcoming the last obstacle for the deal announced over a year earlier. Mellanox shares rose nearly 2% in afternoon trading, while Nvidia jumped about 4%. Many acquisitions between U.S. and international companies with significant operations in China have faced challenges in securing approval from the country’s regulator due to a bitter trade war between the two largest economies of the world that started in January, 2018.
Publication: Reuters India
One step closer to commercialisation: Intel’s big breakthrough will allow quantum computers to work at warm temperaturesedit
Quantum computers have long been touted as the next breakthrough in computing, but such machines have largely been the preserve of researchers at large corporations and academic institutions. While they are extremely expensive to develop and maintain, their mainstream adoption has been encumbered by practical reasons, one of them being the inability of qubits – the fundamental unit of quantum computing – to function at temperatures that aren’t extremely low.
Publication: The Economic Times
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