The AMD Ryzen 3 3300X can support up to 24 PCIe 4 lanes. (Image source: AMD). The budget AMD Ryzen 3 3300X Matisse desktop processor has been tested on Geekbench 4 in combination with an ASRock X470 Gaming-ITX/ac motherboard. The new CPU has thrown up a single-core score and multi-core score that can beat the median scores for the thousands of Intel Core i7-7700K that have appeared on the same benchmark.

Publication: India Gone Viral

HP has introduced remote assistance for its PC users in India to ease consumer woes during the coronavirus lockdown. This remote service will be available free of cost, and is extended to PC users of all brands. The company will assist users on issues such as general performance, network, security, and mobility. This new service has been launched as Indian business and consumers are compelled to work from home amid the pandemic. This remote service assistance will be offered to small and medium businesses (SMBs) and individuals as well.

Publication: Gadgets 360 

Spending on digital video games hit a record high $10 billion in March as people stuck at home under coronavirus lockdowns turned to gaming, market tracker SuperData reported on Thursday. Money spent on major console games leapt to $1.5 billion in March from $883 million in February, while spending on games played on high-performance personal computers climbed 56 percent to $567 million in the same comparison.

Publication: The Economic Times 

Spending on digital video games hit a record high $10 billion in March as people stuck at home under coronavirus lockdowns turned to gaming, market tracker SuperData reported on Thursday. Money spent on major console games leapt to $1.5 billion in March from $883 million in February, while spending on games played on high-performance personal computers climbed 56 percent to $567 million in the same comparison.

Publication: The New Indian Express 

Digital transformation, digital workspaces, and security were the key highlights we saw in 2019 and we expect the momentum to go on in 2020. IDC recognised Lenovo India as the leader in the PC business in FY1920, having achieved an unprecedented market share of 33.7 per cent (FY YTD share as per IDC: FY1920 Q3). We are the only player in the market still committed to PC innovation with our trusted brands such as Think and Yoga, which are highly recognised in the industry and among customers.

Publication: CRN

PC and printing major HP Inc. on Thursday introduced a limited-period free helpdesk support to PC users of all brands to address their operational issues in India. HP’s announcement comes days after Global PC maker Lenovo announced remote servicing of laptops and PC users. In the absence of regular support and service channels, HP is making this service available to PC users of all brands to ensure they can operate without hindrance and maintain business continuity.

Publication: Livemint

The Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581GV-H9201T Ultrabook is an expensive premium ultrabook, which retails for Rs. 2,49,990 and offers features like a 15.6-inch primary display with UHD resolution and a secondary screen. As per the performance, it comes with the 9th Gen Intel Core i9 processor with 32GB RAM and 6GB dedicated graphics card.

Publication: Gizbot

Rumours of Apple producing ARM-based Macs have been around for some time now, with Bloomberg originally reporting that Apple would roll them out by 2020/2021. Now another Bloomberg report is corroborating the earlier story, claiming that Apple is working on several chip designs, the first of which will be a 12-core processor fabricated on the 5nm process.

Publication: Digit

Apple Inc. is planning to start selling Mac computers with its own main processors by next year, relying on designs that helped popularize the iPhone and iPad, according to people familiar with the matter. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant is working on three of its own Mac processors, known as systems-on-a-chip, based on the A14 processor in the next iPhone. The first of these will be much faster than the processors in the iPhone and iPad, the people said.

Publication: Livemint

But these cheaper and faster SSDs might give you the option to boost up the performance of your CPU and GPU provided they can support this new tech. Currently only AMD CPUs and GPUs are the ones who can take this benefit. The Crucial P2 and P5 SSDs appear to be one of the first SSDs to be so much more affordable, and we expect more of the new Gen4 SSDs to be launching in the market soon.

Publication: TechnoSports

Xbox Series X is one of the most awaited gaming consoles from Microsoft and the company is expected to launch the console in the second half of this year. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, there is no certainty about the exact launch date of the console. The console is equipped by the eight-core AMD ZEN 2 CPU, clocked at 3.8GHz. On the graphic part, the console uses a custom RDNA 2-class GPU with 12 teraflops of power and 52 compute units, clocked at 1.82GHz each. The Xbox Series X will also support up to 8K resolution for the enhanced gaming experience.

Publication: Gizbot