In terms of raw performance, NVIDIA’s RTX 20 series or the Turing architecture offers a relatively smaller performance boost over the preceding GTX 10-series Pascal cards. Instead, most of NVIDIA’s R&D and marketing budget for Turing went into implementing ray-tracing, otherwise known as RTX with a focus on AI-based upscaling, DLSS.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Graphics giant Nvidia has announced plans to acquire data centre networking specialist Cumulus Networks. The acquisition of Cumulus, which is headquartered in Mountain View, California, will bolster Nvidia’s networking software capabilities, the company said on Monday. The two companies did not disclose the transaction details.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

IBM today at its Think Digital conference announced new services and solutions backed by a broad ecosystem of partners to help enterprises and telecommunications companies speed their transition to edge computing in the 5G era. This effort combines IBM’s experience and expertise in multicloud environments with Red Hat’s industry-leading open source technology, which became part of IBM last year in one of the biggest tech acquisitions of all time.

Publication: Express Computers

MSI, one of the world’s leading brands in gaming laptops has announced its new MEG Trident X 10th and Codex R Gaming PCs based on Intel’s 10th Gen CPUs. The company has worked on minimizing the volume and footprint of the desktop. Gamers who want small-form-factor desktops are in luck.

Publication: TechQuila

The new Surface Laptop 3 comes in two different screen sizes – 13.5-inch and 15-inch. The 13.5-inch variant is powered by up to 10th gen Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM, and 1TB SSD. On the other hand, the 15-inch model comes with up AMD Ryzen processor with Radeon graphics, 16GB RAM, and 1TB SSD. The machine offers up to 11.5 hours of battery and weighs around 1.2 – 1.5 kgs.

Publication: TechRadar

Debuting a new Omen look and feel, HP has unveiled the Omen 25L and 30L desktops and the Omen 27i Gaming Monitor. Both desktops perfectly pair with the latest Omen 27i Gaming Monitor, says the company. Omen 25L desktop is expected to be available May 5 via HP.com at a starting price of $899.99.

Publication: The Times of India 

With the work from home trend catching up in India due to the coronavirus lockdown, many buyers are upgrading their laptops or buying new models. Lenovo Ideapad S145 (81N30063IN) laptop features an AMD dual-core A6 processor, 4GB of RAM, 1TB of storage space, Windows 10 OS, and a 15.6-inch display. It gets the power from a 2 Cell Li-Ion battery under its hood.

Publication: Gizbot

Lenovo Group said on Tuesday it has launched a new server platform capable of handling heavy computing tasks inside data centers using chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Demand from cloud computing companies have boosted sales of server chips, helping the overall results of AMD and rival Intel Corp.

Publication: Reuters

Lenovo Group has launched a new server platform capable of handling heavy computing tasks inside data centers using chips from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the main rival of Intel. Intel’s Xeon chips have dominated the market for server chips, but AMD has been gaining ground since its re-entry into the business three years ago with rival EPYC processors that earned positive reviews.

Publication: InfoTechLead