AMD recently announced that it would support its next-gen Ryzen 4000 CPUs on existing 400 series boards, in addition to the newer B550 and X570 chipsets. While that’s good news for owners of the older motherboards, we’d strictly advise against buying a B450 or X470 board. There are certain caveats that will limit 400 series owners after they flash the beta BIOS meant for the newer processors.

Publication: Hardware Times 

The monitor has a contrast ratio of 1000:1 and 300nits of brightness. The Brightness and contrast of the monitor ensure the most comfortable gaming experience. The monitor also supports the AMD FreeSync Premium (48Hz – 144Hz) and HDR content. Another interesting thing is the screen features MSI’s ‘Night Vision’ which is designed to deal with the darker scenes. The users can manage the monitor’s settings and can create keybindings to adjust the display by the Gaming OSD App 2.0.

Publication: TechQuila

When there has been a lot of debate regarding the AMD Zen 3 architecture support on the existing B450 & X470 motherboards, AMD was almost forced to retain support for its upcoming Ryzen 4000 CPUs on its existing 400 series motherboards. MSI has confirmed that its existing 400-series motherboards will be compatible with AMD’s Zen 3 architecture. In a recent video by MSI posted on YouTube, the representatives did state the support for the upcoming architecture would be done via an optional beta BIOS update.

Publication: TechnoSports

AMD’s new Zen 2 architecture based next-gen desktops performed well at the market and proved to be significantly superior to its predecessor. Recently Digitimes has reported major information regarding the Zen 3 series. Reportedly, AMD would be dropping the TSMC’s 7nm EUV process and replace it with a 5nm node for its new Zen 3 architecture. The computer-giant would use the Zen 3 in its upcoming Ryzen 4000 Desktop series codenamed ‘Vermeer‘.

Publication: TechQuila

Seemingly in response to Intel’s launch of its 10th generation Comet Lake S lineup, which includes the i9-10900K, the so-called “world’s fastest processor” for gaming, AMD has cut prices on its 64-core, 128-thread AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X.  The HEDT part now sells at US$3449, a US$540 drop from its rather on-the-nose launch price of US$3990. The mammoth Threadripper 3990X, with 288 MB of Cache, a 280W TDP, and boost clocks up to 4.3 GHz, is among the highest-end HEDT solutions on the market. This isn’t a CPU targeted towards gaming, but rather, towards game creators.

Publication: Notebook Check 

Sony’s PlayStation 5 launch has been one of the most awaited events in the gaming industry. The company has finally given us a confirmed launch date. The new gaming console will be unveiled on 4 June. Earlier reports claimed that the launch will happen on 3 June. The PS5 will feature a custom eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU clocked at 3.5GHz and a custom GPU based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture hardware that promises 10.28 teraflops and 36 compute units clocked at 2.23GHz.

Publication: Livemint

So what does this all mean for the typical gamer? get any damn processor with eight cores. That’s about it. Both AMD and Intel are very good at running games on their processors.

Publication: Digit

When it comes to prevention and detection of diseases, engineers have a major role to play. For detecting pandemics such as Covid-19 using AI, or spreading awareness using a web-based dashboard, or identifying such outbreaks early on so that the world can be better prepared, all these efforts require huge engineering-related inputs.

Publication: Financial Express 

The Esports industry is thriving in India with the disruption caused by the coronavirus and the country’s lone Asian Games medallist in competitive video gaming, Tirth Mehta, is optimistic the upward trend will continue in the times to come. The coronavirus outbreak has massively affected the global sporting calendar, with stadiums that once lit up with the roar of the crowd lying in silence.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the second tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Law and Justice and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday launched India’s national Artificial Intelligence Portal called www.ai.gov.in. Artificial Intelligence Portal has been jointly developed by the Ministry of Electronics and IT and IT Industry.

Publication: Hindustan Times 

Microsoft is reportedly laying off at least 50 news production workers and replacing them with artificial intelligence (AI) — based algorithms to perform their editorial duties. According to a report in the Seattle Times on Saturday, roughly 50 employees have been notified “that their services would no longer be needed beyond June 30”.

Publication: The Hindu 

Asus has grabbed 15 percent market share in the consumer notebook segment in India in Q1 2020, according to recent data by IDC. Asus has achieved 40 percent jump in sales in Q1 2020 as compared to Q4 2019. The overall laptop consumer market in India declined almost 26.5 percent in Q1 2020 as compared to Q4 2019.

Publication: InfoTechLead

Apple has quietly doubled the price for upgrading the RAM on its entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro. The customers in the US will not have to pay $200 to move from 8GB to 16GB compared to the previous $100 upgrade price, reports MacRumors. In the EU countries, the price hike is from 125 euros to 250 euros and in the UK, it is 100 pounds to 200 pounds. How much the new price change will be in India is yet to be seen.

Publication: Outlook

PC Pal asks a few simple questions and showcases the ideal configuration based on consumer’s responses. Factors considered include the consumer’s computing need,budget, and lifestyle requirements. PC Pal will make a recommendation for the right model for that consumer regardless of PC brand. Rahul Agarwal, CEO & MD, Lenovo India said,“A lot of consumers in India are looking to buy a PC, many of them for the first time.

Publication: The Financial Express