Given the extended work from home requirement and the push for online learning, demand for laptops has gone up amid the easing of lockdown curbs. Arnold Su, business head, Consumer & Gaming PC, System Business Group, ASUS, India, said initially the company had forecast a considerable impact on the overall laptop business in India by 30-40% in Q2 2020 compared with Q2 2019.

Publication: Livemint

Sony has finally revealed the design for the PlayStation 5, its next generation gaming console, after weeks of waiting. In a virtual event, the company spent over an hour revealing new games that will come to the console and details about the device. The PS5 will have a CPU with eight Ryzen Zen 2 cores and a custom GPU from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The GPU is based on AMD’s RDNA2 architecture. According to Sony, the GPU is capable of 10.28 teraflops of computing power.

Publication: Livemint

There are dozens of laptops available in the market that assure you of working for a long duration without the need to be plugged. Understanding the rising needs, a lot of brands are working in order to improve the battery life of the laptops, thus the CPUs and other components of the device are getting more power-efficient than ever.

Publication: The Times of India 

Lenovo has launched a new laptop― IdeaPad Slim 3. As the name suggests, the highlight of the laptop is its sleek form factor and lightweight. Additionally, it comes with 10th Gen Intel Core processors, hybrid storage with SSD and HDD option. The laptop is now available for purchase online. Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 is priced between Rs 26,990 and Rs 40,990. It comes in Platinum Grey and Abyss Blue colour variants.

Publication: Tech 2 

Calls for measures to prop up demand urgently have occupied centre-stage in most corporate wishlists and the Lenovo India CEO’s is no different. On Wednesday, Rahul Agarwal, chief executive of the China-headquartered computer major, sat down for a chat with author and senior journalist Kaveree Bamzai as part TNIE’s Express Expressions, a series of live webcasts with people who matter.

Publication: The New Indian Express 

Acer launched a new gaming laptop in India which comes with 10th Gen Intel Core processor. The Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop comes with a starting price of ₹72,990. The laptop is available across various e-commerce platforms and is also selling on Acer’s official store. The new Acer Nitro 5 laptop is not only powered by 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-Series mobile processors but also gets up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics, and a display with a 144Hz refresh rate.

Publication: Livemint

Acer India on Thursday launched its first-ever 10th Gen Intel Core processor powered Nitro 5 gaming laptop at a starting price of Rs 72,990. The latest Nitro 5 comes with up to 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-Series mobile processors, with up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics, a new display with a 144Hz refresh rate.

Publication: Outlook

Four top global companies in the assembly, testing, marking, and packaging (ATMP) business have had discussions with the government to set up their manufacturing units and develop export hubs to undertake outsourced semiconductor packaging and test services.

Publication: Business Standard

Both the consoles have extremely unimaginative names, Sony’s PS4 is followed up by the PS5 (big surprise!) and Microsoft’s series X is still confounding as the last generation had a Xbox One followed by a Ones S and a One X. Secondly, both consoles will have processors and graphical units from AMD that will allow for more computing power, and ray tracing (the holy grail of video game design).

Publication: Telangana Today 

If it were not for the lockdown, Xiaomi would have held an extravagant event to announce its foray into the laptop segment in India. After all, it has been one of the most sought-after products from Xiaomi fans, for years. The first laptop “Mi NoteBook 14” has come via Mi, Xiaomi’s new sub-brand. Today, we talk in length about the Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition, the most premium in what is relatively a very slim portfolio for now.

Publication : HT Tech – Hindustan Times

Even as Facebook grappled this month with an internal revolt and a cascade of criticism over its refusal to take action on President Trump’s inflammatory posts, the social network was actively making other bets behind the scenes. Late one Tuesday, as attention was focused on how Facebook might handle Mr. Trump, the Silicon Valley company said in a brief blog post that it had invested in Gojek, a “super app” in Southeast Asia.

Publication: Business Standard 

Gaming laptops have a niche but loyal audience. To cater to them, Asus has launched the new TUF A15 FA566. The new gaming laptop from Asus comes powered with an AMD Ryzen 7 4800 processor, coupled with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti graphics card. It has a default memory of 16GB and comes with up to 1TB of storage and sports a starting price of Rs 62,990.

Publication: The Economic Times 

Tipster @Casmoden recently spotted what looks to be a new logo for AMD’s Radeon RX graphics. The revamped Radeon logo showed up in the trailer for Godfall, an upcoming multiplayer game on PlayStation 5. Compared to the existing Radeon logo, the biggest change how is the use of the same font AMD uses for its Ryzen CPU branding. This effectively consolidates AMD’s branding for both its 7nm Ryzen CPUs and its 7nm Navi Radeon RX GPUs.

Publication: Notebook Check 

Your next computer is not a computer. Or at least that’s what Apple says about the 2020 iPad Pro. What it really means (to me) is that no matter how much the iPad Pro becomes ‘like’ a PC, it will never be one. Apple’s fine with that, and this year, so are we.  The new iPad Pro has fancy new cameras, a new processor as always, and touchpad support. That last one’s coming to all iPads though, which is great for us but not so great for this year’s iPad Pro.

Publication: Livemint

Google and Facebook in India indicated they would be fol- lowing their global guidelines. Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said towards the end of May that the company would start opening more buildings in more cities beginning July 6.

Publication: The Times of India 

Undeterred by the economic slowdown and pressures on business due to the coronavirus, US tech giant Microsoft has said it will do new hiring in India and make fresh financial investments in data centres. The funding is prompted by the pace of digitalisation and strong growth in usage of cloud, and communication and collaboration plat- form MS Teams.

Publication: The Times of India 

The big Nasdaq-100 winners include Amazon, AMD, Alphabet, Apple, Autodesk, Citrix, Ebay, Facebook, Gilead, Intel, JD Com, Mercadol , Microsoft, Netflix, Nvidia, PayPal, Regeneron Pharma, Tesla, etc. A couple of these are pharma companies, working on Covid solutions. The rest of the winners are tech household names. It is worth looking at the Nasdaq-100 itself, since you can buy it although you must account for currency swings for rupee versus the dollar.

Publication: Business Standard 

U nderlining its vision to deliver the ultimate gaming experience, tech giant ASUS has launched an all-new range of TUF gaming laptops and ROG desktops for Indian users. The brand has rolled out two models: A15 and A17, under the TUF series, featuring the new 7 nanometer AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile Processors. A15 has a Bonfire Black (FA506) and a Fortress Gray (FA566) version, whereas A17 (FA706) will be available in Fortress Gray version. ROG desktops, on the other hand, include two models: GA15 and GA35, powered by AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Desktop Processor.

Publication: EchoOfIndia