AMD’s Navi GPUs mark the company’s return to the high-performance graphics card market after a multiple-year absence. The Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT offer near-RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super level performance while costing markedly less. In this post, we compare one of the premier board partner RX 5700 XT models, the Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil, and see how it stacks up against the reference model and the competing RTX 2070 Super.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Our list of the best laptops in India for 2020 offers a good blend of performance and crucial features, at every price point. The Top 10 laptops in India include options from latest laptops available today, offering budget laptops, mainstream laptops, ultrabooks and business laptops. The Asus ZenBook 14 (UM431) is an AMD Ryzen-powered laptop that’s ideal for users who crave power and portability equally. Its all-metal body, coloured in a classy new sliver colour, is arguably one of the most attractive out there in this segment.

Publication: Digit

With the pandemic showing no signs of slowing down, WFH or Working From Home is likely to become a norm for the vast majority of the business class. While most of us already have a favorite device to assist in these trying times, many people are looking to buy the right laptop to suit their needs. In case you’re one of them, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got some nifty selections for you, and no we won’t confuse you with a dozen selections.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Intel has announced its new 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. These come as the latest additions to Intel’s hardware and software AI portfolio for data center, network and intelligent-edge environments. Intel’s new processors are being claimed to be industry’s first “mainstream server processor with built-in bfloat16 support”. Code-named Cooper Lake, the new chips were announced alongside other commercial-grade products, including second-generation Optane persistent memory, new Intel SSDs and a new AI-focused FPGA.

Publication: India Today 

At the heart of the TUF Gaming A15 is AMD’s Ryzen 7 4800H. AMD’s Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor has eight cores and 16 logical processing threads with a base clock speed of 2.9 GHz and a maximum boost speed of 4.2 GHz, backed by 8 MB of L3 cache. The system we tested is also configured with 16 GB of dual-channel DDR4-3200 memory, which users can upgrade down the road via standard SODIMM slots. ASUS also notes that the TUF Gaming A15 can handle up to 32 GB of memory, once DDR4-3200 SO-DIMMs start to become a little more common.

Publication: Mashable

AMD has announced three new additions to the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family – the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT, AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT and AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT processors.  The XT branding has been made for the first time for the Ryzen family of processors. The company said that the 3000XT series desktop processors are optimised with higher boost frequencies to deliver elite-level performance that for gaming and content creation.

Publication: Deccan Herald 

AMD announced it is making significant enhancements to its channel strategy for its commercial-client and datacenter business verticals in India. To further enable the IT channel ecosystem to deliver high performance computing across large enterprises and SMBs, the company has recently launched two key initiatives AMD Partner Hub and AMD Arena.

Publication: VAR India 

AMD Ryzen 4000 series is a groundbreaking mobile CPU and is a game-changer in laptop performance. Up to 8 ultra-responsive “Zen 2” processor cores for productivity, gaming, and content creation on-the-go.

Publication: Digit

AMD has introduced a brand new set of processors inside its Ryzen 3000 household, the brand new Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT, and Ryzen 5 3600XT. These fashions supersede the Ryzen 9 3900X, Ryzen 7 3800X and Ryzen 5 3600X respectively on the similar costs. These are primarily based on the same ‘Zen 2’ architecture as present fashions, and the one distinction is barely sooner increase speeds, due to a refined 7nm manufacturing course of. AMD says that these new XT-series CPUs will ship as much as Four p.c higher single-threaded efficiency than their X counterparts throughout the similar thermal envelopes.

Publication: News Brandawareness 

The past year has been great for Dell Technologies, with enormous opportunities, strong momentum and solid partnerships. Our goal was to go broader and deeper in the portfolio and build relationship with the customers, which we have achieved. In the APJ region, the channel business grew faster than the global average. The India region emerged as one of the largest channel regions for Dell Technologies and we have been consistent with our channel strategies, which are very critical for us and our partner’s success.A

Publication: CRN India 

For the performance, we have the AMD Ryzen 5-3500U processor with integrated Radeon Vega 8 GPU and is paired with up to 8GB DDR4 RAM and 256GB SSD or 512 GB PCIe NVMe SSD storage. Huawei has provided a 42Wh battery and is bundled with a 65W USB-C charger with Huawei SuperCharge technology that can charge any compatible Huawei and Honor smartphones. The laptop can be charged from 0 to 50% in only 30 minutes.

Publication: TechnoSports

Back in May, AMD announced its newest mid-tier series of motherboards along with the Ryzen 3300X and 3100 CPUs. Manufacturers have started shipping B550 mobos since June 16. Are they worthy upgrades, or should you go for other options? Maybe even hold onto your money? In the past, AMD has laid out the Bx50 series motherboards as the budget alternatives to the Xx70s, skimping out on some features and overclocking ability. For the B550 to stand its ground, it needs to advance upon the well-regarded B450 boards while rivaling the earlier-released X570 boards in the price-to-performance department.

Publication: TechNews Today

The Covid -19 pandemic has had a far-reaching impact on businesses across the globe. “The one thing we have seen from this unexpected outbreak is the rapid adoption of digital tools as more agile organisations turn to technology to stay connected and productive,” says Karan Bajwa, managing director, Google Cloud India. “As more and more businesses rely on connecting an at-home workforce to maintain productivity, we have seen surges in the use of Google Meet, our video conferencing product, at a rate we’ve never witnessed before,” he tells Sudhir Chowdhary in a recent interview.

Publication: Financial Express 

Apple Inc. will walk into its annual development conference facing one of the biggest backlashes from its giant community of creators since the App Store started almost 12 years ago. The third-party developers fuel a services business that generated more than $46 billion for Apple in its last fiscal year, almost 18% of the iPhone maker’s total revenue. Some of the group’s anger was sparked by the rejection this week of a popular email app, and comes as Apple needs to sell developers on building apps for the company’s latest platforms, including a wholesale shift of the underpinnings of the Mac.

Publication: Livemint

Silicon Valley is bracing for a long-expected breakup of Apple and Intel, signaling both the end of one of the tech industry’s most influential partnerships and Apple’s determination to take more control of how its products are built. Apple has been working for years on designing chips to replace the Intel microprocessors used in Mac computers, according to five people with knowledge of the effort, who weren’t authorized to speak about it. They say Apple could announce its plans as soon as a company conference for developers Monday, with computers based on the new chips arriving next year.

Publication: ET Tech 

Recently, the Taiwanese OEM has launched three new gaming monitors with two of them belonging to the ED series, the Acer ED320QRP and the Acer ED270RP, while the more premium Acer VG271US is a part of the VG series. Both the Acer ED320QRP and the ED270RP gaming monitors feature VA panels with a Full HD resolution, as they are cheaper when compared to the Acer VG271US gaming monitor with an IPS panel along with WQHD resolution.

Publication: TechnoSports

This 15.6-inch model has a GTX card as opposed to AMD’s integrated graphics. Any excitement in this spec can be curbed, as Lenovo has equipped 4GB of old NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics. Nonetheless, this makes for a slightly more gamer-y than an average IdeaPad, but one would hardly realize it from its sleek look and Slate Gray chassis.

Publication: TechnoSports