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AMD Increases Power Efficiency of Mobile Processors by 32x in Six Years (PROACTIVE)edit
In a record-breaking feat, AMD has announced that it has has exceeded its moonshot 25×20 goal set in 2014 to improve the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new Renoir based Ryzen 7 4800H chip improves energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by an insane 31.7 times, making it not only faster than the competing 14nm Intel parts but a lot more power efficient as well.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD creates chip that saves energy by over 31 times (PROACTIVE)edit
Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement.
Publication: India Updates
AMD creates chip that saves energy by over 31 times (PROACTIVE)edit
Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement.
Publication: Daily Hunt
AMD Exceeds Six-Year Goal to Deliver Unprecedented 25 Times Improvement in Mobile Processor Energy Efficiency (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD today announced it has exceeded its moonshot 25×20 goal set in 2014 to improve the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen™ 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times1, and offers leadership performance2 and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs. Greater energy efficiency leads to significant user benefits including improved battery life, better performance, lower energy costs and reduced environmental impact from computing.
Publication: IT News Online
AMD creates chip that saves energy by over 31 times (PROACTIVE)edit
Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement. “We have always focused on energy efficiency in our processors, but in 2014 we decided to put even greater emphasis on this capability,” said Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer and executive vice president, Technology and Engineering at AMD.
Publication: Outlook
AMD creates chip that saves energy by over 31 times (PROACTIVE)edit
Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement. “We have always focused on energy efficiency in our processors, but in 2014 we decided to put even greater emphasis on this capability,” said Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer and executive vice president, Technology and Engineering at AMD.
Publication: Jhalak
AMD smashes 25×20 APU efficiency goals (PROACTIVE)edit
Back in June of 2014, building on the 10x APU power efficiencies that AMD managed to achieve in the previous six, the company set itself a moonshot goal to improve the energy efficiency of its Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) but 25x by 2020.
Publication: Newzz
AMD develops mobile processor that saves energy by over 31 times (PROACTIVE)edit
Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement.
Publication: Ummid
AMD (PROACTIVE)edit
Chipmaker AMD says its chips have become 31.7 times more efficient in six years.
Publication: Mint
AMD creates chips that saves energy by over 31 times (PROACTIVE)edit
The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement.
Publication: Freshers Live
AMD creates chip that saves energy by over 31 times (PROACTIVE)edit
San Francisco, June 25 (IANS) Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020.
Publication: IANS
Zoom surpasses AMD in terms of market value, now valued at $67.43 billionedit
Video conferencing apps have seen a huge demand after the COVID-19 pandemic started as most people still prefer to stay at their home and continue their work. So, naturally the use of applications like Skype, Zoom and Google Meet has seen a huge spike and among all of them, undoubtedly, Zoom has seen the highest usage of its platform in last couple of months.
Publication: TechnoSports
New AMD AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor launched: Features, specifications and more (PROACTIVE)edit
Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement.
Publication: India TV
Chipmaker AMD says its chips have become 31.7 times more efficient in 6 years (PROACTIVE)edit
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), today, announced that it has achieved a goal it set for itself six years ago. According to the company, the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H processor is 31.7 times more performance efficient as compared to the Kaveri FX-7600P from six years ago. The company has set itself a target in 2014, that it would achieve 25 times the performance efficiency in its processors by 2020.
Publication: Livemint
AMD brand mentions
Top 9 laptops under Rs 65,000 for working from homeedit
The ASUS VivoBook 15 is powered by up to the latest generation AMD® A9 processor, with 8GB DDR4 RAM and AMD RadeonTM R5 M420 graphics for smooth visuals and great gaming experiences. And with 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, you’ll enjoy super-fast online performance. The ASUS VivoBook 15 features a lithium-polymer battery that has 3x the lifespan of standard lithium-ion batteries. With ASUS fast-charge technology, a low battery can be charged to 60 percent in just 49 minutes.
Publication: Gadgets Bridge
Acer Swift 5 SF514-55 with 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake CPUs will be launching this fall for $999.99edit
Intel’s Tiger Lake CPUs are coming as a reply to AMD’s Ryzen 4000U mobile chips this year and the first laptop bearing this Intel chip gets officially announced. Acer has announced the latest addition to its Swift 5 series with upcoming Intel CPUs named as the SF514-55 series.
Publication: TechnoSports
Latest NVIDIA Driver Adds DirectX 12 Ultimate Support – Ready For Next Gen?edit
The latest NVIDIA driver for Geforce cards has brought official support for DirectX 12 Ultimate. Is this the first sign of next-gen gaming ready drivers? Well, it sure looks like it. While there are no games which currently support DX12 Ultimate, it certainly secures current systems for the future. We’ve already gone over how DirectX 12 will bring many new next-gen features to games – Better DXR raytracing, Variable Rate Shading, Mesh shaders, and sampler feedback.
Publication: TechQuila
Asus silently launches ZenBook 14 UM425 & VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 laptops with Ryzen 4000U APUsedit
Asus fans were waiting for new Ryzen 4000U powered laptops but it seems Asus did not make it official about its new ZenBook UM425 & VivoBook Flip TM420 laptops with new AMD Ryzen 4000U APUs. Brought to attention by Liliputing, the product pages of both these laptops are active but there are no pricing or availability details announced as yet.
Publication: TechnoSports
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AMD Increases Power Efficiency of Mobile Processors by 32x in Six Years (PROACTIVE)edit
In a record-breaking feat, AMD has announced that it has has exceeded its moonshot 25×20 goal set in 2014 to improve the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new Renoir based Ryzen 7 4800H chip improves energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by an insane 31.7 times, making it not only faster than the competing 14nm Intel parts but a lot more power efficient as well.
Publication: Hardware Times
Qualcomm and Infinite Partner to Promote Smart Cities Solutions and Offer Internet of Things as a Serviceedit
Qualcomm Technologies and Infinite Computer Solutions, a provider of products and platforms for digital transformation, have partnered to promote the widespread adoption of smart cities solutions and deliver Internet of Things as a Service (IoTaaS) for plug and play deployment.
Publication: IT News OnlineTop 9 laptops under Rs 65,000 for working from homeedit
The ASUS VivoBook 15 is powered by up to the latest generation AMD® A9 processor, with 8GB DDR4 RAM and AMD RadeonTM R5 M420 graphics for smooth visuals and great gaming experiences. And with 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, you’ll enjoy super-fast online performance. The ASUS VivoBook 15 features a lithium-polymer battery that has 3x the lifespan of standard lithium-ion batteries. With ASUS fast-charge technology, a low battery can be charged to 60 percent in just 49 minutes.
Publication: Gadgets Bridge
Acer Swift 5 SF514-55 with 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake CPUs will be launching this fall for $999.99edit
Intel’s Tiger Lake CPUs are coming as a reply to AMD’s Ryzen 4000U mobile chips this year and the first laptop bearing this Intel chip gets officially announced. Acer has announced the latest addition to its Swift 5 series with upcoming Intel CPUs named as the SF514-55 series.
Publication: TechnoSports
Acer Niro 5edit
Nitro 5 is a 10th gen Intel care Gaming Laptop Paired with NVDIA Geforce RTX 2060 graphics and fast refresh rates.
Publication: The New Indian Express
Latest NVIDIA Driver Adds DirectX 12 Ultimate Support – Ready For Next Gen?edit
The latest NVIDIA driver for Geforce cards has brought official support for DirectX 12 Ultimate. Is this the first sign of next-gen gaming ready drivers? Well, it sure looks like it. While there are no games which currently support DX12 Ultimate, it certainly secures current systems for the future. We’ve already gone over how DirectX 12 will bring many new next-gen features to games – Better DXR raytracing, Variable Rate Shading, Mesh shaders, and sampler feedback.
Publication: TechQuila
Asus silently launches ZenBook 14 UM425 & VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 laptops with Ryzen 4000U APUsedit
Asus fans were waiting for new Ryzen 4000U powered laptops but it seems Asus did not make it official about its new ZenBook UM425 & VivoBook Flip TM420 laptops with new AMD Ryzen 4000U APUs. Brought to attention by Liliputing, the product pages of both these laptops are active but there are no pricing or availability details announced as yet.
Publication: TechnoSports
New AMD AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor launched: Features, specifications and more (PROACTIVE)edit
Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement.
Publication: India TV
Chipmaker AMD says its chips have become 31.7 times more efficient in 6 years (PROACTIVE)edit
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), today, announced that it has achieved a goal it set for itself six years ago. According to the company, the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H processor is 31.7 times more performance efficient as compared to the Kaveri FX-7600P from six years ago. The company has set itself a target in 2014, that it would achieve 25 times the performance efficiency in its processors by 2020.
Publication: Livemint
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Top 9 laptops under Rs 65,000 for working from homeedit
The ASUS VivoBook 15 is powered by up to the latest generation AMD® A9 processor, with 8GB DDR4 RAM and AMD RadeonTM R5 M420 graphics for smooth visuals and great gaming experiences. And with 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, you’ll enjoy super-fast online performance. The ASUS VivoBook 15 features a lithium-polymer battery that has 3x the lifespan of standard lithium-ion batteries. With ASUS fast-charge technology, a low battery can be charged to 60 percent in just 49 minutes.
Publication: Gadgets Bridge
Acer Swift 5 SF514-55 with 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake CPUs will be launching this fall for $999.99edit
Intel’s Tiger Lake CPUs are coming as a reply to AMD’s Ryzen 4000U mobile chips this year and the first laptop bearing this Intel chip gets officially announced. Acer has announced the latest addition to its Swift 5 series with upcoming Intel CPUs named as the SF514-55 series.
Publication: TechnoSports
Sony Is Offering A $50,000 Bounty To Report Critical PlayStation 4 Bugsedit
If you feel like you’ve got the programming chops, then you’ll be glad to hear that Sony has announced a bug bounty program. Anyone can participate in this program. Participants will have to report vulnerabilities on the PS4. Rewards start at $50,000. Senior Director of Software Engineering, Geoff Norton wrote in a blog post,” Our bug bounty program has rewards for various issues, including critical issues on PS4. Critical vulnerabilities for PS4 have bounties starting at $50,000.”
Publication: Digit
Microsoft launches public preview of Defender ATP antivirus for Android; check features, availabilityedit
Microsoft has launched its Defender ATP antivirus designed for Android devices. The Microsoft Defender ATP app for Android is available only to Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection clients and not to the general public, which is why it is not included in the Google Play store. Microsoft has also announced that it is also working on an iOS version. The company has announced on its community forum that the threats in mobile space are unique and the need to protect mobile devices is becoming ever more imperative.
Publication: Financial Express
Acer Niro 5edit
Nitro 5 is a 10th gen Intel care Gaming Laptop Paired with NVDIA Geforce RTX 2060 graphics and fast refresh rates.
Publication: The New Indian Express
ARM Macs Won’t Back Boot Campedit
With Apple switching to ARM- based Macs later this year, users will not be able to run Windows in Boot Camp mode on the desktops. With Boot Camp, you can install Windows 10 on your Mac, then switch between OS when restarting. Micro- soft only licenses Windows 10 on ARM to PC makers to pre-install on new hardware.
Publication: The Economic Times
Asus silently launches ZenBook 14 UM425 & VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 laptops with Ryzen 4000U APUsedit
Asus fans were waiting for new Ryzen 4000U powered laptops but it seems Asus did not make it official about its new ZenBook UM425 & VivoBook Flip TM420 laptops with new AMD Ryzen 4000U APUs. Brought to attention by Liliputing, the product pages of both these laptops are active but there are no pricing or availability details announced as yet.
Publication: TechnoSports
Industry news
Qualcomm and Infinite Partner to Promote Smart Cities Solutions and Offer Internet of Things as a Serviceedit
Qualcomm Technologies and Infinite Computer Solutions, a provider of products and platforms for digital transformation, have partnered to promote the widespread adoption of smart cities solutions and deliver Internet of Things as a Service (IoTaaS) for plug and play deployment.
Publication: IT News OnlineAMD creates chip that saves energy by over 31 times (PROACTIVE)edit
Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement.
Publication: Daily Hunt
AMD Exceeds Six-Year Goal to Deliver Unprecedented 25 Times Improvement in Mobile Processor Energy Efficiency (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD today announced it has exceeded its moonshot 25×20 goal set in 2014 to improve the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen™ 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times1, and offers leadership performance2 and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs. Greater energy efficiency leads to significant user benefits including improved battery life, better performance, lower energy costs and reduced environmental impact from computing.
Publication: IT News Online
AMD smashes 25×20 APU efficiency goals (PROACTIVE)edit
Back in June of 2014, building on the 10x APU power efficiencies that AMD managed to achieve in the previous six, the company set itself a moonshot goal to improve the energy efficiency of its Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) but 25x by 2020.
Publication: Newzz
AMD develops mobile processor that saves energy by over 31 times (PROACTIVE)edit
Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement.
Publication: Ummid
Sony Is Offering A $50,000 Bounty To Report Critical PlayStation 4 Bugsedit
If you feel like you’ve got the programming chops, then you’ll be glad to hear that Sony has announced a bug bounty program. Anyone can participate in this program. Participants will have to report vulnerabilities on the PS4. Rewards start at $50,000. Senior Director of Software Engineering, Geoff Norton wrote in a blog post,” Our bug bounty program has rewards for various issues, including critical issues on PS4. Critical vulnerabilities for PS4 have bounties starting at $50,000.”
Publication: Digit
Microsoft launches public preview of Defender ATP antivirus for Android; check features, availabilityedit
Microsoft has launched its Defender ATP antivirus designed for Android devices. The Microsoft Defender ATP app for Android is available only to Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection clients and not to the general public, which is why it is not included in the Google Play store. Microsoft has also announced that it is also working on an iOS version. The company has announced on its community forum that the threats in mobile space are unique and the need to protect mobile devices is becoming ever more imperative.
Publication: Financial Express
ARM Macs Won’t Back Boot Campedit
With Apple switching to ARM- based Macs later this year, users will not be able to run Windows in Boot Camp mode on the desktops. With Boot Camp, you can install Windows 10 on your Mac, then switch between OS when restarting. Micro- soft only licenses Windows 10 on ARM to PC makers to pre-install on new hardware.
Publication: The Economic Times
AMD creates chips that saves energy by over 31 times (PROACTIVE)edit
The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement.
Publication: Freshers Live
Latest NVIDIA Driver Adds DirectX 12 Ultimate Support – Ready For Next Gen?edit
The latest NVIDIA driver for Geforce cards has brought official support for DirectX 12 Ultimate. Is this the first sign of next-gen gaming ready drivers? Well, it sure looks like it. While there are no games which currently support DX12 Ultimate, it certainly secures current systems for the future. We’ve already gone over how DirectX 12 will bring many new next-gen features to games – Better DXR raytracing, Variable Rate Shading, Mesh shaders, and sampler feedback.
Publication: TechQuila
AMD creates chip that saves energy by over 31 times (PROACTIVE)edit
San Francisco, June 25 (IANS) Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020.
Publication: IANS
Zoom surpasses AMD in terms of market value, now valued at $67.43 billionedit
Video conferencing apps have seen a huge demand after the COVID-19 pandemic started as most people still prefer to stay at their home and continue their work. So, naturally the use of applications like Skype, Zoom and Google Meet has seen a huge spike and among all of them, undoubtedly, Zoom has seen the highest usage of its platform in last couple of months.
Publication: TechnoSports
New AMD AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor launched: Features, specifications and more (PROACTIVE)edit
Chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced it has exceeded its six-year goal to boost the energy efficiency of its mobile processors 25 times by 2020. The new AMD Ryzen 7 4800H mobile processor improves on the energy efficiency of the 2014 baseline measurement by 31.7 times, and offers leadership performance and extraordinary efficiency for laptop PCs, the company said in a statement.
Publication: India TV
Chipmaker AMD says its chips have become 31.7 times more efficient in 6 years (PROACTIVE)edit
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), today, announced that it has achieved a goal it set for itself six years ago. According to the company, the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H processor is 31.7 times more performance efficient as compared to the Kaveri FX-7600P from six years ago. The company has set itself a target in 2014, that it would achieve 25 times the performance efficiency in its processors by 2020.
Publication: Livemint
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