These unprecedented times of social distancing led by the Covid-19 Pandemic has changed the way consumers and businesses operate. These changes have pushed us to reinvent the way we function while ensuring our productivity and performance levels are kept intact. Organizations worldwide have encouraged their employees to work from home and are likely to continue operating in this manner for months to come. 74% of companies plan to permanently shift to more remote work post-COVID-19, according to Gartner.

Publication: Indian Express 

According to sources, AMD’s upcoming desktop Renoir parts will have a much lower latency than their Ryzen 3000 counterparts. As per leaked images, we’re looking at around 50% lower memory latency than a standard Matisse part. The Renoir chip in question here is paired with 4333MT/s of dual-channel memory running at CL14. The Infinity Fabric is running at the same speed (2166.7MHz) and the resulting memory latency is an impressive 47.6 ns with a bandwidth of 68,274 MB/s. My Ryzen 3000 system running 16GB of dual-channel memory @ 3600MT/s CL16 has a latency of 68.2 ns and an accompanying bandwidth of 51,398 MB/s.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Passmark’s Q2 2020 CPU survey is out and the results are once again in AMD’s favor. The biggest change was the notebook which gained nearly a whole percent in AMD’s favor. The Ryzen desktop market was no slouch either and increased by half a percent, bringing it up to 46.8%, nearly reaching market parity with Intel. The latter, in the meantime fell by the same amount to 53.2%, the lowest in 14 years. This is the highest CPU market share AMD has had in the desktop spare since Q4 2006 when it was in freefall, falling past the late thirties to the late twenties.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Final retail samples of the octa-core Ryzen 7 4700G Renoir (desktop) APU have been spotted, suggesting an impending launch. Unlike the chips seen earlier which were engineering samples, this one comes with the specs baked into the firmare on account of being market-ready. We are looking at the eight-core/sixteen threaded Ryzen 7 4700G paired with the Vega 8 iGPU packing as many as 512 shaders. While the specs may be similar to the Ryzen 7 3700X, one core difference here is in terms of the CCX configuration.

Publication: Hardware Times 

With technology progressing at a blazing pace in different fields, there’s something exciting out almost every single day. Life 20 years from now may look very different from today, thanks to the growing ease of living that these advancements bring with them. That said, here are some of the most exciting technologies that are currently in the works. AI Products – Artificial Intelligence has already been incorporated into various walks of life, from industrial machinery to at-home assistants. Advancements in this sector are piling up by the day.

Publication: TechQuila

There have been attempts to reopen workplaces. However, due to the lack of procedures and processes for workplace safety, some offices were ordered to cease operations. Businesses need to ensure their workplace is compliant and safe. Businesses should be equipped with a business continuity plan, which allows for the managing of the workforce, workplace safety, implementing safe distancing measures, adhering to the latest government regulations, and managing space and facilities. Employees and stakeholders would only feel reassured when safety practices are implemented.

Publication: BW Businessworld 

US-based technology major Microsoft will set up its maiden campus in Noida (UP). The campus will house 4,000 employees. The Noida centre will be the IT major’s third campus after Hyderabad and Bengaluru facilities, which employ 5,000 and 2,000 professionals, respectively. During a virtual meeting with Uttar Pradesh’s MSME & Export Promotion Minister Sidharth Nath Singh on Monday, Microsoft India Managing Director and Corporate Vice-President Rajiv Kumar said that the company was planning to set up its North India technology hub in Noida.

Publication: Business Standard 

llaborating with Accenture to host the third edition of the Accenture Ventures Challenge for startups in India. To be held on August 11 in a virtual format, this year’s edition of the annual challenge will recognize startups in India across four categories: supply chain resilience, channel shift to digital commerce, systems resilience and responsible technology. Launched in 2018, the Accenture Ventures Challenge is an annual event run by the Accenture Ventures Open Innovation program in India to identify the best B2B tech startups to develop solutions for real world challenges faced by businesses.

Publication: The Economic Times 

Acer India has appointed Sudhir Goel as their Chief Business Officer. Sudhir has been associated with Acer India since 1999 handling various leadership roles spanning product engineering, manufacturing, support, supply chain and recently as the head of commercial business group. In his new role as Chief Business Officer, Sudhir will be responsible for leading both the commercial and consumer business of the company in India and Bangladesh.

Publication: BW Businessworld 

Anjuna Enterprise Enclaves(TM) build on industry momentum and new CPU technology . A new industry-driven approach provides enterprise CIOs and CISOs with a reliable, easy-to-implement way to protect corporate data anywhere—putting an end to the ongoing problem of data insecurity. In recent years, such CPU vendors as Intel (SGX) and AMD (SEV) added proprietary security features into their high performance CPUs. These enhanced instruction sets enable programmers to create secure enclaves—fully protected and encrypted regions of computer memory effectively invisible outside the enclave.

Publication: IT News Online

The Xbox Lockhart will come with 7.5 GB of usable RAM and 4 teraflops of GPU performance. It will reportedly support 1080p or 1440p gaming. Microsoft in February had announced that the Xbox series X console will use a custom made eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU, clocked up to 3.8GHz. For handling graphics will come with a custom RDNA 2-class GPU with 12 teraflops of power and 52 compute units, clocked at 1.82GHz each.

Publication: Business Standard 

The world of gaming laptops has been in a tizzy ever since Asus announced its choice of going with AMD instead of Intel this year. Speculations and rumours were rife on performance versus price and now, finally, we have hard evidence. This year Asus rolled out two new gaming laptops under their TUF series, both powered by AMD’s Ryzen 7 Mobile series processors. The TUF Gaming A15 and the TUF Gaming A17.

Publication: IGN India 

AMD has planned to start production of the new processors on the basis of Ryzen 4000 Zen 3 this fall. Presumably, the release of new items can be postponed due to the expected release Ryzen 3000XT. The announcement of the new processors APU Ryzen 5000G in the desktop version is scheduled for mid-2021. Until then, the manufacturer will launch the platform with index 4000 based on actual generation when using the 7-nm technology in TSMC version.

Publication: The Times Hub