AMD’s Ryzen 7 3700X was hands down the best consumer processor of 2019, period. Hell, it might as well have been the best CPU of the decade. With a package power draw of just about 65W, it matches the Core i7-10700K (a 250W CPU) in non-gaming workloads while trailing the Core i5-10600K by around ~10% in gaming all the while costing much less. It just doesn’t get better than that!

Publication: Hardware Times 

The photomask of Intel’s Xe GPUs has reportedly been redesigned to comply with TSMC’s 6nm process and the production will start next year itself. Meanwhile, rival AMD has further expanded its 7nm stake, becoming TSMC’s largest client for the said node by doubling 7nm/7nm+ orders for 2021. The company’s Zen 3 based Milan and Vermeer CPUs will be expected to land later this year along with the RDNA 2 graphics cards, all based on the 7nm+ process.

Publication: Hardware Times

The more we hear about Intel’s 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S CPUs, the less interesting they seem. Rocket Lake will be the first mainstream desktop processor family from Team Blue to feature a new core architecture since 2016’s Skylake. Rumored to be a backport of the 10nm based Willow or Sunny Cove, it’ll continue to utilize the 14nm process, and hopefully, bring some meaningful improvements in terms of IPC and single-threaded performance. From everything we’ve seen and heard about these processors till now, that appears to be unlikely though.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Data is generated by the people and, as a public good, it can be democratized and put to the best possible use, the economic survey released by chief economic adviser K.V. Subramanian had said in July 2019. A year later, the government is taking steps to allow sharing of non-personal data. Earlier this month, a nine-member committee, headed by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, had put out a draft non-personal data government framework, seeking broader ideas, and public response.

Publication: Livemint

With coronavirus-led disruption accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, a report released by the IT industry body NASSCOM says that a unit increase in AI intensity (measured as the ratio of AI to total sales) can return up to $67.25 billion or 2.5 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the Indian economy. According to the report titled, ‘Implications of AI on the Indian Economy’ by NASSCOM along with Google and ICRIER, though business as usual growth in AI investments is unlikely to increase current levels of AI intensity, moves such as the recent investment of Rs 7,000 crore approved by the Ministry of Finance towards an Artificial Intelligence program could help to a great ...

Intel’s Chief Engineering Officer Murthy Renduchintala is departing, part of a move in which a key technology unit will be separated into five teams, the chipmaker said on Monday. Intel said it is reorganizing its technology, systems architecture and client group. Its new leaders will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Bob Swan. Ann Kelleher, a 24-year Intel veteran, will lead the development of 7-nanometer and 5-nanometer chip technology processes.

Publication: ET Tech

If you had been waiting for an AMD Ryzen 4000U powered notebook which is both ultra-light and powerful, then Lenovo’s new Ideapad Slim 5 is a great laptop. Finally, in India, we have a mid-range laptop which has been priced well for the specs it offers, provided the fact it features an 8 core and 8 threaded APU in it. Previously the budget version of this laptop was available on Amazon US and mostly the Ryzen 5 4500U versions are found outside but in India, the top-tier model with Ryzen 7 4700U powered has arrived.

Publication: TechnoSports

Another research suggests that using Big Data coupled with AI, the tasks like customer acquisition, job boards, candidate engagement, candidate experience and many more would be greatly dealt by AI tools. For instance, it is estimated 56% of applicants have a negative impression of a company if they don’t hear back after submitting an application. Big data transformed retail, FMCG and other necessary sectors over last few years and now it is going to revolutionise how companies hire their resources.

Publication: The Times of India 

It’s been a long way Since its establishment in 2015. T-Hub has assisted over 4,000 start-ups with talent, mentors, customers, investors and so much more. Ravi Narayan, who was formerly Global Director of Microsoft for Start-ups, was crowned the CEO in January 2019 and in March 2020, became the Chief Innovation Officer of Telangana. Since his entry, the IIT Madras alumnus has attempted to redefine T-Hub and ensure that it is much more than an incubator “The way most incubators and accelerators work is to bring start-ups on board and help them scale up, increase their fundability and so on, which is important.”

Publication: Indian Express