Twitter uses Hadoop for storing data and performing advanced analytics to generate important business insights. Twitter expects that caching temporary data with Intel SSDs based on Intel 3D NAND Technology and increasing core counts with 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors will result in approximately 30 percent lower TCO and over 50 percent faster runtime, compared to their legacy production cluster configuration.

Publication: CNBC TV 18 

Now that NVIDIA has revealed its hand, the ball is in AMD’s court. Team Red is expected to launch its Navi 2x and the much anticipated Big Navi GPU with as many as 80 CUs (5,120 shaders) later this year. The question is whether it’ll beat NVIDIA’s Ampere flagship or not? Truth be told, it won’t need to. A GPU that even comes within 5-10% of the 3080 Ti will be more than enough to cement AMD’s position in the high-end GPU market after a long hiatus.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Future proof your data center with artificial intelligence (AI) acceleration built-in. Only on Intel. The new second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost) accelerates AI inference up to 30x, helping you get the most out of your investment.

Publication: CNBC TV 18 

Japanese tech giant Toshiba, once well-known for its satellite range of laptops meant for heavy use, has finally decided to quit the laptop business. Toshiba has quietly sold its remaining 19.9 percent stake in its Dynabook laptop brand to Sharp, officially exiting the laptop business. The company earlier sold the 80.1 percent stake to Sharp in 2018. “Toshiba Corporation hereby announces that it has transferred the 19.9 per cent of the outstanding shares in Dynabook that it held to Sharp Corporation.”

Publication: Telangana Today 

With foraying into Cloud-based gaming, Microsoft is racing ahead against its rivals, especially Sony, when it comes to console war. Microsoft is all set to launch its much-anticipated game streaming service called xCloud on September 15 for Android users in 22 countries. Sony PlayStation5 (PS5) is expected to release this holiday season. Sony has so far unveiled a logo for the console, the PS5 gamepad, and a tech demo showing the console’s graphics capability.

Publication: Express Computers 

If you want your business to be big, Google Cloud India’s Managing Director, Karan Bajwa, wants you to target the segment that offers the biggest opportunity for companies – customers at the bottom of the pyramid. “India is primarily an SMB Country. Yes, everyone wants to be in the top 500, but look at the customer pyramid, India is not one part.

Publication: The Economic Times 

Lenovo D24-10 is a 23.6-inch gaming monitor with a TN panel with LED backlight. It comes with a full HD resolution, a 170-degree viewing angle and a 1ms response time. It also features a TUV Low Blue Light certification and flicker-free display to reduce eye strain. It is currently priced at Rs 8,349.

Publication: Indian Express 

The Dell G5 15 SE, first introduced at CES 2020, is the latest in Dell’s G Series portfolio. It offers AAA advantage, it is also the first Dell G Series laptop to feature the AMD Ryzen 4000 H-Series Mobile Processors (up to 8-cores, 16-threads). It is paired with the new AMD Radeon RX 5600M GPUs. These chips use AMD SmartShift technology to optimize performance by shifting power between the Ryzen processor and Radeon GPU as needed.

Publication: BGR India

Asus India has been on a relentless launching spree, releasing one gaming laptop series after another. The lockdown period did see the company delaying their plans, but it appears that the company is eagerly playing catch-up. The third major launch, announced today, is the update to the Asus ROG Strix series of gaming laptops. The announcement includes the Strix G15, Strix G17, Strix Scar 15 and Strix Scar 17. Unlike last year’s update which felt mostly incremental, this year’s models do pack some notable upgrades.

Publication: Digit

AMD recently announced its Ryzen 4000-series processors in different configurations that make tall claims on paper. There’s the new and improved 7nm Zen2 core architecture, integrated graphics, and tons of other features that mainly focuses on providing optimal performance while keeping the efficiency at its best.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

If you have been looking for a good notebook that is powerful from the CPU and GPU front, then the new Acer Aspire 5 can be a great option. Unlike the Acer Swift 3, this notebook features a dedicated AMD Radeon RX 640 graphics even though it houses a Ryzen 5 4500U which is powerful enough for daily use and even casual gaming.

Publication: TechnoSports

The Red team launched the revolutionary Zen-based CPUs with a brand new architecture that used a chiplet design. It is this approach that helped AMD to make powerful CPUs with an efficient fabrication process like 12nm, 7nm, and eventually 5nm as well. But when it comes to GPUs, over the years, we are not getting anything exciting from AMD and there are a lot of hopes with the upcoming RDNA 3 architecture

Publication: TechnoSports