September 3, 2020

AMD specific news

TSMC to Ramp up Production of 7nm Wafers to 140,000 Units per Monthedit

Between the rise of 5G hardware and the demand for new console SoCs and AMD GPUs/CPUs on their 7nm process, TSMC’s fortunes are looking up, regardless of how the rest of the world’s handling things. By the end of the year, TSMC will be fabbing 140,000 units of 7nm wafers per month. TSMC’s 5nm process appears to be making excellent progress, too, which bodes well for upcoming smartphones as well as upcoming GPUs and CPUs (especially for AMD).

Publication: Hardware Times 

Intel Core i7-1185G7 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800U: A new battle beginsedit

The best part about Tiger Lake is the integrated Intel Xe graphics and in the Core i7-1185G7, we have Xe-LP based DG1 integrated GPU which seems much faster than AMD’s Vega iGPU. The integrated Intel Xe graphics will feature with 96 Execution Units or 768 cores. In the leaked video the Core i7-1185G7 is facing the Ryzen 7 4800U in multiple games wherein the Intel CPU was configured to 28W (PL1) while the AMD APU was running on Extreme Performance Mode.

Publication: TechnoSports

Why there’s a deficit of AMD Ryzen 4000 APUs in the Indian market? – AMD answers (PROACTIVE)edit

“We are seeing unprecedented demand for our AMD Ryzen 4000 mobile series processors based on leadership performance and energy efficiency. AMD Ryzen 4000 processor sales ramped faster than any mobile processor in AMD history, resulting in AMD gaining 5.8 points of mobile market share in 2020 (Mercury). We are increasing production to address the incremental demand requests from our customers for AMD Ryzen 4000 series processors and are focused on growing our footprint in the notebook market.”

Publication: TechnoSports

AMD brand mentions

Looking for a super thin and ultra-light laptop? Avita is here to meet all your needs!edit

Looking for a simple and straight-forward device, the AvitaPura is the answer. Available in a range of processors, it goes up to the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U processor. It is equipped with SSD storage to reduce boot and load times. The 14-inch TFT display with a resolution of 1366x768p resolution combined with the 15mm wide and 1.2 kg light body makes it an awesome choice for those looking for thin and light options.

Publication: ANI News 

11th Gen Intel Core Processors With Xe Graphics Announced; Worth The Hype?edit

One of the most important aspects of the 11th Gen Intel Core processor is the integrated processor. The all-new Xe graphics on the Intel Core i7-1185G7 can outperform the integrated graphics on the AMD 4800U on tasks like image upscaling using Photoshop Elements. Similarly, the 11th Gen Tiger Lake processor also outperforms AMD 4800U on video processing and exporting. When it comes to gaming, the Xe graphics can outperform AMD 4800U integrated graphics and the Nvidia MX350 discrete graphics.

Publication: Gizbot

Apple silicon iMac with custom GPU to launch in 2021edit

Apple is reportedly planning to launch a powerful custom-designed graphics processing unit in its first Arm-based iMac which is set to launch in the second half of next year. Codenamed ‘Lifuka,’ the self-developed GPU to feature in the Apple Silicon powered iMac will be produced using TSMC’s 5-nanometer manufacturing process, and will offer better performance and be more energy-efficient than the Intel processor. Like x86 processors from Intel or AMD, ARM designs are usually associated with mobile devices because of their greater power efficiency, giving products like the iPad long battery life without the need for active cooling.

Publication: Telangana Today 

Intel releases 11th-gen ‘Tiger Lake’ laptop processors to confront Apple, rising rivals like AMDedit

In a pre-recorded presentation streamed on Wednesday, Intel executives focused on real-world performance. Showcasing the new chip’s graphics capability, Intel executives claimed better frame-rate performance than rival chips from Nvidia Corp and AMD, and presented a video clip of a young gamer beating her father while his laptop lagged.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times 

Checkout best gaming graphics cards for desktop computeredit

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor Graphics Card is based on the Polaris architecture and comes with 8GB of GDDR5 VRAM. It supports multiple monitors and comes with AMD Eyefinity that allows you to customize how the displays are shown on the desktop. It comes with dual TORX 2.0 fans that push down a steady flow of air to the heatsink. It comes with AMD’s FreeSync Technology that allows it to dynamically adjust the monitor’s refresh rate to the frame rate of the graphics card.

Publication: Business Insider

Intel officially goes through a complete overhaul: a new startedit

Yes, Intel had been a pioneer in the silicon industry, although, for a last couple of years they had become a more business company than an innovative one. AMD’s Ryzen has completely shaken the Blue team, from snatching the CPU market away from Intel to eating away chunks of market share from Intel gradually has made Intel make a lot of changes internally and now an overhaul in their look as well.

Publication: TechnoSports

After PUBG Mobile ban, here’s how you can play PUBG on PCedit

PUBG costs Rs 999 to play via Steam on your PC. You need at least Intel Core i5-4430 or AMD FX-6300 processor with 8GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB or AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB graphics, 64-bit Windows 7, DirectX version 11 and a minimum of 30GB storage to play PUBG on your PC via Steam. The recommended specs are 16GB of RAM, Intel Core i5-6600K and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU.

Publication: The Times of India 

 

Nvidia unveils new graphics chips to fend off AMD, Consolesedit

Nvidia Corp said its new graphics chips will double the performance of their predecessors, offering gamers more realistic images at the speed they demand. The new Ampere range is the second by Nvidia that uses ray-tracing technology to simulate how light interacts with virtual objects in video games and other computer graphics. The new top-of-the-line GeForce RTX 3090 will go on sale for $1,499 and head a list of graphics cards that start at $499.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times 

Apple to cut ties with AMD? Cupertino giant to make its own GPUs in 2021edit

Having said goodbye to Intel already, Apple isn’t stopping here, they are planning to ditch AMD for their graphics as well. Yes, Apple will be making its own discrete GPUs for its own products and it will be in action in the second half of 2021. There’s no point of hiding that Apple will launch 5nm based Apple A14 chips this year and will set some new record as well.

Publication: TechnoSports

Competition in news

RTX On! Fortnite gets real-time ray tracing support on PCedit

Epic Games and Nvidia have announced that Fortnite is getting RTX or real-time ray tracing, DLSS powered by AI, and more on PC. The announcement was made at the same virtual event by Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who also unveiled the new GeForce RTX 30 series of GPUs. Gamers can experience all that ray tracing has to offer in all Fortnite modes, as well as a brand new innovative mode map called RTX Treasure Race. This map has been explicitly designed to illustrate ray tracing inside the game.

Publication: Financial Express 

Nvidia launches Geforce RTX 30 series of GPUs: Price in India, specifications and featuresedit

Nvidia has unveiled its latest RTX 30 series of GPUs. Launched at a virtual event, the new series brings with itself three new graphics cards that promise serious performance gains over the company’s previous-generation GPUs. Launched by Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, the RTX 30 series cards use chips that are based on the company’s Ampere microarchitecture. This new generation of chips offer much-improved performance at 1.9x power efficiency over Nvidia’s previous-generation Turing based RTX 20 series cards.

Publication: India Today 

Intel 11th-gen Tiger Lake processor with new integrated Xe graphics launchededit

Intel has announced its 11th-gen Tiger Lake processors for laptops globally. The new processors will feature the company’s new Intel Xe integrated graphics. According to the company, the new processors will offer a big leap in terms of battery life and overall performance compared to 10th-gen processors . Apart from that, the Tiger Lake processors will also come onboard with Wi-Fi 6, Thunderbolt 4 support and PCIe Gen4. The company has quoted the new processors as the “best processor for thin and light laptops.

Publication: The Times of India 

Meet Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090, World’s first 8K Gaming GPUedit

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 has been announced, and yes it is the world’s first 8K-capable graphics card. The new RTX 3090 is a part of Nvidia’s RTX 30 series which consists of the RTX 3080 and RTX 3070. The next generation of video cards are based on Nvidia’s new “Ampere” architecture that will greatly improve speed and performance. The company touts its new GeForce RTX 3000 series graphics cards as “greatest generational leap in company history.”

Publication: Indian Express 

11th Gen Intel Core Processors With Xe Graphics Announced; Worth The Hype?edit

One of the most important aspects of the 11th Gen Intel Core processor is the integrated processor. The all-new Xe graphics on the Intel Core i7-1185G7 can outperform the integrated graphics on the AMD 4800U on tasks like image upscaling using Photoshop Elements. Similarly, the 11th Gen Tiger Lake processor also outperforms AMD 4800U on video processing and exporting. When it comes to gaming, the Xe graphics can outperform AMD 4800U integrated graphics and the Nvidia MX350 discrete graphics.

Publication: Gizbot

Intel releases 11th-gen ‘Tiger Lake’ laptop processors to confront Apple, rising rivals like AMDedit

In a pre-recorded presentation streamed on Wednesday, Intel executives focused on real-world performance. Showcasing the new chip’s graphics capability, Intel executives claimed better frame-rate performance than rival chips from Nvidia Corp and AMD, and presented a video clip of a young gamer beating her father while his laptop lagged.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times 

Checkout best gaming graphics cards for desktop computeredit

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor Graphics Card is based on the Polaris architecture and comes with 8GB of GDDR5 VRAM. It supports multiple monitors and comes with AMD Eyefinity that allows you to customize how the displays are shown on the desktop. It comes with dual TORX 2.0 fans that push down a steady flow of air to the heatsink. It comes with AMD’s FreeSync Technology that allows it to dynamically adjust the monitor’s refresh rate to the frame rate of the graphics card.

Publication: Business Insider

Intel officially goes through a complete overhaul: a new startedit

Yes, Intel had been a pioneer in the silicon industry, although, for a last couple of years they had become a more business company than an innovative one. AMD’s Ryzen has completely shaken the Blue team, from snatching the CPU market away from Intel to eating away chunks of market share from Intel gradually has made Intel make a lot of changes internally and now an overhaul in their look as well.

Publication: TechnoSports

Nvidia unveils new graphics chips to fend off AMD, Consolesedit

Nvidia Corp said its new graphics chips will double the performance of their predecessors, offering gamers more realistic images at the speed they demand. The new Ampere range is the second by Nvidia that uses ray-tracing technology to simulate how light interacts with virtual objects in video games and other computer graphics. The new top-of-the-line GeForce RTX 3090 will go on sale for $1,499 and head a list of graphics cards that start at $499.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times 

Intel Core i7-1185G7 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800U: A new battle beginsedit

The best part about Tiger Lake is the integrated Intel Xe graphics and in the Core i7-1185G7, we have Xe-LP based DG1 integrated GPU which seems much faster than AMD’s Vega iGPU. The integrated Intel Xe graphics will feature with 96 Execution Units or 768 cores. In the leaked video the Core i7-1185G7 is facing the Ryzen 7 4800U in multiple games wherein the Intel CPU was configured to 28W (PL1) while the AMD APU was running on Extreme Performance Mode.

Publication: TechnoSports

Apple to cut ties with AMD? Cupertino giant to make its own GPUs in 2021edit

Having said goodbye to Intel already, Apple isn’t stopping here, they are planning to ditch AMD for their graphics as well. Yes, Apple will be making its own discrete GPUs for its own products and it will be in action in the second half of 2021. There’s no point of hiding that Apple will launch 5nm based Apple A14 chips this year and will set some new record as well.

Publication: TechnoSports

Partner in news

RTX On! Fortnite gets real-time ray tracing support on PCedit

Epic Games and Nvidia have announced that Fortnite is getting RTX or real-time ray tracing, DLSS powered by AI, and more on PC. The announcement was made at the same virtual event by Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who also unveiled the new GeForce RTX 30 series of GPUs. Gamers can experience all that ray tracing has to offer in all Fortnite modes, as well as a brand new innovative mode map called RTX Treasure Race. This map has been explicitly designed to illustrate ray tracing inside the game.

Publication: Financial Express 

Looking for a super thin and ultra-light laptop? Avita is here to meet all your needs!edit

Looking for a simple and straight-forward device, the AvitaPura is the answer. Available in a range of processors, it goes up to the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U processor. It is equipped with SSD storage to reduce boot and load times. The 14-inch TFT display with a resolution of 1366x768p resolution combined with the 15mm wide and 1.2 kg light body makes it an awesome choice for those looking for thin and light options.

Publication: ANI News 

We saw 40-50% increase in demand for PCs compared to last year: Amit Doshi, Lenovo Indiaedit

The strong demand during the lockdowns as work and learning shifted to homes fuelled the shipment of tablets in India by 23 per cent in the June quarter, according to a new report. Electronics company Lenovo has continued to lead the tablet market with a 48 per cent market share, growing 24 per cent (QoQ), according to CMR’s ‘Tablet PC Market Report Review for Q2 2020’.  Moreover, the brand has just announced the third chapter of Rise of Legion – an esports tournament – to be conducted across the entire Indian sub-continent, inviting gamers from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, to compete in a Rise of Legion event from the safety and comfort of their homes.

Publication: Exchange4Media 

Lenovo Tab P11 Pro, Tab M10 HD Gen 2 and Smart Clock Essential launchededit

Lenovo has launched its flagship Android tablet — Tab 11 Pro in Europe. Along with this, the company has also introduced 3 versions of M10 HD Gen 2 tablet and Lenovo Smart Clock Essential. The Lenovo Tab 11 Pro comes with a starting price tag of 699 euros (Rs 61,042) and will be available starting November 2020. On the other hand, the price of Lenovo Tab M10 HD Gen 2 starts at 159 Euros (Rs 13,883) and it will start selling in September 2020. Lastly, the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential is priced at 59.99 euros and will be available starting September 2020.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

Apple silicon iMac with custom GPU to launch in 2021edit

Apple is reportedly planning to launch a powerful custom-designed graphics processing unit in its first Arm-based iMac which is set to launch in the second half of next year. Codenamed ‘Lifuka,’ the self-developed GPU to feature in the Apple Silicon powered iMac will be produced using TSMC’s 5-nanometer manufacturing process, and will offer better performance and be more energy-efficient than the Intel processor. Like x86 processors from Intel or AMD, ARM designs are usually associated with mobile devices because of their greater power efficiency, giving products like the iPad long battery life without the need for active cooling.

Publication: Telangana Today 

Checkout best gaming graphics cards for desktop computeredit

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor Graphics Card is based on the Polaris architecture and comes with 8GB of GDDR5 VRAM. It supports multiple monitors and comes with AMD Eyefinity that allows you to customize how the displays are shown on the desktop. It comes with dual TORX 2.0 fans that push down a steady flow of air to the heatsink. It comes with AMD’s FreeSync Technology that allows it to dynamically adjust the monitor’s refresh rate to the frame rate of the graphics card.

Publication: Business Insider

Apple to cut ties with AMD? Cupertino giant to make its own GPUs in 2021edit

Having said goodbye to Intel already, Apple isn’t stopping here, they are planning to ditch AMD for their graphics as well. Yes, Apple will be making its own discrete GPUs for its own products and it will be in action in the second half of 2021. There’s no point of hiding that Apple will launch 5nm based Apple A14 chips this year and will set some new record as well.

Publication: TechnoSports

Industry news

TSMC to Ramp up Production of 7nm Wafers to 140,000 Units per Monthedit

Between the rise of 5G hardware and the demand for new console SoCs and AMD GPUs/CPUs on their 7nm process, TSMC’s fortunes are looking up, regardless of how the rest of the world’s handling things. By the end of the year, TSMC will be fabbing 140,000 units of 7nm wafers per month. TSMC’s 5nm process appears to be making excellent progress, too, which bodes well for upcoming smartphones as well as upcoming GPUs and CPUs (especially for AMD).

Publication: Hardware Times 

60% business leaders believe AI will disrupt their businesses: Nasscom-EY surveyedit

Though 60% of business leaders believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will disrupt their businesses within three years, only 25% of enterprises have deployed AI solutions, revealed a NASSCOM-EY survey that took into consideration responses of over 500 CXOs. The survey titled ‘Can enterprise intelligence be created artificially?

Publication: The Times of India 

We saw 40-50% increase in demand for PCs compared to last year: Amit Doshi, Lenovo Indiaedit

The strong demand during the lockdowns as work and learning shifted to homes fuelled the shipment of tablets in India by 23 per cent in the June quarter, according to a new report. Electronics company Lenovo has continued to lead the tablet market with a 48 per cent market share, growing 24 per cent (QoQ), according to CMR’s ‘Tablet PC Market Report Review for Q2 2020’.  Moreover, the brand has just announced the third chapter of Rise of Legion – an esports tournament – to be conducted across the entire Indian sub-continent, inviting gamers from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, to compete in a Rise of Legion event from the safety and comfort of their homes.

Publication: Exchange4Media 

AI benefiting companies, says survey by Nasscom, EYedit

56% of respondents believe low external ecosystem maturity restricts their ability to accelerate AI initiatives, while 53% report that inability to quantify benefits is a key factor impeding AI adoption. “Both corporate and government leaders have been concerned about the prospect of job losses owing to AI adoption. However, our study suggests a close interplay between people and technology in companies where AI has added value. In this regard, a shortage of adequate skills and the lack of willingness to change is seen as major obstacles,” it said.

Publication: The Times of India 

After PUBG Mobile ban, here’s how you can play PUBG on PCedit

PUBG costs Rs 999 to play via Steam on your PC. You need at least Intel Core i5-4430 or AMD FX-6300 processor with 8GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB or AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB graphics, 64-bit Windows 7, DirectX version 11 and a minimum of 30GB storage to play PUBG on your PC via Steam. The recommended specs are 16GB of RAM, Intel Core i5-6600K and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU.

Publication: The Times of India 

 

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