AMD specific news
ASUS Drops Ryzen 5000 Support from X470 and B450 Motherboardsedit
ASUS won’t be bringing Ryzen 5000 support to its existing B450 and X470 motherboards, a company rep has said in response to a user inquiry, who then shared it on Reddit. ASUS has replied to press inquiries, stating that they will be bringing support for Zen 3 on X470 boards early next year. Earlier, AMD has promised to bring Ryzen 5000 (Zen 3) support to select B450 and X470 motherboards via beta BIOSes. However, as already reported, not all vendors will be doing the same. On Asus’ end, it looks like Zen 3 support won’t come to the existing boards, but might be brought to the revised models.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Launches AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processors: The Fastest Gaming CPUs in the World (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD) introduced the highly anticipated AMD Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processor lineup powered by the new “Zen 3” architecture. Offering up to 16 cores, 32 threads and 72 MB of cache in the top-of-the-line AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors dominate in heavily threaded workloads and power efficiency, while the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X processor offers up to a 26% generational uplift in gaming performance.
Publication: CellIT
AMD files a patent for its new Project Quantumedit
Four years ago, AMD announced that it is moving forward with its ambitious project quantum. But no news came out of the company with tech enthusiasts feeling almost sure that they all but shelves the project. But sources claim that the exact opposite is true. AMD has recently filled a patent, and the news is extremely juicy.
Publication: TechnoSports
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Intel Gen12 Xe GPU Spotted with 1,536 Cores and 9.4GB VRAMedit
Just a few days after the 128CU Intel Xe GPU was spotted on SiSoft, another listing has surfaced, this time a much more powerful part. The part in question appears to a dual-GPU solution, with as many as 192 Execution Units or 1,536 shaders and 9.4GB memory. It’s unlikely that we’re looking at an MCM design with just 192 EUs, so this is likely a compute accelerator. It has an operating clock of 1.25GHz, with 2MB of L2 cache and a TDP of just 50W (could be an error). SiSift classifies this as a Tiger Lake-U part, but as of now, we don’t know of any TGU-U SKU with this many GPU cores.
Publication: Hardware Times
ASUS ZenBook Flip S UX371 Overviewedit
The new ZenBook is powered by the Core i7-1165G7 processor, the second-fastest in the Intel Tiger Lake-U lineup. It has a base clock speed of 1.2GHz and a maximum boost of 4.7GHz. It packs 12MB of L3 cache to feed the fast four cores on the chip. Having such a high performing processor is almost like winning a jackpot at a reputed platform like JackpotCity online casino! The ZenBook Flip S UX371 comes with 16GB of LPDDR4X-4266 RAM. Unfortunately, the RAM here is directly soldered to the motherboard; so it can’t be removed or upgraded. As for the storage, it comes with an M.2 2280 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe SSD (ranging from 256GB to 1TB).
Publication: Hardware Times
Zotac RTX 3080 Trinity Review: This Should Be Your GPU For Next-Gen PC Gamingedit
The Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity is priced at Rs. 69,990, the same as the Founders Edition at launch and offers the same super-fast 4K gaming performance on recent games like Control and Death Stranding. The main difference between the Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity and Founder’s Edition at least from the outside is the triple-fan cooling system on the former GPU.
Publication: MensXp
Killing It by Killing Bezels: MSI ups the Gaming Notebook Gameedit
Another thin and yet powerful customer is the GF65 notebook. It too features very slim bezels (4.9 mm again) around a 15.6-inch display with a 144 Hz refresh rate designed to deliver the best graphics you will get to see on any mobile display. Powering it is an Intel i7-9750H (9th generation processor) with DDR4-2666 memory and upping the gaming ante is the presence of the new RTX and GTX 16 series of GeForce graphics processors. Ensuring it keeps its be cool is the presence of up to 6 heat pipes on the GF65 and the Cooler Boost 5, while Dragon Center 2.0 lets you customise and monitor your notebook’s performance as per your needs.
Publication: India Today
The 100 most sustainably managed companies in the worldedit
Hardware makers like Sony are the most common type of businesses found in the WSJ sustainability ranking, claiming 18 positions in the top 100 list. Hardware companies tend to focus on business areas that our sustainability-management measures weigh heavily, such as supply chain, materials sourcing and efficiency, and product design and life cycle. The next most heavily represented group, chemical makers, with 10 spots, includes Arkema SA and Solvay SA. Semiconductor makers such as Intel Corp. and Nvidia Corp. took seven spots.
Publication: Livemint
Partner in news
ASUS Drops Ryzen 5000 Support from X470 and B450 Motherboardsedit
ASUS won’t be bringing Ryzen 5000 support to its existing B450 and X470 motherboards, a company rep has said in response to a user inquiry, who then shared it on Reddit. ASUS has replied to press inquiries, stating that they will be bringing support for Zen 3 on X470 boards early next year. Earlier, AMD has promised to bring Ryzen 5000 (Zen 3) support to select B450 and X470 motherboards via beta BIOSes. However, as already reported, not all vendors will be doing the same. On Asus’ end, it looks like Zen 3 support won’t come to the existing boards, but might be brought to the revised models.
Publication: Hardware Times
ASUS ZenBook Flip S UX371 Overviewedit
The new ZenBook is powered by the Core i7-1165G7 processor, the second-fastest in the Intel Tiger Lake-U lineup. It has a base clock speed of 1.2GHz and a maximum boost of 4.7GHz. It packs 12MB of L3 cache to feed the fast four cores on the chip. Having such a high performing processor is almost like winning a jackpot at a reputed platform like JackpotCity online casino! The ZenBook Flip S UX371 comes with 16GB of LPDDR4X-4266 RAM. Unfortunately, the RAM here is directly soldered to the motherboard; so it can’t be removed or upgraded. As for the storage, it comes with an M.2 2280 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe SSD (ranging from 256GB to 1TB).
Publication: Hardware Times
Killing It by Killing Bezels: MSI ups the Gaming Notebook Gameedit
Another thin and yet powerful customer is the GF65 notebook. It too features very slim bezels (4.9 mm again) around a 15.6-inch display with a 144 Hz refresh rate designed to deliver the best graphics you will get to see on any mobile display. Powering it is an Intel i7-9750H (9th generation processor) with DDR4-2666 memory and upping the gaming ante is the presence of the new RTX and GTX 16 series of GeForce graphics processors. Ensuring it keeps its be cool is the presence of up to 6 heat pipes on the GF65 and the Cooler Boost 5, while Dragon Center 2.0 lets you customise and monitor your notebook’s performance as per your needs.
Publication: India Today
Industry news
Intel Gen12 Xe GPU Spotted with 1,536 Cores and 9.4GB VRAMedit
Just a few days after the 128CU Intel Xe GPU was spotted on SiSoft, another listing has surfaced, this time a much more powerful part. The part in question appears to a dual-GPU solution, with as many as 192 Execution Units or 1,536 shaders and 9.4GB memory. It’s unlikely that we’re looking at an MCM design with just 192 EUs, so this is likely a compute accelerator. It has an operating clock of 1.25GHz, with 2MB of L2 cache and a TDP of just 50W (could be an error). SiSift classifies this as a Tiger Lake-U part, but as of now, we don’t know of any TGU-U SKU with this many GPU cores.
Publication: Hardware Times
SMIC Announces N+1 Process: Claims it “Almost the Same” as TSMC’s 7nm Nodeedit
However, having a closer look at the fundamentals, it’s clear that although N+1 is quite efficient, in terms of performance and density, it’s not quite up there. Compared to SMIC’s own 14nm process, N+1 reduces power consumption by a whopping 57% and logic die area by up to 63%. However, the increase in performance is just around 20%. In comparison, TSMC’s 7nm node, adds up to 35% more performance on going from its 14nm node, with a 55% power efficiency boost and a density 3.3x higher.
Publication: Hardware Times
The 100 most sustainably managed companies in the worldedit
Hardware makers like Sony are the most common type of businesses found in the WSJ sustainability ranking, claiming 18 positions in the top 100 list. Hardware companies tend to focus on business areas that our sustainability-management measures weigh heavily, such as supply chain, materials sourcing and efficiency, and product design and life cycle. The next most heavily represented group, chemical makers, with 10 spots, includes Arkema SA and Solvay SA. Semiconductor makers such as Intel Corp. and Nvidia Corp. took seven spots.
Publication: Livemint
AMD files a patent for its new Project Quantumedit
Four years ago, AMD announced that it is moving forward with its ambitious project quantum. But no news came out of the company with tech enthusiasts feeling almost sure that they all but shelves the project. But sources claim that the exact opposite is true. AMD has recently filled a patent, and the news is extremely juicy.
Publication: TechnoSports
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