In the last few years, the gaming industry has evolved at a break-neck speed. In fact, a report* by Investopedia suggests that there are over two billion gamers across the world, which is about 26% of the world’s population! Thus, it’s no surprise that companies across the world are investing their bucks on developing gaming laptops that can make virtual worlds more lifelike for gamers. By integrating the latest technology, gaming laptops now come with a slew of features like gesture control, voice and face recognition, high frame rates, VR and AR, and flawless graphics.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

NVIDIA has been making rounds in the semiconductor market with its latest acquisition of ARM. This acquisition would most likely stir up the tech world at its core. Arm’s limitless potential and uses in the smartphone market and low-power processing segment give Nvidia an unfair advantage over other mobile processor manufacturers. ARMs importance is growing in both the data center and supercomputing markets. Thus the Nvidia deal comes with significant consequences for the tech industry. Many believe that China’s authorities might not let the deal follow-through, which will cause several implications to the manufacturer of the graphics.

Publication: TechnoSports

NVIDIA has announced that its AI computing platform has once again smashed performance records in the latest round of MLPerf. This, in turn, extended the company’s lead on the industry’s only independent benchmark measuring AI performance of hardware, software and services. NVIDIA won every test across all six application areas for datacentre and edge computing systems in the second version of MLPerf Inference.

Publication: Analytics India Magazine

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i has been updated for 2020 with the latest Intel 10th Gen processors. After using the laptop for two weeks, it comes across as a great work-from-home companion for a lightweight Windows ultrabook. The Yoga Slim 7i starts at Rs 78,490 for the base variant with an Intel Core i5 processor paired to 512GB RAM and NVIDIA MX350 GPU. We list five reasons as to why we think you should get the Lenovo laptop as soon as possible. For our full review, head over to BGR India for the written review.

Publication: BGR India 

The AMD Ryzen 3 3200G is a highly popular option in this price segment because of the great value for money that it delivers. Based on the Ryzen 3 platform, this processor comes with 4 cores and 4 threads with a base clock speed of 3.6GHz. It comes with integrated graphics as well, so you don’t have to purchase a dedicated graphics card for your home desktop. This AMD processor is a great option for building the perfect budget home desktop for almost all your basic tasks.

Publication: Business Insider 

The Taiwan-based electronics major Ace at its next@acer event announced its collaboration with the German carmaker Porsche Design by introducing a new laptop in the market. Porsche Design Acer Book RS is the company luxury laptop that will come with high-end technologies with minimalist design elements. The high-end notebook has an all-metal chassis powered by 11th Gen Intel Core i7 processor and an NVIDIA GeForce MX350 GPU.

Publication: Gadgets Bridge 

Acer has expanded its consumer Notebook lineup with the launch of new Swift, Spin and Aspire series laptops globally at its Next@Acer event. The entire lineup now comes with Intel’s 11th-generation Core processors with Intel Xe graphics and thin and lightweight design. Acer Swift 3X: Price, features and more The price of Acer Swift 3X (SF314-510G) starts at $899.99 and will be available in North America from December onwards. The new Swift 3X is a thin and light laptop that weighs just 1.37kg and are signed for creative professionals.

Publication: The Times of India 

Intel Corp on Thursday reported that margins tumbled in the latest quarter as consumers bought cheaper laptops and pandemic-stricken businesses and governments clamped down on data center spending, news that sent its shares down 10%. Intel, the dominant provider of processor chips for PCs and data centers, has struggled with manufacturing delays. In July, it said its next generation of chipmaking technology was six months behind schedule. Chip sales are booming, but customers want lower-priced chips rather than Intel’s pricier high-performance offerings, dragging down overall gross margins.

Publication: BW Businessworld 

The upcoming Lenovo Yoga 14s will have two variants. One will be powered by an Intel Tiger Lake and the other by an AMD Ryzen 4000 processor. The first variant comes with the Intel’s Core i5-1135G7 along with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD. The second variant sports the same 16GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage configuration as its counterpart, but AMD’s Ryzen 7 4800H processor powers the machine. Both laptops feature a 2.8K resolution 14-inch display with a refresh rate of 90Hz.

Publication: TechnoSports

The 3DMark scores of NVIDIA’s RTX 3070 have also leaked out after the Ashes Escalation benchmark surfaced earlier today. In these tests, the RTX 2080 Ti leads the RTX 3070 by a slight margin on account of higher overall bandwidth and effective compute performance. The lead is especially prominent in TimeSpy where the RTX 2080 Ti scores 14,582 points while the RTX 3070 is limited to 13,945. The deltas are quite small in FireStrike Ultra and Extreme, but Port Royal once again favors the Ti over the 3070.

Publication: Hardware Times