November 17, 2020

AMD specific news

Dell G5 15 SE 5505 gaming laptop review: Does the trick for gamers (PROACTIVE)edit

The Dell G5 5505 is a competent machine for gamers. It has a sturdy build, excellent heat dissipation and loud audio capabilities. With the highest possible graphics settings in graphically demanding games, there might be some moments of lag during gameplay but with the settings slightly toned down, the games run smoothly. For first time buyers who want a budget gaming machine from the house of Dell only, this product could do the trick for them.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

Intel i3-10100 vs AMD Ryzen 3 3300X: Gaming Performance & Benchmarks (PROACTIVE)edit

In terms of gaming performance, the deltas between the Core i3-10100 and the Ryzen 3 3300X are hardly noticeable. In multi-threaded content creation workloads, that’s where the latter really sets itself apart. However, as already mentioned, AMD’s extended platform support and overclocking ability for even the lower-end B series motherboards are what really seal this win for the 3300X.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Intel vs AMD Ryzen: Best CPUs for Gaming in 2020 [November Update] (PROACTIVE)edit

With the launch of the Ryzen 5000 CPUs, AMD has successfully vanquished Intel in the PC gaming segment. Even the $300 Ryzen 5 5600X manages to beat the Comet Lake-S flagship (Core i9-10900K) which costs twice as much. Therefore, as you can expect, our recommendations for the best gaming CPU will primarily include AMD parts this time around. Although stocks are still scarce, they are expected to improve in the coming week, so don’t worry too much about the availability.

Publication: Hardware Times 

AMD Zen 3 Based Epyc Milan CPUs up to 30% Faster than Rome: Beating Intel in ST Workloadsedit

The first benchmarks of AMD’s Epyc Milan server CPUs based on the Zen 3 core architecture have surfaced, showing single-threaded gains of around 20-30%. This is in line with the ST performance uplifts that we saw with the Ryzen 5000 consumer CPUs. However unlike the latter, server workloads aren’t latency sensitive (gaming), and AMD was already almost on par with the fastest Xeons across the board.

Publication: Hardware Times 

AMD Big Navi Unboxing and Photos: Triple Fan Heatsink, Dual 8-pin, and I/O (PROACTIVE)edit

The unboxing and photo/video-shoot embargo for AMD’s Radeon Big Navi GPUs, otherwise known as the RX 6800 and 6900 series has officially lifted, allowing us to share the first images of the GPUs. We aren’t allowed to share any teardown pictures or benchmarks or performance numbers just yet, only the physical hardware and the packaging.

Publication: Hardware Times 

The Graphics Card We Were Waiting For : Radeon 6800 First Look ! (PROACTIVE)edit

We check out the AMD Radeon RX 6800 in this video looking at the the GPU and looking at the design features and specs.

Publication: iGyaan (YouTube)

NVIDIA Announces Alternative to AMD Smart Access Memory, Claim Competitive Performance Gainsedit

In a statement to technology YouTube channel GamersNexus, NVIDIA has stated its intentions of releasing a competitor, or a substitute to AMD’s newly-announced Smart Access Memory (SAM) Technology. AMD’s SAM Technology was announced with their Radeon RX 6000 Series of graphics cards, which in turn were launched just after AMD’s Ryzen 5000 CPUs.

Publication: DailyHunt

IBM and AMD Announce Joint Development Agreement to Advance Confidential Computing for the Cloud and Accelerate Artificial Intelligenceedit

“The commitment of AMD to technological innovation aligns with our mission to develop and accelerate the adoption of the hybrid cloud to help connect, secure and power our digital world,” said Dario Gil, Director of IBM Research. “IBM is focused on giving our clients choice, agility and security in our hybrid cloud offerings through advanced research, development and scaling of new technologies.”

Publication: CellIT

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X crushes Geekbench database totallyedit

November turns out to be the most surprising month honestly, AMD Ryzen 5000 series have launched, new Apple M1 chips are here, AMD’s RX 6000 series GPU are also coming. Well, if you are not over with this, then the good thing is Apple is going to use the new AMD Ryzen 9 5900X on an iMacPro? Well, it’s not the first time this kind of incident happened, because the previously a Ryzen 9 5950X was spotted running on an iMac but was flagged to be inaccurate.

Publication: TechnoSports

AMD Unveils AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 Processors (PROACTIVE)edit

AMD has launched a new product in its high-performance Embedded processor family, the AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V2000 Series processor. Built on the innovative 7nm process technology, ‘Zen 2’ cores and high-performance AMD Radeon™ graphics, the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 Series provides a new class of performance with 7nm technology, incredible power efficiency and continues to deliver enterprise-class security features for embedded customers.

Publication: Channel Drive 

AMD Ryzen 5000 — especially the 5600X — is blowing my mind (PROACTIVE)edit

I knew AMD was going to deliver excellent performance with its next-generation Zen 3 CPU architecture, but I wasn’t ready for this. The new Ryzen chips are fast and powerful, both for content creation and productivity. This isn’t a surprise. The Zen 2 Ryzens are also great for those tasks. But gaming is where the Ryzen 5000-series products see the biggest gains — and it turns AMDs processors into the obvious and best choice on desktop.

Publication: Technology4You

AMD takes on Nvidia with next gen graphics cards for PC gaming (PROACTIVE)edit

After reporting record Q3 revenue and announcing the $35 billion acquisition of rival company Xilinx, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has unveiled Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards, also known as Big Navi, for the next level of PC gaming. Taking on graphics giant Nvidia, AMD said the flagship Radeon RX 6900 XT is the ultimate 4K graphics card and the fastest ever AMD gaming graphics card. AMD Radeon RX 6800 and Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics cards are expected to be available beginning November 18 for $579 and $649, respectively.

Publication: DailyHunt 

ASRock implements AMD Ryzen embedded V2000 for the first time everedit

ASRock becomes the first company to announce its implementation for the new AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 processor with the Zen 2 cores. Currently, the fanless mini PCs that are powered by 10W 6-core and 8-core models come under the offering. The new fanless PCs are coming under the iBOX lineup and equipped with the heatsink fins on the side panels and on top of the barebone chassis.

Publication: TechnoSports

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Unboxing – Big Navi Arrives In Fashion (PROACTIVE)edit

The welcome message is a nice touch, and it shows that AMD is taking the premium segment seriously. After all, the RDNA 2 architecture powering these new RX 6000 graphics cards is also present in both the PS5 and Xbox series consoles. While there’s not much to tell regarding a GPU unboxing, the card itself seems to be pretty well made. It doesn’t have the ‘dent’ that the 5700 and 5700 XT had, which I actually like. Instead, AMD went the other route in making the curves sit on the top side, which attracts much less attention while still looking great with that big ‘RADEON’ logo.

Publication: TechQuila

AMD brand mentions

Xbox Series S hands-on: Here’s what I’ve learned in the first 48 hoursedit

The biggest difference apart from the lack of the disc drive on the Series S is the GPU in the smaller console. While both new next-gen consoles feature custom AMD Radeon RDNA 2 architecture, the Series X’s GPU 52 cores clocked at 1.825GHz for 12 teraflops and the Series S’ GPU has only 20 cores clocked at 1.565GHz for 4 teraflops.

Publication: Indian Express 

Intel Rivals NVIDIA & AMD As It Introduces Its First GPU For Data Centersedit

Chipmaker Intel unveiled its first discrete GPU for data centres. Named Intel Server GPU, it is designed to power Android-based cloud gaming and media streaming segments. A low-power chip, Intel Server GPU will be used in the new PCIe graphics card which can be placed inside the servers. Interestingly, Raja Koduri, Intel Senior Vice President had released a teaser picture of a ‘mysterious GPU’ on his Twitter account in May, leading many to believe a future announcement related to GPU aimed at the data centre.

Publication: Analytics India Magazine

Competition in news

NVIDIA announces new products at SC20 supercomputing conferenceedit

NVIDIA DGX Station A100 and NVIDIA DGX A100 640GB – The world’s first petascale workgroup server for AI and data science that plugs in anywhere, DGX Station A100 packs four of the new A100 80GB GPUs. See what’s inside in the video available here. GPU memory capacity doubles in the new DGX A100 640GB — the world’s most advanced AI platform — to tackle the largest data center AI, HPC and data science workloads with eight NVIDIA A100 GPUs per system.

Publication: InfoTechLead

AI, ML and (IoT) Holds Key to Future, Increased Road Safety: Nivruti Rai, Intel| Interviewedit

Vehicles today are increasingly becoming safer and connected thanks to various technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning (ML) and Internet of Things (IoT). The marriage of a vehicle’s mechanicals with such high-end electronics is all thanks to companies like Intel, who are working hard to make today’s vehicle tomorrow’s people mover. We got in touch with Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India and Vice President – Data Platforms Group, Intel Corporation to discuss the technology of today and tomorrow and how India fits in the Intel’s scheme of things.

Publication: Network 18 

Acer launches five new laptopsedit

The current situation is making a dynamic shift in consumer behaviour with multi-PCs per family becoming ubiquitous. With the future of working and learning to change, spending long durations in front of PCs and laptops is inescapable. The necessity of a personal computer has changed over the years from being a luxurious purchase to an attractive good to own device and to now being an essential investment. We have seen an upsurge in demand for laptops both from the enterprise and consumer side.

Publication: The Telegraph 

Apple M1-Powered MacBook Air Trumps Intel Core i9-based MacBook Pro, Other Mac Devices on Geekbenchedit

Apple’s newly launched 13-inch MacBook Air powered by the Apple M1 SoC has surfaced on the Geekbench website. As per the listing, the new MacBook Air model outperforms the 16-inch MacBook Pro with 10th Gen Intel Core i9 processor that the company launched early this year, though still refers to as MacBook Pro 16 (2019). The Cupertino-based tech giant has also refreshed the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 processor.

Publication: Network 18 

Intel i3-10100 vs AMD Ryzen 3 3300X: Gaming Performance & Benchmarks (PROACTIVE)edit

In terms of gaming performance, the deltas between the Core i3-10100 and the Ryzen 3 3300X are hardly noticeable. In multi-threaded content creation workloads, that’s where the latter really sets itself apart. However, as already mentioned, AMD’s extended platform support and overclocking ability for even the lower-end B series motherboards are what really seal this win for the 3300X.

Publication: Hardware Times 

Intel vs AMD Ryzen: Best CPUs for Gaming in 2020 [November Update] (PROACTIVE)edit

With the launch of the Ryzen 5000 CPUs, AMD has successfully vanquished Intel in the PC gaming segment. Even the $300 Ryzen 5 5600X manages to beat the Comet Lake-S flagship (Core i9-10900K) which costs twice as much. Therefore, as you can expect, our recommendations for the best gaming CPU will primarily include AMD parts this time around. Although stocks are still scarce, they are expected to improve in the coming week, so don’t worry too much about the availability.

Publication: Hardware Times 

AMD Zen 3 Based Epyc Milan CPUs up to 30% Faster than Rome: Beating Intel in ST Workloadsedit

The first benchmarks of AMD’s Epyc Milan server CPUs based on the Zen 3 core architecture have surfaced, showing single-threaded gains of around 20-30%. This is in line with the ST performance uplifts that we saw with the Ryzen 5000 consumer CPUs. However unlike the latter, server workloads aren’t latency sensitive (gaming), and AMD was already almost on par with the fastest Xeons across the board.

Publication: Hardware Times 

NVIDIA Announces Alternative to AMD Smart Access Memory, Claim Competitive Performance Gainsedit

In a statement to technology YouTube channel GamersNexus, NVIDIA has stated its intentions of releasing a competitor, or a substitute to AMD’s newly-announced Smart Access Memory (SAM) Technology. AMD’s SAM Technology was announced with their Radeon RX 6000 Series of graphics cards, which in turn were launched just after AMD’s Ryzen 5000 CPUs.

Publication: DailyHunt

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i Review: A budget laptop that gets all the basics rightedit

The IdeaPad Slim 3i Lenovo sent us rocked a 10th Gen Intel Core i3 processor (Core i3-1005G1) with Intel’s UHD Graphics. The CPU was paired with 8GB of RAM of DDR4 RAM that can be extended to 12GB. Our model arrived with 256GB of PCIe M.2 SSD storage, although it can also be configured with HDD or hybrid (HDD + SDD) storage.

Publication: Moneycontrol

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Review: A Premium Laptop That’s Powerfully Intelligentedit

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned during the lockdown and throughout 2020, it’s that you can never have too many gadgets. With the work-from-home and e-schooling culture taking over, there’s a surge in demand for laptops, tablets – well, anything with a display! Lenovo has risen to the occasion with the new Yoga Slim 7 laptop.

Publication: Gizbot 

Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 and L13 Yoga Gen 2 is powered by Intel Tiger Lake launchededit

Lenovo has released two new ThinkPad laptops without any formal declaration. The first one is L13 Gen 2 and the second one is L13 Yoga Gen 2. Both the business model comes with Intel Tiger Lake. This laptop is the first L series laptop which features Thunderbolt 4. A few weeks ago, E14 and E15 Gen 2 with Intel Tiger Lake were updated. Now Lenovo enters the market with the new Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen and ThinkPad L13 Yoga Gen 2.

Publication: TechnoSports

Intel Rivals NVIDIA & AMD As It Introduces Its First GPU For Data Centersedit

Chipmaker Intel unveiled its first discrete GPU for data centres. Named Intel Server GPU, it is designed to power Android-based cloud gaming and media streaming segments. A low-power chip, Intel Server GPU will be used in the new PCIe graphics card which can be placed inside the servers. Interestingly, Raja Koduri, Intel Senior Vice President had released a teaser picture of a ‘mysterious GPU’ on his Twitter account in May, leading many to believe a future announcement related to GPU aimed at the data centre.

Publication: Analytics India Magazine

Partner in news

Dell G5 15 SE 5505 gaming laptop review: Does the trick for gamers (PROACTIVE)edit

The Dell G5 5505 is a competent machine for gamers. It has a sturdy build, excellent heat dissipation and loud audio capabilities. With the highest possible graphics settings in graphically demanding games, there might be some moments of lag during gameplay but with the settings slightly toned down, the games run smoothly. For first time buyers who want a budget gaming machine from the house of Dell only, this product could do the trick for them.

Publication: Gadgets Now 

Acer launches five new laptopsedit

The current situation is making a dynamic shift in consumer behaviour with multi-PCs per family becoming ubiquitous. With the future of working and learning to change, spending long durations in front of PCs and laptops is inescapable. The necessity of a personal computer has changed over the years from being a luxurious purchase to an attractive good to own device and to now being an essential investment. We have seen an upsurge in demand for laptops both from the enterprise and consumer side.

Publication: The Telegraph 

Apple M1-Powered MacBook Air Trumps Intel Core i9-based MacBook Pro, Other Mac Devices on Geekbenchedit

Apple’s newly launched 13-inch MacBook Air powered by the Apple M1 SoC has surfaced on the Geekbench website. As per the listing, the new MacBook Air model outperforms the 16-inch MacBook Pro with 10th Gen Intel Core i9 processor that the company launched early this year, though still refers to as MacBook Pro 16 (2019). The Cupertino-based tech giant has also refreshed the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 processor.

Publication: Network 18 

HP beats Lenovo to regain leadership in notebook marketedit

HP has shipped 14.7 million notebooks during the third quarter of 2020 as compared with 14.6 million by Lenovo, 8.5 million by Dell, 6 million by Apple and 4.9 million by Acer. HP has increased its notebook share to 23.6 percent in Q3 2020 from 22.2 percent in Q3 2019.

Publiation: InfoTechLead 

IBM and AMD Announce Joint Development Agreement to Advance Confidential Computing for the Cloud and Accelerate Artificial Intelligenceedit

“The commitment of AMD to technological innovation aligns with our mission to develop and accelerate the adoption of the hybrid cloud to help connect, secure and power our digital world,” said Dario Gil, Director of IBM Research. “IBM is focused on giving our clients choice, agility and security in our hybrid cloud offerings through advanced research, development and scaling of new technologies.”

Publication: CellIT

Xbox Series S hands-on: Here’s what I’ve learned in the first 48 hoursedit

The biggest difference apart from the lack of the disc drive on the Series S is the GPU in the smaller console. While both new next-gen consoles feature custom AMD Radeon RDNA 2 architecture, the Series X’s GPU 52 cores clocked at 1.825GHz for 12 teraflops and the Series S’ GPU has only 20 cores clocked at 1.565GHz for 4 teraflops.

Publication: Indian Express 

Lenovo introduces two new gaming monitorsedit

Lenovo has announced two new IPS gaming monitors. The monitors are called the G27q-20 and the G27-20 and are both 27 inches monitors. the monitors feature a unique base design that is a V-shaped base which is illuminated by teal LED accent lighting. The screens also offer up to 400 nits of brightness and a near-borderless system offering a high screen to border ratio.

Publication: TechnoSports

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i Review: A budget laptop that gets all the basics rightedit

The IdeaPad Slim 3i Lenovo sent us rocked a 10th Gen Intel Core i3 processor (Core i3-1005G1) with Intel’s UHD Graphics. The CPU was paired with 8GB of RAM of DDR4 RAM that can be extended to 12GB. Our model arrived with 256GB of PCIe M.2 SSD storage, although it can also be configured with HDD or hybrid (HDD + SDD) storage.

Publication: Moneycontrol

Lenovo announces finance options on its products, offers ‘contactless purchase and after-sales service’edit

Lenovo has announced offers and financing schemes for the festive season. Among the various offers, consumers can avail zero down payment schemes on HDFC Bank credit/debit cards; longer tenure EMI plans on both premium and entry-level laptops; and payment options offered by its financial partners including Bajaj, HDFC, Pine Labs and Amazon Pay. Customers can get benefits up to Rs 14,990 on Yoga Slim 7i laptop, powered by Intel 10th generation core i7 processor.

Publication: The Times of India 

Chromebooks, tablets rule the global PC market in Q3: Reportedit

Google Chrome OS-based Chromebooks were the best performing PC product in the third quarter of 2020, as shipments grew 122 per cent to a total of a record high of 9.4 million. HP led the Chromebook market, more than doubling volumes from a year ago to hit 3.2 million units, with the majority of shipments coming in its home market of the US. The worldwide tablet market also posted stellar growth in Q3 2020, with shipments of 44.3 million units, up 43 per cent year-on-year.

Publication: ET Telecom ; Telangana Today 

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Review: A Premium Laptop That’s Powerfully Intelligentedit

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned during the lockdown and throughout 2020, it’s that you can never have too many gadgets. With the work-from-home and e-schooling culture taking over, there’s a surge in demand for laptops, tablets – well, anything with a display! Lenovo has risen to the occasion with the new Yoga Slim 7 laptop.

Publication: Gizbot 

Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 and L13 Yoga Gen 2 is powered by Intel Tiger Lake launchededit

Lenovo has released two new ThinkPad laptops without any formal declaration. The first one is L13 Gen 2 and the second one is L13 Yoga Gen 2. Both the business model comes with Intel Tiger Lake. This laptop is the first L series laptop which features Thunderbolt 4. A few weeks ago, E14 and E15 Gen 2 with Intel Tiger Lake were updated. Now Lenovo enters the market with the new Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen and ThinkPad L13 Yoga Gen 2.

Publication: TechnoSports

Developing future workforceedit

DELL TECHNOLOGIES IN partnership with the American India Foundation (AIF), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and the University of Mumbai have launched ‘Project Future Ready’ to equip the workforce with career skills. With AIF as an implementation partner and NSDC as the skilling partner, the project is set to impact over 100,000 students in Mumbai and Delhi NCR, of which 60% are female. The project aims to provide skills development for these students through career mentoring, leveraging online skilling platforms, and providing market aligned skills training for employability and inculcating entrepreneurial mind-set.

Publication: Financial Express 

PC market registers highest growth in 7 yrs in Jul-Sep quarteredit

The demand for notebooks remains much higher than the current supply, which is like- ly to lead to another strong quarter of shipments in Octo- ber-December, it said. HP Inc retained the top position in the overall PC market with a share of 28.2 per cent in September 2020 quar- ter, followed by Lenovo (21.7 per cent), Dell Technologies (21.3 per cent), Acer Group (9.5 per cent) and Asus (7.5 per cent)

Publication: The Statesman 

ASRock implements AMD Ryzen embedded V2000 for the first time everedit

ASRock becomes the first company to announce its implementation for the new AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 processor with the Zen 2 cores. Currently, the fanless mini PCs that are powered by 10W 6-core and 8-core models come under the offering. The new fanless PCs are coming under the iBOX lineup and equipped with the heatsink fins on the side panels and on top of the barebone chassis.

Publication: TechnoSports

Industry news

Online Gaming Industry Showing Impressive Financial Growth Worldwideedit

Casino games initially started off humbly with their rudimentary websites and fundamental, simple game offerings. As technology has become easier to access, democratic, portable and more user friendly, so has the online gaming industry. Smartphones, needless to say were the biggest catalyst for massive growth in almost every field of computer software, and have made it easier for anybody to gamble at anytime, from anywhere.

Publication: The Week 

Data centre capacity to treble by 2025: Analystsedit

India’s data centre industry, which expects revenues to grow 20% y-o-y in FY21, is experiencing huge demand for expansion, as the country’s appetite for consuming data grows at a scorching pace. Buoyed by the sentiment, analysts project the current capacity of around 360 megawatt (MW) to treble in the next four-five years as the digital economy landscape matures further.

Publication: Financial Express 

Everything you need to know to become a cloud security engineeredit

Cloud technology, just like other prominent fields of tech such as AI, ML and big data, is growing exponentially year after year. Cloud computing brings limitless computing resources, drastically changing how industries, such as IT, function at their core. As cloud computing grew, three prominent names emerged in this burgeoning field – AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. The growing vendors in this market also drove intense competition.

Publication: Digit

Lenovo announces finance options on its products, offers ‘contactless purchase and after-sales service’edit

Lenovo has announced offers and financing schemes for the festive season. Among the various offers, consumers can avail zero down payment schemes on HDFC Bank credit/debit cards; longer tenure EMI plans on both premium and entry-level laptops; and payment options offered by its financial partners including Bajaj, HDFC, Pine Labs and Amazon Pay. Customers can get benefits up to Rs 14,990 on Yoga Slim 7i laptop, powered by Intel 10th generation core i7 processor.

Publication: The Times of India 

Chromebooks, tablets rule the global PC market in Q3: Reportedit

Google Chrome OS-based Chromebooks were the best performing PC product in the third quarter of 2020, as shipments grew 122 per cent to a total of a record high of 9.4 million. HP led the Chromebook market, more than doubling volumes from a year ago to hit 3.2 million units, with the majority of shipments coming in its home market of the US. The worldwide tablet market also posted stellar growth in Q3 2020, with shipments of 44.3 million units, up 43 per cent year-on-year.

Publication: ET Telecom ; Telangana Today 

PC market registers highest growth in 7 yrs in Jul-Sep quarteredit

The demand for notebooks remains much higher than the current supply, which is like- ly to lead to another strong quarter of shipments in Octo- ber-December, it said. HP Inc retained the top position in the overall PC market with a share of 28.2 per cent in September 2020 quar- ter, followed by Lenovo (21.7 per cent), Dell Technologies (21.3 per cent), Acer Group (9.5 per cent) and Asus (7.5 per cent)

Publication: The Statesman 

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