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AMD specific news
AMD Ryzen 5000H making its way to high-end ASUS and ACER gaming laptopsedit
Recent news states that the OEMs, ASUS and ACER will soon unveil their most high-end gaming laptops based on AMD’s Ryzen 5000H ‘Zen 3’ CPUs and NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs. The device will also feature the flagship RTX 3080 mobility GPU. We expect that the new gaming laptops to belong to ASUS’s ROG line-up and Acer’s Nitro series.
Publication: TechnoSports
My First Mini ITX Gaming PC Build Is Amazing! [Radeon 6800XT, Ryzen 5600X, CM NR200P]edit
Gaming PC Build
Publication: Tech Reflex
Upcoming 8 core AMD Ryzen 9 5900H defeats Core i7-10700K in Geekbenchedit
AMD will be launching its next-gen Ryzen 5000H gaming processors at CES 2021. As we know, these upcoming APUs will be using AMD’s revolutionary Zen 3 architecture.
Publication: TechnoSports
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best gaming CPU of 2020?edit
AMD finally catching up with Intel’s gaming performance may not seem that big a deal, and it wouldn’t be if AMD hasn’t been pushing forward in other areas for a while now. It’s Zen architecture has had Intel up against the ropes in thread-heavy applications, with Ryzen chips offering more threads than Intel’s similarly priced alternatives.
Publication: Gadget Page
AMD’s Zen 3 is the gamechanger we’ve needed for yearsedit
In a year that has seen more than its fair share of frustrations and change, one release has stood out for me more than any other: I’m talking about the AMD Ryzen 5000 series. Processors get better and better with each release, that’s a given, but the third full iteration of the Zen architecture was a major reworking that saw AMD match the gaming performance of Intel for the first time in a long, long time.
Publication: Gadget Page
TECH IN ’21 (PROACTIVE)edit
At the heart of this digital transformation is High Performance Computing (HPC). In 2021, we expect to see acceleration in the demand for HPC – in the cloud, at the edge, and across a growing number of intelligent end devices, to enable a host of new experiences and services.
Publication: The Times of India
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H up to 25% Faster than the 4900H in ST Performance: On Par with Core i5-10300Hedit
A Geekbench 5 benchmark of AMD’s next-gen Cezanne mobile flagship, the Ryzen 9 5900H has surfaced on Twitter. With a base clock of 3.3GHz and a boost of 4.64GHz, this sample is likely going to perform very close to the final retail version.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs RX 5700: Which is Faster? (PROACTIVE)edit
When AMD launched the Radeon RX 5600 XT in Jan, one of the questions gamers had was whether the new GPU was going to replace the RX 5700. Both GPUs are based on the Navi 10 die with an identical core count of 2,304 stream processors. Moreover, post-launch, most OEMs updated the VRAM speed to 14Gbps leaving the bus width as the primary difference between the two.
Publication: Hardware Times
Heres Why AMD Ryzen Cpus And Radeon Gpus Are Great For Your Next Pc Build #Sponsorededit
Considering a new desktop PC? Here are some compelling benchmarks to show why AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors and Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards are just what the doctor ordered.
Publication: Digit
Intel B560 chipset motherboards will support overclocking, Core i9-11900K blows away Ryzen 7 5800Xedit
Intel will be launching its 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S desktop CPUs next month as well as the new 500 series chipset motherboards. This will bring a lot of new features that were only found only on AMD motherboards until now like PCIe Gen 4.0 and DDR4 3200 MHz memory support.
Publication: TechnoSports
Here Are the Most Dangerous Risks for Advanced Micro Devices Sharesedit
It’s been one other standout 12 months for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD). Note that AMD inventory has gone from $48 to $94 and the market capitalization is at $112 billion. It actually is tough to consider that the firm was on the verge of chapter six years in the past. So sure, AMD stands as considered one of the best tech turnaround ever.
Publication: Pehal News
The Hardware Awards – 2020edit
2020 has been one hell of a year. We’ve seen a lot of good and bad stuff go down over the year, and if you’re a gaming and tech enthusiast, I don’t need to tell you what a crazy ride it’s been. One after another, there have been some impressive launches throughout 2020, by both team red and team green.
Publication: TechGoggles
Intel Core i3-10100 vs AMD Ryzen 3 3300X: Gaming Performance & Benchmarksedit
With the launch of AMD’s 3rd Gen Ryzen 3 CPUs and the 10th Gen Intel Comet Lake processors, the budget CPU market once again has ample options. You can buy a capable gaming CPU for as low as $120. That’s quite remarkable as you’re getting around 90% of the performance of a Core i5-10600K ($300) for a third of the price.
Publication: Hardware Times
Chiplet vs MCM: Differences Between Intel and AMD CPU Architecturesedit
Intel and AMD have been the two primary processor companies for more than 50 years now. Although both use the x86 ISA to design their chips, over the last decade or so, their CPUs have taken completely different paths.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel vs AMD: Best Gaming CPUs in December 2020 (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.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Ryzen 5000 Based Laptops Look Promising As Per These Leaksedit
AMD has been on a roll lately with the release of the Ryzen 4000 series of processors and kind of raised the bar. But, in the tech world, innovation is never far behind and rumours about the Ryzen 5000 series have now started springing up just a month out of CES 2021. In fact, a leaker called @momomo_us actually discovered some info regarding a three Asus laptops that could be using the new Ryzen 5000 processor.
Publication: Digit
AMD’s Beelink GT-R Is a Mini PC with a Fingerprint Scanneredit
Even although there hasn’t been a demand-boom for pre-built, mini PCs, firms like Razer and Raspberry Pi are paving the best way with their pre-built, compact PCs (private computer systems). So now, AMD has additionally jumped on the bandwagon and unveiled a Ryzen-powered mini PC with an embedded fingerprint scanner.
Publication: Enter 21st
AMD ZEN 3 RYZEN 9 5900X + RADEON RX 6900 XT Gaming PC Buildedit
AMD (Zen 3) Ryzen 9 5900X + Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming PC Build PC Configuration: CPU – AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Motherboard – ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (WI-FI) Graphics Card – AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT RAM – CORSAIR
Publication: Digit
The two new Ryzen 5000 series processors from AMD: Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 5800edit
According to sources, AMD will be releasing two new Ryzen 5000 Desktop CPUs based on the Zen 3 architecture. The upcoming new entries will be the Ryzen 9 5900 and the Ryzen 7 5800. Both of these chips will be targeted towards OEMs. And will offer the same core configurations as their ‘X’ series brethren but the main difference comes in the clocks & TDP figures.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with 6 cores and 4.24 GHz boost clock spotted on GeekBenchedit
Next month, we will be witnessing AMD’s next-gen mobile gaming processors in the form of Ryzen 5000H series and we have more leaks on our way. This time we have the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H processor with 6 cores and 12 threads featuring 3.30 GHz base clock speed and 4.24 GHz boost frequencies.
Publication: TechnoSports
Build Your Own PC: Which CPU, GPU, Motherboard, etc should you buy? | IndiaPigeonedit
Welcome to the second article in the “Build Your Own PC” series, powered by AMD Ryzen and Radeon.
Publication: India Pigeon News
AMD HD 8000 specs leak, point to major performance boost | IndiaPigeonedit
Last week, spec sheets on AMD’s Radeon HD 8000 series leaked out to the press. The chart shows the two upcoming graphics cards that would theoretically replace AMD’s HD 7870 and 7850.
Publication: India Pigeon News
Best Motherboards for AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, 5800X and 5900X (PROACTIVE)edit
With the launch of the Ryzen 5000 CPUs, AMD has officially snatched the gaming crown from Intel, offering competitive performance in both the single-threaded and multi-threaded segments. In this post, we’ll be recommending the best motherboards for the Ryzen 5 5600X, Ryzen 7 5800X, and the 5900X.
Publication: Hardware Times
Best AMD based laptops to buy in India (PROACTIVE)edit
List Of Best AMD Based Laptops To Buy In India
Publication: Digit
AMD Mobile CPU Roadmap Leaks Out: 6nm Zen 3 Processors in 2022edit
AMD’s mobile roadmap for the next two years has surfaced and it looks like the company has some solid offerings in the pipeline. The existing Renoir processors will be succeeded by Cezanne and Lucienne in 2021, with the former servicing the high-performance 45W segment and the low-power 15W market getting a blend of the two.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X performance benchmarks: Fastest 6 core CPU in the market (PROACTIVE)edit
The Red team launched its Ryzen 5000 series CPUs recently, and that actually made everyone crazy seeing the impressive performance gains, especially in the single-core segment. Well, I have got the Ryzen 5 5600X for testing, and the results I am going to share is also very impressive.
Publication: Technosports
AMD has an extremely promising 2021 & 2022 APU roadmapedit
AMD’s upcoming lineup of CPU’s and GPU’s is extremely promising. We are all anxious about the release of Ryzen 5000 at the upcoming CES 2021 event. As for the other Zen3 based beasts being launched by AMD. We might have an update regarding them.
Publication: Technosports
AMD shows stunning Mercedes Formula One Racecar 3D renders with AMD Radeon ProRender 2.0 (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD has recently showcased their performance with Radeon ProRender 2.0 with stunning Mercedes Formula One Racecar 3D renders. Last weekend marked the end of the 2020 Formula One season and the first year of the AMD partnership with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team.
Publication: Technosports
AMD APU Lineup for 2021 and 2022 Leaks, Indicating a Long Wait for 6nm Zen3+ Architectureedit
Popular chip-maker AMD’s roadmap for its next-generation Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) seems to have leaked. Tipster rogame, who leaks PC hardware details, has shared AMD’s pipeline for the 2021 and 2022 APU. He claims that AMD will bring the Cezanne on the company’s next-generation Zen3 architecture. The iGPU, however, will be limited to Vega 7. The chip-maker will launch the 6nm Rembrandt in 2022 with Zen 3+ architecture and Navi2 iGPU. The tipster has also revealed a few more codenames that have never been heard of. Let’s take a look at the leaked roadmap for AMD APU for 2021 and 2022.
Publication: Mysmartprice
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X to finally get a price drop but not anytime soonedit
AMD launched the Ryzen 5000 series processors last month, and since then it has kept the whole tech industry talking about their incredible performance, especially the leap in single-core performance.
Publication: Technosports
Top device considerations for remote workersedit
Employees expect their workplace devices to keep functional pace with their consumer experiences, with accessibility and power to keep them productive. AMD can help.
Publication: YourStory
Missed AMD’s 2020 Rally? Buy These 4 Chip Stocks for 2021edit
AMD has been one of the top gainers so far this year. The stock soared 111.2% on a year-to-date basis compared with the Nasdaq and S&P 500’s rally of 39.2% and 14.8%, respectively.
Publication: Yahoo Finance
AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7 5800H outperforms Ryzen 7 4800H in latest Geekbench scoresedit
AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 5000 series processors have been making their appearance on benchmarking websites. A few weeks ago, Ryzen 7 5800H laptop processor appeared on Geekbench’s benchmarking website, and we were disappointed with the rankings. But in AMD’s defense, since it was the processor’s first appearance, there were limited frequency test runs for the benchmarking scores.
Publication: TechnoSports
Checkout best gaming graphics cards for desktop computeredit
If you are a casual gamer and are looking to build a gaming computer, you can opt for mid-range graphics cards that allow you to play most games at medium settings without stuttering. To help you decide which graphics card to buy, we have compiled a list of the best mid-range graphics cards available in India.
Publication: Business Insider
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Leaked Geekbench Scores reveal a 35% gain in performanceedit
With the upcoming Ryzen 7 5800H CPUs for notebooks, Team Red might take a comfortable lead over Team Blue in 2021.
Publication: MySmartPrice
Buy Your AMD Powered Gaming Desktop With Genuine Windows 10 And Win An Assured Giftedit
Are you planning to buy a new AMD-powered Gaming PC? Or do you want to upgrade to an AMD powered Gaming PC ? Here’s a chance to not only ensure you run that gaming PC on a genuine copy of Windows 10, but also win yourself an assured gaming goodie as a gift. Fill the form below to get an assured gift when buying a genuine Windows 10 copy for your new AMD powered Gaming PC
Publication: Digit
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs. Intel Core i9-10900K: Which High-End CPU Is Right For You?edit
As 2020 draws to a close, we’re taking a look at two of the biggest desktop CPU launches of the year to see how they stack up side by side. Intel’s top-end mainstream-platform CPU for desktops, the Core i9-10900K, may not have all the leading-edge feature glory and new architecture of the new(er) AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. But does that technical debt translate into less performance in the places where it counts the most?
Publication: PC Mag India
Gigabyte’s new Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs are damn expensiveedit
Gigabyte has recently launched its Radeon RX 6800 series AMD GPUs for consumers amd they do look impressive but carry expensive price tag. The flagship model called AORUS Master based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU will cost a hefty $899 which is as much as $250 more than the AMD reference model.
Publication: TechoSports
AMD’s new processors are worth every bit of excitement | IndiaPigeonedit
AMD is continuing its onslaught on Intel, and announced two new desktop processors, the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X. Both the processors are built on the new Zen 2 architecture which utilizes a 7nm manufacturing process. The new processors will sit at the entry-level segment of the Zen-2 based processors and are expected to go toe-to-toe with Intel’s offerings.
Publication: India Pigeon
AMD RX 6800: Big Leap in Performance But Lacks Key Featuresedit
AMD can be providing two methods to spice up the efficiency of its Ryzen 6000-class processors: Rage Mode and Good Entry Reminiscence. The previous is inexplicably not out there on the Radeon RX 6800, but it surely boosts energy limits and the sport clock to offer a slight edge inefficiency.
Publication: Daily News X
Scalping sales of Nvidia and AMD cards generate millions of dollars on eBayedit
We already know the hot topic on the internet, which has everyone’s attention in the past weeks. The next-gen consoles are out of stock, and the stores where they are available are selling them at almost double their original value. But sources indicate that it is not just the consoles that are experiencing a shortage in supply. As we already know, the problem also has corroded companies like AMD and Nvidia, and it seems that they have their hands full with it.
Publication: TechnoSports
Cyberpunk 2077 gets Reddit patches to address CPU scaling issues on AMD Ryzenedit
Cyberpunk 2077 has had one of the roughest launches we’ve seen for a AAA title in a long time, and that’s including Red Dead Redemption 2. Users with high-end AMD Ryzen systems were reporting ridiculous levels of framerate drops, accompanied by very low CPU utilization.
Publication: Hardware Times
How AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO Processors drive manufacturing efficiency and innovationedit
From providing advanced security features and integrated manageability tools, to improving stability, reliability, and flexibility, AMD PRO technologies, enabled on all PRO processors from AMD, are designed to help businesses and IT managers address the challenges they face every day.
Publication: YourStory
Best CPUs for Gaming (PROACTIVE)edit
Building a gaming computer requires careful consideration while picking the right graphics card and CPU. You have to ensure that one does not bottleneck the other. Pairing a high-end CPU with a mid-range GPU or the other way around will simply empty your wallet and give you sub-par gaming experience.
Publication: Digit
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 vs. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT: Which High-End Card to Get for 4K Gaming?edit
The Team Green and Team Red flagships go to battle in open waters. Here’s how these top-rated graphics cards stack up on performance and features.
Publication: PC Mag India
AMD EPYC Milan CPU specs leaked, Intel will have a hard time to cope upedit
AMD already impressed us a year ago with their strong EPYC Rome first 7nm based server CPUs and it continues to be adopted by a number of clients who look to get a better price to performance ratio. They also recently confirmed their EPYC Milan based Zen 3 CPUs would come in Q1 2021 and we have some solid leaks of it as well.
Publication: TechnoSports
Asus, PowerColor, and Gigabyte launches new custom cards of AMD’s Radeon 6900 XTedit
Yet more custom models of AMD’s Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card have been released by the OEMs. The three models are from ASUS, PowerColor, and Gigabyte. As of now, only the information of the former two cards is available, with the third variant still being quiet about its details.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Ryzen 5000 processor BIOS available for ASRock X370edit
The Ryzen 5000 series processors are a hot topic on the internet. A recent update indicates that ASRock X370 motherboards will be gaining access to the Ryzen 5000 processors via a BIOS update. The update still is in the alpha test, but the BIOS has already been published online.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD’s Server CPU Share Expected to Reach 20% by the End of 2021edit
According to a Digitimes report, AMD’s server CPU market is expected to reach 20% by the end of 2021, from a paltry 2-3% just a few years back. That’s a massive increase of 20x in just around 5-6 years. Unlike the desktop and DIY market, the server market is usually harder to penetrate for a new player.
Publication: Hardware Times
NVIDIA GTX 1650 Super vs AMD RX 5500 XT: Which one Should you Buy? (PROACTIVE)edit
NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 1650 Super to address the shortcomings of the vanilla 1650. The Super was faster than both the RX 570 as well as the GTX 1060. AMD’s answer was the Radeon RX 5500 XT. Initially, the 8GB variant was priced the same as the GeForce GTX 1660, making it a hard pass, while the 4GB model costed the same as the GTX 1650 Super.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD CCX and CCD in a Ryzen Processor Explainededit
AMD’s Ryzen CPUs are made up of core complexes, namely CCDs and CCXs. But what is a CCX and how is it different from a CCD in an AMD processor? Let’s have a look.
Publication: Hardware Times
Cyberpunk 2077 Fails to Utilize SMT on AMD CPUs: Intel Parts Work Fineedit
CD Projekt Red’s blockbuster title is finally out, but the game is plagued by technical issues, most notably glitches and poor performance optimization. The problems aren’t limited to the GPU, but also extend to the CPU side. One notable complication is with respect to CPU utilization with SMT turned on.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Zen 3 based Epyc Milan Server CPU Nearly 25% Faster than Rome (Zen 2) (PROACTIVE)edit
In the single-core test, the Zen 3 powered server processor scored an impressive 1,215 points. That’s nearly 25% faster than its predecessor, the AMD Epyc 7702P which nets 990-1,000 points in the same test. While 10-15% of the total gain comes from the IPC increase, the rest comes from a considerable increase in the boost frequency: 3.7GHz vs 3.35GHz.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD’s Navi 22 GPU based RX 6700M will have larger dies than RX 5700 XTedit
We already know that AMD’s RX 6000 Mobility line-up will be launching soon. And there has been much news of the company’s upcoming products floating around the internet. According to sources, the RDNA2 graphics cards will have 18.31 x 18.27 mm dies, which equates to 334.52 mm². It merely means that the Navi 22 GPUs will have a third more extensive than the RX 5700 XT die.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD has increased its fan-base during the pandemicedit
When the world started facing the threat of the Coronavirus pandemic, many organizations worldwide realized just how ill-prepared they were in technology. With many solution experts thinking of finding an optimal solution to meet their PC demand, it introduced the world to the new possibilities brought forth by AMD.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD will probably end the production of its Radeon RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6800 reference models by the end of Q1 of 2021edit
Advanced Micro Devices has released its RDNA-2 based Radeon RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6800 cards. But the company has earlier announced that it will soon end the production of RDNA-2 cards as they will only be a once-off release product.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel Vs AMD in 2020: New Wave Of Competition Among Chip Makersedit
Fondly known as team blue (Intel) and team red (AMD), there has never been this close of a tussle between these brands. Both brands have launched some amazing products and solutions to maintain and improve their market share in 2020.
Publication: Gizbot
ASRock Brings Ryzen 5000 Support to X370 Taichi Boards along with Renoir AM4edit
ASRock has gone ahead and released a BIOS supporting the Ryzen 5000 processors on its X370 Taichi motherboard. Although this is an alpha release, keep in mind that official support for the 300-series boards was never promised for Vermeer. The BIOS version P6.11 that supports the new Zen 3 chips was released yesterday. Considering the alpha status, it’s likely going to contain bugs and/or instabilities and as such, isn’t recommended for permanent use just yet.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Big Navi Reference Cards are Reportedly Being Discontinued (Update)edit
According to a report from French outlet, Cowcotland, AMD’s Big Navi reference cards are already being discontinued and future shipments of all three GPUs will come from the AIB partners. Even the Radeon RX 6900 XT that was just released yesterday won’t be getting any further shipments of the reference model. The outlet further reports that French retailers were generally getting less than 50 units of the RX 6900 XT, so you can basically consider it to be a collectors’ item.
Publication: Hardware Times
NVIDIA GTX 1650 Super vs AMD RX 5500 XT: Which one Should you Buy? (PROACTIVE)edit
NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 1650 Super to address the shortcomings of the vanilla 1650. The Super was faster than both the RX 570 as well as the GTX 1060. AMD’s answer was the Radeon RX 5500 XT. Initially, the 8GB variant was priced the same as the GeForce GTX 1660, making it a hard pass, while the 4GB model costed the same as the GTX 1650 Super. Recently, however, AMD has started phasing out the latter in favor of the former with reduced pricing.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT India Price Revealed At Almost Half The Cost Of NVIDIA’s RTX 3090 (PROACTIVE)edit
The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, the most powerful graphics card in Big Navi GPU lineup, has finally got a price tag in India. Following the India price reveals of the RX 6800 and the 6800 XT, AMD has revealed the pricing of the 6900 XT in India.
Publication: Daily Hunt
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT India Price Revealed At Almost Half The Cost Of NVIDIA’s RTX 3090edit
The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, the most powerful graphics card in Big Navi GPU lineup, has finally got a price tag in India. Following the India price reveals of the RX 6800 and the 6800 XT, AMD has revealed the pricing of the 6900 XT in India.
Publication: Techquilla
AMD RADEON RX 6900 XT GRAPHICS CARD REVIEW (PROACTIVE)edit
It would appear that AMD has bagged another victory for itself. The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is not only great in performance but also has really good pricing.
Publication: Digit
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Review (PROACTIVE)edit
The RX 6900 XT is AMD’s most expensive Radeon product ever to feature a single GPU at $1,000. We had seen extravagant Radeon GPUs that broke that thousand dollar barrier in previous generations, but those always carried dual GPUs such as the $1,000 Radeon HD 7990 or the insane $1,500 Radeon R9 295X2, though neither of those were great as they relied heavily on Crossfire driver and game support.
Publication: Connect The Dots
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Review | Trusted Reviews (PROACTIVE)edit
The RX 6900 XT is a very competent graphics card that offers top-notch 4K gaming and features plenty of headroom for overclocking. But its price and lack of DLSS put it a step behind its Nvidia rival in a couple of key areas, including ray tracing.
Publication: Gadget Page
AMD launches Radeon RX 6900 XT Graphics Cards, starts at ₹79,900, exclusive of GST (PROACTIVE)edit
Finally, from today, AMD flagship GPU Radeon RX 6900 XT is now available in the market. The AMD reference GPU is available for a hefty $999 in the US or ₹79,900 in India exclusive of GST but is way cheaper than the NVIDIA flagship RTX 3090 which is again a rare GPU that can be bought.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD’s Server CPU Share Expected to Reach 20% by the End of 2021edit
According to a Digitimes report, AMD’s server CPU market is expected to reach 20% by the end of 2021, from a paltry 2-3% just a few years back. That’s a massive increase of 20x in just around 5-6 years. Unlike the desktop and DIY market, the server market is usually harder to penetrate for a new player. This is because OEMs tend to stick to the same chipmaker to avoid replacing the entire hardware stack and supply partners.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Graphics Card Launched, Here is the Indian Pricing (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD not too long ago launched the most recent technology of its Radeon GPUs not too long ago. Dubbed Large Navi, a.ok.a. AMD Radeon 6000 sequence, these graphics playing cards are providing some critical efficiency for the cash. One of the best half is that AMD is competing effectively with NVIDIA’s choices for the primary time in years.
Publication: The Turks
Radeon RX 6900XT Review – Nvidia 3090 Killer?? (PROACTIVE)edit
Publication: C4ETech
AMD Radeon RX 6900XT : The Cheaper Flagship GPU (PROACTIVE)edit
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 full review: Best AMD powered gaming laptop of 2020 (PROACTIVE)edit
A year-end review of ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 is quite unpleasant for many buyers, but I say if you are an Indian, this is the right time to get the laptop. In India, the ROG Zephyrus G14 arrived in August, but it took months to get the pricing stable, whereas I remember the Ryzen 9 model available nowhere until October.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Unveils AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 Processors with Enhanced Performance (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD launched a new product in its high- performance embedded processor ” M family, the AMD Ryzen Embedded “5 I V2000 Series processor. Built on the innovative Tnm 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 effciency and continues to deliver enterprise-class security features for embedded customers.
Publication: NCN
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su wins Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year 2020edit
AMD has changed or says transformed the stagnant PC industry with Ryzen processors, back from 2017. Since then their journey never ended and now in 2020, they have become the gaming champion with the Ryzen 5000 series of processors.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Graphics Card Launched, Here’s the Indian Pricing (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD recently launched the latest generation of its Radeon GPUs recently. Dubbed Big Navi, a.k.a. AMD Radeon 6000 series, these graphics cards are offering some serious performance for the money. The best part is that AMD is competing well with NVIDIA’s offerings for the first time in years.
Publication: My Smart Price
AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU Supply Expected to Improve Significantly by Christmasedit
It looks like AMD’s Ryzen 5000 CPUs are finally going to start shipping in decent volumes soon. According to the latest delivery schedule from UK Retailer, Scan, stocks for all three Zen 3 parts are expected to be back in stock with plenty of units by the last week of December.
Publication: Hardware Times
Major European Expected to get Less than Fifty Radeon RX 6900 XT GPUs at Launchedit
If you thought that the Radeon RX 6800 series launch was bad, then hold tight, you’re in for another treat. As per the largest Swiss retailer, Digitec, the store will only be getting a total of 35 “Biggest Navi” graphics cards.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD’s RX 6900 XT benchmark casts doubt over flagship GPU – but it’s nothing to worry aboutedit
AMD’s RX 6900 XT has been noticed in its first leaked recreation benchmark (forward of its imminent launch), and though this Ashes of the Singularity consequence may appear worrying on the face of it – being basically an identical to the prevailing 6800 XT – it’s actually nothing to get involved about.
Publication: Tech Bhaskar
AMD steadily gaining market share says Steam Surveyedit
The Red team is on a spree to gain more users each month, thanks to its insane demand in the CPU market. Coming in at cheap prices, AMD had a clear gameplan and it is now dominating not only in terms of multi-threaded performance but also in terms of gaming with new Ryzen 5000 series processors.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Ryzen™ PRO Processors ease headaches for IT pros, here’s howedit
Deploying and managing a fleet of systems with AMD Ryzen™ PRO processors helps IT speed up and streamline what can be a complex, labor-intensive process. Every PRO processor from AMD is designed to enable a robust manageability feature set that simplifies deployment, imaging, and management at scale. And since it’s compatible with your current infrastructure, IT doesn’t need to learn yet another tool to be effective and efficient.
Publication: YourStory (Global Pickup)
AMD Ryzen 9 3950x announced, here’s how it compares to Intel’s Core i9-9900Kedit
The AMD Ryzen 9 3950x comes with 16 cores and 32 threads that can run at a top clock speed of 4.7GHz. The base clock on the chip is supposed to be 3.5GHz. However, its not just about more cores or the clock speed. The third generation Ryzen processors are also built on the 7nm FitFET process, allowing the processor to achieve new heights when it comes to performance per watt and also power efficiency in general.
Publication: India Pigeon
AMD Ryzen 3000 series has a processor for everyoneedit
For the longest time, Intel has enjoyed a monopoly of sorts when it comes to Laptop processors. The few AMD powered machines we did see were mostly grossly underpowered laptops, usually created with the sole aim of making the machine affordable. Advanced Micro Devices or AMD as we all have come to know the company has fast pivoted from that state of things. AMD’s Ryzen processors have quickly been gaining favour with OEMs and customers alike. This has allowed AMD’s chips to infiltrate more segments than before.
Publication: India Pigeon
Nvidia dominates the discrete GPU market by 77% share; while AMD keeps climbing the ladder at a steady paceedit
Due to the global, the world economy has seen a major shift in a big way. Though many businesses have either seen a major increase in profit or has seen demise. But despite all this, gamers are still investing more savings towards PC hardware and peripherals. And it has kept the PC market vibrant and lively.
Publication: TechnoSports
Is AMD working on an ARM-based Apple M1 rival?edit
Ever since Apple introduced its own ARM-based M1 chip for Macs, the announcement has shaken the PC industry. Apart from Intel, if there is another semiconductor company that has been impacted most by Apple’s decision to use its own custom ARM chips, it is AMD. Looks like AMD is in no mood to give up so easily as the company is gearing up to announce an ARM-based chip that would rival Apple’s M1.
Publication: Indian Express
AMD Expected to Surpass Apple and Become TSMC’s Largest Client by 2022edit
According to analysts, AMD is all set to overtake Apple as TSMC’s largest customer by 2022. Over the past years, Apple has accounted for roughly 20% of TSMC’s revenue, followed by Huawei at 10%. AMD, on the other hand, was responsible for around 5-6% of TSMC’s total orders in 2019, with a figure close to 10% in 2020.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Working on 5 Budget RDNA 2 Mobile GPUs for Gaming Notebooksedit
AMD seems to be going all-in with its RDNA 2 GPUs, both in the mobile as well as the desktop market. While the DIY segment is still suffering from shortages of the higher-end Big Navi parts, the Radeon Team is finalizing 5-6 budget mobile GPUs based on the Navi 23 and 24 dies.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Expected to Achieve a Growth Rate of 38% for the FY 2020edit
The yearly growth is expected to stay in the early 20s for the next 2-3 years, falling to 15% and 13% in 2024 and 2025, respectively. It’s unclear why the projected gains for the latter half of the decade are progressively lower but I’d say it’s got to do with the fall in console sales as the next-to-next generation is prepped.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU Supply Expected to Improve Significantly by Christmasedit
It looks like AMD’s Ryzen 5000 CPUs are finally going to start shipping in decent volumes soon. According to the latest delivery schedule from UK Retailer, Scan, stocks for all three Zen 3 parts are expected to be back in stock with plenty of units by the last week of December.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series motherboard support list has been updatededit
AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 5000 series processors are already the hot topic of the market. But many are curious regarding the information related to the motherboard support of the upcoming chipsets. Earlier, the AGESA update required to POST with Ryzen 5000 series (AGESA 1.1.8.0) was released, but it didn’t contain all the details which the users were looking for. But now, a new and polished list has made its way on the internet, and it contained information support for 500 series motherboards.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Graphics Card Reviewedit
AMD has been defying the laws of probability given how they’ve managed to get several successful product launches over the past three years. The key takeaway from these launches being the significant performance increments between launches, that too, tangible ones. With the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 series (Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X) CPUs, the company has even managed to equal Intel’s 10th Gen processors in a lot of aspects and the same is expected with the ‘RDNA 2’-based Radeon RX 6000 series.
Publication: India Pigeon
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming benchmarks: Still remains a gaming champ (PROACTIVE)edit
Recently, I got the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 powered by Ryzen 9 4900HS and RTX 2060 Max-Q to test, and I also did a performance benchmark of the laptop and promised the gaming tests as well. So, having played a lot of games for a week now, I have shared the test results in this article.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD might not include SAM support for its Ryzen 3000 and older modelsedit
Advanced Micro Devices is one of the leading manufacturers of CPUs and GPUs. It is the leading rival of not only Nvidia but of Intel. The company has provided many outstanding cards in the silicon market and has now established its dominion. One of the first things which the company introduced was its support for the Resizable BAR (AKA Smart Access Memory) feature on the new Ryzen 5000 desktop CPUs and RX 6000 GPUs. But now, the company has announced that it might never offer backward compatibility with its older Zen models like Ryzen 3000, 2000, and 1000.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Radeon RX 6000M Navi based on Navi 23 & Navi 24 GPU coming on gaming laptops next yearedit
AMD had an amazing 2020 with its Ryzen 4000U mobile processors and their revolutionary RDNA 2 graphics powering the next-gen consoles. Its new Ryzen 5000 series and Radeon RX 6000 series will be in the spotlight for 2021, and having favored desktop, both of these will be available on laptops pretty soon.
Publication: TechnoSports
The Apple M1 might soon have a worthy competitoredit
Caught unaware by the roaring success of the Apple M1 chip, rumor has it that AMD is close to launching a rival of its own. Despite being Apple’s first foray into computer chips, the M1 has threatened the dominance of Intel and AMD with its stellar performance while helping you cut down on your electricity charges.
Publication: Tech RadarAMD Radeon RX 6900 XT performs extremely well in OpenCL benchmark scoreedit
The benchmark result for the upcoming AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT was posted by a Twitter user, APISAK, in the OpenCL database. The tested engineering sample managed to reach a maximum core frequency of 2.02 GHz during the benchmarking process. It also managed to get the OpenCL score of 169,779 points.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 5 launched in India: Everything you need to know (PROACTIVE)edit
Lenovo has launched its latest gaming laptop, the Legion 5. It is powered by the 7nm AMD Ryzen 5 4600H-Series mobile processor paired with up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650Ti GPU. It is available in the sole Phantom Black colour option and is priced at Rs 75,990 for the base variant. The device is currently available on Lenovo.com and Lenovo Exclusive Stores, and will soon be made available across other online partner platforms, and retail stores.
Publication: Indian Express
AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su Ranked #2 on Fortune’s List of Top Businessperson for 2020; Ahead of NVIDIA CEOedit
AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su has been ranked #2 on Fortune’s list of top businessperson for the year 2020, right ahead of rival NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang. The list was lead by SpaceX and Telsa CEO, Elon Musk, no surprise considering the string of recent successes with SpaceX launches.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Sold 7x More CPUs than Intel at MF Germany: Approx 5,000 Zen 3 Chipsedit
As per the latest sales figures from Mindfactory (Germany), AMD sold seven times more CPUs than Intel this month. To put this into perspective, only 5,000 Intel parts were purchased in the time period while AMD sold a whopping 35,000 chips, including 5,000 of the newly launched Ryzen 5000 CPUs.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT gets up to 16% Performance Boost w/ SAM on an Intel Platform (PROACTIVE)edit
Recently, ASUS enabled Re-Sizable BAR, marketed as “Smart Memory Access” or simply SAM on its Intel Z490 motherboards. This technology is part of the PCIe 3.0 spec and allows for a wider interconnect between the VRAM buffer and the CPU, improving performance in bandwidth starved situations:
Publication: Hardware Times
New Amazon Web Services Cloud Instance is powered by AMD EPYC Processors and Radeon Pro GPUs (PROACTIVE)edit
Both the 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ CPUs and AMD Radeon™ Pro GPU combo powering the new Amazon EC2 G4ad Instance gives up to 40% better graphics performance. Indeed this is a great 7nm combo for AMD CPUs and GPUs. So with this new instance, AMD is powering 8 Amazon EC2 instance families across 20 global AWS Regions.
Publication: TechnoSports
All AMD PC Featuring 3700X and 5700XT Overview (PROACTIVE)edit
All in all, the 3700x and the 5700XT is a fantastic combination for gamers who are looking to produce content of their own and want to do so within a strict budget As the 3700X costs 28,000 Indian Rupees and the 5700XT costs 36,000 Indian Rupees. This pairing is quite powerful and great value for money given how well it performs in productivity-related tasks as well as in gaming benchmarks.
Publication: TechGoggles
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 performance benchmarks: AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS is insane! (PROACTIVE)edit
Having used a Ryzen 4000U series powered VivoBook Flip 14 laptop as a daily driver, I always wanted to test a Ryzen 4000H APU, and I did get to test the best one. The Ryzen 9 4900HS is an 8 core, 16 threaded processor with 3.0GHz base clock speed and up to 4.3GHz boost clock speed, drawing a lower 35W TDP.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop with AMD Ryzen 4000H processor launched, price starts at Rs 75,990 (PROACTIVE)edit
Lenovo has launched the Legion 5 gaming laptop in India. This laptop is one of the anticipated ones because it brings onboard the AMD Ryzen 4000H processor. The Legion 5 is a tweaked version of the Legion 5i that comes with 10th-generation Intel Core processors and was launched a few months back in India. The Lenovo Legion 5 comes with several high-grade hardware meant for premium gaming, such as a 120Hz screen and a backlit keyboard.
Publication: India Today
Lenovo Legion 5 with AMD Ryzen 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650Ti, launched in India for Rs 75,990 (PROACTIVE)edit
The laptop underneath has AMD Ryzen TM 5 4600H mobile processor with six cores functioning. And, then there’s graphics support featuring NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650ti 4GB DDR6. Lenovo also hops in its Legion Coldfront 2.0 tech for thermal management. The storage options include up to 16GB of DDR4 RAM along with up to 1TB SSD and 1TB HDD.
Publication: DailyHunt
AMD RX 6900 XT custom graphics cards could soon arrive to unlock full potential of Big Naviedit
AMD’s Radeon RX 6900 XT goes on sale imminently, but that’s the reference board – although there’s now word on when third-party custom variants of this Big Navi graphics card might be available, or a rumor at least. Whereas the RX 6800 series cards launched in November swiftly witnessed the arrival of third-party versions from different manufacturers – or at least, a dribble of such products, but that’s another story – the Big Navi flagship which lands on December 8 is only coming as a reference board from AMD, with no mention of other variants thus far.
Publication: Gadget Page
Amazon Web Services Taps Own Arm-Based Chips for New Supercomputing Offeringedit
AWS is hoping to slash costs, saying the new service will get 40 percent better price-to-performance than its similar offerings from AMD and Intel. AWS’s own technology will quickly pass data through multiple Graviton processors, a key supercomputing process in which many chips act as a hive mind to tackle a large task. AWS will rent the service out so that researchers need not build or manage a system.
Publication: Gadgets 360
AMD’s green lits the development of custom RX 6900 XT cardsedit
The upcoming Radeon RX 6900 XT is supposed to be the fastest card among the Radeon RX 6000 line-up. The menu will feature the Big Navi GPU. A Russian outlet called Overclockers is recently claiming that AMD has given greenlit to its board partners to manufacture custom Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics cards. We already know that AMD was in talks with its AIB partners to develop custom RX 6900 XT models. And the news comes just a month after the initial discussion. The Radeon RX 6900 XT launch is close by, and according to sources, the card’s custom models will not be available at the launch.
Publication: TechnoSports
Best monitors on Amazon under Rs 10,000 available in Indiaedit
If you’re looking for a premium 24-inch monitor under Rs 10,000, then the Samsung 24-inch LED monitor is an excellent choice. It offers full HD resolution as well as a faster refresh rate of 75Hz, which is great for gaming. The monitor boasts of a high quality build with a slim design, and also supports AMD FreeSync. It gets excellent viewing angles, superior eye care, and has multiple connectivity ports.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
AMD-Powered Lenovo Legion 5 Gaming Laptop Launched in India for RS 75,990 (PROACTIVE)edit
Lenovo has just launched its Legion 5 Gaming laptop in India. The laptop comes with AMD’s 7nm 4000 series CPU that can be paired with up to a GeForce GTX 1650Ti discrete GPU. The base variant of the laptop starts at Rs 75,990 and comes only with the Phantom Black colour option in India. The laptop is currently available only at lenovo.com and at Lenovo exclusive stores for offline purchase. Currently, the device comes with one-year free Premium Care and one-year Accidental Damage Protection worth Rs 3,900.
Publication: Digit
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with 8 cores & 16 threads and 3.20 GHz base frequency spottededit
The first benchmark of the upcoming Ryzen 5000H gaming processors have been leaked by @TUM_APISAK and even though it doesn’t seem promising enough but proves AMD is working to brings its next-gen mobile gaming processor soon. It is the same 8 core, 16 threaded processor but having 3.20 GHz base frequency as well as boost, which means this is most probably an engineering sample.
Publication: TechnoSports
Latest AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Adds Support for Vulkan Ray-Tracingedit
The latest AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin driver has introduced support for ray-tracing on Vulkan based titles. Keep in mind that games that use NVIDIA’s Vulkan extension for implementing ray-tracing won’t be supporting, instead, the newly launched VRTEs will be supported. The driver version 20.11.3 also supports optimizations for Immortals: Fenyx Rising, an open-world title from Ubisoft. Other than that, you get your regular list of fixes for various titles, most notably Crysis: Remastered, COD Block Ops: Cold War, etc.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD CEO to Deliver CES 2021 Keynote: Zen 3 Mobile “Cezanne” and Epyc “Milan” Server Launchedit
The new year is upon us and with that, the first tech event, CES. Once again, AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su will be delivering the keynote at the 2021 edition of CES. There are a bunch of announcements expected from the keynote, primarily for mobile devices. After the success of the Renoir notebooks, AMD will be looking to continue the momentum this year, with the new Cezanne and Lucienne parts. Both APUs feature the Vega graphics, with the former using the Zen 3 and the latter retaining the Zen 2 core.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Graphics Card Now Accessible (PROACTIVE)edit
The pricing of Radeon RX 6800XT is not disclosed.AMD announced a November roll-out date for the Radeon RX 6000 series back in October
Publication: IT Voice
Lenovo strengthens its gaming portfolio with Legion 5 powered by AMD RyzenTM 4000 Series (PROACTIVE)edit
“Gamers and content creators are increasingly seeking uncompromised performance with understated style for everyday gaming, productivity and lifestyle needs. The much awaited Lenovo Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen™ 5 4600H processor is here, and is a blend of style, function and extraordinary performance”, said Vinay Sinha, Managing Director – India Sales, AMD. “Our Zen2 core architecture combined with the industry-leading 7 nm process deliver a significant boost in performance and power efficiency, letting users push their boundaries across gaming, content creation, productivity workloads and entertainment.”
Publication: TechGoggles
Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop powered by Ryzen 4000 Series processor launched in India (PROACTIVE)edit
“Gamers and content creators are increasingly seeking uncompromised performance with understated style for everyday gaming, productivity and lifestyle needs. The much-awaited Lenovo Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 5 4600H processor is here, and is a blend of style, function and extraordinary performance”, said Vinay Sinha, Managing Director – India Sales, AMD. “Our Zen2 core architecture combined with the industry-leading 7 nm process delivers a significant boost in performance and power efficiency, letting users push their boundaries across gaming, content creation, productivity workloads and entertainment.”
Publication: Times Now
Lenovo Legion 5 With AMD Ryzen 5 4600H, Up To Nvidia GeForce 1650ti, Launched in India: Price, Specifications (PROACTIVE)edit
The new Legion 5 features a 15.6-inch FHD IPS panel with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. The display on the Legion 5 refreshes 120 times per second. The Legion 5 sports AMD Ryzen 5 4600H-series mobile processor with 6 core AMD Ryzen 4000H series is built on a 7nm manufacturing process and features AMD Zen 2 core architecture. The company claims that the Zen 2 core architecture delivers an improved speed and performance.
Publication: MySmartPrice
AMD sets a new record in Mindfactory’s Black Friday & Cyber Monday CPU salesedit
The Red team is enjoying a good run in the CPU market, dominating for over a year or more, now, with the “best gaming processors” i.e. the Ryzen 5000 series, AMD is expected to ruin Intel totally. The reason why Intel was still preferred was due to gaming, because no one likes to upgrade their motherboard each generation.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 5 launched in India: Price, specifications (PROACTIVE)edit
Lenovo has launched its latest gaming laptop, the Legion 5. It is powered by the 7nm AMD Ryzen 5 4600H-Series mobile processor paired with up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650Ti GPU. It is available in the sole Phantom Black colour option and is priced at Rs 75,990 for the base variant. The device is currently available on Lenovo.com and Lenovo Exclusive Stores, and will soon be made available across other online partner platforms, and retail stores.
Publication: Indian Express
Lenovo strengthens its gaming portfolio with legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 series (PROACTIVE)edit
“Gamers and content creators are increasingly seeking uncompromised performance with understated style for everyday gaming, productivity and lifestyle needs. The much awaited Lenovo Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 5 4600H processor is here, and is a blend of style, function and extraordinary performance”, said Vinay Sinha, Managing Director – India Sales, AMD. “Our Zen2 core architecture combined with the industry-leading 7 nm process deliver a significant boost in performance and power efficiency, letting users push their boundaries across gaming, content creation, productivity workloads and entertainment.”
Publication: Digit
Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop with AMD Ryzen 4000H processor launched, price starts at Rs 75,990 (PROACTIVE)edit
For gamers, it is good news to finally see the AMD Ryzen 4000H powered laptops aplenty in India. There are only a handful of devices that come with one of AMD’s high-end processors meant for gaming. The reason why Lenovo could not procure sufficient processors from AMD that cited it is struggling with production during the pandemic. Now that AMD is preparing to release the new Ryzen 5000 series processors to laptop and PC companies, the chipmaker is bringing the last-generation Ryzen 4000 series to India.
Publication: India Today
AMD Radeon Board Partners Don’t Have Extra Units for RMAs, NVIDIA RTX 30 Supply Improvingedit
According to a report from Gamersnexus, while the supply of NVIDIA’s RTX 30 series graphics cards is gradually improving, AMD’s Big Navi cards are facing more severe shortages than the former ever did. In fact, a major board partner conveyed to Steve that they don’t even have extra parts for warranty and RMA purposes. This means that if your Big Navi graphics card stops working for whatsoever reason, you won’t be able to get a replacement. Instead, you’re more likely to either get it repaired for free or simply a refund.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD CEO: You’ll See Zen 3 Laptops and Servers Very Soonedit
Talking at the Credit Suisse 24th Annual Technology Conference, AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su promised that the company will be launching Zen 3 based notebooks and servers shortly. The next-gen Ryzen notebook APUs will be based on two architectures: Zen 2 and Vega (Lucienne), and Zen 3 and Vega (Cezanne). The server lineup, on the other hand, will be called Milan, and offer up to 30% more performance than the existing Epyc Rome chips, with the multi-threaded performance seeing marginal gains.
Publication: Hardware Times
Latest AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Adds Support for Vulkan Ray-Tracingedit
The latest AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin driver has introduced support for ray-tracing on Vulkan based titles. Keep in mind that games that use NVIDIA’s Vulkan extension for implementing ray-tracing won’t be supporting, instead, the newly launched VRTEs will be supported.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU Price in India Revealed, Will Cost Rs. 64,990 Plus GST (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card will cost Rs. 64,990 (SEP) in India before GST, the company shared through a post on Instagram. AMD unveiled three new graphics cards in its Radeon RX 6000 series including the AMD Radeon RX 6800, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, and the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT last month. The Instagram post also reveals that partner cards should be arriving in the coming days. As of now, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is not available on the official AMD India store or other e-retailers.
Publication: Khabar Abhi Tak
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT to Have a Max Boost Clock Limit of 2.95GHzedit
While NVIDIA is all set to announce the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in the next coming days, AMD hasn’t said anything about its budget RDNA 2 offerings as of now. However, we do have some preliminary info on the specifications of the Navi 22 GPU, namely the Radeon RX 6700 XT. As per info shared by Igor’s Lab, the RX 6700 XT will have the ability to reach boost clocks as high as 2.95GHz, upon overclocking that is. It’s quite obvious that most GPUs won’t be able to reach this limit, but the bulk of them should be able to hit at least 2.7GHz which in itself is quite impressive.
Publication: Hardware Times
WFH Tips: The best laptops priced under Rs 50,000edit
Avita is a relatively lesser-known name in the Indian laptop market, but their products are impressive for the price. This particular model offers a 14-inch screen with a Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and is powered by AMD Ryzen 3 processor. You also get 4GB RAM and 256GB SSD for smooth performance. In addition to these specifications, the Avita Pura weighs just 1.34kg, has a USB Type-C port, up to 8 hours of battery life and comes with a one-year subscription to Microsoft Office 365.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Finally, Lenovo is launching the Legion 5 with AMD Ryzen 4000H processors in Indiaedit
If you are a gaming laptop lover or a fan, then among the handful of gaming laptops launched with AMD Ryzen 4000H processors, Lenovo’s Legion 5 is one of the best to go for. However, the sad thing is Lenovo never made it available in India which has indeed hurt a lot of AMD fans out there.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD brand mentions
Tech in 21′edit
At the heart of today’s digital transformation is high performance computing (HPC).
Publication: Gadgets Now
The Most Exciting PC News of 2020 for Gamers, Enthusiasts, and Working from Homeedit
Many of us have spent much more time in entrance of our computer systems in 2020 than ever earlier than, due to lockdown situations and fully modified dynamics round work, communication, training, and even leisure. Our know-how has saved us all linked, and the {industry} has largely saved tempo with these modifications.
Publication: News Rush
21 Tech Trends, Tips, and Things to Look Out For in 2021edit
Disruptions in the supply chain and increased demand has led to a severe shortage of several major PC components, driving prices up and causing disappointment. CPUs and GPUs are the hardest hit, particularly AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series and Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 30 series.
Publication: NDTV Gadgets 360
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best graphics card of 2020?edit
With performance-related components, such as graphics cards, the latest hardware is always the best. It’s faster, more powerful, and therefore, y’know, just better. Inevitably then, our best graphics card list is dominated by the new generation of GPUs AMD and Nvidia have unleashed upon the world in 2020.
Publication: Gadget Page
Looking Back At The Laptop Trends In 2020edit
AMD set the bar by unveiling its Ryzen 4000 series of mobile processors way back in January at CES 2020, a data which already seems like a few lifetimes ago thanks to the Coronavirus. However, Intel came back with the launch of the 11th Gen ‘Tiger Lake’ Core processors.
Publication: Digit
Best Brand of 2020 – Indian Gadget Awards 2020 Nominees: Xiaomi, Apple, and Moreedit
The year 2020 has been tough on tech companies. The Coronavirus pandemic, nationwide lockdown and strict restrictions have played havoc on certain industries. Tech manufacturers struggled with supply chain disruptions, rising costs and duties. But despite all adversities, there was a steady flow of launches throughout the year, except during the lockdown months.
Publication: My Smart Price
Best Value-for-money Laptop of 2020 – Indian Gadget Awards 2020 Nominees: Lenovo Ideapad S340, Mi Notebook 14 E Learning Edition, and Moreedit
These are the nominees for the Best Value-for-money Laptops of 2020 for the Indian Gadget Awards 2020.
Publication: My Smart Price
Indian Gadget Awards – Best Brand of 2020 nominees: Apple vs Xiaomi, AMD, and moreedit
Electronics companies have adapted quickly to tackle the unique challenges that came their way this year. In the months gone past, the biggest brands in technology have strived to address the very specific needs of 2020, and come up with innovative strategies to serve the needs of their users.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
Indian Gadget Awards – Best Gaming Laptop of 2020 nominees: ASUS Zephyrus G14 vs MSI G76 Titan vs othersedit
2020 marked the launch of some of the most hotly-awaited gaming titles including the likes of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Call of Duty: Black OPS – Cold War, and Cyberpunk 2077. The year also forced many of us to stay cooped indoors, which rest assured, translated into record demand for gaming notebooks.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
Indian Gadget Awards – Best Value-for-money Laptop of 2020 nominees: Mi Notebook 14 e-Learning Edition vs Lenovo IdeaPad S340 and moreedit
Buying a laptop may have somewhat been on the back burner for you, until 2020 began. With everything that has gone down this year, a new laptop might just have been the first gadget you purchased in 2020.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
Cyberpunk 2077 Review (PC) – Next-Gen Visuals, Cross-Gen Gameplayedit
Cyberpunk 2077 is probably the prettiest game I’ve ever played on PC. I say probably because, well, there are the occasional bugs which can ruin the immersion. But in terms of sheer technical ambition, this game’s got it right all the way. Now, as I say this I know most people can’t run this game well on their mid-range PCs. I played the game on my PC which has and AMD Ryzen 7 3800 XT and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super.
Publication: TechQuila
Best Gaming Laptop of 2020 – Indian Gadget Awards 2020 Nominees: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14, MSI GT76 Titan, And Moreedit
The weight and size of the laptops didn’t really go down, but players like Asus experimented with new designs, to up the funk factor that gaming machines deserve. The hardware inside gaming laptops this year were expectedly top-notch. NVIDIA’s RTX cards were the usual suspects, and there was a healthy mix of Intel and AMD CPU options.
Publication: My SmartPrice
My First Mini ITX Gaming PC Build Is Amazing! [Radeon 6800XT, Ryzen 5600X, CM NR200P]edit
Gaming PC Build
Publication: Tech Reflex
Gaming Laptop: Demand in the market for these 5 cheap gaming laptops in 2020, all laptops cost less than Rs 75,000edit
The laptop is equipped with AMD Ryzen 4000 hp series mobile series processor and AMD Radeon RX 5600 M GPU. Apart from this, it comes with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage. The laptop comes with a 51Wh battery. Its Blue Accents and Supernova Silver color variants are available.
Publication: Divya Bhaskar
Best of 2020edit
Best of 2020: Laptops under INR 20,000
Publication: Navbharat Times
OEMs Prepping Gaming Laptops w/ NVIDIA RTX 30 GPUs and Ryzen 5000 APUsedit
Acer and Asus are both prepping top-tier laptops equipped with the GeForce RTX 3080 as well as Ryzen 5000 mobility chipsets. These GA104-based beasts should offer an unprecedented level of graphics performance in a mobile form factor. The inclusion of 45W Ryzen 5000 series processors is a boon, too.
Publication: Hardware Times
Best CPUs for Gaming (PROACTIVE)edit
Building a gaming computer requires careful consideration while picking the right graphics card and CPU. You have to ensure that one does not bottleneck the other. Pairing a high-end CPU with a mid-range GPU or the other way around will simply empty your wallet and give you sub-par gaming experience. To get things right, we’ve put together a list of the best CPUs for gaming from Intel and AMD.
Publication: Digit
Top 5 Best Laptops Of 2020 In Indiaedit
Powered by the Ryzen 4800H CPU with the NVIDIA GTX 1650 Ti, the TUF A15 offers excellent gaming performance and can also perform tasks like video editing without any issue.
Publication: Gizbot
Tech in 2020: Gamers got new toys with PS5, Xbox Series X, new Nvidia and AMD cards but left waiting for deliveriesedit
Several announcements were made. How many of them were fulfilled is a different story altogether, especially in India. The affected distribution chains, economic challenges and even company goof-ups, made 2020 a promising, yet frustrating year for gamers.
Publication: India Today
New Intel Core i7-11700K defeats Ryzen 7 5800X in both single & multi-core benchmarksedit
Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake-S desktop CPUs will launch in 2021, and the leaks of these CPUs are all over the internet now. Now, for the first time, the performance of the Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU has been leaked by @TUM_APISAK and we have the Geekbench 5 score.
Publication: TechnoSports
LG 27GN950 4K gaming monitor reviewedit
Even though we believe the tech world is not slowing down, the short supply of new consoles this year is proof enough that we’re still not away from the clutches of the pandemic. So when LG announced its flagship gaming monitor back in CES, the inevitable Indian launch was destined to be delayed.
Publication: Stuff
The Biggest Enterprise Tech M&A Deals of 2020edit
AMD announced in October it would acquire Xilinx in a $35 billion all-stock deal, the company that specializes in programmable processors aimed at high-performance use cases like video file compression and digital encryption. This will help AMD compete with Intel in data centers.
Publication: CXO Today
Semiconductors: Why The Government Must Do More To Create This Strategic Assetedit
While the Indian government’s measures to set up semiconductor fabrication units is encouraging, it must do whatever it could, including sops, to create this strategic asset.
Publication: Swarajya Mag
Huawei to bring ARM-based laptop?edit
After a big clash with the US and other nations, Huawei has kind of shrunk its smartphone business and looking to diversify in its home market. It has recently launched desktops in its native country and is increasing its laptop portfolio.
Publication: TechnoSports
Top Tech M&A’sedit
After a relatively quieter 2019,tech M7As deals saw a resurgence this year. Here’s a list of 2020’S top 10,According to data compiled by computer world.(AMD)
Publication: The Economic Times
80,000/- Rs Full Setup Build !! Gaming Monitor & Other Peripherals !! [HINDI]edit
Gaming Monitor build setup
Publication: Tech Nation
Top 5 affordable gaming laptops that ruled India market in 2020edit
If you are planning to buy a gaming laptop, here are some machines that can make for great value purchases for gamers, within the price range of Rs 80,000.
Publication: India Today
Killer Budget Gaming Laptop? Lenovo Legion 5 Ryzen 5 4600H & GTX 1650 Ti Reviewedit
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
Publication: Vimal Chintapatla
2020 in Laptops: The Biggest News, Coolest Tech, and Most Innovative Designsedit
Here’s a look back at the most important developments in the laptop market over the course of 2020, both in India and on the global stage. These picks include some of the most interesting designs and groundbreaking hardware that will shape our expectations for the future, as well as products that had the potential to make a splash in the market.
Publication: Gadgets360
The Most Exciting PC News of 2020 for Gamers, Enthusiasts, and Working from Homeedit
Here were the biggest stories of the year, from products launched to corporate mergers, security breaches, future roadmaps, and more. We’re looking at the movers and shakers of the PC industry, in no particular order.
Publication: Gadgets360
MSI Brings SAM Support for both NV & AMD GPUs on Intel and AMD’s 400 Series Boardsedit
MSI has announced that its officially bringing SAM (Re-Sizable BAR) support for both AMD Radeon RX 6000 and NVIDIA RTX 30 series GPUs on Intel’s 400 series boards by the end of January. Likewise, the same is expected on AMD’s 400 and 500 series boards in the early months of 2021. Beta BIOSes for both platforms are already available to download from the respective product pages.
Publication: Hardware Times
11th Gen Intel Rocket Lake processors mass production will start from January 2021edit
Intel is now desperate to launch its upcoming 11th Gen CPUs to counter AMD’s never-seen-before Ryzen 5000 series processors as they have completely outthrown Intel in gaming this time. Although Intel is said to have doubled its chip production in the last three years its prolonged struggle with 14nm process is frustrating.
Publication: TechnoSports
Tech Launches This Week: Realme Watch S Pro, Oppo Reno 5 Pro+ and Moreedit
As the name suggests, the HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 clearly focuses on being ultra-portable and lightweight. As a result, its entry variant is said to weigh under 1kg by HP. Specifications include configurations for AMD Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 processors, Radeon graphics, up to 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD storage, and a 13.3-inch full HD display. Prices for the laptop begin at Rs 74,999.
Publication: News18
LG UltraGear 27GN950 Gaming Monitor Review: Only Gaming Monitor You Will Ever Neededit
It does not matter if you have a PC with an NVIDIA or AMD GPU, the LG UltraGear 27GN950 will offer the best possible gaming performance. The LG UltraGear 27GN950 supports LG UltraGear 27GN950 and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro.
Publication: Gizbot
After a two-month marathon run, coding olympiad concludesedit
The first prize of the event included a laptop with i5 processor and a smartwatch. While the first runners-up won laptops with i3 processors, the second runners-up also won laptops with AMD processor.
Publication: Livemint
MSI to host MSI Premiere 2021 – Tech For The Future event on January 13edit
MSI is one of the most renowned OEM when it comes to gaming peripherals, notebooks, accessories, GPUs, motherboards, desktops, and a lot more. The brand has kept on adding new products to its ever-increasing portfolio to diversify itself.
Publication: TechnoSports
Skyesports Valorant League 2020 second semi-final – Team Rajasthan triumphs over Team Kolkataedit
Team Rajasthan defeated Team Kolkata in the second semi-final of the Skyesports Valorant League 2020 to book a date with Team Hyderabad in the grand finals.
Publication: Sportskeeda
Saying goodbye to 2020 with elanedit
On the AMD front, the Ryzen series continued to dominate and for a second year running, they outpaced Intel on most fronts. With a host of great games and some amazing hardware, 2020 gave the gaming community a sliver of cheer that was all but dulled by the farcical launch of Cyberpunk 2077.
Publication: Telangana Today
ASUS’s latest BIOS update enhances AMD Renoir laptop performanceedit
The Taiwanese OEM has pushed a latest BIOS update that optimizes performance on AMD Renoir powered laptops in December. This update has magically increased the performance on my ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 laptop with Ryzen 7 4700U with 8 cores and 8 threads.
Publication: TechnoSports
Huawei Matebook D15, Matebook D 14 2021 Price Specification Features Configurationedit
The series has AMD 4000 or intel 10th generation Core Processors under the hood. You will be amazed after knowing that these models equipped with Nvidia MX450 graphics.
Publication: Upto Brain
Does Epic Games Launcher really make Ryzen CPUs throttle & raise temps?edit
There has been lot of speculation off recently about Epic Games Launcher and its CPU utilization at idle usage and also the temperature rising issues as well. Recently, a post on the /r/AMD subreddit, HotHardware and VideoCardz posted articles regarding this issue especially with AMD Ryzen CPUs.
Publication: TechnoSports
MSI’s new AGESA 1.1.9.0 update brings Resizable BAR support to its X570 and B550 motherboardsedit
MSI has recently been generous to offer the AGESA 1.1.9.0 update for both its B550 and X570 motherboards to bring Resizable BAR support for older Ryzen processors as well as with NVIDIA Ampere GPUs. Now you will think, what is Resizable BAR support?
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Ryzen 5000H vs Intel Tiger Lake-H processors: Who will win the gaming race in 2021?edit
The year 2021 will be a very interesting and important year in the laptop gaming market as we will see both AMD and Intel battling with their latest gaming-centric mobile processors. In 2020, AMD was very much the preferred option over Intel when it came to gaming processors for laptops but things could take a turn in 2021.
Publication: TechnoSports
ASRock Brings Zen 3 Support to A320, X370, and B350 Boards with Beta BIOS Updateedit
ASRock has released the beta BIOS updates for the older 300 series chipsets, including the A320, B350, and the X370 boards bringing Zen 3 support to pre-Ryzen 3000 hardware, despite AMD’s initial statement that support would be limited to the 500 series boards (later overturned). Even now, AMD is officially offering Zen 3 support on just the B450 and X470 boards via a one-way BIOS update expected to be available to verified buyers of the Ryzen 5000 chips.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Tiger Lake-H Core i5 Faster than AMD Ryzen 5 5600H in ST Perf, Slower in MTedit
Today, we have a bunch of Geekbench scores of the upcoming notebook processors from both Intel and AMD. This is the first time we’ve been able to compare the two products side-by-side, and yet the results aren’t really all that surprising. On the blue side, we have the Core i5-11300H and 11370H, both quad-core chips with SMT and boost clocks in the 4.4-4-8GHz range.
Publication: Hardware Times
Median CEO Pay At Top US Cos Rose 4% to $12.3Mn Before Covidedit
The highest paid CEO was Lisa Su, CEO at Chipmaker AMD, who became the first woman to top the list since the study’s inception in 2011.
Publication: The Times of India
Online gaming cos witness ad revenue swelledit
The Esports Club said it works with key technology firms through a sponsorship model. “We have seen 30% increase in e-sports sponsor- ship revenues as compared to the pre-covid times. The largest advertisers/sponsors in the space currently are endemic brands with direct vested inter- est in gaming and esports. The likes of LG Ultragear gaming monitors, AMD, Lenovo, Dell all are top tier sponsors for our various events and IPs,” said Ishaan Arya, co-founder, The Esports Club.
Publication: Mint
Upcoming Acer Nitro 5 with Ryzen 7 5800H and RTX 3080 spotted retailing for 1950 EURedit
MD is all set to launch its Ryzen 5000H processors based on its revolutionary Zen 3 architecture next month at CES 2021. We expect a bunch of OEMs inclining to AMD more this time as their overall performance seems much better than what Intel has to offer.
Publication: TechnoSports
Top women CEOs get paid more on avg, but head few big firmsedit
With a $58.5 million pay package in 2019, Advance Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su became the first woman to top the list of highest paid CEOs, since it was first published in 2011.
Publication: The Times of India
Brands warm up to gaming apps leading to surge in ad revenuesedit
The likes of LG Ultragear gaming monitors, AMD, Lenovo, Dell all are top tier sponsors for our various events and IP’s,” said Ishaan Arya, co-founder, The Esports Club.
Publication: Mint
Top 10 Laptops of the year 2020: List worth checking outedit
So, if you are looking for the best laptop model in India then we have compiled a list of top 10 Laptops of the year 2020 to help you find at least one machine that will cater to all your needs.
Publication: Gadget Bridge
Apple M1 MacBook Pro Review: Faster Than Most Windows Laptops And Puts Them To Shameedit
I’ve been using the MacBook Air for the past three weeks and at first, I was quite sceptical of what the laptop was capable of. I was under the notion that a mobile SoC such as Apple’s M1 could never beat offerings by Intel and AMD.
Publication: MensXP
Microsoft Jumps Into Crowded Microprocessor Market, To Produce Its Own Arm-Based Chipsedit
In recent news, Microsoft announced that it may now use ARM-based designs to make its own in-house chips to be used in data centres. This move is reportedly motivated by Microsoft’s increasing inclination towards reducing the reliance on Intel and other market leaders in chip making, said an exclusive reportage from Bloomberg.
Publiation: Analytics India Magazine
PS5 or RTX 3070 PC or RX 6800 XT PC: What Next-Gen Gaming Hardware Should an Indian Gamer Buy Right Away?edit
Next-gen gaming seems very exciting, but there are too many options and limited availability. Next-gen consoles have released, but the stocks are very limited. In India, we have the Xbox Series X, but the Sony PS5 is yet to get a release. On the PC side of things, we have the latest NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
Publication: MySmartPrice
Lenovo Legion 5 review: This entry-level gaming laptop is impressiveedit
Lenovo Legion 5 specifications: 15.6-inch IPS 120Hz Full HD (1920×1080) display | AMD Ryzen 5 4600H at 3.0GHz + 8GB DDR4 RAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650Ti (4GB) | 1TB 5400 HDD+ 256GB PCIe SSD |
Publication: The Indian Express
Compare Acer Aspire 3 Ryzen 5 A315-41 vs HP 15s Ryzen 5 Quad Core 3450Uedit
Comparison between Acer Aspire 3 Ryzen 5 A315-41 vs HP 15s Ryzen 5 Quad Core 3450U Laptops. The comparision between these Laptops is based on Quick Specs, Basic Information, Features, Technical Specifications and Other Basic Features.
Publication: Digit
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060: Which one is Faster? (PROACTIVE)edit
MD’s Radeon RX 5600 XT was launched to slot the gap between the RX 5500XT and the RX 5700. It goes head to head against NVIDIA’s RTX 2060 while costing $60 less. In this post, we compare the RX 5600 XT against the GeForce RTX 2060 across ten games and see which one is the better buy for 1080p gaming.
Publication: Hardware Times
HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 laptop launched in India with 13.3-inch full HD display, AMD Ryzen 400 Seriesedit
The HP ProBook 635 Aero is powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile Processors with integrated AMD Radeon Vega Graphics.
Publication: The Mobile Indian
5 best laptops with 144Hz refresh rate displayedit
Hardcore gamers will know the importance of high refresh-rate displays. These screens were only limited to monitors up until a few years ago. Nowadays, most high-end gaming laptops also feature a high-refresh display that can further improve your gaming experience.
Publication: 91Mobiles
HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 Laptop With AMD Ryzen 400 Series Processor, 13.3-inch Full HD Display Launched in India: Price, Specificationsedit
HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 launched in India as the new laptop from the brand. The device comes loaded with AMD Ryzen 4000 series mobile processor coupled with AMD Radeon Vega graphics. It is available in two options: AMD Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 processors.
Publication: MySmartPrice
Best AMD Ryzen powered gaming laptops to buy this holiday season (PROACTIVE)edit
Although everyone had the worst 2020, AMD had one of the most promising ones for the laptop market. It was hard for AMD to cope with the excessive demand, which led to some stock issues, and now, this holiday season, you can pick up an AMD Ryzen powered laptop at incredible prices.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel 7nm Granite Rapids CPUs Expected in H1 2023, AMD 5nm Epyc Genoa in Q2 2022edit
Both Intel and AMD are expected to launch their next-gen server CPUs, Ice Lake-SP and Epyc Milan, respectively in the first quarter of 2021. In line with these announcements, suppliers of coolers and PCBs in Taiwan are expecting to see increased demand in the server sector.
Publication: Hardware Times
Top Women CEOs Get Paid More On Avg, But Head Few Big Firmsedit
With a $58.5 million pay in 2019, Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su became the first woman to top a list of highest paid CEOs, since it was first published in 2011.
Publication: The Times of India
VIT Placements: 7403 job offers rolled out to studentsedit
IT majors Cognizant, Infosys and TCS have conducted their annual campus recruitment process at VIT. This year, due to the pandemic, all the three companies have conducted their entire process remotely. Students from all the 4 campuses of VIT (Vellore, Chennai, Amaravati and Bhopal) participated in the selection process.
Publication: Trinity Mirror
Do RAM Frequency And Capacity Boost You Gaming Performance?edit
We have here some of the best-rated RAM packages for gaming with two premium machines, one with a Core i7-9700K CPU and the other comes equipped with a Ryzen 7 2700X. Both of them feature GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and PCIe SSDs.
Publication: MobyGeek
Top deals on Gaming Monitors during Amazon Grand Gaming Daysedit
In this year, monitors witness lots of innovation, mainly the high refresh rate, detailing improvement, and what not. Combining all the latest technologies, monitors are now capable of handling hardcore gaming smoothly alongside displaying normal contents.
Publication: TechnoSports
Processor Wars hot up in the 2020sedit
Not just desktops and laptops, but billions of mobiles, hundreds of millions of IoT devices interacting with millions of data centres. This is the new cloud paradigm and the processing scene has seen a sea change in the last couple of years.
Publication: CIOL
HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 laptop with AMD Ryzen 4000 series mobile processors launched, price starts at Rs.74,999edit
HP has expanded its product lineup with the launch of its new range of ProBook notebooks powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile Processors in India.
Publication: The Times of India
HP introduces new business notebook with AMD processor starting at ₹74,999edit
New Delhi, HP (Hewlett-Packard) on Monday introduced its new notebook ‘HP ProBook 635 Aero G7’ powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile Processors at a starting price of ₹74,999 in India.
Publication: Business Insider
Meet the women in tech who are at the top of their game when it comes to innovationedit
Jaya Jagadish With over two decades of experience as a woman in tech, Jaya Jagadish is now corporate vice president of design engineering at AMD. She joined the firm after completing her master’s in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1994. This was followed by stints as consultant and design engineer.
Publication: HerStory
ROG Dark Hero is here… Exclusive Unboxing!edit
ASUS ROG Dark Hero and AMD Ryzen 5000 Series
Publication: Vimal Chintapatla
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX spotted on Geekbench database, beats desktop Core i7-10700Kedit
MD is outperforming intel in terms of desktop-grade CPUs. But it is still a fact that Intel is the current leader in the Notebook segment with its Tiger Lake-U processors. As such, AMD needs to perform exceptionally well in the notebook CPU segment if it wants to become the next silicon valley king. But things might change with the launch of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX notebook processor.
Publication: Technosports
Top 10 most affordable countries to buy an Xbox Series S in the worldedit
The Xbox Series S delivers approximately 3x the GPU performance of Xbox One and was designed to play games at 1440p at 60 frames per second, with support for up to 120fps. It also features the next generation AMD RDNA 2 graphics architecture and this budget gaming console will be focused to give higher frame rates for both 1080p and 1440p gaming.
Publication: Technosports
Top 10 Semiconductor Foundries of The World in 2020edit
GlobalFoundries is an American company created by the divestiture of the manufacturing arm of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
Publication: Technosports
Cyberpunk 2077 Receiving Hotfix 1.05 That Fixes Major Bug With UI, CDPR Updates its Refund Policyedit
Cyberpunk 2077 is receiving another Hotfix for PC, Xbox and PlayStation consoles after several users reported numerous bugs with the game since its launch on December 10. Its developers CD Projekt Red says that the latest Hotfix 1.05 also optimises the title for PCs with AMD chips
Publication: News 18
The best AMD entry-level build of 2020 under Rs.30,000edit
Making a good gaming PC that is both value for money and future-proof is difficult these days, but thanks to AMD, this is possible. AMD’s cost-effective motherboards and ‘value for money’ APUs have helped budget gamers to game even without a GPU.
Publication: Technosports
Cyberpunk 2077 gets a huge patch for PS4 and Xbox One, with PC fix for AMD Ryzen CPUs imminentedit
Cyberpunk 2077 just received another major patch which is out now, taking the game to version 1.05 on PS4 and Xbox One. PC gamers will also get these fixes – along with the solution for that major bugbear causing performance issues with AMD Ryzen processors – imminently.
Publication: Techradar
Best CPUs for Gaming (PROACTIVE)edit
Building a gaming computer requires careful consideration while picking the right graphics card and CPU. You have to ensure that one does not bottleneck the other. Pairing a high-end CPU with a mid-range GPU or the other way around will simply empty your wallet and give you sub-par gaming experience. To get things right, we’ve put together a list of the best CPUs for gaming from Intel and AMD. All processors in this list are within the latest three generations from either manufacturer so you’ll find CPUs after 8th Gen Intel and from the first gen AMD Ryzen onwards.
Publication: Digit
NVIDIA Announces RTX Special Broadcast Event Set For January 2021, Will Likely Focus on Budget RTX 30 Cards and Laptop GPUsedit
We previously reported on NVIDIA’s plans to fast-track the release of RTX mobile GPUs paired with AMD Ryzen CPUs for laptops. If those reports are still indicative of NVIDIA’s plans, then we might be looking at the launch of RTX Studio laptops in January.
Publication: TechQuilla
LG launches UltraGear gaming monitor in India: Check price, specs hereedit
Additionally, it features Nano IPS technology that supports express high-fidelity colour for reproducing vivid scenes, and VESA Display HDR600 technology that provides a stunning visual immersion with sharp details and true and dynamic high-contrast HDR.
Publication: Hindustan Times Tech
Gears 5: What your PC needs to run the action shooteredit
To play Gears 5 on PC, you should have at least Microsoft 7 SP1 (64-bit) operating system, an AMD FX-6000 series or an Intel i3 Sklylake processor.
Publication: The Times of India
Acer Swift SF314-43 adapts AMD Ryzen 5000U seriesedit
AMD Ryzen 5000U series is the next-gen processor that is giving Intel a run for their money. When Intel launched its 10th generation notebook processors, we all thought this line-up would rule the notebook division.
Publication: TechnoSports
What’s hot in IT: 5 key developments in 2020, and 5 possible trends to see in 2021edit
In October 2020, AMD, the pioneering processor company, decided to acquire Xilinx, a pioneer in fabless chip manufacturing for $35 billion.
Publication: YourStory
Best 16GB RAM Laptopsedit
When we receive questions regarding which laptop to purchase, often we recommend that 8GB RAM should suffice, irrespective of the processor or brand the person is buying. However, for those who plan to use their laptops for any kind of content creation, coding, prototyping or even the people who work with large datasets on a day-to-day basis, a laptop with 16GB RAM is an absolute necessity.
Publication: Digit
Vaio Laptops May Be Making A Comeback Soon In India, But These Aren’t The Sony Vaio You May Imagineedit
The teaser from Flipkart doesn’t reveal any further details about the laptops, the pricing or whether we will have Intel as well as AMD powered variants in place. The teaser simply says “lighter than your past”, and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that the focus will be on slim and light laptops.
Publication: News 18
Upcoming CES 2021 Digital Venue Revealededit
Leaders from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® today made major show announcements including keynote speakers, Innovation Award honorees and conference program updates. In addition, a preview was shared of what audiences can experience on the CES 2021 digital venue. CES 2021 kicks off January 11-14, 2021.
Publication: TechnoSports
‘Cyberspace will make human life inclusive’ – 30 quotes of the week on digital transformationedit
Open standards-based manageability tools and technologies lower overall management costs by simplifying management tasks. – Dan Ivanciw, AMD
Publication: YourStory
10 Best Laptops Under Rs 50000 in India Dec 2020edit
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us have been restricted to working/learning from home. So, you may have realized that your old laptop is just cutting it for those long meetings on Google meet or the twenty-something Google Chrome tabs you have open.
Publication: Shubz
Best Laptops Under 30000 in Indiaedit
Here’s our recommendation list for the best budget laptops to buy for a price point of approximately Rs. 30,000. The very first thing to keep in mind when looking for laptops at this low price point is that they are meant for basic tasks and light usage. It would be unrealistic to expect a laptop priced around Rs. 30,000 to do it all.
Publication: Digit
Vodafone Idea tests revolutionary approach to network deploymentedit
An open radio network is created using off-the-shelf components, such as intel or AMD-based motherboards, on which the company installs an open operating system and software sourced from vendors to add different functionalities.
Publication: Ultra News
Tech in 2020: The gadgets that got us through a tough yearedit
Tech in 2020: 12 months back, if I had told you that you might be reading this article from your bed, attending a meeting, while sipping coffee during office hours, you would have probably said: “Naah, not possible.” That’s how unusual this year has been.
Publication: India Today
Fortnite is Getting a New Performance Mode to Boost Frame Rates on Low-End PCsedit
For instance, gamers with a PC model carrying Intel Core i5-8265U processor at 1.60GHz, 8GB RAM, and Intel UHD Graphics 620 GPU would get 61fps instead of 24fps with the new mode when enabled. Similarly, users with a PC featuring AMD A10-5745M APU at 2.1GHz, 6GB RAM, and AMD Radeon HD 8610G GPU, can enjoy Fortnite at 45fps instead of 18fps with the Performance mode.
Publication: News18
Intel seems positive of its upcoming CPU line-upedit
We already know at this point that intel has lost its crown as the king of silicon valley. The reason is pretty simple; its chips are not performing well in the market. We are not talking about the CPUs’ sales; in terms of market, intel still takes the lead. But its wafers are merely not matching in performance to its rival AMD.
Publication: TehcnoSports
Acer Predator Helios 300 Review: A reasonably priced premium gaming laptop that doesn’t disappointedit
Intel and Nvidia are combined to great effect on the Helios 300, at the cost of battery life.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Plan to give startups a boost, create 20 lakh jobs: Deputy CMedit
The Karnataka government intends to stimulate the growth of 2,000 electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM) startups by 2022 and create 20 lakh jobs by 2025, Deputy Chief Minister of the state Dr C N Ashwath Narayan said on Monday.
Publication: Yahoo News
How to display FPS in Windows 10edit
If you’re a gamer, you’re sure to be familiar with the FPS, or frames per second, of a game – an important detail, as a higher FPS ensures better gameplay, with no choppy sequences. One of the simplest and quickest ways to find out your desktop computer or laptop’s FPS is to install an FPS counter.
Publication: TechQuilla
Dell G3 15 (2020) reviewedit
According to some estimates, budget gaming laptops have reached a god-like status in India among the many buyers. And not just budget buyers, even the ones starting off with development and design usually seek the bountiful givings of budget gaming laptops.
Publication: Stuff
Plan to give startups a boost, create 20 lakh jobs: Karnataka deputy CMedit
Dr Narayan, who holds the electronics, IT/BT portfolio, said at an event organised by the Indian Electronics Semiconductors Association (IESA) to award ”technovation” winners of the ESDM sector.
Publication: Moneycontrol
What your PC needs to have to run Assassin’s Creed: Valhallaedit
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is the latest game in the famed action-adventure franchise by Ubisoft. The game launched on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and the next gen PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles.
Publication: The Times of India
AMD EPYC Milan 7713 CPU with 128 cores is leagues ahead of the competitionedit
Recently, the latest news regarding AMD’s EPYC Milan 7713 has appeared online. Courtesy of the tipster, @ExecuFix, the benchmark results of the CPU seems to reveal a dual-socket configuration of the AMD EPYC Milan 7713 server CPU in CineBench R23. The dual 64-core setup delivered an astounding performance and scored 87,878 in the test. To put this into ranking order, a high-end consumer Ryzen 9 3900X, only score approximately 6500-7000 points. So the results of the EPYC CPU are amazing, at the least.
Publication: TechnoSports
Upcoming AMD Ryzen 7 5700U & Ryzen 5 5500U Lucienne APUs spotted on ASUS Vivobook laptopsedit
Having made its headway to a multiple leaks, the launch of upcoming Ryzen 5000U APUs seems imminent. Now we have some upcoming ASUS laptops that will be powered by new AMD Ryzen 5000U Lucienne APUs which is essentially a Renoir refresh.
Publication: TechnoSports
Laptop sales surge on work from home cultureedit
Computers have become an integral part of the modern life and form an indispensable tool for carrying out various jobs. The ongoing Corona pandemic and the ‘working from home’ concept have further reinforced their essentiality.
Publication: Navhind Times
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUNedit
There are four face buttons, along with the View, Menu, and Xbox buttons. Two bumpers, two triggers and two thumbsticks round up the controller. You will also find an expansion port and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the bottom. A USB-C port, along with a pairing button, is on the top of the controller. It’s 2020 but Microsoft continues to have a battery enclosure of two AA cells to keep the controller running for hours.
Publication: The Economic Times
Vaio laptops teased on Flipkart, new AMD ultrabooks could launch in January 2021edit
Vaio is making a comeback into the Indian market in January 2021 and its teasers are already out on Flipkart.
Publication: BGR
From Dell Alienware Area-51m R2 to Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3, these are the best gaming laptops of 2020edit
With the new mobile RTX graphics, gaming laptops have achieved huge leaps in performance over the past couple of years. But while AMD briefly disrupted the market with new mobile Ryzen 4000 H series chips, Intel has continued its domination in laptop gaming, pushing out a new 10th Gen H series of processors to power the gaming laptops of 2020.
Publication: Moneycontrol
All Asus RTX Battleship… Ryzen 5 & RTX 3060 Ti PC Buildedit
Vimal Chintapatla review sponsored by ASUS and Nvidia, featuring the Ryzen 3600.
Publication: Vimal Chintapatla
WD Black SN850 500GB PCIe Gen 4 SSD with up to 7000MB/s speeds available with ₹ 1,000 discountedit
Western Digital has launched the next-big-thing in NVMe SSDs in India – the WD Black SN850 PCIe Gen 4 SSD with record speeds of up to 7000MB/s. Yes, it’s damn fast optimized for top-tier gaming.
Publication: TechnoSports
Xbox Series S review: Potentially greatedit
The Xbox Series S is easily one of the most exciting game consoles ever created. It is not so much about the underlying hardware—which is exciting no doubt—but the positioning that makes it special.
Publications: Financial Express
Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition is free on Epic Gameedit
The Definitive Edition of classic fantasy RPG Pillar of Eternity has been made free on Epic Games Store.
Publication: The Times of India
Minecraft with RTX ray tracing releases for Windows 10edit
Minecraft with RTX requires a modern graphics card with dedicated ray tracing hardware: either one of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 20- or 30-series GPUs, or a card from AMD’s new Radeon RX 6000 line.
Publication: India TV News
ASUS unveils Radeon RX 6900 XT custom cardsedit
Asus has just announced the custom models of AMD’s latest and fastest graphics cards. Though the launched products are only reference models, they are enough to shake up the gaming community. According to reports, ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT, dubbed RX6900XT6G, has a triple-fan and comes with a 2.5-slot design.
Publication: TechnoSports
Why you and your wallet should be afraid of next-gen consoles?edit
Due to Covid-19, the supply chain of the world has been disrupted. Not to mention soon, the world will be starting the global distribution of Covid vaccines. All the export-import resources will be allocated to the successful distribution of the vaccination. But, the past few weeks have been extraordinary in terms of the PC market and gaming industry. The launch of next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft and the launch of the latest graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD have open possibilities for the PC community.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel may use a Large L3 Cache in its Xe DG2 GPUs, Similar to AMD’s Infinity Cacheedit
According to a source, Intel may yet again take a leaf from AMD’s rule-book in designing its Xe-HPG (High-Performance Gaming) graphics cards, leveraging a large L3 cache quite similar to the Infinity Cache used in the recently launched Big Navi GPUs.
Publication: Hardware Times
Best Thin and Light Laptops in Indiaedit
The Asus ZenBook 14 (UM431) is an AMD Ryzen-powered laptop that’s ideal for users who crave power and portability equally. Its all-metal body, coloured in a classy new sliver colour, is arguably one of the most attractive out there in this segment.
Publication: Digit
Best Laptops Under 30000 in Indiaedit
The key feature on this laptop is the AMD Ryzen 3300U processor, which has 4 cores and also comes with Radeon Vega 6 graphics, both of which makes it for a very good performing laptop at the Rs. 30,000 price point. At approximately 1.6 kilogram, this is also a fairly lightweight laptop and offers all the essential connectivity features. You can also expect a bit of casual gaming with this laptop, which is an advantage if you do occasionally enjoy casual PC gaming.
Publication: Digit
Shantanu Narayen, Ajay Banga named among Fortune Businessperson of the Year 2020edit
The Fortune list of 20 people also includes Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su, ranked 2nd, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings (4), Fortescue Metals Group CEO Elizabeth Gaines (5), Bezos (7) and Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi (16).
Publication: Eenadu
Google, Apple’s best apps of the year, Vivo’s new phone, Lenovo’s gaming laptop and moreedit
Lenovo launched a new gaming laptop — the Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 5 4600H mobile processor. Priced at Rs 75,990, the Legion 5 features a 15.6-inch IPS 1080p display with a 120Hz refresh rate.
Publication: GadgetsNow
AMD’s announces its projected earnings for the years beyond 2023edit
The current year has seen ways of changes this year. The semiconductor market has been developing the latest technology to offer high-performance devices in the market. We already about Advanced Micro Devices that the company acquired its rival Xilinx earlier this year. AMD is known for its processors and graphics units.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel Core i9-11900K Rocket Lake-S appears on Ashes of the Singularity with a higher clock speededit
Intel’s upcoming flagship desktop CPU, the Rocket Lake-S, the Core i9-11900K, has been spotted at the Ashes of The Singularity benchmark. According to sources, the Intel Core i9-11900K will be feature 8 cores and 16 threads. It also features a 3.50 GHz base clock, which is higher than the earlier reported rumors. Along with 8 cores and 16 threads, the chip also features 16 MB of L3 cache.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Legion 5 Gaming Laptop With AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Processor Launched in India, Priced at Rs. 75,990 (PROACTIVE)edit
Lenovo Legion 5 laptop has launched in India as the latest gaming device from the company. It is powered by AMD Ryzen 5 4600H mobile processor with six ultra-responsive cores and can be configured with up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti discrete graphics. The laptop has a 120Hz display refresh rate and claims to offer a battery life of up to eight hours when battery saving Hybrid Mode is on. The Lenovo Legion 5 has two 2W Harman Kardon speakers and comes with Dolby Atmos headphone support.
Publication: Gadgets 360
Lenovo launches Legion 5 gaming laptop, price starts Rs 75,000edit
Lenovo has announced the launch of a new gaming laptop — the Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 5 4600H mobile processor. Lenovo Legion 5 comes at a starting price of Rs 75,990 in one colour variant: Phantom Black. The laptop has gone on sale on Lenovo.com and Lenovo Exclusive Stores. It will be soon available across other online partner platforms and retail stores.
Publication: The Times of India
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founder’s Edition Review – 4K Gaming Is Finally Affordable (Kinda)edit
Whenever any graphics card manufacturer like NVIDIA or AMD unveils a brand new GPU lineup, it’s always the budget cards that most people look forward to. It’s become a trend to release the higher-end 80 and 70-series cards, and then the budget 60 and 50 series cards a few months later. For years budget gamers had to compromise on performance if they chose to stick with cheaper GPUs, but that’s about to change with the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.
Publication: TechQuila
Laptop brand Vaio set to make India comeback next monthedit
Vaio laptops that once wooed Indian consumers with its sleek design, is set to make a comeback to the Indian market after it signed a pact with Hong Kong-based Nexstgo Company Limited. Nexstgo on Tuesday said that the first two models of Vaio laptops for the India market after the comeback will be unveiled as early as January.
Publication: Times Now News
Top 15 AI Acquisitions Of 2020edit
In October, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced its acquisition of Xilinx in an all-stock transaction that was valued at $35 billion. While AMD specialised in making chips for personal computers especially gaming PCs, Xilinx’s highly-flexible programmable silicon which is enabled by its entourage of advanced tools and software drive rapid innovation across a variety of industries and technologies.
Publication: Analytics India Magazine
Honor MagicBook 15 Next Sale Date: Everything You Need To Knowedit
If you’re searching for a new laptop to buy in the crowded market, Honor has some great devices to offer. The list includes the Honor MagicBook 15 that is powered by the Ryzen 5 quad-core processor. As an ultra-thin laptop, the Honor MagicBook 15 has a lot to offer in terms of ergonomics and features under the hood.
Publication: Gizbot
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Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 30 series mobile lineup already listed PC manufacturer SKIKKedit
CES 2021 event will be held soon and it will bring the unveiling of several of the most anticipated products of the year 2020. One of the most awaited gadgets to be unveiled at the event is Nvidia’s upcoming next-generation GeForce RTX 30 series mobility graphics cards.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel agrees to change market strategy to keep up with competitorsedit
Activist investor Dan Loeb, whose fund invests in Intel, urged chipmaker to explore strategic alternatives to keep up with competitors. He indicated Intel has lost its pole position in microprocessor manufacturing to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, and others
Publication: Mint
The Most Exciting PC News of 2020 for Gamers, Enthusiasts, and Working from Homeedit
Many of us have spent much more time in entrance of our computer systems in 2020 than ever earlier than, due to lockdown situations and fully modified dynamics round work, communication, training, and even leisure. Our know-how has saved us all linked, and the {industry} has largely saved tempo with these modifications.
Publication: News Rush
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best graphics card of 2020?edit
With performance-related components, such as graphics cards, the latest hardware is always the best. It’s faster, more powerful, and therefore, y’know, just better. Inevitably then, our best graphics card list is dominated by the new generation of GPUs AMD and Nvidia have unleashed upon the world in 2020.
Publication: Gadget Page
Looking Back At The Laptop Trends In 2020edit
AMD set the bar by unveiling its Ryzen 4000 series of mobile processors way back in January at CES 2020, a data which already seems like a few lifetimes ago thanks to the Coronavirus. However, Intel came back with the launch of the 11th Gen ‘Tiger Lake’ Core processors.
Publication: Digit
Best Laptop of 2020 – Indian Gadget Awards 2020 Nominees: Dell XPS 15, ASUS Zenbook 14, and Moreedit
These are the nominees for the Best Laptop of 2020 for the Indian Gadget Awards 2020
Publication: My SmartPrice
Indian Gadget Awards – Best Laptop of 2020 nominees: Dell XPS 15 9500 vs ASUS ZenBook 14 UX434 vs othersedit
As per a report by Canalys, the global PC market saw the highest growth in 2020 as compared to the last ten years. It goes without saying that the demand for laptops skyrocketed this year, with many people working from home and kids’ classes moving online.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
Asus ZenBook Flip S review: A solid laptop with a stunning displayedit
Publication: The News Minute
Upcoming 8 core AMD Ryzen 9 5900H defeats Core i7-10700K in Geekbenchedit
AMD will be launching its next-gen Ryzen 5000H gaming processors at CES 2021. As we know, these upcoming APUs will be using AMD’s revolutionary Zen 3 architecture.
Publication: TechnoSports
Nvidia in 2020: year in reviewedit
Within the client area, Nvidia’s 12 months has been dominated by one massive launch: that of the RTX 3080. There have been two sides to the coin on this case, the primary being the incredible power and performance uplift supplied by these GPUs, which was fairly frankly startling. However the flipside was that this astonishing feat was tainted by severe stock issues and failing to satisfy buyer demand for these graphics playing cards by an extended shot.
Publication: Tech Bhaskar
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best gaming CPU of 2020?edit
AMD finally catching up with Intel’s gaming performance may not seem that big a deal, and it wouldn’t be if AMD hasn’t been pushing forward in other areas for a while now. It’s Zen architecture has had Intel up against the ropes in thread-heavy applications, with Ryzen chips offering more threads than Intel’s similarly priced alternatives.
Publication: Gadget Page
Third Point pushes Intel to explore strategic alternativesedit
Activist hedge fund Third Point is pushing Intel to explore strategic alternatives, including whether it should remain an integrated device manufacturer, according to a letter it sent to the chipmaker’s chairman on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
Publication: InfotechLead
Nvidia working on 5nm based Lovelace – the successor of Ampereedit
The news about users unable to buy the graphics cards from the market isn’t new, and we are still waiting for Nvidia and AMD to fix the supply constraints from their end. The Ampere GPU’s from Nvidia is already fresh in the market but seems to have fallen victim to the supply constraint problem, and it feels like the issue will not be solved anytime soon.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel is increasing its 10nm production even moreedit
Intel has been the king of Silicon Valley for a decade now, and in the production of chipsets, no company can match Intel. but the same cannot be said for its performance. As it so happens, this year its performance has been taking major hits and the company has seen an extreme loss in terms of market shares when compared to its rival AMD.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H up to 25% Faster than the 4900H in ST Performance: On Par with Core i5-10300Hedit
A Geekbench 5 benchmark of AMD’s next-gen Cezanne mobile flagship, the Ryzen 9 5900H has surfaced on Twitter. With a base clock of 3.3GHz and a boost of 4.64GHz, this sample is likely going to perform very close to the final retail version.
Publication: Hardware Times
Mining Farm with 78 PNY GeForce RTX 3080s Spotted: Capable of Gen $128,088 Per Yearedit
A mining farm has been spotted in the US with as many as 78 PNY GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards. In a world where it’s hard to find a single gaming graphics card, this miner managed to buy nearly a hundred of them: One hundred of NVIDIA’s fastest GPUs for a single person, and that too not for gaming. Stings don’t it? But it’s completely legal so you can’t do anything about it.
Publication: Hardware Times
OEMs Prepping Gaming Laptops w/ NVIDIA RTX 30 GPUs and Ryzen 5000 APUsedit
Acer and Asus are both prepping top-tier laptops equipped with the GeForce RTX 3080 as well as Ryzen 5000 mobility chipsets. These GA104-based beasts should offer an unprecedented level of graphics performance in a mobile form factor. The inclusion of 45W Ryzen 5000 series processors is a boon, too.
Publication: Hardware Times
Best CPUs for Gaming (PROACTIVE)edit
Building a gaming computer requires careful consideration while picking the right graphics card and CPU. You have to ensure that one does not bottleneck the other. Pairing a high-end CPU with a mid-range GPU or the other way around will simply empty your wallet and give you sub-par gaming experience. To get things right, we’ve put together a list of the best CPUs for gaming from Intel and AMD.
Publication: Digit
Top 5 Best Laptops Of 2020 In Indiaedit
Powered by the Ryzen 4800H CPU with the NVIDIA GTX 1650 Ti, the TUF A15 offers excellent gaming performance and can also perform tasks like video editing without any issue.
Publication: Gizbot
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Accidentally Confirmed By Asus: Likely To Offer 20GB Video Memoryedit
If you thought NVIDIA is done with launching the RTX 3000 series of GPUs, then Asus just proved you wrong. According to the Asus support page, NVIDIA is all set to launch yet another RTX GPU — the NVIDIA RTX 3080 TI
Publication: Gizbot
New Intel Core i7-11700K defeats Ryzen 7 5800X in both single & multi-core benchmarksedit
Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake-S desktop CPUs will launch in 2021, and the leaks of these CPUs are all over the internet now. Now, for the first time, the performance of the Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU has been leaked by @TUM_APISAK and we have the Geekbench 5 score.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel B560 chipset motherboards will support overclocking, Core i9-11900K blows away Ryzen 7 5800Xedit
Intel will be launching its 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S desktop CPUs next month as well as the new 500 series chipset motherboards. This will bring a lot of new features that were only found only on AMD motherboards until now like PCIe Gen 4.0 and DDR4 3200 MHz memory support.
Publication: TechnoSports
Apple Macbook Pro M1 review: A fork in the roadedit
Like Microsoft, the iPhone maker also built-in an emulator into its operating system, which is meant to make legacy apps run smoothly on the new chip
Publication: Mint
The Biggest Enterprise Tech M&A Deals of 2020edit
AMD announced in October it would acquire Xilinx in a $35 billion all-stock deal, the company that specializes in programmable processors aimed at high-performance use cases like video file compression and digital encryption. This will help AMD compete with Intel in data centers.
Publication: CXO Today
Huawei to bring ARM-based laptop?edit
After a big clash with the US and other nations, Huawei has kind of shrunk its smartphone business and looking to diversify in its home market. It has recently launched desktops in its native country and is increasing its laptop portfolio.
Publication: TechnoSports
Top Tech M&A’sedit
After a relatively quieter 2019,tech M7As deals saw a resurgence this year. Here’s a list of 2020’S top 10,According to data compiled by computer world.(AMD)
Publication: The Economic Times
The Hardware Awards – 2020edit
2020 has been one hell of a year. We’ve seen a lot of good and bad stuff go down over the year, and if you’re a gaming and tech enthusiast, I don’t need to tell you what a crazy ride it’s been. One after another, there have been some impressive launches throughout 2020, by both team red and team green.
Publication: TechGoggles
Intel Core i3-10100 vs AMD Ryzen 3 3300X: Gaming Performance & Benchmarksedit
With the launch of AMD’s 3rd Gen Ryzen 3 CPUs and the 10th Gen Intel Comet Lake processors, the budget CPU market once again has ample options. You can buy a capable gaming CPU for as low as $120. That’s quite remarkable as you’re getting around 90% of the performance of a Core i5-10600K ($300) for a third of the price.
Publication: Hardware Times
Chiplet vs MCM: Differences Between Intel and AMD CPU Architecturesedit
Intel and AMD have been the two primary processor companies for more than 50 years now. Although both use the x86 ISA to design their chips, over the last decade or so, their CPUs have taken completely different paths.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel vs AMD: Best Gaming CPUs in December 2020 (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.
Publication: Hardware Times
Top 5 affordable gaming laptops that ruled India market in 2020edit
If you are planning to buy a gaming laptop, here are some machines that can make for great value purchases for gamers, within the price range of Rs 80,000.
Publication: India Today
Asus ZenBook Flip S (UX371) laptop review: Solid alternative to Dell XPS 13edit
The Asus ZenBook Flip S (UX371) is among the first laptops in India to be powered by Intel’s 11th Gen Core processor. Based on the Intel Evo platform, the laptop is touted to be deliver optimal performance, top-notch connectivity solutions, enhanced on-battery time, and fast data transfer rate.
Publication: Business Standard
2020 in Laptops: The Biggest News, Coolest Tech, and Most Innovative Designsedit
Here’s a look back at the most important developments in the laptop market over the course of 2020, both in India and on the global stage. These picks include some of the most interesting designs and groundbreaking hardware that will shape our expectations for the future, as well as products that had the potential to make a splash in the market.
Publication: Gadgets360
The Most Exciting PC News of 2020 for Gamers, Enthusiasts, and Working from Homeedit
Here were the biggest stories of the year, from products launched to corporate mergers, security breaches, future roadmaps, and more. We’re looking at the movers and shakers of the PC industry, in no particular order.
Publication: Gadgets360
Intel’s 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S CPUs Show a 15% IPC Gain Compared to 10th Gen Comet Lakeedit
Lately, we’ve been hearing a lot about Intel’s 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S processors, from specifications to leaked benchmarks. Not really surprising considering that the initial announcement is just a few weeks away (CES 2021), but it does make you wonder whether these “leaks” are premeditated or…something else.
Publication: Hardware Times
MSI Brings SAM Support for both NV & AMD GPUs on Intel and AMD’s 400 Series Boardsedit
MSI has announced that its officially bringing SAM (Re-Sizable BAR) support for both AMD Radeon RX 6000 and NVIDIA RTX 30 series GPUs on Intel’s 400 series boards by the end of January. Likewise, the same is expected on AMD’s 400 and 500 series boards in the early months of 2021. Beta BIOSes for both platforms are already available to download from the respective product pages.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel has Doubled its 14nm and 10nm Capacity since 2017 but Revenue only Grew by 13.5%edit
A few days back, Intel CEO, Bob Swan tweeted that the company’s foundry business had doubled its 10nm and 14nm capacity over the last three years. Considering that 10nm is still at least a few months away from mass deployment, it’d be fair to assume that we’re mostly talking about 14nm wafers here.
Publication: Hardware Times
Maths teacher’s YouTuber son decodes formula for healthy lifeedit
Initially, his channel – Codebasics – would receive an occasional comment of appreciation or a thank you note. Four years on, his channel not only boasts of more than two lakh subscribers but his work has also got recognized by graphics card giant – NVIDIA – which has gifted him a high-end graphics processing unit.
Publication: The Times of India
How To Enable NVIDIA Shadowplay To Record PC Gameplayedit
In this article on how to enable NVIDIA Shadowplay, we will show you how to use this feature to record gameplay. Also called NVIDIA Share, it can record automatically in the background or only do so when you want it to.
Publication: MobyGeek
GDP Win 3 is coming soon with an integrated gamepadedit
The GPD Win 3 comes with the latest 11th generation Intel Core i5, whereas a Core i7 SoC powers the higher version. In the memory slot, we have 16 GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and for storage, there is a 1TB internal PCIe 3.0 SSD. This device packs the Intel Xe GPU to boost the graphics and features Wi-Fi 6, support for microSD cards, and Bluetooth 5.0.
Publication: TechnoSports
Massive cyberattacks that shook the world in 2020edit
The biggest of them perhaps came to light towards the end of the year when cybersecurity company FireEye earlier this month revealing that it became a target of hackers who accessed tools.
At least 24 big companies including tech giants like Intel, Cisco, VMware and Nvidia installed the software laced with malicious code, said the report.
Publication: Telangana Today
Leak suggests Galaxy Chromebook 2 could feature QLED display, improved battery lifeedit
While the original model came with the 10th Generation Intel Core i5 processor, the upcoming Galaxy Chromebook 2 is tipped to have the 10th generation Intel Core i3 processor under the hood. Other features include- Wi-Fi 6 Gigabit ac, 178% louder premium sound and 2.75lbs ultra-slim profile.
Publication: Devdiscourse
11th Gen Intel Rocket Lake processors mass production will start from January 2021edit
Intel is now desperate to launch its upcoming 11th Gen CPUs to counter AMD’s never-seen-before Ryzen 5000 series processors as they have completely outthrown Intel in gaming this time. Although Intel is said to have doubled its chip production in the last three years its prolonged struggle with 14nm process is frustrating.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i reviewedit
The company announced an update to its Yoga Slim 7 series to include some of the latest silicon from Intel and also pack in an NVIDIA GPU for some moderate graphical tasks.
Publication: 91Mobiles
LG UltraGear 27GN950 Gaming Monitor Review: Only Gaming Monitor You Will Ever Neededit
It does not matter if you have a PC with an NVIDIA or AMD GPU, the LG UltraGear 27GN950 will offer the best possible gaming performance. The LG UltraGear 27GN950 supports LG UltraGear 27GN950 and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro.
Publication: Gizbot
After a two-month marathon run, coding olympiad concludesedit
The first prize of the event included a laptop with i5 processor and a smartwatch. While the first runners-up won laptops with i3 processors, the second runners-up also won laptops with AMD processor.
Publication: Livemint
Saying goodbye to 2020 with elanedit
On the AMD front, the Ryzen series continued to dominate and for a second year running, they outpaced Intel on most fronts. With a host of great games and some amazing hardware, 2020 gave the gaming community a sliver of cheer that was all but dulled by the farcical launch of Cyberpunk 2077.
Publication: Telangana Today
Huawei Matebook D15, Matebook D 14 2021 Price Specification Features Configurationedit
The series has AMD 4000 or intel 10th generation Core Processors under the hood. You will be amazed after knowing that these models equipped with Nvidia MX450 graphics.
Publication: Upto Brain
Does Epic Games Launcher really make Ryzen CPUs throttle & raise temps?edit
There has been lot of speculation off recently about Epic Games Launcher and its CPU utilization at idle usage and also the temperature rising issues as well. Recently, a post on the /r/AMD subreddit, HotHardware and VideoCardz posted articles regarding this issue especially with AMD Ryzen CPUs.
Publication: TechnoSports
MSI’s new AGESA 1.1.9.0 update brings Resizable BAR support to its X570 and B550 motherboardsedit
MSI has recently been generous to offer the AGESA 1.1.9.0 update for both its B550 and X570 motherboards to bring Resizable BAR support for older Ryzen processors as well as with NVIDIA Ampere GPUs. Now you will think, what is Resizable BAR support?
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Ryzen 5000H vs Intel Tiger Lake-H processors: Who will win the gaming race in 2021?edit
The year 2021 will be a very interesting and important year in the laptop gaming market as we will see both AMD and Intel battling with their latest gaming-centric mobile processors. In 2020, AMD was very much the preferred option over Intel when it came to gaming processors for laptops but things could take a turn in 2021.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel Tiger Lake-H Core i5 Faster than AMD Ryzen 5 5600H in ST Perf, Slower in MTedit
Today, we have a bunch of Geekbench scores of the upcoming notebook processors from both Intel and AMD. This is the first time we’ve been able to compare the two products side-by-side, and yet the results aren’t really all that surprising. On the blue side, we have the Core i5-11300H and 11370H, both quad-core chips with SMT and boost clocks in the 4.4-4-8GHz range.
Publication: Hardware Times
Huawei MateBook D 15, MateBook D 14 2021 With 11th Gen Intel Processors, Nvidia GeForce MX450 Graphics Announced: Price, Specificationsedit
The new models are powered by the latest 11thn generation Intel Core processors along with Nvidia GeForce MX450 graphics.
Publication: MySmartPrice
PC Gaming Set To Take Off Exponentially In India In 2021: A Conversation With Intel’s Akshay Kamathedit
In this regard, we had the opportunity to chat with Akshay Kamath, CCG Sales Specialist, Intel India to talk about how a company like Intel is positioned to cater to the segment and share a few key insights on the PC gaming space for a year that has been and trends to watch out for.
Publication: Mashable India
Intel unveils 6 next gen memory and storage chipsedit
Chip-maker Intel has announced six new memory and storage products to help customers meet the challenges of digital transformation.
Publication: Express Computer
The KFC console will keep your KFC chicken hot while you enjoy playing gameedit
Powering the KFConsole is the Intel Nuc 9 Extreme Compute Element that includes 9th generation Intel Core i9-9980HK processor and is paired with a swappable Asus-powered graphics card.
Publication: Digit
NVIDIA Launches Storefront In AWS Marketplace: Why Is This Significant?edit
NVIDIA is now collaborating with Amazon Web Services to offer 21 NVIDIA NGC software resources to the AWS Marketplace. With this offering, customers will now be able to directly find, buy, and start using software and solutions that run on AWS.
Publication: Analytics India Magazine
Linus Benedict Torvalds: Computer scientist and software sector geniusedit
Six years later he left the company to work as a project coordinator under the auspices of the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a consortium created by such high-tech companies as IBM, Intel, and Siemens to promote Linux development.
Publication: Hindustan Times
The Cloudification of Everythingedit
Prakash Mallya, VP & MD, Sales Marketing & Communications Group, Intel India, touched upon how cloud computing had helped companies deal with the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
Publication: CNBC TV18
The best Intel budget gaming PC build of 2020 under Rs. 50,000edit
This year we have seen a lot of ups and downs, however, gaming has remained to be our constant support even in hard times. So, having a gaming PC at home might help you get through the shortcomings of the year 2020 and if you are planning to build a budget gaming PC then you have come to the right place.
Publication: TechnoSports
Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti review: Gaming benchmarks prove this is the best entry-level 4K gaming GPUedit
The much-anticipated GPU series from NVIDIA, the RTX 3000 series was officially released on 1st December 2020. The RTX 3000 series comprised of RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3070, RTX 3080 and RTX 3090.
Publicaiton: TechnoSports
Top 10 Laptops of the year 2020: List worth checking outedit
So, if you are looking for the best laptop model in India then we have compiled a list of top 10 Laptops of the year 2020 to help you find at least one machine that will cater to all your needs.
Publication: Gadget Bridge
Apple M1 MacBook Pro Review: Faster Than Most Windows Laptops And Puts Them To Shameedit
I’ve been using the MacBook Air for the past three weeks and at first, I was quite sceptical of what the laptop was capable of. I was under the notion that a mobile SoC such as Apple’s M1 could never beat offerings by Intel and AMD.
Publication: MensXP
Microsoft Jumps Into Crowded Microprocessor Market, To Produce Its Own Arm-Based Chipsedit
In recent news, Microsoft announced that it may now use ARM-based designs to make its own in-house chips to be used in data centres. This move is reportedly motivated by Microsoft’s increasing inclination towards reducing the reliance on Intel and other market leaders in chip making, said an exclusive reportage from Bloomberg.
Publiation: Analytics India Magazine
PS5 or RTX 3070 PC or RX 6800 XT PC: What Next-Gen Gaming Hardware Should an Indian Gamer Buy Right Away?edit
Next-gen gaming seems very exciting, but there are too many options and limited availability. Next-gen consoles have released, but the stocks are very limited. In India, we have the Xbox Series X, but the Sony PS5 is yet to get a release. On the PC side of things, we have the latest NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
Publication: MySmartPrice
Lenovo Legion 5 review: This entry-level gaming laptop is impressiveedit
Lenovo Legion 5 specifications: 15.6-inch IPS 120Hz Full HD (1920×1080) display | AMD Ryzen 5 4600H at 3.0GHz + 8GB DDR4 RAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650Ti (4GB) | 1TB 5400 HDD+ 256GB PCIe SSD |
Publication: The Indian Express
Nvidia, Intel join the list of firms affected by SolarWinds hack: Reportedit
The SolarWinds hack appears to have affected more companies than earlier anticipated. Nvidia and Intel are the latest to join this growing list of organisations that have been affected by the massive hacking campaign allegedly linked to Russia.
Publication: HT Tech
Zotac GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity Review: The Ultimate Graphic Card For Next-Gen Gamingedit
Zotac has been one of the few third-party vendors who’ve been getting enough stock of the new RTX 30-series GPUs in India. We got the unique chance to check out the top of the line RTX 3090 Trinity GPU that comes with 24 GB of GDDR6X memory, and the latest IceStorm 2.0 cooling solution which can also be found on the Zotac’s RTX 3080 GPU.
Publication: MensXP
DIGIT ZERO 1 AWARDS 2020: बेस्ट थिन और लाइट लैपटॉपedit
डेल XPS 13 आज आपके द्वारा खरीदे जा सकने वाले सबसे पतले लैपटॉप्स में से एक होने के बावजूद इस श्रेणी में सबसे शक्तिशाली मशीन है। इस लैपटॉप का वजन सिर्फ 1.2 किलोग्राम है और मोटाई में सिर्फ 15.8 मिमी का माप है। डिवाइस Intel Core i7-1065G7 और 16GB DDR4 मेमोरी पैक है।
Publication Digit Hindia
Lenovo Legion 7i gaming laptop review: Premium build, solid performanceedit
The Legion 7i comes powered by 10th Gen Intel Core-i7 H-series processor coupled with and our unit had the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super with MaxQ graphics card.
Publication: GadgetsNow
Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 leaked pictures reveal same design as Galaxy Chromebookedit
On the inside, the Galaxy Chromebook 2 could pack the 11th Gen Intel laptop chip, which is expected to bring significant improvements in overall performance as well as graphics performance.
Publication: BGR
Tech Giants Form Alliance For IT Tools & Transformation. How Does That Matter?edit
In recent news, tech giants such as Google, Intel and Dell, among others in the IT and cloud computing space, have joined hands to form a consortium. Named as the Modern Computing Alliance, this consortium will tackle problems related to security, remote working environments, and other enterprise issues.
Publication: Analytics India Magazine
Adobe Premier Pro Beta For Apple Silicon Released With Very Little Difference From Intel Versionedit
Adobe further said that it prioritised bringing over support for frequently used codecs like H.264, HEVC, and ProRes. All in all, Adobe said that the average video editor is likely to see very little difference from the Intel version.
Publication: News18
Why should you look out for the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i with 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPU?edit
Lenovo is very potent to make thin and light laptops which are both efficient and powerful for daily work. Intel recently announced their 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs that brings lot of improvements over last-gen especially in the graphics section with Intel Xe graphics.
Publication: TechnoSports
Reaping the Deep Tech Dividend in Indiaedit
Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India &VP – Data Center Group, Intel Corporation elaborated on the manner in which Intel is collaborating with C-DAC on the Deep Tech front.
Publication: CNBC TV18
5 best laptops with 144Hz refresh rate displayedit
Hardcore gamers will know the importance of high refresh-rate displays. These screens were only limited to monitors up until a few years ago. Nowadays, most high-end gaming laptops also feature a high-refresh display that can further improve your gaming experience.
Publication: 91Mobiles
Intel and Nvidia Investigate SolarWind Hack Breach, see no Impactedit
American multinational tech company, Intel Corp., has admitted that it’s investigating whether it was a victim of the SolarWinds Corp. hack that has created an annoyance and fear in the U.S. government and private sector.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel Core i9-11900K ES (4.4GHz Boosts) Beats Core i7-10700K by 10% in Single-Threaded Benchmarksedit
The Cinebench and CPU-Z benchmarks for Intel’s next-gen Rocket Lake-S flagship, the Core i9-11900K have surfaced, showing a single-core performance uplift of around 10% for this engineering sample. Keep in mind that the part tested was running at just 4.4GHz, much lower than the final boost clock of 5.4GHz, so the actual performance should be another 10% higher.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel 7nm Granite Rapids CPUs Expected in H1 2023, AMD 5nm Epyc Genoa in Q2 2022edit
Both Intel and AMD are expected to launch their next-gen server CPUs, Ice Lake-SP and Epyc Milan, respectively in the first quarter of 2021. In line with these announcements, suppliers of coolers and PCBs in Taiwan are expecting to see increased demand in the server sector.
Publication: Hardware Times
GeForce RTX 3090: Biggest and Chunkiest GPU For NVIDIAedit
No card comes with a lot of expectations because of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Being the only substitute for 2 heavy hitters from the final era, Nvidia Titan RTX and the RTX 2080 Ti, isn’t any small feat.
Publication: DailyNewsX
How overloaded employees can cut out the busy workedit
Staffers working remotely during the Covid pandemic are getting the boss’s blessing to jettison routine tasks that feel like a waste of time
Publication: Mint
Google TV vs Android TV: What’s new and differentedit
TV. By 2022, Google hopes to see all smart TVs using Google Google TV interface. However, the story may be a bit different for devices like Fire TV stick, Nvidia Shield TV and others. This is because Amazon and Nvidia may not want to adopt the Google TV interface.
Publication: The Times of India
Tiger Lake H CPU-Powered Gaming Laptops To Launch In 2021: Akshay Kamath, Director, Client Sales, Intel Indiaedit
According to a study from Intel-Kantar, 90 percent of smartphone gamers are willing/show a preference to shift to a computer as a gaming device. This is mainly due to the increase in the number of affordable gaming laptops in India.
Publication: Gizbot
Chip giants Intel and Nvidia face new threats from Amazon to Google to Appleedit
Custom chip making has exploded at large tech companies, driven by expanding balance sheets and the growth of AI
Publication: Mint
Do RAM Frequency And Capacity Boost You Gaming Performance?edit
We have here some of the best-rated RAM packages for gaming with two premium machines, one with a Core i7-9700K CPU and the other comes equipped with a Ryzen 7 2700X. Both of them feature GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and PCIe SSDs.
Publication: MobyGeek
Processor Wars hot up in the 2020sedit
Not just desktops and laptops, but billions of mobiles, hundreds of millions of IoT devices interacting with millions of data centres. This is the new cloud paradigm and the processing scene has seen a sea change in the last couple of years.
Publication: CIOL
Intel To Reveal Its Full Rocket Lake CPU and Z590 Motherboard Lineup in CES 2021, 11th Gen Processors to Release Later in Marchedit
A new report has shed light on Intel’s plans to reveal its 11th Gen Rocket Lake desktop CPUs at CES 2021, which will take place on January 11. Intel will also unveil the newer 500 series motherboards to go alongside with 11th gen CPUs, which will go on sale earlier than the processors themselves.
Publication: Techquila
Intel Reportedly Looking for a new CEO to Replace Bob Swanedit
Intel is reportedly looking for a new CEO to replace Bob Swan, with a decision regarding the same expected in Q1 2021 after the quarterly earnings report. According to Charlie Demerjian, the founder of SemiAccurate, Intel is presently looking at multiple candidates.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Constantly Ramping up 10nm Capacity: Crossover with 14nm Volume Expected Next Yearedit
According to a report from Forbes, Intel is rapidly improving the production of its 10nm wafers and building new foundries to support the newer 7nm and 5nm nodes. Talking to Dr. Ann B. Kelleher, SVP and GM of Technology Development at Intel, the outlet reported that all of Intel’s fabs in Ireland, Israel, Arizona, and Oregon are running at full capacity and none of them are left idle or underutilized.
Publication: Hardware Times
Nvidia signs a new deal with Samsung to produce its upcoming RTX 30-series Super GPUsedit
According to a recent source, Nvidia has teamed up with Samsung to develop its GeForce GPUs. We already know that Nvidia has TSMC supplying the 8nm nodes. But the Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has a real big issue on its hands and lacks supply.
Publication: Technosports
Why machine learning models should be smaller in size?edit
Recently, analysts at NVIDIA declared MegatronLM, a huge transformer model with 8.3 billion parameters (multiple times bigger than BERT) that accomplished cutting-edge performance on a variety of language tasks.
Publication: Analytics Insight
Nvidia invites all for its GeForce RTX event on January 12edit
We have seen many leaks and rumours on the internet regarding the launch date of the GeForce RTX 3070, the RTX 3080, and the RTX 3090. But hardly any of the so-called revelations came true or will come true. But recently, the green team itself announced a major new GeForce RTX event scheduled for January 2021.
Publication: Technosports
Lenovo Legion 7i review: Feels like a tank with the engine of a racing caredit
The laptop sports a premium build of anodised aluminium. Legion 7i is powered by octa-core Intel Core-i7 processor, coupled with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super GPU.
Publication: Economic Times
1,180 SVNIT students get degrees at 18th convocationedit
In his address, director of SVNIT S R Gandhi highlighted that 547 students got recruited through campus interviews. “Top companies like HSCB, Amazon, NXp Semiconductors, Intel, Samsung, John Deere, Ircon, L&T and Godrej Honeywell visited he campus,” Gandhi added.
Publication: The Times of India
Intel’s Entry-Level Xe Discrete Graphics Card found on Geekbench databaseedit
CES 2021 is on its way to our digital screens, and every tech company is preparing its products to showcase at the event. It seems that intel is also not going to hold back on this auspicious moment, and rumors have it that the company will most probably be showcasing its Intel Xe Discrete Graphics card.
Publication: Technosports
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX spotted on Geekbench database, beats desktop Core i7-10700Kedit
MD is outperforming intel in terms of desktop-grade CPUs. But it is still a fact that Intel is the current leader in the Notebook segment with its Tiger Lake-U processors. As such, AMD needs to perform exceptionally well in the notebook CPU segment if it wants to become the next silicon valley king. But things might change with the launch of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX notebook processor.
Publication: Technosports
Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 2, Galaxy Book Ion 2 and Notebook Plus 2 launched: Price, specificationsedit
Samsung has just launched its Galaxy Book Flex 2, Galaxy Book Flex 2 5G, Galaxy Book Ion 2 and Notebook Plus 2 laptops in South Korea. All of these come in multiple configuration options and feature dedicated Nvidia GeForce graphics cards and Intel 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs.
Publication: The Indian Express
Here’s some exciting info about Intel’s Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPUsedit
With all the terrible news circling intel, it seems that the silicon giant’s troubles aren’t going to end soon. Intel’s next-generation Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPU’s will be launch in the second half of 2021, at least according to rumours.
Publication: Technosports
ASUS ZenBook Flip S: Designed for anywhere and everywhereedit
When you do a Google search for a laptop that’s both powerful and slim, very few options come up. While there is a segment for ultrabooks that meet the needs of many people, not every notebook in that category is geared towards entertainment. Surprisingly, Asus’ new ZenBook Flip S seems to be among the few ultrabooks that showcase the power of the Tiger Lake CPU in a slim form factor.
Publication: Financial Express
Dell XPS 13 (9310) With 11th-Gen Intel Tiger Lake CPUs Launched in India, Price Starts Rs 1,50,990edit
The Dell XPS 13 (9310) laptop with 11th-generation Intel Core processors have debuted in India, months after the company unveiled the models globally. Currently, the Dell XPS 13 9310 with 11th-gen Intel Core i5 processor is available to purchase in the country, while the XPS 13 i7 variant will be available in January 2021.
Publication: News18
ASUS VivoBook, ASUS ZenBook models launched in India with 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake CPUsedit
ASUS has refreshed the VivoBook and ZenBook lineups with the launch of new models in India. The new range of ASUS VivoBooks and ZenBooks all come with the latest Intel Tiger Lake CPUs under the hood. You have the option to choose from cores, configurations, and screen sizes, among other things.
Publication: 91mobiles
Microsoft may have ‘bad news’ for Inteledit
Microsoft may have more bad news for Intel as the company is possibly looking at replacing Intel chips with its own ARM-based chips for servers and Surface PCs.
Publication: The Times of India
Qualcomm Retains Top Spot in 3Q20 Revenue Ranking of Top 10 IC Design Companiesedit
Apple’s release of the iPhone 12, which has been popular in the consumer markets, led to soaring demand for Qualcomm’s 5G modems and RF chips, in turn propelling Qualcomm’s revenues past that of its rival Broadcom once again to clinch the number one spot in the revenue ranking of global top 10 IC design (fabless) companies for 3Q20, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations.
Publication: EET India
Three winning moves from Apple that are destroying the competitionedit
Thanks to, and his delivered, but the competition will spend much of 2021 catching up. Meanwhile, Apple will come up with faster chips, new designs, and run Apple Silicon. As it stands, the M1 chip is the new benchmark that the competition must beat. While the competition might be able to hit the mark set by the M1 chip, what comes next should be keeping Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, and other chipmakers.
Publication: Bollyinside
The best Intel entry-level build of 2020 under Rs.30,000edit
The end of the ridiculous year 2020 is here now and it’s time to award the best things in tech or make the best builds of the year. A lot of people might be looking to make a gaming PC at the end of the year and so need a guide to make one and we will be helping to make a lot of PC builds at different budgets for both Intel and AMD.
Publication: Technosports
Intel to showcase its new AI-powered Clover Fall chip at CES 2021edit
AMD has destroyed intel performance in the desktop CPU segment, and it seems that the only salvation intel has now left is the laptop CPUs. And with its latest Tiger Lake-U CPUs performing exceptionally well, it appears that the silicon giant still has the crown of best performing laptop CPU.
Publication: Technosports
Nvidia might beat AMD in GPU stock thanks to new Samsung dealedit
Nvidia has just signed a new manufacturing deal with Samsung for 8nm processors that power their RTX 30-series GPUs, raising the possibility of some relief for some of the supply issues that consumers have faced since the launch of the RTX 3070, RTX 3080, and RTX 3090.
Publication: Techradar
Best CPUs for Gaming (PROACTIVE)edit
Building a gaming computer requires careful consideration while picking the right graphics card and CPU. You have to ensure that one does not bottleneck the other. Pairing a high-end CPU with a mid-range GPU or the other way around will simply empty your wallet and give you sub-par gaming experience. To get things right, we’ve put together a list of the best CPUs for gaming from Intel and AMD. All processors in this list are within the latest three generations from either manufacturer so you’ll find CPUs after 8th Gen Intel and from the first gen AMD Ryzen onwards.
Publication: Digit
Asus ZenBook Flip S (2020) Initial Impressions! 4K OLED Paneledit
Review: Asus ZenBook Flip S
Publication: Dhananjay Bhosale
This 11th Gen Asus Laptop will FLIP your mindedit
Review: ASUS Laptop Review
Publication: Vimal Chintapatla
Intel unveils 6 next gen memory and storage chipsedit
The company also unveiled announced two new additions to its Intel Optane Solid State Drive (SSD) Series which feature performance and mainstream productivity for gaming and content creation.
Publication: Telengana Today
2021 Predictions for the Edge by Inteledit
The next few years promise to be exciting as analysts predict that by 2023, 75% of the data created will be outside the data center – in cities, factories, hospitals and stores. And more than 50% of that data will be processed, stored and analyzed directly at the edge, delivering the right latency, bandwidth, reliability, security and privacy.
Publication: DataQuest
NVIDIA Discontinues RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 SUPER Production Despite RTX 3000 Shortagesedit
Even as the RTX 3000 series remain out of stock due to heavy demand, NVIDIA has reportedly discontinued production of its last-generation GeForce RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 Super graphics cards.
Publication: MySmartPrice
NVIDIA Announces RTX Special Broadcast Event Set For January 2021, Will Likely Focus on Budget RTX 30 Cards and Laptop GPUsedit
We previously reported on NVIDIA’s plans to fast-track the release of RTX mobile GPUs paired with AMD Ryzen CPUs for laptops. If those reports are still indicative of NVIDIA’s plans, then we might be looking at the launch of RTX Studio laptops in January.
Publication: TechQuilla
Intel Core i9-11900K appeared on Ashes of Singularity yet again; this time beating AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950Xedit
Intel’s 11th gen CPUs have been making an appearance on Ashes of Singularity’s benchmarking platform. Earlier, we saw, pairing up of Core i9-11900K with a GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. And the performance was decent at best.
Publication: TechnoSports
Dell launches new XPS 13 with 11th Gen Intel chipsets in India: Details hereedit
The company claims that the new XPS 13 is redesigned to achieve a better computing experience with premium materials and a larger display
Publication: Mint
ASUS Expands Its Consumer Notebook Portfolioedit
The Taiwanese tech giant unveils its latest range of Zenbooks and Vivobooks with the 11th Gen Intel Core Processor.
Publication: Businessworld
What’s hot in IT: 5 key developments in 2020, and 5 possible trends to see in 2021edit
In October 2020, AMD, the pioneering processor company, decided to acquire Xilinx, a pioneer in fabless chip manufacturing for $35 billion.
Publication: YourStory
NVIDIA Announces CES Event for January 2021, Could Launch New RTX 3000, Ti/SUPER, and Mobile Graphics Cardsedit
NVIDIA launched the RTX 3000 GPUs earlier this year, with three models. The RTX 3070, RTX 3080, and RTX 3090. While the cards on their own are fine, there have been a couple of issues that have been holding back the new lineup. First off, the stock situation has been very poor, which is understandable, but scalpers have been getting a ton of the available cards.
Publication: MySmartPrice
Intel Core i9-11900K appeared on Ashes of Singularity yet again; this time beating AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950Xedit
Intel’s 11th gen CPUs have been making an appearance on Ashes of Singularity’s benchmarking platform. Earlier, we saw, pairing up of Core i9-11900K with a GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. And the performance was decent at best.
Publication: TechnoSports
Why Intel thinks the appetite of gamers in India would go up in 2021edit
Gaming industry in the last few years has come leaps and bounds not just globally but in India as well.
Publication: The Times of India
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 678 SoC with minor upgrades over the SD675 chipedit
Qualcomm recently announced a new Snapdragon 600 series chipset for the more affordable handsets of 2021. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 SoC succeeds the Snapdragon 675 and aims to bring improvements in photography and connectivity capabilities without sacrificing battery life.
Publication: Moneycontrol
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Might Be A Repeat of the GTX 1060, RTX 3080 Ti Delayed Till Februaryedit
With the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti behind us, it looks like NVIDIA might be planning to play its cards differently with the cheaper RTX 3060’s launch. A new leak from Igor’s lab points to the RTX 3060 being prepared for a GTX 1060-esque launch, where the card will come in 2 different VRAM configurations.
Publication: TechQuilla
New NVIDIA GeForce Drivers Officially Add Vulkan Ray Tracing Supportedit
NVIDIA has now delivered a new GeForce driver update that will add Vulkan Ray Tracing support for games. The GeForce game-ready driver is also complemented with an update for Quake II RTX, which will now support the Vulkan RT extension. This will allow the game to run on AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 GPUs as well.
Publication: TechQuilla
10th Gen Intel Core i7-10700K performance benchmarks prove why it’s worth buying at Rs. 30,000edit
Intel launched its 10th gen processors in the 2nd quarter of 2020. It has been almost 6-9 months since its launch, I know it’s quite late, but fortunately, I have got my hands on the 10th gen Intel core i7-10700K recently. The average price for which it is being sold in India is around Rs 30,000.
Publication: TechnoSports
Checkout best gaming graphics cards for desktop computeredit
If you are a casual gamer and are looking to build a gaming computer, you can opt for mid-range graphics cards that allow you to play most games at medium settings without stuttering. To help you decide which graphics card to buy, we have compiled a list of the best mid-range graphics cards available in India.
Publication: Business Insider
Dell XPS 13 (9310) updated with 11th gen Tiger Lake CPUs featuring Iris Xe graphics now Indiaedit
Dell’s most premium laptop series the XPS 13 has been updated with the latest 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake processors but remains as expensive as it was before in India. So, these new laptops feature Intel’s new Xe graphics that are far better than last gen.
Publication: TechnoSports
10th Gen Intel Core i7-10700K performance benchmarks prove why it’s worth buying at Rs. 30,000edit
Intel launched its 10th gen processors in the 2nd quarter of 2020. It has been almost 6-9 months since its launch, I know it’s quite late, but fortunately, I have got my hands on the 10th gen Intel core i7-10700K recently. The average price for which it is being sold in India is around Rs 30,000.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs. Intel Core i9-10900K: Which High-End CPU Is Right For You?edit
As 2020 draws to a close, we’re taking a look at two of the biggest desktop CPU launches of the year to see how they stack up side by side. Intel’s top-end mainstream-platform CPU for desktops, the Core i9-10900K, may not have all the leading-edge feature glory and new architecture of the new(er) AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. But does that technical debt translate into less performance in the places where it counts the most?
Publication: PC Mag India
Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 launched: Check out the specs, top featuresedit
The Snapdragon 678 system-on-chip is the successor to Snapdragon 675 SoC that was launched back in October 2018 and it offers performance upgrades, better photo and video quality, and an immersive entertainment experience over its predecessor.
Publication: Hindustan Times
Intel Core i9-11900K made its appearance on the Ashes of Singularity benchmarkedit
Intel’s upcoming Core i9-11900K flagship CPU has once again been spotted on the Ashes of The Singularity benchmark. But this time, quite interestingly, it was compared with the Core i9-10900K. The Core i9-11900K, which is a part of the Rocket Lake Desktop lineup, will be aiming to reclaim the gaming throne from AMD. Intel’s rival has achieved superb performance increments with its latest Zen 3 based Ryzen 5000 line of processors.
Publication: TechnoSports
Dell Inspiron 14 (5406) 2-in-1: This convertible laptop is good for work and playedit
Inside the Inspiron 14 2-in-1 is Intel’s 11th Core i5-1135G7 processor. Combine that with the Nvidia GeForce MX330, 512GB of PCIe SSD and 8GB RAM, and you have a laptop that is more than capable of.
Publication: Indian Express
Nvidia doesn’t seem spooked by AMD Big Navi, so could delay rumored RTX 3080 Tiedit
Nvidia’s RTX 3080 Ti graphics card could not see the sunshine of day till February 2021, in accordance with the most recent from the GPU grapevine.
Publication: Tech Bhaskar
NVIDIA’s latest drivers bring Vulkan Ray Tracing Support, ‘Quake II RTX’ becomes the first game to support itedit
NVIDIA has finally brought Vulkan Ray Tracing Support with the help of their latest Game Ready drivers. The company has updated the Quake II RTX game demo to support the new industry standard.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel seems positive of its upcoming CPU line-upedit
We already know at this point that intel has lost its crown as the king of silicon valley. The reason is pretty simple; its chips are not performing well in the market. We are not talking about the CPUs’ sales; in terms of market, intel still takes the lead. But its wafers are merely not matching in performance to its rival AMD.
Publication: TehcnoSports
Scalping sales of Nvidia and AMD cards generate millions of dollars on eBayedit
We already know the hot topic on the internet, which has everyone’s attention in the past weeks. The next-gen consoles are out of stock, and the stores where they are available are selling them at almost double their original value. But sources indicate that it is not just the consoles that are experiencing a shortage in supply. As we already know, the problem also has corroded companies like AMD and Nvidia, and it seems that they have their hands full with it.
Publication: TechnoSports
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti Expected No Sooner than Q2 2021; RTX 3060 at CES 2021edit
According to our German friend, Igor Wallossek, NVIDIA has postponed the launch of its RTX 3080 Ti (20GB) to around mid-2021. As the Big Navi cards fail to defeat the top-end Ampere parts, namely the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 at 4K, Team Green is in no hurry to launch another 20GB variant of the GA102 GPU.
Publication: Hardware Times
NVIDIA Introduces “Huang’s Law” to Replace the now Defunct Moore’s Lawedit
The death of Moore’s Law is old news at this point, no matter what Intel might say. A few years back, NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang was the first one to admit this. Now, the company has gone a step further ahead, introducing what it calls “Huang’s Law”, named after Jensen himself.
Publication: Hardware Times
Acer Predator Helios 300 Review: A reasonably priced premium gaming laptop that doesn’t disappointedit
Intel and Nvidia are combined to great effect on the Helios 300, at the cost of battery life.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Best CPUs for Gaming (PROACTIVE)edit
Building a gaming computer requires careful consideration while picking the right graphics card and CPU. You have to ensure that one does not bottleneck the other. Pairing a high-end CPU with a mid-range GPU or the other way around will simply empty your wallet and give you sub-par gaming experience.
Publication: Digit
Dell G3 15 (2020) reviewedit
According to some estimates, budget gaming laptops have reached a god-like status in India among the many buyers. And not just budget buyers, even the ones starting off with development and design usually seek the bountiful givings of budget gaming laptops.
Publication: Stuff
Apple will now get rid of Qualcomm modems like Intel processorsedit
It looks like the strategy of Apple to switch to its own chips is much more extensive than one might think. Firstly, everyone thought that the company was only going to get rid of Intel processors and replace them with their own SoCs on the basis of ARM architecture. There is also evidence that Apple is also preparing its own GPU instead of AMD’s 3D accelerators. And there is a latest news about a new “chip” in development and this time – Apple modems.
Publication: The Indian Wire
Apple Said to Launch New Mac Processors as Early as 2021edit
Apple is planning a series of new Mac processors for introduction as early as 2021 that are aimed at outperforming Intel’s fastest.
Publication: India Pigeon
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 vs. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT: Which High-End Card to Get for 4K Gaming?edit
The Team Green and Team Red flagships go to battle in open waters. Here’s how these top-rated graphics cards stack up on performance and features.
Publication: PC Mag India
Intel Core i9-11900K (Rocket Lake-S Flagship) Gaming Benchmark Leaks Outedit
An Ashes Escalation benchmark of Intel’s next-gen gaming flagship, the Core i9-11900K has been spotted. The CPU was paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and tested at the 1080p Crazy preset using the DirectX12 API.
Publication: Hardware Times
ABF Substrate Shortages May Limit NVIDIA RTX 30 Series Supply in 2021edit
According to a report from Digitimes, NVIDIA’s RTX 30 series graphics cards may run into another problem, limiting shipments in 2021: The shortage of ABF substrates. First of all, let’s have a look at what these ABF substrates are and where they fit in today’s semiconductors.
Publication: Hardware Times
HP EliteBook 850 G8 gets upgraded to Intel’s Evo platformedit
This year many OEMs have been upgraded their notebooks to meet Intel’s Evo certification. The 11th gen Tiger Lake family has already seen many laptops’ migration, but the recent news comes from HP regarding its EliteBook series.
Publication: TechnoSports
Apple is working on a new ARM-based 32-core processors, might launch sometime in 2021edit
Apple is said to be working on a new ARM-based processor with 32 high-performance CPU cores. They might make their way into production and appear at a Mac in 2021 as stated by Bloomberg. The report by Bloomberg says that the processor might make its way to the new ‘half-sized Mac Pro’ in 2022.
Publication: The Indian Wire
Google, Intel, Dell, Citrix Form Alliance for Cloud Solutionsedit
As businesses increasingly move to the cloud, there is a need to look across the full technology stack, from silicon to the cloud, and this is an exciting opportunity to redefine technology systems and stacks as a whole, and how they work in the interconnected, internet-first world, it said The founding members of the Modern Computing Alliance include some of the most innovative companies and products across the silicon-to-cloud stack: Box, Citrix, Dell, Imprivata, Intel, Okta, RingCentral, Slack, VMware, and Zoom will be joining Chrome browser, Chrome OS, and Google Workspace, said Google.
Publication: The Economic Times
Tech giants form computing groupedit
Google, Dell and Intel have joined hands with a few other tech com-panies to form a new computing group to address the “biggest IT challenges” facing the com-panies today with integration from sil-icon to cloud. Called the “Modern Computing Al-liance”, the collective mission of the new group announced is to drive “sil-icon-to-cloud” innovation for the benefit of enterprise customers — fueling a dif-ferentiated modern computing platform and providing additional choice for inte-grated business solutions.
Publication: Telengana Today
APPLE’S ‘M1’ ADVANTAGEedit
The MacBook Air is a complete package. You get an office suite, along with tools for photo and video editing, as well as music composition. Its App Store makes it easy to find paid and free software; plus you get access to services for free books, games, podcasts, movie streaming and music downloads.
Publication: The Times of India
From Dell Alienware Area-51m R2 to Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3, these are the best gaming laptops of 2020edit
With the new mobile RTX graphics, gaming laptops have achieved huge leaps in performance over the past couple of years. But while AMD briefly disrupted the market with new mobile Ryzen 4000 H series chips, Intel has continued its domination in laptop gaming, pushing out a new 10th Gen H series of processors to power the gaming laptops of 2020.
Publication: Moneycontrol
NVIDIA GTX 1650 Super vs AMD RX 5500 XT: Which one Should you Buy? (PROACTIVE)edit
NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 1650 Super to address the shortcomings of the vanilla 1650. The Super was faster than both the RX 570 as well as the GTX 1060. AMD’s answer was the Radeon RX 5500 XT. Initially, the 8GB variant was priced the same as the GeForce GTX 1660, making it a hard pass, while the 4GB model costed the same as the GTX 1650 Super.
Publication: Hardware Times
NVIDIA Blacklists Popular YouTuber for Focusing on Rasterization more than RTX: Plus Our Own Storyedit
NVIDIA has reportedly blacklisted the popular YouTuber channel Hardware Unboxed, preventing them from receiving any future GeForce Founders Edition review samples. The reason behind this ban is that the channel is more focused on “rasterization” rather than ray-tracing.
Publication: Hardware Times
Cyberpunk 2077 Fails to Utilize SMT on AMD CPUs: Intel Parts Work Fineedit
CD Projekt Red’s blockbuster title is finally out, but the game is plagued by technical issues, most notably glitches and poor performance optimization. The problems aren’t limited to the GPU, but also extend to the CPU side. One notable complication is with respect to CPU utilization with SMT turned on.
Publication: Hardware Times
All Asus RTX Battleship… Ryzen 5 & RTX 3060 Ti PC Buildedit
Vimal Chintapatla review sponsored by ASUS and Nvidia, featuring the Ryzen 3600.
Publication: Vimal Chintapatla
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Vs Apple A14 Bionic: Apple Shines Yet Againedit
Qualcomm recently announced the Snapdragon 888 SoC, the flagship silicon that is set to power a majority of flagship Android phones of 2021. One smartphone chip that goes head-to-head against the Snapdragon 888 is the Apple A14 Bionic featured on the iPhone 12 lineup. Publication: Gizbot
The cheapest Intel Core i5 desktop computer ever costs only $260edit
t’s the least expensive Intel Core i5 desktop PC at present in the marketplace, by a really extensive margin. Sure, it’s an outdated processor however there’s extra to it than simply uncooked compute energy.
Publication: Techbhaskar
Flipkart listing of Nokia PureBook laptops hints at impending launchedit
Just a few days back we reported that Nokia is looking to come up with laptops, now we have more news around the same. It looks like the new range of laptops from Nokia will come with a PureBook moniker and no prize for guessing that these laptops will be sold exclusively through Flipkart.
Publication: Tech Radar India
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano with 11th Gen Intel Core Processors, 16GB RAM Announced: Price, Specificationsedit
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano launched as the most lightweight device from the company. The latest notebook from Lenovo comes loaded with a host of interesting features. The laptop offers a 13-inch display, 11th generation Intel Core chipsets, sleek design, long-lasting battery life, and more.
Publication: MySmartPrice
HP’s EliteBook x360 830 G6 meets the Tiger Lake platformedit
We have already seen HP refreshing most of its notebooks this year. Intel’s Tiger Lake processors’ introduction has caused many manufacturers to move their products to meet the Evo platform. Recently yet another entry from HP has entered the family of Tiger Lake powered notebooks.
Publication: TechnoSports
HP upgrades ZBook Firefly 14 G8 and 15 G8 to Intel Tiger Lake platformedit
HP has been in a bit of a frenzy this year. The OEM has already upgraded most of its last year’s entries to intel’s latest Evo platform, and the company is in no mood of stopping. Recently, it has brought the power of Intel’s 11th generation processors to its two more notebooks.
Publications: TechnoSports
Apple M1 MacBook Air review: Laptops will never be the same againedit
It may look the same, but trust me, it is not even close to being the same. It is a case of new wine in an old bottle. And boy, this new wine despite not being matured is so it is so fine. Yes, I am not talking about some new French Bordeaux — but Apple’s new Macs which have ditched Intel’s processors for something new developed in-house called the M1.
Publication: CNBCTV 18
Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti appears in HP driversedit
Nvidia is gearing the launch of its upcoming RTX 30 series cards to take AMD’s big Navi line-up. And the recent leak has confirmed some of the details regarding the forthcoming RTX cards from the green team. The flagship RTX 3080 Ti has been spotted in the HP driver.
Publication: TechnoSports
Vaccine won’t Slow Digital Acceleration: Intel’s Prakash Mallyaedit
In addition to remote working and education, people are also realising that most of their entertainment needs can be met online. Cloud would be the accepted delivery model and several local cloud service providers are now building up their infrastructure to leverage this. Intel is working with both global and local companies to set up their infrastructure, said Mallya.
Publication: The Economic Times
Intel Vs AMD in 2020: New Wave Of Competition Among Chip Makersedit
Fondly known as team blue (Intel) and team red (AMD), there has never been this close of a tussle between these brands. Both brands have launched some amazing products and solutions to maintain and improve their market share in 2020.
Publication: Gizbot
NVIDIA GTX 1650 Super vs AMD RX 5500 XT: Which one Should you Buy? (PROACTIVE)edit
NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 1650 Super to address the shortcomings of the vanilla 1650. The Super was faster than both the RX 570 as well as the GTX 1060. AMD’s answer was the Radeon RX 5500 XT. Initially, the 8GB variant was priced the same as the GeForce GTX 1660, making it a hard pass, while the 4GB model costed the same as the GTX 1650 Super. Recently, however, AMD has started phasing out the latter in favor of the former with reduced pricing.
Publication: Hardware Times
HP EliteBook 830 G8 and 840 G8 upgraded to Intel’s Tiger Lake platformedit
HP has been upgraded its already existing notebooks to meet Intel’s Evo platform criteria. Recently, the company’s HP EliteBook 830 G8 and EliteBook 840 G8 both received a host of new specs that came with its adoption of intel’s 11th gen processors—expected to start its sale at the end of this month, Intel Tiger Lake CPUs power the products.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Legion 7i (2020) review: A treat for gamersedit
The Lenovo Legion 7i for 2020 offers more than enough power for gaming and content creators. It is easily one of the best mobile power stations you can buy currently.
Publication: BGR
Apple MacBook Air (M1) reviewedit
With prior warning, Apple had primed us for a serious shakedown that would realign the ultrabook pyramid. They weren’t wrong in doing so because right on cue for the holiday season, they have dropped their own silicon on the PC industry like a nuke from hell. The Apple M1 chip, based on ARM, has found its way in three new devices – the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13 and the Mac Mini.
Publication: Stuff India
Apple Silicon M2 With Up To 32 Cores Expected To Power Future Macsedit
It looks like Apple is developing multiple ARM CPUs for laptops and desktops. The Apple Silicon M1 is the first ARM laptop CPU from the company, which outperformed the competition. On top of that, the company is also said to be working on the Apple Silicon M1X for the high-end MacBooks. Publication: Gizbot
Raja Koduri teases Intel’s upcoming Xe HP GPUsedit
Intel’s Senior Vice President, GM, Intel Architecture, Graphics, and Software take his Twitter account this time to showcase its achievement when it comes to computer graphics. In his tweet, we see both Intel Xe-HP & Xe-LP GPUs side by side as they are all set to come in 2021.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel Discontinues Entire 9th Gen CPU Lineup including the Core i9-9900K, Core i7-9700K, and i5-9600Kedit
Intel has announced the discontinuation of its 9th Gen Core lineup, including the top-end i9-9900K, i7-9700K as well as the budget i5-9600K. The entire Coffee Lake-R family has been EOL’d including the F/KF parts that lack an iGPU as well as the low-power T lineup.
Publication: Hardware Times
Lenovo might be announcing its Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium soonedit
As we have seen through many leaks, Lenovo is planning to release two new products; namely, it’s Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano and ThinkPad X1 Titanium. The year is already coming to an end, and everyone had expected to see the company release its ThinkPad X1 Titanium by early 2021. But due to several delays, there has not even been a public announcement from Lenovo regarding the device.
Publication: TechnoSports
Apple Is Said To Be Working On A 32-Core Processor For High-End Macs & We Can’t Wait For Itedit
The roadmap of Apple’s chip releases and the subsequent Mac refresh cycles indicate the company is confident of making the transition away from Intel chips for its computing devices, quite smoothly. Bloomberg reports that the next two lines of Apple chips are also planned to be more ambitious than some industry watchers expected for next year.
Publication: Men’s XP
Intel might be secretly working on Tiger Lake desktop CPUedit
Intel has been pretty busy this year with the launch of its 11th generation Tiger Lake CPUs. With the introduction of its Evo platform, the company has raised the standards of its Tiger Lake notebooks that also offer support for PCIe 4th generation. But recently, Intel and PC manufacturer Dell has been pretty busy in implementing S0ix power-saving states into the Linux kernel.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel debuts 2nd Gen cryogenic quantum control chipedit
Chip maker Intel has debuted second-generation cryogenic control chip called Horse Ridge II housing key capabilities to overcome scalability, one of the biggest hurdles of quantum computing.
Publication: CRN India
ASUS’s next-gen TUF Gaming Laptop spotted powered by Intel Tiger Lake-H Core i7-11370H CPUedit
We have seen a lot of leaks and rumours online regarding intel’s upcoming CPUs. Still, recently it’s Tiger Lake-H, which is a high-end mobility CPU, has made its appearance in ASUS’s upcoming TUF gaming laptop. The device was spotted to be powered by a Core i7-11370H processor. According to sources, two ASUS TUF Gaming and a single ASUS Zenbook variant listed with Intel’s Core i7-11370H Tiger Lake CPU.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Data Center Group Delivers New Data Management Solutionsedit
Data Center Group (DCG) announces new end-to-end data management solutions allowing customers of all sizes to harness data more securely and efficiently, from edge to core to cloud, with a single set of tools and capabilities for a smarter way forward.
Publication: CXO Today
Nvidia dominates the discrete GPU market by 77% share; while AMD keeps climbing the ladder at a steady paceedit
Due to the global, the world economy has seen a major shift in a big way. Though many businesses have either seen a major increase in profit or has seen demise. But despite all this, gamers are still investing more savings towards PC hardware and peripherals. And it has kept the PC market vibrant and lively.
Publication: TechnoSports
Apple preps 32-Core Mac processors aiming to surpass Intel chipsedit
Apple is working on a new ARM-based processor with as many as 32 high-performance CPU cores to gradually phase out the use of intel cores, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The processor could also appear in a new “half-sized Mac Pro” that is slated to release in 2022.
Publication: TechnoSports
Apple created front-end Mac-chips aimed at outlining highest-end PCs – commercial newsedit
Apple’s M1 chip was unveiled in a new entry-level MacBook Pro laptop, a refreshed Mac Mini desktop and MacBook Air range. The company’s next series of chips, which it plans to release early in the spring and later fall, should be retained in upgraded versions of the MacBook Pro, both entry-level and high-end iMac desktops, and a new one later. Mac Pro workstation, people said.
Publication: Go News
Acer Unveils Enduro N3 Rugged Laptop With Top Notch Featuresedit
ACER unveiled the rugged Enduro N3, the thinnest and lightest 14” IP53-rated laptop with military standard durability is designed for mobile professionals who require extra reliability on top of premium-level security. It packs a punch in terms of performance as it is powered with up to 10th Gen Intel® Core™ processor. It is specifically devised to provide the endurance, portability, and performance needed by professionals working in the field.
Publication: Digital Terminal
We Will Witness An Upward Demand For Next-Generation Data Protection Solutions In Near Futureedit
Businesses not only need to manage the extensive workloads across locations but also equally need to ensure that they’re securing all parts from where the data is coming without a security glitch. We, at Dell Technologies understand this evolving data threat landscape and for the same, are helping our customers with our advanced and cutting-edge data protection and management portfolio to ensure absolute safety of data, even when employees are working remotely.
Publication: Digital Terminal
Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 Review: Performance Meets Innovation In The Best 2020 Has On Offeredit
The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15’s price in India starts from Rs 2,79,999, with our model falling at little over 3.5 lakh. Now, that’s a hefty price to pay for a gaming laptop, but I believe it’s worth it. To recall, the top-end Zephyrus S notebooks are priced close to the Rs 2.8 lakh mark. This means you are left with the choice of opting for the best Zephyrus S15 or S17 or the entry-level Duo 15 with two screens. And that’s a pretty tough choice considering how capable the base Duo 15 model is.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Intel may use a Large L3 Cache in its Xe DG2 GPUs, Similar to AMD’s Infinity Cacheedit
According to a source, Intel may yet again take a leaf from AMD’s rule-book in designing its Xe-HPG (High-Performance Gaming) graphics cards, leveraging a large L3 cache quite similar to the Infinity Cache used in the recently launched Big Navi GPUs.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Core i9-11900K Rocket Lake-S appears on Ashes of the Singularity with a higher clock speededit
Intel’s upcoming flagship desktop CPU, the Rocket Lake-S, the Core i9-11900K, has been spotted at the Ashes of The Singularity benchmark. According to sources, the Intel Core i9-11900K will be feature 8 cores and 16 threads. It also features a 3.50 GHz base clock, which is higher than the earlier reported rumors. Along with 8 cores and 16 threads, the chip also features 16 MB of L3 cache.
Publication: TechnoSports
The Apple M1 might soon have a worthy competitoredit
Caught unaware by the roaring success of the Apple M1 chip, rumor has it that AMD is close to launching a rival of its own. Despite being Apple’s first foray into computer chips, the M1 has threatened the dominance of Intel and AMD with its stellar performance while helping you cut down on your electricity charges.
Publication: Tech RadarIntel Rocket Lake CPU Benchmark leaked, has 8 Cores and 16 threadsedit
Intel’s Rocket Lake-S Desktop CPU benchmark is now leaked on the internet; it shows the CPU performance with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, which is based on a 7nm chip of Zen 3 core architecture. @TUM_APISAK revealed the recent benchmark about the chip running on an HP Omen OEM desktop PC, which now, clearly indicates that partners and OEMs have early access to the Rocket Lake. It is expected to launch in early 2021.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel’s Habana Labs starts to chip away at Nvidia in cloud with AWS dealedit
Intel Corp’s Habana Labs business said on Wednesday it would take time to gain market share from Nvida in cloud and data centre computing but its deal this week with Amazon Web Services (AWS) was a solid first step. Intel in December bought Israel-based artificial intelligence firm Habana for about $2 billion, seeking to expand its AI portfolio to bolster its data-centre business.
Publication: ET Telecom
Alienware m15 R3 Review: A thin and light gaming powerhouse that runs hot under pressureedit
The m15 R3 model Dell sent us came with a 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H processor paired with an Nvidia RTX 2070 DDR6 8GB GPU. The notebook can also be configured with up to 32GB of RAM and up to a 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD. However, you can go all out with an Intel Core i9-10980HK and an Nvidia RTX 2080 Super Max-Q GPU with 8GB of VRAM. So, how did the laptop do in real-world tests, well, let’s find out.
Publication: Moneycontrol
HP Envy 15 Is A Classy, Premium Laptop That Is Built For Creators Who Can Afford Itedit
In terms of internal hardware, the HP Envy 15 sports a great combination of processor, memory, graphics and storage — the foundational building blocks of any PC. There’s an Intel Core i7-10750H chip clocked at 2.6 GHz in there with 16 gigs of RAM, a lightning quick 1 TB nVME Samsung SSD and Nvidia GeForce 1660Ti graphics with 6GB GDDR6 memory paired with Intel onboard UHD graphics.
Publication: India Times
Gaming laptops that make performance issues a thing of the pastedit
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In fact, Intel keeps collaborating with popular game studios to optimize in-game experiences. One such collaboration has taken place between Intel and Square Enix’s Crystal Dynamics where Intel helped develop some PC-exclusive Marvel’s Avengers graphics improvements. By optimizing tasks more suited to CPU-based computation, like the physics engine, it allows for more GPU headroom for other tasks.
Publication: India Today
AMD Sold 7x More CPUs than Intel at MF Germany: Approx 5,000 Zen 3 Chipsedit
As per the latest sales figures from Mindfactory (Germany), AMD sold seven times more CPUs than Intel this month. To put this into perspective, only 5,000 Intel parts were purchased in the time period while AMD sold a whopping 35,000 chips, including 5,000 of the newly launched Ryzen 5000 CPUs.
Publication: Hardware Times
Nvidia Launches GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU With Ray Tracing and DLSS, Priced at Rs 35,900 in Indiaedit
American gaming equipment maker Nvidia has announced its new GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Graphics processor as part of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 series. The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is faster than its predecessor the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super GPU and is based on the new Ampere architecture. Nvidia has announced only one GPU in the lineup but a non-Ti model, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 can be expected to arrive sometime in the future.
Publication: Network 18
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 888 – Cortex X-1 Core, Integrated 5G Modem, Triple ISP, and Smarter AI Engineedit
After months of rumours and wait, Qualcomm announced its next top of the line chipset, the Snapdragon 888 at its annual Snapdragon Tech Summit. Well, Qualcomm skipped its general naming convention for its flagship chipsets. According to that this SoC would have been known as the Snapdragon 885, instead, it’s going with ‘888’, which is considered to be a symbol of fortune and prosperity in the Chinese culture, and maybe Qualcomm wants to change its fortune with its flagship silicon.
Publication: TechQuila
Nvidia launches GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU with free GeForce Now gaming subscriptionedit
Nvidia has launched the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics card for PCs, bringing significant upgrades over the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Super cards. The graphics card maker says its new RTX 3060 Ti series is its most affordable range in the RTX 3000 series but borrows its design from the RTX 3070. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics processor will be available to partner companies starting today.
Publication: India Today
On Intel H470, Z490, and B460 motherboards, Asus implements the Resizable BAR supportedit
Asus is now offering a public beta BIOS version, which supports the resizable BAR feature on intel H460, H470, and H490 motherboards. The BIOS versions support AMD’s SAM for the old B450 and X470 models is still not allowed to private testers. AMD’s Smart Access Memory is a feature that can take advantage of the new RX 6000 GPUs when it is connected with the Ryzen 5000 desktop CPUs. For more than four years, this technology is being hidden within the PCIe 3.x specifications.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel Expects its 7nm CPUs to Launch by 2023 even as TSMC Preps its 3nm for 2022edit
Intel CEO, Bob Swan has said that the company isn’t giving up on its Foundry business just yet. Talking at the Credit Suisse Conference, Swan explained that Intel has some notable progress in ramping up the yields of its 10nm node and the introduction of the SuperFin technology which it claims offers a full node advantage compared to the 10nm+ process. It’s important to keep in mind that Intel’s 10nm is closer to TSMC’s 7nm process in terms of performance and efficiency, and the former’s upcoming 7nm process is likely to compete with the latter’s 5nm EUV node.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Graphics Card Now Accessible (PROACTIVE)edit
The pricing of Radeon RX 6800XT is not disclosed.AMD announced a November roll-out date for the Radeon RX 6000 series back in October
Publication: IT Voice
We Weren’t Expecting This : Nvidia RTX 3060Ti Review : it is a Unicorn !edit
Review of the Nvidia RTX 3060Ti.
Publication: iGyaan
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founder’s Edition Review – 4K Gaming Is Finally Affordable (Kinda)edit
Whenever any graphics card manufacturer like NVIDIA or AMD unveils a brand new GPU lineup, it’s always the budget cards that most people look forward to. It’s become a trend to release the higher-end 80 and 70-series cards, and then the budget 60 and 50 series cards a few months later. For years budget gamers had to compromise on performance if they chose to stick with cheaper GPUs, but that’s about to change with the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.
Publication: TechQuila
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti officially launched at Rs. 35,900 ($399)edit
Finally, today, after having leaked completely already, NVIDIA has made their new RTX 3060 Ti available via a press release, and it kept the rumored pricing of $399. In India, it has a sweet starting pricing of just INR 35,900. “We’re entering a massive holiday season with ray-traced effects coming to Cyberpunk 2077, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Watch Dogs: Legion and more,” said Matt Wuebbling, VP of global GeForce marketing at NVIDIA.
Publication: TechnoSports
5 best laptops with Intel Core i5 chipsets you can buy in Indiaedit
Although the Intel Core i5 processors are meant for mid-range laptops, they can offer excellent performance when coupled with high-end hardware. However, the Core i5 chipset also ensures that the laptop offers good battery life, which means you don’t need to sacrifice power backup for the sake of performance with this chipset. If you are looking to purchase a powerful laptop with an Intel Core i5 chipset, then we’ve got some good options for you.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
AMD Radeon Board Partners Don’t Have Extra Units for RMAs, NVIDIA RTX 30 Supply Improvingedit
According to a report from Gamersnexus, while the supply of NVIDIA’s RTX 30 series graphics cards is gradually improving, AMD’s Big Navi cards are facing more severe shortages than the former ever did. In fact, a major board partner conveyed to Steve that they don’t even have extra parts for warranty and RMA purposes. This means that if your Big Navi graphics card stops working for whatsoever reason, you won’t be able to get a replacement. Instead, you’re more likely to either get it repaired for free or simply a refund.
Publication: Hardware Times
NVIDIA fails to keep RTX 3060 Ti secret as a buyer already purchases a GIGABYTE variant ahead of launchedit
NVIDIA is already having a bad time in managing its stock of its new RTX 30-series GPUs, now in the mean time, when only a day is left for the launch of its upcoming mid-range GPU RTX 3060 Ti, a buyer already buys a custom AIB GPU and shares the details of it. This is because, to attract gamers, retailers have already posted these GPUs even before launch and it seems people have bought them as well.
Publication: TechnoSports
Alienware m15 R3 Review: Monster Performance, Great Aesthetics Don’t Mask its Priceedit
If you had Rs 3.5 lakh to spend on absolutely anything in the world, what would you splurge on? You could invest the sum in hope of a better future, or use it to pay the down-payment for your first car. You may also hold on the splurge, waiting for the pandemic to end so you can take the much-awaited trip across Europe. In fact, you can even overhaul your home’s decor. The point is — Rs 3.5 lakh is a pretty hefty sum of money, one that you won’t spend in haste.
Publication: Network 18
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Looking Back At The Laptop Trends In 2020edit
AMD set the bar by unveiling its Ryzen 4000 series of mobile processors way back in January at CES 2020, a data which already seems like a few lifetimes ago thanks to the Coronavirus. However, Intel came back with the launch of the 11th Gen ‘Tiger Lake’ Core processors.
Publication: Digit
Best Value-for-money Laptop of 2020 – Indian Gadget Awards 2020 Nominees: Lenovo Ideapad S340, Mi Notebook 14 E Learning Edition, and Moreedit
These are the nominees for the Best Value-for-money Laptops of 2020 for the Indian Gadget Awards 2020.
Publication: My Smart Price
Indian Gadget Awards – Best Gaming Laptop of 2020 nominees: ASUS Zephyrus G14 vs MSI G76 Titan vs othersedit
2020 marked the launch of some of the most hotly-awaited gaming titles including the likes of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Call of Duty: Black OPS – Cold War, and Cyberpunk 2077. The year also forced many of us to stay cooped indoors, which rest assured, translated into record demand for gaming notebooks.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
Indian Gadget Awards – Best Value-for-money Laptop of 2020 nominees: Mi Notebook 14 e-Learning Edition vs Lenovo IdeaPad S340 and moreedit
Buying a laptop may have somewhat been on the back burner for you, until 2020 began. With everything that has gone down this year, a new laptop might just have been the first gadget you purchased in 2020.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
AMD Ryzen 5000H making its way to high-end ASUS and ACER gaming laptopsedit
Recent news states that the OEMs, ASUS and ACER will soon unveil their most high-end gaming laptops based on AMD’s Ryzen 5000H ‘Zen 3’ CPUs and NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs. The device will also feature the flagship RTX 3080 mobility GPU. We expect that the new gaming laptops to belong to ASUS’s ROG line-up and Acer’s Nitro series.
Publication: TechnoSports
Prevent. Detect. Respond.edit
Dell Trusted Devices Endpoint security portfolio consists of solutions that provide support both below and above the OS, offering a three-pronged approach towards endpoint security.
Publication: Mint
Best Laptop of 2020 – Indian Gadget Awards 2020 Nominees: Dell XPS 15, ASUS Zenbook 14, and Moreedit
These are the nominees for the Best Laptop of 2020 for the Indian Gadget Awards 2020
Publication: My SmartPrice
Indian Gadget Awards – Best Laptop of 2020 nominees: Dell XPS 15 9500 vs ASUS ZenBook 14 UX434 vs othersedit
As per a report by Canalys, the global PC market saw the highest growth in 2020 as compared to the last ten years. It goes without saying that the demand for laptops skyrocketed this year, with many people working from home and kids’ classes moving online.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
Asus ZenBook Flip S review: A solid laptop with a stunning displayedit
Publication: The News Minute
Best Gaming Laptop of 2020 – Indian Gadget Awards 2020 Nominees: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14, MSI GT76 Titan, And Moreedit
The weight and size of the laptops didn’t really go down, but players like Asus experimented with new designs, to up the funk factor that gaming machines deserve. The hardware inside gaming laptops this year were expectedly top-notch. NVIDIA’s RTX cards were the usual suspects, and there was a healthy mix of Intel and AMD CPU options.
Publication: My SmartPrice
Gaming Laptop: Demand in the market for these 5 cheap gaming laptops in 2020, all laptops cost less than Rs 75,000edit
The laptop is equipped with AMD Ryzen 4000 hp series mobile series processor and AMD Radeon RX 5600 M GPU. Apart from this, it comes with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage. The laptop comes with a 51Wh battery. Its Blue Accents and Supernova Silver color variants are available.
Publication: Divya Bhaskar
Gaming craze: These five cheap gaming laptops dominated the market in 2020, all cost less than 75 thousand rupeesedit
In India, the top5 laptop brands HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer and Asus account for 88.2 percent of the total laptop market and other brands hold about 11.8 percent. If you are planning to buy a gaming laptop, here we have prepared a list of affordable laptops, which are worth less than Rs 80,000.
Publication: Bhaskar
Best of 2020edit
Best of 2020: Laptops under INR 20,000
Publication: Navbharat Times
LG 27GN950 4K gaming monitor reviewedit
Even though we believe the tech world is not slowing down, the short supply of new consoles this year is proof enough that we’re still not away from the clutches of the pandemic. So when LG announced its flagship gaming monitor back in CES, the inevitable Indian launch was destined to be delayed.
Publication: Stuff
HP Spectre x360 14 might be the best laptop choice of the year 2020edit
The HP Spectre x360 14 is the first Spectre laptop with a 3:2 aspect ratio and display to contrast the 16:9 Spectre x360 13 and Spectre x360 15. The device comes in 13.5-inch touchscreen which is 11 per cent larger than the one on the 13.3-inch Spectre x360 13.
Publication: TechnoSports
How ASUS is the one-stop-shop for Indian businesses’ tech needsedit
The year 2020 brought with it unprecedented challenges, with life and work as we know it changing almost overnight. Even as the world now attempts to limp back to normalcy, the need for robust technology partners, devices, solutions and remote working mechanisms have never been more important.
Publication: YourStory
Asus bets on offline retail, to add 1,000 retail pointsedit
“Post lifting of lockdown, the demand continues to be strong. From about 2.5 lakh units a month, the sales for the industry have doubled and the trend is expected to continue for some time as people continue to work and study from home,” Asus India Business Head of Consumer and Gaming PC (System Business Group) Arnold Su said.
Publication: The Economic Times
Huawei to bring ARM-based laptop?edit
After a big clash with the US and other nations, Huawei has kind of shrunk its smartphone business and looking to diversify in its home market. It has recently launched desktops in its native country and is increasing its laptop portfolio.
Publication: TechnoSports
Top 5 affordable gaming laptops that ruled India market in 2020edit
If you are planning to buy a gaming laptop, here are some machines that can make for great value purchases for gamers, within the price range of Rs 80,000.
Publication: India Today
‘Govt must consider tax sops for PC sales’edit
Lenovo India CEO and MD Rahul Agarwal says that while the PC and tablets market was flat in the first half of the year, it is expectedd to grow 25% from the current quarter.
Publication: The Times of India
Killer Budget Gaming Laptop? Lenovo Legion 5 Ryzen 5 4600H & GTX 1650 Ti Reviewedit
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
Publication: Vimal Chintapatla
Jobs in 2021: With tech taking centrestage, ‘gap year’ 2020 is likely to force professionals to reinvent themselvesedit
In a global survey done by Lenovo on ‘Technology and The Evolving World of Work’ — covering 20,000 people in 10 countries including India — 72 percent of the Gen Y and Gen Z said that they were more productive working from home. And 75 percent of those interviewed from India said they would continue to work from home.
Publication: FirstPost
17-YO Patna Student Emails Lenovo Asking For A Laptop To Code & What Happened Next Is Inspiringedit
In a rather unusual incident, a 17-year-old student from Patna reached out to the technology giant Lenovo in an attempt to solve a particular problem he was facing. Turns out, the student, who is passionate about learning to code and making a career in software engineering, can’t afford a computer and sending an email to the company was his desperate crack at a resolution.
Publication: MensXP
Work from home in COVID-19 times: A mixed bag for real estate sectoredit
As per a KPMG report, 68 percent organizations have incorporated WFH policies. Companies like Tata Steel, Ceat, Zensar have a permanent WFH policy. Technology firms such as Dell are offering solutions to team members to stay connected and productive, making organizations more resilient.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Andhra Pradesh Government lays emphasis on development of education sectoredit
Towards this end, 23 reputed organisations including Dell, Tata, HP, IBM and Biocon have come forward for signing MoUs with government and discussions are on with 35 other companies. The year has seen hectic activity in developing infrastructure and rolling of welfare schemes to improve education sector in the State.
Publication: The Hans India
Asus bets on offline retail, to add 1,000 retail pointsedit
“Post lifting of lockdown, the demand continues to be strong. From about 2.5 lakh units a month, the sales for the industry have doubled and the trend is expected to continue for some time as people continue to work and study from home,” Asus India Business Head of Consumer and Gaming PC (System Business Group) Arnold Su said.
Publication: ET Telecom
Asus ZenBook Flip S (UX371) laptop review: Solid alternative to Dell XPS 13edit
The Asus ZenBook Flip S (UX371) is among the first laptops in India to be powered by Intel’s 11th Gen Core processor. Based on the Intel Evo platform, the laptop is touted to be deliver optimal performance, top-notch connectivity solutions, enhanced on-battery time, and fast data transfer rate.
Publication: Business Standard
Laptops, desktop sales see ‘renaissance;’ shortages won’t ease until 2022edit
Remote learning and working has upturned the computer market during the coronavirus pandemic. Some analysts expect 2020 will close at about 300 million shipments, up roughly 15% from a year ago.
Publication: Livemint
2020 in Laptops: The Biggest News, Coolest Tech, and Most Innovative Designsedit
Here’s a look back at the most important developments in the laptop market over the course of 2020, both in India and on the global stage. These picks include some of the most interesting designs and groundbreaking hardware that will shape our expectations for the future, as well as products that had the potential to make a splash in the market.
Publication: Gadgets360
Apple Orders TSMC’s Initial Production of 3-nanometer Chipsedit
Silicon manufacturers have just started with the 5nm process this year. Still, TSMC has started developing 3nm and 4nm process nodes, and Apple has ordered a large number of TSMC’s initial production of 3-nanometer chips.
Publication: Techquila
Leak suggests Galaxy Chromebook 2 could feature QLED display, improved battery lifeedit
While the original model came with the 10th Generation Intel Core i5 processor, the upcoming Galaxy Chromebook 2 is tipped to have the 10th generation Intel Core i3 processor under the hood. Other features include- Wi-Fi 6 Gigabit ac, 178% louder premium sound and 2.75lbs ultra-slim profile.
Publication: Devdiscourse
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i reviewedit
The company announced an update to its Yoga Slim 7 series to include some of the latest silicon from Intel and also pack in an NVIDIA GPU for some moderate graphical tasks.
Publication: 91Mobiles
Tech Launches This Week: Realme Watch S Pro, Oppo Reno 5 Pro+ and Moreedit
As the name suggests, the HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 clearly focuses on being ultra-portable and lightweight. As a result, its entry variant is said to weigh under 1kg by HP. Specifications include configurations for AMD Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 processors, Radeon graphics, up to 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD storage, and a 13.3-inch full HD display. Prices for the laptop begin at Rs 74,999.
Publication: News18
LG UltraGear 27GN950 Gaming Monitor Review: Only Gaming Monitor You Will Ever Neededit
It does not matter if you have a PC with an NVIDIA or AMD GPU, the LG UltraGear 27GN950 will offer the best possible gaming performance. The LG UltraGear 27GN950 supports LG UltraGear 27GN950 and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro.
Publication: Gizbot
MSI to host MSI Premiere 2021 – Tech For The Future event on January 13edit
MSI is one of the most renowned OEM when it comes to gaming peripherals, notebooks, accessories, GPUs, motherboards, desktops, and a lot more. The brand has kept on adding new products to its ever-increasing portfolio to diversify itself.
Publication: TechnoSports
ASUS’s latest BIOS update enhances AMD Renoir laptop performanceedit
The Taiwanese OEM has pushed a latest BIOS update that optimizes performance on AMD Renoir powered laptops in December. This update has magically increased the performance on my ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 laptop with Ryzen 7 4700U with 8 cores and 8 threads.
Publication: TechnoSports
MSI’s new AGESA 1.1.9.0 update brings Resizable BAR support to its X570 and B550 motherboardsedit
MSI has recently been generous to offer the AGESA 1.1.9.0 update for both its B550 and X570 motherboards to bring Resizable BAR support for older Ryzen processors as well as with NVIDIA Ampere GPUs. Now you will think, what is Resizable BAR support?
Publication: TechnoSports
Future of jobs: What this ‘gap year’ could mean for professionals in 2021edit
In a global survey done by Lenovo on ‘Technology and The Evolving World of Work’ — covering 20,000 people in 10 countries including India — 72% of the Gen Y and Gen Z said that they were more productive working from home. And 75% of those interviewed from India said they would continue to work from home.
Publication: Citizen Matters
How Lenovo seeds diversity and inclusion into every product processedit
Setup in 2019, the Product Diversity Office (PDO) is a collaborative effort by the PC and Smart Devices business unit and the Diversity and Inclusion office.
Publication: The Indian Express
ASRock Brings Zen 3 Support to A320, X370, and B350 Boards with Beta BIOS Updateedit
ASRock has released the beta BIOS updates for the older 300 series chipsets, including the A320, B350, and the X370 boards bringing Zen 3 support to pre-Ryzen 3000 hardware, despite AMD’s initial statement that support would be limited to the 500 series boards (later overturned). Even now, AMD is officially offering Zen 3 support on just the B450 and X470 boards via a one-way BIOS update expected to be available to verified buyers of the Ryzen 5000 chips.
Publication: Hardware Times
TCS, Wipro among top ITeS players of 2020, American companies lead in product categoryedit
Further, a breakdown by services and product reveals that, at the top, in ITeS Services are the three Indian IT giants – Infosys, TCS and Wipro. In the Enterprise Product category, Dell, HP, Cisco and Oracle emerge as leaders.
Publication: DT Next
HCL Technologies named Global Alliances Americas Partner of the Year, receives President’s Circle designation for third consecutive yearedit
HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, today announced it has been recognized by Dell Technologies as the ‘Global Alliances Americas Partner of the Year’ and has also achieved the ‘Dell Technologies President’s Circle’ Award for FY20.
Publication: Indian Education Diary
9 in 10 India employees feel ready to work remotely: Delledit
About 9 in 10 employees in India feel prepared to to work remotely for the long-term when provided with the right technology assets and human resources-related support , a Dell Technologies research said Tuesday.
Publication: Orissa Post
Dell leads storage market with 29% share in India: IDCedit
India’s external storage market revenue fell 14.8 percent to 79.9 million in Q3 2020 (July-September). The majority of the decline in storage spending was due cut in spending from professional services, government, and manufacturing organizations in Q3 2020.
Publication: Infotech Lead
7,300-crore PLI Scheme for Laptops, Tablets, Servers by Janedit
Officials said the contours of the scheme are being finalised and the approval could come through as early as January. The target is to move close to 20-30% of the global production of laptops, tablets and servers to India, the officials said. The government has reached out to HP, Dell and Lenovo to get their feedback on the scheme.
Publication: The Economic Times
Huawei MateBook D 15, MateBook D 14 2021 With 11th Gen Intel Processors, Nvidia GeForce MX450 Graphics Announced: Price, Specificationsedit
The new models are powered by the latest 11thn generation Intel Core processors along with Nvidia GeForce MX450 graphics.
Publication: MySmartPrice
Upcoming Acer Nitro 5 with Ryzen 7 5800H and RTX 3080 spotted retailing for 1950 EURedit
MD is all set to launch its Ryzen 5000H processors based on its revolutionary Zen 3 architecture next month at CES 2021. We expect a bunch of OEMs inclining to AMD more this time as their overall performance seems much better than what Intel has to offer.
Publication: TechnoSports
Brands warm up to gaming apps leading to surge in ad revenuesedit
The likes of LG Ultragear gaming monitors, AMD, Lenovo, Dell all are top tier sponsors for our various events and IP’s,” said Ishaan Arya, co-founder, The Esports Club.
Publication: Mint
Top 10 Laptops of the year 2020: List worth checking outedit
So, if you are looking for the best laptop model in India then we have compiled a list of top 10 Laptops of the year 2020 to help you find at least one machine that will cater to all your needs.
Publication: Gadget Bridge
PS5 or RTX 3070 PC or RX 6800 XT PC: What Next-Gen Gaming Hardware Should an Indian Gamer Buy Right Away?edit
Next-gen gaming seems very exciting, but there are too many options and limited availability. Next-gen consoles have released, but the stocks are very limited. In India, we have the Xbox Series X, but the Sony PS5 is yet to get a release. On the PC side of things, we have the latest NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
Publication: MySmartPrice
Lenovo Legion 5 review: This entry-level gaming laptop is impressiveedit
Lenovo Legion 5 specifications: 15.6-inch IPS 120Hz Full HD (1920×1080) display | AMD Ryzen 5 4600H at 3.0GHz + 8GB DDR4 RAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650Ti (4GB) | 1TB 5400 HDD+ 256GB PCIe SSD |
Publication: The Indian Express
Compare Acer Aspire 3 Ryzen 5 A315-41 vs HP 15s Ryzen 5 Quad Core 3450Uedit
Comparison between Acer Aspire 3 Ryzen 5 A315-41 vs HP 15s Ryzen 5 Quad Core 3450U Laptops. The comparision between these Laptops is based on Quick Specs, Basic Information, Features, Technical Specifications and Other Basic Features.
Publication: Digit
Zero-touch enrollment now available on Lenovo Chrome OS devicesedit
With zero-touch enrollment, the device drop-ships pre-registered and ready for use by the end-user with all the organization’s security policies, applications and profiles.
Publication: Devdiscourse
Nine in 10 India employees feel prepared to work remotely for long term: Dell Technologies researchedit
Surveying over 7,000 working professionals aged 18 years and above from the Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) region (of which 1,027 were from India), the Remote Work Readiness (RWR) Index captured data on employees’ readiness for long-term remote work and their views on the factors important for its success.
Publication: The Economic Times
Lenovo’s partnership with Meghshala has empowered over 210,000 students across Indiaedit
Lenovo, the global technology leader has collaborated with Meghshala Trust, a not-for-profit, to promote education technology and to support teacher training and value education systems across India.
Publication: CRN
Dell beats HPE in India server market in Q3: IDC reportedit
The server market revenue in India increased 0.3 percent to $281.1 million in Q3 2020 (July-September) versus $280.1 million in Q3 2019, according to IDC.
Publication: infotechlead
‘Dell Aarambh’ Transforming e-Education in Indiaedit
Amidst the adoption of such technologies, to assess the impact of the well-established, PC for Education initiative – ‘Dell Aarambh’, Dell Technologies in India commissioned Kantar Research to conduct a study among 435 teachers across Aarambh cities and towns.
Publication: egov
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060: Which one is Faster? (PROACTIVE)edit
MD’s Radeon RX 5600 XT was launched to slot the gap between the RX 5500XT and the RX 5700. It goes head to head against NVIDIA’s RTX 2060 while costing $60 less. In this post, we compare the RX 5600 XT against the GeForce RTX 2060 across ten games and see which one is the better buy for 1080p gaming.
Publication: Hardware Times
Nvidia, Intel join the list of firms affected by SolarWinds hack: Reportedit
The SolarWinds hack appears to have affected more companies than earlier anticipated. Nvidia and Intel are the latest to join this growing list of organisations that have been affected by the massive hacking campaign allegedly linked to Russia.
Publication: HT Tech
DIGIT ZERO 1 AWARDS 2020: बेस्ट थिन और लाइट लैपटॉपedit
डेल XPS 13 आज आपके द्वारा खरीदे जा सकने वाले सबसे पतले लैपटॉप्स में से एक होने के बावजूद इस श्रेणी में सबसे शक्तिशाली मशीन है। इस लैपटॉप का वजन सिर्फ 1.2 किलोग्राम है और मोटाई में सिर्फ 15.8 मिमी का माप है। डिवाइस Intel Core i7-1065G7 और 16GB DDR4 मेमोरी पैक है।
Publication Digit Hindia
Lenovo Legion 7i gaming laptop review: Premium build, solid performanceedit
The Legion 7i comes powered by 10th Gen Intel Core-i7 H-series processor coupled with and our unit had the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super with MaxQ graphics card.
Publication: GadgetsNow
HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 laptop launched in India with 13.3-inch full HD display, AMD Ryzen 400 Seriesedit
The HP ProBook 635 Aero is powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile Processors with integrated AMD Radeon Vega Graphics.
Publication: The Mobile Indian
Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 leaked pictures reveal same design as Galaxy Chromebookedit
On the inside, the Galaxy Chromebook 2 could pack the 11th Gen Intel laptop chip, which is expected to bring significant improvements in overall performance as well as graphics performance.
Publication: BGR
Tech Giants Form Alliance For IT Tools & Transformation. How Does That Matter?edit
In recent news, tech giants such as Google, Intel and Dell, among others in the IT and cloud computing space, have joined hands to form a consortium. Named as the Modern Computing Alliance, this consortium will tackle problems related to security, remote working environments, and other enterprise issues.
Publication: Analytics India Magazine
Why should you look out for the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i with 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPU?edit
Lenovo is very potent to make thin and light laptops which are both efficient and powerful for daily work. Intel recently announced their 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs that brings lot of improvements over last-gen especially in the graphics section with Intel Xe graphics.
Publication: TechnoSports
5 best laptops with 144Hz refresh rate displayedit
Hardcore gamers will know the importance of high refresh-rate displays. These screens were only limited to monitors up until a few years ago. Nowadays, most high-end gaming laptops also feature a high-refresh display that can further improve your gaming experience.
Publication: 91Mobiles
HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 Laptop With AMD Ryzen 400 Series Processor, 13.3-inch Full HD Display Launched in India: Price, Specificationsedit
HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 launched in India as the new laptop from the brand. The device comes loaded with AMD Ryzen 4000 series mobile processor coupled with AMD Radeon Vega graphics. It is available in two options: AMD Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 processors.
Publication: MySmartPrice
Best AMD Ryzen powered gaming laptops to buy this holiday season (PROACTIVE)edit
Although everyone had the worst 2020, AMD had one of the most promising ones for the laptop market. It was hard for AMD to cope with the excessive demand, which led to some stock issues, and now, this holiday season, you can pick up an AMD Ryzen powered laptop at incredible prices.
Publication: TechnoSports
Top deals on Gaming Monitors during Amazon Grand Gaming Daysedit
In this year, monitors witness lots of innovation, mainly the high refresh rate, detailing improvement, and what not. Combining all the latest technologies, monitors are now capable of handling hardcore gaming smoothly alongside displaying normal contents.
Publication: TechnoSports
HP ProBook 635 Aero G7 laptop with AMD Ryzen 4000 series mobile processors launched, price starts at Rs.74,999edit
HP has expanded its product lineup with the launch of its new range of ProBook notebooks powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile Processors in India.
Publication: The Times of India
HP introduces new business notebook with AMD processor starting at ₹74,999edit
New Delhi, HP (Hewlett-Packard) on Monday introduced its new notebook ‘HP ProBook 635 Aero G7’ powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile Processors at a starting price of ₹74,999 in India.
Publication: Business Insider
Best AMD based laptops to buy in India (PROACTIVE)edit
List Of Best AMD Based Laptops To Buy In India
Publication: Digit
TechRadar India Awards 2020: The Winnersedit
Coolest Innovation: Asus ROG ScreenPad Plus
Best Work from Home Laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5
Publication: Techradar
ROG Dark Hero is here… Exclusive Unboxing!edit
ASUS ROG Dark Hero and AMD Ryzen 5000 Series
Publication: Vimal Chintapatla
India Inc. explores new digital frontiers in uncertain timesedit
To address these and related issues, Dell Technologies Forum 2020 brought together a clique of industry stalwarts for a special CEO panel discussion. Moderated by CNBC TV18’s Mridu Bhandari, the panel comprised Keshav R Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS Global Services and Past Chairman, NASSCOM; Partha DeSarkar, Wholetime Executive Director & Global CEO, Hinduja Global Solutions; Alok Ohrie, President & Managing Director, Dell Technologies, India; Satyakam Arya, Managing Director & CEO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles; Tarun Chugh, Managing Director & CEO, Bajaj Allianz Life and Amar Nagaram, Chief Executive Officer, Myntra.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Lenovo Legion 7i review: Feels like a tank with the engine of a racing caredit
The laptop sports a premium build of anodised aluminium. Legion 7i is powered by octa-core Intel Core-i7 processor, coupled with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super GPU.
Publication: Economic Times
Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 2, Galaxy Book Ion 2 and Notebook Plus 2 launched: Price, specificationsedit
Samsung has just launched its Galaxy Book Flex 2, Galaxy Book Flex 2 5G, Galaxy Book Ion 2 and Notebook Plus 2 laptops in South Korea. All of these come in multiple configuration options and feature dedicated Nvidia GeForce graphics cards and Intel 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs.
Publication: The Indian Express
ASUS ZenBook Flip S: Designed for anywhere and everywhereedit
When you do a Google search for a laptop that’s both powerful and slim, very few options come up. While there is a segment for ultrabooks that meet the needs of many people, not every notebook in that category is geared towards entertainment. Surprisingly, Asus’ new ZenBook Flip S seems to be among the few ultrabooks that showcase the power of the Tiger Lake CPU in a slim form factor.
Publication: Financial Express
Dell XPS 13 (9310) With 11th-Gen Intel Tiger Lake CPUs Launched in India, Price Starts Rs 1,50,990edit
The Dell XPS 13 (9310) laptop with 11th-generation Intel Core processors have debuted in India, months after the company unveiled the models globally. Currently, the Dell XPS 13 9310 with 11th-gen Intel Core i5 processor is available to purchase in the country, while the XPS 13 i7 variant will be available in January 2021.
Publication: News18
ASUS VivoBook, ASUS ZenBook models launched in India with 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake CPUsedit
ASUS has refreshed the VivoBook and ZenBook lineups with the launch of new models in India. The new range of ASUS VivoBooks and ZenBooks all come with the latest Intel Tiger Lake CPUs under the hood. You have the option to choose from cores, configurations, and screen sizes, among other things.
Publication: 91mobiles
Microsoft designing its own chips for servers, Surface PCsedit
Microsoft Corp is working on in-house processor designs for use in server computers that run the company’s cloud services, adding to an industrywide effort to reduce reliance on Intel Corp’s chip technology.
Publication: The Indian Express
MSI is all geared up for CES 2021 with its redesigned GS76 Stealth Model and Summit E16 Flipedit
As we already know, due to COVID, the CES 2021 will be held online, which means no in-house attendance. I am sure everyone is disappointed, but as Tom Cruise recently shouted in the news, safety is essential. Coming back to CES 2021, we have found many MSI and AMD products present in the CES Honourees.
Publication: Technosports
Asus ZenBook Flip S (2020) Initial Impressions! 4K OLED Paneledit
Review: Asus ZenBook Flip S
Publication: Dhananjay Bhosale
This 11th Gen Asus Laptop will FLIP your mindedit
Review: ASUS Laptop Review
Publication: Vimal Chintapatla
Acer Swift SF314-43 adapts AMD Ryzen 5000U seriesedit
AMD Ryzen 5000U series is the next-gen processor that is giving Intel a run for their money. When Intel launched its 10th generation notebook processors, we all thought this line-up would rule the notebook division.
Publication: TechnoSports
Dell launches new XPS 13 with 11th Gen Intel chipsets in India: Details hereedit
The company claims that the new XPS 13 is redesigned to achieve a better computing experience with premium materials and a larger display
Publication: Mint
ASUS Expands Its Consumer Notebook Portfolioedit
The Taiwanese tech giant unveils its latest range of Zenbooks and Vivobooks with the 11th Gen Intel Core Processor.
Publication: Businessworld
Best 16GB RAM Laptopsedit
When we receive questions regarding which laptop to purchase, often we recommend that 8GB RAM should suffice, irrespective of the processor or brand the person is buying. However, for those who plan to use their laptops for any kind of content creation, coding, prototyping or even the people who work with large datasets on a day-to-day basis, a laptop with 16GB RAM is an absolute necessity.
Publication: Digit
India’s tablet PC market up 77%; Samsung pips Lenovo in third quarter: CMRedit
The tablet PC market in India witnessed a strong quarterly growth of 77% in Q3 2020 and Korea’s Samsung dethroned Lenovo to claim the top position in the market with a market share of 37%, according to market tracker firm CMR’s Tablet PC Market Report Review for Q3 2020.
Publication: The Economic Times
Lenovo collaborates with AWS to drive adoption of IoT solutionsedit
n collaboration with AWS, Lenovo has developed the ThinkIoT Solution Management platform that helps the company monitor the health of IoT solutions for customers and repair them if they break, giving customers a practical approach to leveraging IoT technology. The partnership includes access to the AWS Partner Network (APN) Partners for the aforementioned industries and driving customer demand for IoT solutions through joint sales and marketing initiatives.
Publication: Devdiscourse
Vaio Laptops May Be Making A Comeback Soon In India, But These Aren’t The Sony Vaio You May Imagineedit
The teaser from Flipkart doesn’t reveal any further details about the laptops, the pricing or whether we will have Intel as well as AMD powered variants in place. The teaser simply says “lighter than your past”, and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that the focus will be on slim and light laptops.
Publication: News 18
Dell XPS 13 (9310) updated with 11th gen Tiger Lake CPUs featuring Iris Xe graphics now Indiaedit
Dell’s most premium laptop series the XPS 13 has been updated with the latest 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake processors but remains as expensive as it was before in India. So, these new laptops feature Intel’s new Xe graphics that are far better than last gen.
Publication: TechnoSports
5G could be a complete gamechanger: Dell Technologiesedit
We are quite excited about six technologies. 5G is the bedrock for everything to come from this point onwards. Then on top of that you have edge computing. Cyber security has become very important, then there is multi-cloud and, finally, AI/ML becomes very important. So, those are the six areas we are going to invest across the globe, and you will see us not only investing in these areas, but also bringing more products that are well-proven to the market place, including India.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
Five tips to amp up Endpoint Data Securityedit
With the year progressing and snowballing different opportunities and challenges, one common trend that has taken businesses by storm is the rise of cyber-attacks and security breaches.
Publication: CRN
Dell Inspiron 14 (5406) 2-in-1: This convertible laptop is good for work and playedit
Inside the Inspiron 14 2-in-1 is Intel’s 11th Core i5-1135G7 processor. Combine that with the Nvidia GeForce MX330, 512GB of PCIe SSD and 8GB RAM, and you have a laptop that is more than capable of.
Publication: Indian Express
Dell Technologies transforms GLA University’s IT infrastructure with its HCI solutionedit
GLA University, a leading private university in India, has selected Dell Technologies to support their digital transformation journey. With the implementation of the only jointly engineered hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) system with VMware, Dell EMC VxRail, GLA University can now manage the most demanding workloads and applications to become future-ready.
Publication: Express Computer
Dell G3 15 (2020) reviewedit
According to some estimates, budget gaming laptops have reached a god-like status in India among the many buyers. And not just budget buyers, even the ones starting off with development and design usually seek the bountiful givings of budget gaming laptops.
Publication: Stuff
Laptop sales surge on work from home cultureedit
Computers have become an integral part of the modern life and form an indispensable tool for carrying out various jobs. The ongoing Corona pandemic and the ‘working from home’ concept have further reinforced their essentiality.
Publication: Navhind Times
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUNedit
There are four face buttons, along with the View, Menu, and Xbox buttons. Two bumpers, two triggers and two thumbsticks round up the controller. You will also find an expansion port and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the bottom. A USB-C port, along with a pairing button, is on the top of the controller. It’s 2020 but Microsoft continues to have a battery enclosure of two AA cells to keep the controller running for hours.
Publication: The Economic Times
From Dell Alienware Area-51m R2 to Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3, these are the best gaming laptops of 2020edit
With the new mobile RTX graphics, gaming laptops have achieved huge leaps in performance over the past couple of years. But while AMD briefly disrupted the market with new mobile Ryzen 4000 H series chips, Intel has continued its domination in laptop gaming, pushing out a new 10th Gen H series of processors to power the gaming laptops of 2020.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Asus, PowerColor, and Gigabyte launches new custom cards of AMD’s Radeon 6900 XTedit
Yet more custom models of AMD’s Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card have been released by the OEMs. The three models are from ASUS, PowerColor, and Gigabyte. As of now, only the information of the former two cards is available, with the third variant still being quiet about its details.
Publication: TechnoSports
All Asus RTX Battleship… Ryzen 5 & RTX 3060 Ti PC Buildedit
Vimal Chintapatla review sponsored by ASUS and Nvidia, featuring the Ryzen 3600.
Publication: Vimal Chintapatla
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano with 11th Gen Intel Core Processors, 16GB RAM Announced: Price, Specificationsedit
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano launched as the most lightweight device from the company. The latest notebook from Lenovo comes loaded with a host of interesting features. The laptop offers a 13-inch display, 11th generation Intel Core chipsets, sleek design, long-lasting battery life, and more.
Publication: MySmartPrice
ASRock Brings Ryzen 5000 Support to X370 Taichi Boards along with Renoir AM4edit
ASRock has gone ahead and released a BIOS supporting the Ryzen 5000 processors on its X370 Taichi motherboard. Although this is an alpha release, keep in mind that official support for the 300-series boards was never promised for Vermeer. The BIOS version P6.11 that supports the new Zen 3 chips was released yesterday. Considering the alpha status, it’s likely going to contain bugs and/or instabilities and as such, isn’t recommended for permanent use just yet.
Publication: Hardware Times
HP EliteBook 830 G8 and 840 G8 upgraded to Intel’s Tiger Lake platformedit
HP has been upgraded its already existing notebooks to meet Intel’s Evo platform criteria. Recently, the company’s HP EliteBook 830 G8 and EliteBook 840 G8 both received a host of new specs that came with its adoption of intel’s 11th gen processors—expected to start its sale at the end of this month, Intel Tiger Lake CPUs power the products.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Legion 7i (2020) review: A treat for gamersedit
The Lenovo Legion 7i for 2020 offers more than enough power for gaming and content creators. It is easily one of the best mobile power stations you can buy currently.
Publication: BGR
Dell lost storage market share in Q3 as Huawei gainsedit
Dell Technologies’ storage systems share dropped to 28.8 percent in Q3 2020 from 30.2 percent during the third quarter of 2019, the latest IDC report has revealed.
Publication: Telecom Lead
Lenovo might be announcing its Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium soonedit
As we have seen through many leaks, Lenovo is planning to release two new products; namely, it’s Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano and ThinkPad X1 Titanium. The year is already coming to an end, and everyone had expected to see the company release its ThinkPad X1 Titanium by early 2021. But due to several delays, there has not even been a public announcement from Lenovo regarding the device.
Publication: TechnoSports
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 full review: Best AMD powered gaming laptop of 2020edit
A year-end review of ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 is quite unpleasant for many buyers, but I say if you are an Indian, this is the right time to get the laptop. In India, the ROG Zephyrus G14 arrived in August, but it took months to get the pricing stable, whereas I remember the Ryzen 9 model available nowhere until October.
Publication: TechnoSports
ASUS’s next-gen TUF Gaming Laptop spotted powered by Intel Tiger Lake-H Core i7-11370H CPUedit
We have seen a lot of leaks and rumours online regarding intel’s upcoming CPUs. Still, recently it’s Tiger Lake-H, which is a high-end mobility CPU, has made its appearance in ASUS’s upcoming TUF gaming laptop. The device was spotted to be powered by a Core i7-11370H processor. According to sources, two ASUS TUF Gaming and a single ASUS Zenbook variant listed with Intel’s Core i7-11370H Tiger Lake CPU.
Publication: TechnoSports
ASUS unveils Radeon RX 6900 XT custom cardsedit
Asus has just announced the custom models of AMD’s latest and fastest graphics cards. Though the launched products are only reference models, they are enough to shake up the gaming community. According to reports, ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT, dubbed RX6900XT6G, has a triple-fan and comes with a 2.5-slot design.
Publication: TechnoSports
Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 Review: Performance Meets Innovation In The Best 2020 Has On Offeredit
The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15’s price in India starts from Rs 2,79,999, with our model falling at little over 3.5 lakh. Now, that’s a hefty price to pay for a gaming laptop, but I believe it’s worth it. To recall, the top-end Zephyrus S notebooks are priced close to the Rs 2.8 lakh mark. This means you are left with the choice of opting for the best Zephyrus S15 or S17 or the entry-level Duo 15 with two screens. And that’s a pretty tough choice considering how capable the base Duo 15 model is.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Best Thin and Light Laptops in Indiaedit
The Asus ZenBook 14 (UM431) is an AMD Ryzen-powered laptop that’s ideal for users who crave power and portability equally. Its all-metal body, coloured in a classy new sliver colour, is arguably one of the most attractive out there in this segment.
Publication: Digit
Best Laptops Under 30000 in Indiaedit
The key feature on this laptop is the AMD Ryzen 3300U processor, which has 4 cores and also comes with Radeon Vega 6 graphics, both of which makes it for a very good performing laptop at the Rs. 30,000 price point. At approximately 1.6 kilogram, this is also a fairly lightweight laptop and offers all the essential connectivity features. You can also expect a bit of casual gaming with this laptop, which is an advantage if you do occasionally enjoy casual PC gaming.
Publication: Digit
Microsoft Surface Go 2 review: A satisfying 2-in-1 but at a costedit
When the first Surface Go came, I was not that impressed. Even though the Surface Go was a well thought out 2-in-1, it lacked the raw computing performance and suffered from mediocre battery life. The new Surface Go 2 iron out issues I had with the original Surface Go, and that’s a good sign. Unfortunately, the Go 2’s pricing in India is on the higher side, putting it beyond the reach of most student consumers who could have benefitted immensely from a device like this. I have spent most of the week testing the 10.5-inch Surface Go 2, and here’s my verdict.
publication: Indian Express
CEOs are now the new CIOs with increased focus on digital initiatives: Alok Ohrie, MD, Dell Technologies Indiaedit
Dell Technologies recently launched the third installment of its Digital Transformation Index 2020. Some of the key interesting findings were— India continued to remain the most digitally matured country in the world with 94% of Indian businesses reporting they fast-tracked at least some digital transformation programmes this year vis-a-vis 80% globally; digital adopters in India increased to 55% in 2020 in comparison to 34% in 2018.
Publication: Financial Express
Microsoft Surface Pro 8 and Surface Laptop 4 spotted on Geekbenchedit
Yesterday we already saw the appearance of an unnamed Surface laptop on Geekbench score. The device rumoured to be Surface Laptop 4 is believed to be powered by AMD’s new Renoir APUs. In other news, Microsoft will also be releasing a new Microsoft Surface Pro 8, which will be powered by an Intel Tiger Lake chipset.
Publication: TechnoSports
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming benchmarks: Still remains a gaming champ (PROACTIVE)edit
Recently, I got the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 powered by Ryzen 9 4900HS and RTX 2060 Max-Q to test, and I also did a performance benchmark of the laptop and promised the gaming tests as well. So, having played a lot of games for a week now, I have shared the test results in this article.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 5 launched in India: Everything you need to know (PROACTIVE)edit
Lenovo has launched its latest gaming laptop, the Legion 5. It is powered by the 7nm AMD Ryzen 5 4600H-Series mobile processor paired with up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650Ti GPU. It is available in the sole Phantom Black colour option and is priced at Rs 75,990 for the base variant. The device is currently available on Lenovo.com and Lenovo Exclusive Stores, and will soon be made available across other online partner platforms, and retail stores.
Publication: Indian Express
Alienware m15 R3 Review: A thin and light gaming powerhouse that runs hot under pressureedit
The m15 R3 model Dell sent us came with a 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H processor paired with an Nvidia RTX 2070 DDR6 8GB GPU. The notebook can also be configured with up to 32GB of RAM and up to a 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD. However, you can go all out with an Intel Core i9-10980HK and an Nvidia RTX 2080 Super Max-Q GPU with 8GB of VRAM. So, how did the laptop do in real-world tests, well, let’s find out.
Publication: Moneycontrol
HP Envy 15 Is A Classy, Premium Laptop That Is Built For Creators Who Can Afford Itedit
In terms of internal hardware, the HP Envy 15 sports a great combination of processor, memory, graphics and storage — the foundational building blocks of any PC. There’s an Intel Core i7-10750H chip clocked at 2.6 GHz in there with 16 gigs of RAM, a lightning quick 1 TB nVME Samsung SSD and Nvidia GeForce 1660Ti graphics with 6GB GDDR6 memory paired with Intel onboard UHD graphics.
Publication: India Times
New Amazon Web Services Cloud Instance is powered by AMD EPYC Processors and Radeon Pro GPUs (PROACTIVE)edit
Both the 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ CPUs and AMD Radeon™ Pro GPU combo powering the new Amazon EC2 G4ad Instance gives up to 40% better graphics performance. Indeed this is a great 7nm combo for AMD CPUs and GPUs. So with this new instance, AMD is powering 8 Amazon EC2 instance families across 20 global AWS Regions.
Publication: TechnoSports
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 performance benchmarks: AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS is insane! (PROACTIVE)edit
Having used a Ryzen 4000U series powered VivoBook Flip 14 laptop as a daily driver, I always wanted to test a Ryzen 4000H APU, and I did get to test the best one. The Ryzen 9 4900HS is an 8 core, 16 threaded processor with 3.0GHz base clock speed and up to 4.3GHz boost clock speed, drawing a lower 35W TDP.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop with AMD Ryzen 4000H processor launched, price starts at Rs 75,990 (PROACTIVE)edit
Lenovo has launched the Legion 5 gaming laptop in India. This laptop is one of the anticipated ones because it brings onboard the AMD Ryzen 4000H processor. The Legion 5 is a tweaked version of the Legion 5i that comes with 10th-generation Intel Core processors and was launched a few months back in India. The Lenovo Legion 5 comes with several high-grade hardware meant for premium gaming, such as a 120Hz screen and a backlit keyboard.
Publication: India Today
Lenovo Legion 5 with AMD Ryzen 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650Ti, launched in India for Rs 75,990 (PROACTIVE)edit
The laptop underneath has AMD Ryzen TM 5 4600H mobile processor with six cores functioning. And, then there’s graphics support featuring NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650ti 4GB DDR6. Lenovo also hops in its Legion Coldfront 2.0 tech for thermal management. The storage options include up to 16GB of DDR4 RAM along with up to 1TB SSD and 1TB HDD.
Publication: DailyHunt
Amazon Web Services Taps Own Arm-Based Chips for New Supercomputing Offeringedit
AWS is hoping to slash costs, saying the new service will get 40 percent better price-to-performance than its similar offerings from AMD and Intel. AWS’s own technology will quickly pass data through multiple Graviton processors, a key supercomputing process in which many chips act as a hive mind to tackle a large task. AWS will rent the service out so that researchers need not build or manage a system.
Publication: Gadgets 360
Amazon’s cloud unit taps own chips for new supercomputing offeringedit
Supercomputing helps with tasks such as weather forecasting, medical research and modeling aerodynamics for cars without a wind tunnel. But systems remain expensive and mostly operated by governments and research centers.
Publication: The Hindu
Dell Technologies Data Protection and Cyber Security innovations help Indian Businesses Safeguard Critical Applicationsedit
Dell Technologies introduces new Dell EMC PowerProtect DP series integrated appliances and PowerProtect Data Manager software advancements to help customers protect, manage and recover data from traditional and modern applications across core data centers, edge locations and public clouds. Dell, the industry leader in data protection appliances and software1, also announces PowerProtect Cyber Recovery is the first data vaulting solution endorsed by Sheltered Harbor to enhance cyber resiliency in the financial sector.
Publication: CRN India
On Intel H470, Z490, and B460 motherboards, Asus implements the Resizable BAR supportedit
Asus is now offering a public beta BIOS version, which supports the resizable BAR feature on intel H460, H470, and H490 motherboards. The BIOS versions support AMD’s SAM for the old B450 and X470 models is still not allowed to private testers. AMD’s Smart Access Memory is a feature that can take advantage of the new RX 6000 GPUs when it is connected with the Ryzen 5000 desktop CPUs. For more than four years, this technology is being hidden within the PCIe 3.x specifications.
Publication: TechnoSports
Best monitors on Amazon under Rs 10,000 available in Indiaedit
If you’re looking for a premium 24-inch monitor under Rs 10,000, then the Samsung 24-inch LED monitor is an excellent choice. It offers full HD resolution as well as a faster refresh rate of 75Hz, which is great for gaming. The monitor boasts of a high quality build with a slim design, and also supports AMD FreeSync. It gets excellent viewing angles, superior eye care, and has multiple connectivity ports.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
AMD-Powered Lenovo Legion 5 Gaming Laptop Launched in India for RS 75,990 (PROACTIVE)edit
Lenovo has just launched its Legion 5 Gaming laptop in India. The laptop comes with AMD’s 7nm 4000 series CPU that can be paired with up to a GeForce GTX 1650Ti discrete GPU. The base variant of the laptop starts at Rs 75,990 and comes only with the Phantom Black colour option in India. The laptop is currently available only at lenovo.com and at Lenovo exclusive stores for offline purchase. Currently, the device comes with one-year free Premium Care and one-year Accidental Damage Protection worth Rs 3,900.
Publication: Digit
Latest AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Adds Support for Vulkan Ray-Tracingedit
The latest AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin driver has introduced support for ray-tracing on Vulkan based titles. Keep in mind that games that use NVIDIA’s Vulkan extension for implementing ray-tracing won’t be supporting, instead, the newly launched VRTEs will be supported. The driver version 20.11.3 also supports optimizations for Immortals: Fenyx Rising, an open-world title from Ubisoft. Other than that, you get your regular list of fixes for various titles, most notably Crysis: Remastered, COD Block Ops: Cold War, etc.
Publication: Hardware Times
Lenovo Legion 5 Gaming Laptop With AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Processor Launched in India, Priced at Rs. 75,990 (PROACTIVE)edit
Lenovo Legion 5 laptop has launched in India as the latest gaming device from the company. It is powered by AMD Ryzen 5 4600H mobile processor with six ultra-responsive cores and can be configured with up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti discrete graphics. The laptop has a 120Hz display refresh rate and claims to offer a battery life of up to eight hours when battery saving Hybrid Mode is on. The Lenovo Legion 5 has two 2W Harman Kardon speakers and comes with Dolby Atmos headphone support.
Publication: Gadgets 360
Lenovo launches Legion 5 gaming laptop, price starts Rs 75,000edit
Lenovo has announced the launch of a new gaming laptop — the Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 5 4600H mobile processor. Lenovo Legion 5 comes at a starting price of Rs 75,990 in one colour variant: Phantom Black. The laptop has gone on sale on Lenovo.com and Lenovo Exclusive Stores. It will be soon available across other online partner platforms and retail stores.
Publication: The Times of India
Lenovo strengthens its gaming portfolio with Legion 5 powered by AMD RyzenTM 4000 Series (PROACTIVE)edit
“Gamers and content creators are increasingly seeking uncompromised performance with understated style for everyday gaming, productivity and lifestyle needs. The much awaited Lenovo Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen™ 5 4600H processor is here, and is a blend of style, function and extraordinary performance”, said Vinay Sinha, Managing Director – India Sales, AMD. “Our Zen2 core architecture combined with the industry-leading 7 nm process deliver a significant boost in performance and power efficiency, letting users push their boundaries across gaming, content creation, productivity workloads and entertainment.”
Publication: TechGoggles
Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop powered by Ryzen 4000 Series processor launched in India (PROACTIVE)edit
“Gamers and content creators are increasingly seeking uncompromised performance with understated style for everyday gaming, productivity and lifestyle needs. The much-awaited Lenovo Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 5 4600H processor is here, and is a blend of style, function and extraordinary performance”, said Vinay Sinha, Managing Director – India Sales, AMD. “Our Zen2 core architecture combined with the industry-leading 7 nm process delivers a significant boost in performance and power efficiency, letting users push their boundaries across gaming, content creation, productivity workloads and entertainment.”
Publication: Times Now
Lenovo Legion 5 With AMD Ryzen 5 4600H, Up To Nvidia GeForce 1650ti, Launched in India: Price, Specifications (PROACTIVE)edit
The new Legion 5 features a 15.6-inch FHD IPS panel with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. The display on the Legion 5 refreshes 120 times per second. The Legion 5 sports AMD Ryzen 5 4600H-series mobile processor with 6 core AMD Ryzen 4000H series is built on a 7nm manufacturing process and features AMD Zen 2 core architecture. The company claims that the Zen 2 core architecture delivers an improved speed and performance.
Publication: MySmartPrice
5 best laptops with Intel Core i5 chipsets you can buy in Indiaedit
Although the Intel Core i5 processors are meant for mid-range laptops, they can offer excellent performance when coupled with high-end hardware. However, the Core i5 chipset also ensures that the laptop offers good battery life, which means you don’t need to sacrifice power backup for the sake of performance with this chipset. If you are looking to purchase a powerful laptop with an Intel Core i5 chipset, then we’ve got some good options for you.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
Laptop brand Vaio set to make India comeback next monthedit
Vaio laptops that once wooed Indian consumers with its sleek design, is set to make a comeback to the Indian market after it signed a pact with Hong Kong-based Nexstgo Company Limited. Nexstgo on Tuesday said that the first two models of Vaio laptops for the India market after the comeback will be unveiled as early as January.
Publication: Times Now News
Lenovo Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 5 launched in India: Price, specifications (PROACTIVE)edit
Lenovo has launched its latest gaming laptop, the Legion 5. It is powered by the 7nm AMD Ryzen 5 4600H-Series mobile processor paired with up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650Ti GPU. It is available in the sole Phantom Black colour option and is priced at Rs 75,990 for the base variant. The device is currently available on Lenovo.com and Lenovo Exclusive Stores, and will soon be made available across other online partner platforms, and retail stores.
Publication: Indian Express
Lenovo strengthens its gaming portfolio with legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 series (PROACTIVE)edit
“Gamers and content creators are increasingly seeking uncompromised performance with understated style for everyday gaming, productivity and lifestyle needs. The much awaited Lenovo Legion 5 powered by AMD Ryzen 5 4600H processor is here, and is a blend of style, function and extraordinary performance”, said Vinay Sinha, Managing Director – India Sales, AMD. “Our Zen2 core architecture combined with the industry-leading 7 nm process deliver a significant boost in performance and power efficiency, letting users push their boundaries across gaming, content creation, productivity workloads and entertainment.”
Publication: Digit
Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop with AMD Ryzen 4000H processor launched, price starts at Rs 75,990 (PROACTIVE)edit
For gamers, it is good news to finally see the AMD Ryzen 4000H powered laptops aplenty in India. There are only a handful of devices that come with one of AMD’s high-end processors meant for gaming. The reason why Lenovo could not procure sufficient processors from AMD that cited it is struggling with production during the pandemic. Now that AMD is preparing to release the new Ryzen 5000 series processors to laptop and PC companies, the chipmaker is bringing the last-generation Ryzen 4000 series to India.
Publication: India Today
Honor MagicBook 15 Next Sale Date: Everything You Need To Knowedit
If you’re searching for a new laptop to buy in the crowded market, Honor has some great devices to offer. The list includes the Honor MagicBook 15 that is powered by the Ryzen 5 quad-core processor. As an ultra-thin laptop, the Honor MagicBook 15 has a lot to offer in terms of ergonomics and features under the hood.
Publication: Gizbot
Alienware m15 R3 Review: Monster Performance, Great Aesthetics Don’t Mask its Priceedit
If you had Rs 3.5 lakh to spend on absolutely anything in the world, what would you splurge on? You could invest the sum in hope of a better future, or use it to pay the down-payment for your first car. You may also hold on the splurge, waiting for the pandemic to end so you can take the much-awaited trip across Europe. In fact, you can even overhaul your home’s decor. The point is — Rs 3.5 lakh is a pretty hefty sum of money, one that you won’t spend in haste.
Publication: Network 18
WFH Tips: The best laptops priced under Rs 50,000edit
Avita is a relatively lesser-known name in the Indian laptop market, but their products are impressive for the price. This particular model offers a 14-inch screen with a Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and is powered by AMD Ryzen 3 processor. You also get 4GB RAM and 256GB SSD for smooth performance. In addition to these specifications, the Avita Pura weighs just 1.34kg, has a USB Type-C port, up to 8 hours of battery life and comes with a one-year subscription to Microsoft Office 365.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Finally, Lenovo is launching the Legion 5 with AMD Ryzen 4000H processors in Indiaedit
If you are a gaming laptop lover or a fan, then among the handful of gaming laptops launched with AMD Ryzen 4000H processors, Lenovo’s Legion 5 is one of the best to go for. However, the sad thing is Lenovo never made it available in India which has indeed hurt a lot of AMD fans out there.
Publication: TechnoSports
Industry news
Tech in 21′edit
At the heart of today’s digital transformation is high performance computing (HPC).
Publication: Gadgets Now
Leapfrogging Years In Months: The Story Of Gaming For 2020edit
2020 is a story of evolution for the gaming industry. Both traditional video games & fantasy sports stepped away from each other and created their own empire. When we Talk about Gaming Industry, people came back to the vintage games like Ludo initially. We saw PUBG ban and its effects, big bucks flowing into the sector and the Rise Of Among Us.
Publication: Times Now News
IT firms to ride on digital transformation wave in a post-pandemic worldedit
Information technology (IT) companies emerged as the biggest beneficiary of the new wave of digital transformation, with the pandemic acting as a catalyst for organisations across sectors to fast-track adoption of digital and cloud-led technologies to survive in the new normal.
Publication: Mint
As Chinese Semiconductor Companies Look To Raise Money, What Does It Mean For The Chip War?edit
Emerging technologies play a critical role in modern-day geopolitics and whoever has resources to build these technologies, including the processing chips, are at an advantage over others. Thus, controlling the chip market in the 21st century might prove to be as crucial as controlling oil in the 20th century.
Publication: Analytics India Mag
The Most Exciting PC News of 2020 for Gamers, Enthusiasts, and Working from Homeedit
Many of us have spent much more time in entrance of our computer systems in 2020 than ever earlier than, due to lockdown situations and fully modified dynamics round work, communication, training, and even leisure. Our know-how has saved us all linked, and the {industry} has largely saved tempo with these modifications.
Publication: News Rush
21 Tech Trends, Tips, and Things to Look Out For in 2021edit
Disruptions in the supply chain and increased demand has led to a severe shortage of several major PC components, driving prices up and causing disappointment. CPUs and GPUs are the hardest hit, particularly AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series and Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 30 series.
Publication: NDTV Gadgets 360
Global laptop market to hit 173mn units in 2020edit
Riding on the surge in remote work and learning, the global laptop market will hit a high in 2020, increasing 9 per cent (on-year) to reach 173 million units and over $132 billion in total sales value.
Publication: Siasat
U.S. bans technology exports to Chinese semiconductor and drone companies, calling them Security Threatsedit
The Trump administration has added prominent Chinese semiconductor and drone manufacturers to an export blacklist, an attempt to continue exerting pressure on Beijing in the final weeks of the Trump presidency.
Publication: ELE Times
Microsoft Surface Pro 8 base variant to come with Core i3 and 128 GB storageedit
Microsofts Surface Pro series is extremely famous among business model laptops, but the problem has always been with the upcoming models. Microsoft has a bad habit of updating bare minimum specifications in their next models of Surface Pro Series.
Publication: TechnoSports
Apple rumored to be working on a 64-core M1 chipsetedit
Apple released its 5nm ARM-based silicon called the M1 chip, and it shook the silicon industries to its core. With the company dominating in the mobile processor performance segment, Apple’s M1 chips have already won hearts with their performance and power optimization features.
Publication: TechnoSports
VMware Files Suit Against Ex-COO Ramaswamiedit
Cloud infrastructure firm VMware said on Monday that it had initiated legal proceedings against former chief operating officer Rajiv Ramaswami for what it called material and ongoing breaches of legal as well as contractual duties and obligations. Ramaswami quit VMware to join Nutanix as CEO on December 10, two days after leaving the company.
Publication: The Economic Times
TECH IN ’21 (PROACTIVE)edit
At the heart of this digital transformation is High Performance Computing (HPC). In 2021, we expect to see acceleration in the demand for HPC – in the cloud, at the edge, and across a growing number of intelligent end devices, to enable a host of new experiences and services.
Publication: The Times of India
The stampede from Silicon Valleyedit
T he news out of Silicon Valley is that some of America’s most dynamic businesses are pulling up stakes and leaving. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the firm started by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in a Palo Alto garage in 1939, is moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas, and the software giant Oracle has already relocated its headquarters from Redwood City, California, to Austin, Texas.
Publication: Business Standard
Disruptive Technologies to watch out for in 2021edit
The year 2020 was more than just being volatile; rather it was the year marked with numerous digital and technology advancements which were a direct response to overcome the challenging circumstances. The pandemic certainly impelled even the naysayers to go digital, and the halted ones to surge; the business spectrum had no respite than to leverage the digital wave.
Publication: Express Computer
Cloud to fuel 6 key priorities for Indian firms in 2021: IBM CTOedit
While 2020 saw an acceleration in the adoption of Hybrid Cloud, allowing organisations to run workloads on-premises, in the private cloud and the public cloud, the next year will see six key technology priorities for firms of all sizes to adopt in the country, a key IBM executive said on Sunday.
Publication: Express Computer
Chinese semiconductor industries have a long road aheadedit
It’s no surprise that the US and China relations are not going to improve any time soon. As we know, last week, the United States Department of Commerce (DoC) officially added China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) to its Entity List.
Publication: TechnoSports
Building enterprise capabilities for success in a cloud-first futureedit
The success of any digital transformation initiative is dependent not on the tools but on the strategy that can steer towards a demonstrable business value.
Publication: ET CIO
Tech in 2020: Gamers got new toys with PS5, Xbox Series X, new Nvidia and AMD cards but left waiting for deliveriesedit
Several announcements were made. How many of them were fulfilled is a different story altogether, especially in India. The affected distribution chains, economic challenges and even company goof-ups, made 2020 a promising, yet frustrating year for gamers.
Publication: India Today
Biostar officially announces support for the 11th Gen Rocket Lake Lineupedit
Biostar has finally confirmed the support of the upcoming 11th generation Rocket Lake CPU on tits Z490 motherboards. The company is the first to announce its support for the upcoming CPU officially.
Publication: Tech News Today
A smart approach towards endpoint securityedit
Security is a dynamic discipline, ever-evolving with the rapid developments in technology. It is crucial to look at solutions that are future-ready and can secure your organization not just today, but also tomorrow.
Publication: Mint
Semiconductors: Why The Government Must Do More To Create This Strategic Assetedit
While the Indian government’s measures to set up semiconductor fabrication units is encouraging, it must do whatever it could, including sops, to create this strategic asset.
Publication: Swarajya Mag
Digital Drives a Brick-and-mortar Boom in Data Centresedit
Developers and investors see more opportunities in commercial real estate businesses and consumers gobble up more data.
Publication: The Economic Times
Isro Eyeing New Chip Unit as more Cos Take to Skiesedit
Agency looks to build an additional fab at SCL, its Chandigarh chip making facility.
Publication: The Economic Times
Semiconductor industry trends for 2021edit
By Balajee Sowrirajan, Managing Director, Samsung Semiconductor India R&D Center (SSIR)
One of the biggest trends I foresee in the coming year is around building a connected and intelligent world. The emergence of devices that are not only connected but are able to take informed decisions based on data is well underway and this trend will largely be defined by four pillars –
Publication: Express Computer
Laptops, desktop sales see ‘renaissance;’ shortages won’t ease until 2022edit
Remote learning and working has upturned the computer market during the coronavirus pandemic. Some analysts expect 2020 will close at about 300 million shipments, up roughly 15% from a year ago.
Publication: Livemint
Why 2020 will be marked as the golden age of cloud computingedit
In the new world order, organizations must develop capabilities that help them respond to the unknown and embrace change with agility. 2020 has taught us that being ‘Cloud-first’ or ‘Cloud-smart’ is a prerequisite, and not really a choice.
Publication: ET CIO
7,300-crore PLI Scheme for Laptops, Tablets, Servers by Janedit
Officials said the contours of the scheme are being finalised and the approval could come through as early as January. The target is to move close to 20-30% of the global production of laptops, tablets and servers to India, the officials said. The government has reached out to HP, Dell and Lenovo to get their feedback on the scheme.
Publication: The Economic Times
CIOs see cloud computing as the bedrock of digital transformationedit
In a power packed ‘AWS CXO’ panel that saw participation of Sourabh Chatterjee, President and Head – IT, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co, Balkrishna Singhania, EVP and Head – Digital, HDFC Life and Manish Verma, CTO, SonyLiv agreed on a common view that cloud computing is the most important technology for their digital transformations during the past five years.
Publication: Express Computer
The next step for Quad: A dialogue on high techedit
Building a semiconductor supply chain as the first initiative matters for three reasons. One, the semiconductor industry underlies all critical technologies. Two, it is perhaps the most globalised high-value supply chain and no country can become entirely self-resilient. And three, all four countries have complementary strengths in the semiconductor supply chain.
Publication: Hindustan Times
How Chinese chip giant SMIC can evade Donald Trump’s newest crackdownedit
The key provision of the action against China’s largest chipmaker is a restriction on selling equipment and other items used to fabricate advanced chips, an area US suppliers dominate
Publication: Mint
Tech startups that helped reducing dependencies on Chinese importsedit
Founded in 2018, Grinntech works on Lithium-ion cells to pack technology and supplies Li-ion battery packs for multiple EV applications. The firn is an investor-backed, growth phase start-up, leading on all fronts of battery design for EV applications. They work closely with leading worldwide companies, bringing cutting-edge technology in semiconductor, materials, and manufacturing techniques, etc.
Publication: India TV
Technology: the glue that holds us together in the new normaledit
Experts predict the aftermath of COVID-19 will be felt for a long time in terms of everyone adopting a new way of living and working – it’s called the “new normal”. The semiconductor industry has felt this impact as factories have shutdown or reduced operations, affecting supply chains and delivery of goods worldwide.
Publication: Express Computer
Betting on gaming: India must set up a gaming regulatoredit
The gaming industry does not need bans, it needs legislation.
Publication: Financial Express
Revolutionary Gaming With Cloud Streaming Is Hereedit
It is but natural that leading game developers, such as Microsoft and Tencent, are focusing on creating games tailored to a mobile audience.
Publication: Businessworld
The next steps in Digital India would require a regulatory ecosystem to foster absorption of technology: Dr Lovneesh Chanana, SAPedit
In an interview with Express Computer, Dr. Lovneesh Chanana, VP Government Affairs, Asia Pacific and Japan, SAP shares his thoughts and the role of SAP in assisting the Centre and the states with respect to adoption of emerging technologies.. He also underlines that the next wave of Digital India will be cyber-physical and earlier we create an eco-system for emerging technologies like AI, blockchain and IoT in delivery of Government services, easier will be the absorption.
Publication: Express Computer
2021 Predictions for the Edge by Inteledit
The next few years promise to be exciting as analysts predict that by 2023, 75% of the data created will be outside the data center – in cities, factories, hospitals and stores. And more than 50% of that data will be processed, stored and analyzed directly at the edge, delivering the right latency, bandwidth, reliability, security and privacy.
Publication: DataQuest
We are helping our partners embrace our as-a-service vision: Amer Warsi, HPE Indiaedit
Hewlett Packard Enterprise recently announced enhancements to the HPE Partner Ready Program to help partners advance on their as a service journey, capture growing market opportunities, and drive increased sales growth in the small and medium sized business (SMB) segment.
Publication: CRN India
Digital India and Tech Focus Made Country Stand Outedit
The Digital India framework, created by the government, along with some of the core tech, has made India “stand out” from the rest of the world, said Satya Nadella, the Indianborn chief executive of Microsoft Corporation. Speaking at the Carnegie India 2020 Global Technology Summit on Thursday, he said that the “India stack is pretty impressive”.
Publication: The Economic Times
Bit by Bit, A New Plan To Push Chip Making is Taking Shapeedit
The government has once again invited companies to set up semi-conductor fabrication facilities in the country.
Publication: The Economic Times
CLOUD COMPUTING IS AN IMPORTANT BACKBONE FOR IOTedit
As technological infrastructure keeps on developing, our general surroundings have become more connected than ever before. The Internet of Things (IoT) has generated a network of interconnected devices and sensors that are transforming the manner in which we do regular tasks.
Publication: Analytics Insight
Chip Shortage Threatens Indian Automakers’ Nascent Recovery Read more at: https://www.bloombergquint.com/bq-blue-exclusive/chip-shortage-threatens-indian-automakers-nascent-recovery Copyright © BloombergQuintedit
The Covid-19 lockdown and work from home caused a complete washout for Indian automakers earlier in the year. The pandemic has now caused a shortage of a key component, threatening to
Publication: BloombergQuint
Centre of excellence in the works for gaming, visual effects: Javadekaredit
IIT Bombay to collaborate with govt on the project, I&B ministry has identified animation, visual effects, gaming and comics (AVGC) sector as sunrise industry
Publication: Business Standard
Upcoming CES 2021 Digital Venue Revealededit
Leaders from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® today made major show announcements including keynote speakers, Innovation Award honorees and conference program updates. In addition, a preview was shared of what audiences can experience on the CES 2021 digital venue. CES 2021 kicks off January 11-14, 2021.
Publication: TechnoSports
Women CEOs Find the Support They Want, When They Want itedit
While there may be some amount of gender bias that exists in the ecosystem, it is important that women don’t approach the situation with that chip on their shoulder. Women should drop the perception that they are seen and treated differently, said Preeti Sawant of JoulesToWatts.
Publication: The Economic Times
Govt invites Eols for settin u 819 chip-making unitsedit
MeitY has fixed january 31, 2021 as the last date for submitting the proposal. The government plans to use the pro- posals to formulate a scheme for setting up or expansion ofexisting semiconduc- tor plants in the country, according to the document.
Publication: Financial Express
Bit by Bit, a New Plan to Push Chip Making is Taking Shapeedit
The government has once again invited companies to set up semiconductor fabrication facilities in the country. This is the latest attempt to incentivise and attract investment in setting up semiconductor fabs – as they are known in industry parlance – after many failed attempts earlier.
Publication: The Economic Times
‘Covid Hastened Digitisation from Years to Weeks’edit
Infosys sees ‘tremendous appetite for tech investment, says chairman Nandan Nilekani
Publication: The Economic Times
Here’s how the most powerful women in TCS built their careersedit
Ritu Anand is chief leadership and diversity officer at TCS. She is among the few who have worked with all of the $22billion IT company’s renowned CEO’s -the late FC Kohli, S Ramadorai, N Chandrasekaran and now Rajesh Gopinath.
Publication: The Times of India
Five tips to amp up Endpoint Data Securityedit
With the year progressing and snowballing different opportunities and challenges, one common trend that has taken businesses by storm is the rise of cyber-attacks and security breaches.
Publication: CRN
Pandemic Speeds up India’s Shift to Hybrid Cloud Modeledit
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in more Indian enterprises turning to a hybrid cloud model, according to a study by cloud infrastructure firm Nutanix. The Enterprise Cloud Index found that 63% of Indian enterprises increased their investment in hybrid cloud as a direct result of the pandemic compared to 46% globally.
Publication: The Economic Times
Dell Technologies transforms GLA University’s IT infrastructure with its HCI solutionedit
GLA University, a leading private university in India, has selected Dell Technologies to support their digital transformation journey. With the implementation of the only jointly engineered hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) system with VMware, Dell EMC VxRail, GLA University can now manage the most demanding workloads and applications to become future-ready.
Publication: Express Computer
Vodafone Idea tests revolutionary approach to network deploymentedit
An open radio network is created using off-the-shelf components, such as intel or AMD-based motherboards, on which the company installs an open operating system and software sourced from vendors to add different functionalities.
Publication: Ultra News
India firms have invested 17% more than global counterparts in hybrid cloud technology to fend off COVID-19 impactedit
Bengaluru, More than half (63%) of Indian enterprises surveyed have ramped up their investment in Hybrid Cloud as a direct result of the pandemic, compared to 46% globally, a new report said on Tuesday.
Publication: Business Insider India
Acer launches AI computing platform ‘aiWorks Solution’ in In Indiaedit
Acer launches AI computing platform ‘aiWorks Solution’ in India
Publication: The Times of India
Flipkart launches Nokia laptops in Indiaedit
Flipkart will bring Nokia- branded laptops to the Indian market, priced at ~59,990, to tap into the growing demand driven by trends like work/study from home. It has announced the launch of the Nokia PureBook X14 laptop, marking the brand’s entry into the laptop segment in India that is dominated by giants like HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer and Asus.
Publication: Business Standard
Data center equipment revenue grew 2% to $40.5 bnedit
Total data center infrastructure equipment revenues, including both cloud and non-cloud hardware and software, rose 2 percent to $40.5 billion in Q3 2020.
Publication: Infotechlead
Hybrid Work To Become the New Remote Work in 2021edit
Many companies are planning a new combination of remote and on-site working, giving rise to a hybrid work model in which employees can work from home, office, or anywhere.
Publication: CXO Today
Server share of Dell, HPE, Inspur, Lenovo and Huawei in Q3edit
The latest IDC report has revealed the global server market share of Dell Technologies, HPE, Inspur, Lenovo and Huawei in the third quarter of 2020.
Publication: Infotechlead
Public Cloud Services Market to Grow to $7.4bedit
Indian market for public cloud services — or, computer services offered by third-party providers over public internet including software, infrastructure and platform solutions — touched $1.6 billion in the first half of 2020 and may reach $7.4 billion by 2024, IDC has said.
Publication: The Economic Times
Nadella stresses on public-private partnershipedit
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadel- la today said public institutions and the private sector work- ing together can help devel- oping economies to recover from the pandemic and “catch up growth”. He also emphasised on the need for a “social contract” between the government, pri- vate sector and the broad civic society that allows cre- ation of harmony to navigate changes together
Publication: The Statesman
Google, Intel, Dell, Citrix Form Alliance for Cloud Solutionsedit
As businesses increasingly move to the cloud, there is a need to look across the full technology stack, from silicon to the cloud, and this is an exciting opportunity to redefine technology systems and stacks as a whole, and how they work in the interconnected, internet-first world, it said The founding members of the Modern Computing Alliance include some of the most innovative companies and products across the silicon-to-cloud stack: Box, Citrix, Dell, Imprivata, Intel, Okta, RingCentral, Slack, VMware, and Zoom will be joining Chrome browser, Chrome OS, and Google Workspace, said Google.
Publication: The Economic Times
Tech giants form computing groupedit
Google, Dell and Intel have joined hands with a few other tech com-panies to form a new computing group to address the “biggest IT challenges” facing the com-panies today with integration from sil-icon to cloud. Called the “Modern Computing Al-liance”, the collective mission of the new group announced is to drive “sil-icon-to-cloud” innovation for the benefit of enterprise customers — fueling a dif-ferentiated modern computing platform and providing additional choice for inte-grated business solutions.
Publication: Telengana Today
MediaTek 800U 5G chipset launched in Indiaedit
MediaTek’s Dimensity processors have finally been announced in India with an aim to democratize 5G connectivity. At the ongoing India Mobile Congress 2020, MediaTek India’s MD, Anku Jain announced the launch of Dimensity 800U 5G mobile chipsets in the country.
Publication: Tech Radar India
KLA Introduces Two New Systems that Take On Semiconductor Manufacturing’s Toughest Problemsedit
“The complex multilayer construction of 3D NAND has moved wafer geometry measurements to the forefront,” said Jijen Vazhaeparambil, general manager of the Surfscan and ADE division at KLA.
Publication: IT News Online
Date Centre Boomedit
With the rise in Cloud adoption, data generation and emergence of data-as-a-service model, data centre business in India is not just growing big, but also emerging as the new real estate asset class.
Publication: Business Today
Qualcomm unveils IoT Services Suite to digitedit
According to the company, the IoT suite also demonstrates the continued momentum of the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Programme, which has brought together 300 members since its launch in April 2019
Publication: Telengana Today
Sony’s new patent with dual GPU pops up, could be for PS5 Proedit
Sony’s Play Station 5 just launched in the global market recently and it’s still fresh. Infact, some countries like India are still waiting to experience the launch. In this condition, a new patent by Sony pops up that reveals its movement with a new console project. The surprising point is it contains not a single GPU but two units.
Publication: Technosports
Microsoft cloud gaming service coming to the iPhone, iPad & PCs in 2021edit
iPhone, iPad & PC users will be able to use Microsoft’s cloud gaming services in 2021. This service is different from Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Publication: BGR India
Former VMware COO Ramaswami to lead Nutanixedit
n his most recent role at VMware, Ramaswami co-managed VMware’s portfolio of products and services. During his tenure, Ramaswami led several important acquisitions and was playing a key role in transitioning VMware toward a subscription and SaaS model.
Publication: The Times of India
Lenovo Data Center Group Delivers New Data Management Solutionsedit
Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG) announces new end-to-end data management solutions allowing customers of all sizes to harness data more securely and efficiently, from edge to core to cloud, with a single set of tools and capabilities for a smarter way forward.
Publication: India Education Diary
India sees spike in AI adoption in 2020: PwCedit
India witnessed the highest increase in the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven technologies in 2020 compared with the U.S., U.K. and Japan, said PwC India. Over 90% of Indian enterprises surveyed by PwC are implementing or planning to invest in AI solutions or technologies to address business challenges brought in by the pandemic, as per the consulting firm.
Publication: The Hindu
Cyberpunk 2077: Here’s what you need to know about the most hyped game of 2020edit
Cyberpunk 2077 is set to launch on December 10 globally with some regions getting access to it on December 9. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of making the purchase.
Publication: IndiaTV News
Why many want to move to cloud in the post-Covid worldedit
Polycab is one of India’s largest manufacturers of cables and wires with revenue of over Rs 8,000 crore. It is working with Oracle to move workloads to the cloud. The company’s CIO Vivek Khanna says he’s moved disaster recovery and the treasury application to Oracle cloud. Every new application is being built for the cloud. Polycab is using Oracle’s cloud-based Mobile Supply Chain Application to capture shop-floor data in real-time, and is now extending that to the warehouses.
Publication: The Times of India
Realty major DLF to invest about Rs 130 crore to develop data centre in Noidaedit
Realty major DLF will invest around Rs 130 crore over the next 18 months to develop a data centre in Noida as it seeks to encash rising demand for data storage capacity. The data centre project will have 3.7 lakh sq ft space with proper infrastructure, including high power capacity, according to sources.
Publication: ET CIO
Kingston launches its Data Center Series of SSDs in Indiaedit
Kingston Technology announced the launch of five new Data Center SSDs in India – Kingston Data Center 450R (DC450R), Kingston Data Center 500R (DC500R), Kingston Data Center 500M (DC500M), Kingston Data Center 1000M NVMe PCIe SSD (DC1000M) and Kingston Data Center 1000B M.2 NVMe boot drive (DC1000B).
Publication: The Mobile Indian
FPGAS can help Organizations become more intelligentedit
FPGA represents a field-programmable gate array. Basically, an FPGA is a hardware circuit that a user can program to do at least one intelligent activity. Made a stride further, FPGAs are integrated circuits, or ICs, which are sets of circuits on a chip—that is the “array” part. Those circuits, or arrays, are gatherings of programmable logic gates, memory, or other elements.
Publication: Analytics Insight
Datacenter capex to reach $180 billion in 2024: Omdiaedit
Datacenter Capex by cloud and colocation service providers is expected to reach $180 billion in 2024 at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.7% during 2020-24 as service providers ramp up their efforts to meet customer demands, said market research agency Omdia’s Cloud & Colocation Data Center Capex Market Tracker report.
Publication: ET Telecom
Registrations open for the first all-digital CES 2021edit
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® today announced that registration is now open for the first-ever, all-digital CES® 2021 – on track to become one of the largest digital events. The world’s most influential technology event will open its digital doors, Jan. 11-14, 2021, bringing the global tech community together for next-gen product announcements, press events and keynotes from industry visionaries. “We’ve fully reimagined the CES 2021 experience, creating a digital platform that will inspire, engage and fuel the future of the global tech industry,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CTA.
Publication: IT News Online
80% jump in Cloud spending since onset of the pandemicedit
The IT services industry will see huge growth opportunities going forward,but will have to focus on certain key things, including life long skilling of empolyees and a way to tap it, said Pravin Rao, chairman of Nasscom ans chief operating officer Infosys.
Publication: The Economic Times
AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su Ranked #2 on Fortune’s List of Top Businessperson for 2020; Ahead of NVIDIA CEOedit
AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su has been ranked #2 on Fortune’s list of top businessperson for the year 2020, right ahead of rival NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang. The list was lead by SpaceX and Telsa CEO, Elon Musk, no surprise considering the string of recent successes with SpaceX launches.
Publication: Hardware Times
Sony Japan offers ~1.14 cr at IIT Bombayedit
After Dutch firm Optiver extended the highest inter- national offer of ~1.39 crore in the first slot of day one of placements at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, now Sony Japan has made an offer of ~1.14 crore per annum. (Paypal)
Publication: Business Standard
IIT placements escape pandemic bluesedit
IIT Guwahati, meanwhile, attracted 69 offers by first session of Day One with marquee recruiters like Google, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Adobe, Quadaye, Oracle, Walmart, Bajaj, American Express, Uber, Accenture Japan, and MTX, among others participating in the recruitment drive.
Publication: Business Standard
The gaming industry in 2021: A look aheadedit
The gaming industry has changed drastically in the last 12 months and experts are predicting that even more changes are on the horizon. As with every other industry, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the industry, its performance, competitive landscape and future outlook. That being said, the gaming industry is predicted to exceed $180 billion by 2021 as the industry grows and develops. The industry is innovating everything from monetization strategies to gaming platforms and players are responding by playing video games in record numbers. Below are some of the top predictions for the gaming industry for 2021.
Publication: The Week
How Investment Is Transforming Indian Gamingedit
The gaming industry is thriving – so it’s no surprise that investors all over the world are keen to invest their money in this rapidly-growing sector. With total global revenue of $159 billion in 2020, some analysts believe that gaming could be worth over $200 billion in just three years’ time. This means that the potential returns for savvy investors who want to cash in on this growth are huge.
Publication: TechnoSports
Data centre project will catalyse investments by IT companies in Greater Noida, say officialsedit
The Greater Noida authority on Monday said that it is flooded with proposals from several IT companies seeking land for their projects in Sector Knowledge Park V since October when it allotted 20-acre plot for a data centre in the sector. Authority officials said that they have readied at least 100 acres of land for the use of IT companies.
Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times
India is Ahead of Others in Hybrid Cloud Adoption: IBMedit
In August, IBM had announced a $1 billion fund to expand its hybrid cloud ecosystem over the next three years. In India, the company is working with IT services firms such as Infosys, Wipro and Tata Consultancy Services to help move their clients’ workloads to the cloud. While Wipro is expanding its IBM Hybrid Cloud practice, HCL Technologies has an IBM Ecosystem Unit which works with clients across industries, including regulated ones like financial services to develop digital and cloud native solutions.
Publication: The Economic Times
Eightfold AI raises $125 m in latest funding roundedit
So far, the AI-powered talent intelligence platform that uses a single solution to manage the entire talent lifecycle, has raised more than $180 million. Eightfold has more than quadrupled its sales since the last round of equity funding in April 2019 and boasts of a customers base that include Tata Communications, AirAsia, Bayer, Capital One and Micron.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
What Does It Take To Build A Chip Industry In India: Interview With Balajee Sowrirajan Of Samsung Semiconductor India R&Dedit
For this week’s feature interview, Analytics India Magazine got in touch with Balajee Sowrirajan, the Corporate Vice President at Samsung Semiconductor India R&D Center (SSIR), who has been overseeing India operations of the Memory, System LSI, Foundry business units and driving both strategy and culture for innovation and inclusion at SSIR. Balajee has been a driving force at SSIR for more than six years and paved the way for Samsung’s role as a technology leader in the semiconductor industry in India, making it the largest Global R&D Center for Samsung Semiconductor.
Publication: Analytics India Magazine
Nokia laptops could be a real thing in India soonedit
Consumers associate Nokia mainly with smartphones. The company recently launched two new budget phones in the country. Besides smartphones, in the past, the company diversified in categories including laptops, tablets, among others. Also Read – Nokia 9.3 PureView 5G launch could have been delayed again
Publication: BGR India
Apple working on M1X-powered 16-inch MacBook Pro: Reportedit
At its recent event in Novemeber, Apple unveiled its first products that featured the new Apple Silicon chipset M1. While the company boasted about its processing and graphics capabilities, the M1 seemed to be built for entry-level Macbooks including the Macbook Air and 13-inch Macbook Pro. Leaked info from a tipster now sheds some light on the company’s plans for the 16-inch Macbook Pro that will be launched next year.
Publication: Livemint
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