December 21, 2020

AMD specific news

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

AMD brand mentions

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

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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

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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

Industry news

Betting on gaming: India must set up a gaming regulatoredit

The gaming industry does not need bans, it needs legislation.

Publication: Financial Express

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