February 12, 2021

AMD specific news

OEMs Release Revised Intel H410/B460 Boards with 11th Gen Rocket Lake Supportedit

The lower-end 400 series chipsets haven’t been deliberately locked out from supporting the Rocket Lake-S parts, rather it’s a hardware limitation. The H410 and B460 chipsets leverage the older 22nm process node which can’t support the 11th Gen lineup without significant hardware-level modification.

Publication: Hardware Times

AMD Ryzen 7 5700G “Cezanne” Desktop APU Sells on eBay for $499edit

AMD’s yet unannounced Ryzen 5000G APUs, otherwise known as Cezanne AM4 have already started popping up on eBay with the octa-core Ryzen 7 5700G going for $499. The chip in question is an engineering sample, and the fact that it’s being sold on the market in dozens really makes you wonder. How is this even happening? Doesn’t AMD keep a track of who gets ES of unreleased products?

Publication: Hardware Times

AMD Ryzen Zen 3+ Warhol likely to launch in Q4 2021, modest IPC bump on the anvil to take on Intel Alder Lake-Sedit

AMD will have a refresh to the current Zen 3 Vermeer Ryzen 5000 CPUs in the form of Zen 3+ Warhol some time in Q4 2021. Warhol will largely retain the existing Zen 3 feature set but is slated to offer a slight IPC bump in order to compete against Intel’s upcoming hybrid Alder Lake-S offerings.

Publication: Notebookcheck

AMD brand mentions

Gaming PC build upgrade for ₹60K featuring WD Black SN750 500GB SSD #Sponsored​edit

Wondering if you should upgrade your gaming PC for around 60K, we’ve got a build that you could consider. We’re looking at something which will get you more than 50 FPS in most video games running at 1080p

Publication: Digit

Competition in news

How Intel is leveraging technology to predict and minimize attritionedit

“At Intel, we have developed an in-house AI algorithm to predict attrition. With a special focus on diversity, the algorithm uses certain data indicators to predict the trends associated with attrition,” said Anjali Rao, Senior Director – HR, Intel India.

Publication: ET HR World

Stock levels of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs to worsen so is the priceedit

There’s no hiding of the fact that NVIDIA is suffering from disastrous availability situation for its RTX 30-series GPUs. From the announcement in September 2020 to now February 2021, the situation saw no improvement is further going to degrade as per reports.

Publication: TechnoSports

Intel 10nm Ice Lake-SP to Top Out at 40 Cores and a TDP of 270Wedit

According to info shared by the reputed Twitter source, @momomo_us, Intel’s upcoming 3rd Gen Ice Lake-SP Xeon processors will feature as many as 40 Sunny Cove cores with a base clock of 2.3GHz. Other than the core count, the memory channels and PCIe lanes have also been beefed up. You’re now looking at 64 PCIe lanes (still less than Rome and Milan, but a step up from Cascade Lake) and 8-channel DDR4-3200 RAM with ECC.

Publication: Hardware Times

Gaming PC build upgrade for ₹60K featuring WD Black SN750 500GB SSD #Sponsored​edit

Wondering if you should upgrade your gaming PC for around 60K, we’ve got a build that you could consider. We’re looking at something which will get you more than 50 FPS in most video games running at 1080p

Publication: Digit

Partner in news

Lenovo to build a supercomputer in the Netherlands with 14 PFLOPS of performanceedit

Lenovo Data Center Group has recently announced that it would develop a supercomputer for SURF, which would be Netherland’s most powerful supercomputer. This is a €20 million ($24.2 million) project that will deliver a whopping 14 petaflops performance.

Publication: TechnoSports

Asus ROG Strix GA35, Asus ROG Strix GT35 Laptops Refreshed With Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 Series GPUs in Indiaedit

Asus ROG Strix GA35 and ROG Strix GT35 gaming desktop models have been refreshed with AMD CPUs and latest Nvidia GPUs in India. Both are powered by Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 series GPUs and while the ROG Strix GT35 is powered by a 10th-Gen Intel CPU, the ROG Strix GA35 comes with AMD Ryzen 9 3000 series CPUs. They come with Windows 10 Home pre-installed and RGB lighting. Asus ROG Strix GA35 has an easy-carry design with an integrated handle, as well as Keystone II technology.

Publication: NDTV Gadgets 3

AVITA launches visually expressive notebook seriesedit

International tech innovator AVITA announces the official debut of its flagship products in the Middle Eastern. The launch series include LIBER V and PURA notebooks in the region. Keeping in line with the demand for laptops in the region, the new notebook series is best-in-class and a well-designed modern range, AVITA is all set to offer a cutting-edge experience as the launch series cater to offering a wide array of award-winning technology.

Publication: Enterprise IT World

Gaming PC build upgrade for ₹60K featuring WD Black SN750 500GB SSD #Sponsored​edit

Wondering if you should upgrade your gaming PC for around 60K, we’ve got a build that you could consider. We’re looking at something which will get you more than 50 FPS in most video games running at 1080p

Publication: Digit

Industry news

Resolution of semiconductor shortage may take months: Bosch India MDedit

Bosch India, one of the largest auto component manufacturers, reported a 3.24 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 184.25 crore for the December quarter, against Rs 190.24 crore in the year-ago period.

Publication: Business Standard

 

How CXOs Can Get Digital Transformation Rightedit

CXOs are prioritizing digital transformation and are reaping great benefits, but barriers lie ahead, says a new study.

Publication: CXO Today

US chip makers lobby for local mfgedit

The chief executive officers of chip companies including Intel Corp, Qualcomm Inc and Advanced Micro Devices Inc urged US President Joe Biden to support domestic production and stop the country from losing its edge in innovation. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) sent a letter on Thursday to Biden to include “substantial funding for incentives for semiconductor manufacturing, in the form of grants and/or tax credits” in his administration’s stimulus package.

Publication: The Asian Age

Microsoft sharpens focus on hybrid cloud with Azure Stack HCIedit

Tech giants are betting big on hybrid cloud as customers look to cut costs and demand greater flexibility. In Q3, the top four cloud infrastructure service providers were Amazon Web Services (32%), Microsoft Azure (19%), Google Cloud (7%) and Alibaba Cloud (6%)

Publication: Mint

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