AMD specific news
DIY community reports high failure rates with AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUsedit
But, custom DIY PC Builder, PowerGPU, reports that they are seeing very high failure rates with the new AMD CPU & motherboard platform. According to sources, PowerGPU stated that, the AMD’s Ryzen 5000 CPUs have a very high rate of failure and that it increases even more so with the high-end CPUs.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD users should immediately switch to the latest Linux 5.11 kerneledit
Released over the valentine’s day weekend, Linux kernel 5.11 fixed a major performance regression that impacted the AMD Zen architecture. Thanks to the fix, Zen-based processors such as Ryzen and EPYC have been benchmarked as being faster out of the box than on previous kernels. Also debuting in the release is support for AMD “Van Gogh” and “Dimgrey Cavefish” GPUs.
Publication: TechRadar
AMD Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 Desktop CPUs Have High Failure Rates: Reportedit
According to PowerGPU, the failure rate increases with the more high-end processor options from AMD. This is despite the fact that AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series has received rave reviews from critics and users alike, driving demand for the chips.
Publication: MySmartPrice
Intel Alder Lake CPUs Likely to Beat Ryzen 5000 in Gaming and More: Up to 20% IPC Increase and 5GHz Boostedit
According to sources close to Moore’s Law is Dead, Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs should be quite a bit faster than AMD’s Zen 3 based processors, including the higher-end Ryzen 9 5900X. As already reported multiple times, Alder Lake is set to be Intel’s first mainstream processor family based on a hybrid core (big.LITTLE) architecture.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD brand mentions
Lenovo Legion 5 reviewedit
Case in point, the Legion 5 laptop, which is the latest in a rather short line of notebooks to be powered by the 4000 series Ryzen 5 4600H CPU.
Publication: 91Mobiles
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 Review: Affordable Hybrid Laptop in Marketedit
The IdeaPad Flex 5 is powered by a Ryzen 4500U processor. The six-core processor offers a max clock speed of up to 4GHz, which is capable of handling heavy graphics. The built-in AMD Radeon R5 GPU onboard assists with multimedia applications.
Publication: The Quint
The new benchmark of Intel Rocket Lake Iris Xe GPU is here, proves to be slower than AMD’s Renoir Vega GPU & on par with GeForce GT 1030edit
On par with NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 1030, the Intel Xe GPU comes with a score of 1100-1200 points, but it is very slow than AMD’s Renoir APUs featuring the Vega GPUs. In the same benchmark, the AMD Ryzen 7 4750G can score 1600 points.
Publication: TechnoSports
Competition in news
Surface Laptop Go review: A value for money Surface from Microsoftedit
The 10th Gen Intel i5 quad-core processor is a good CPU that didn’t slouch or stutter while our daily tasks like writing articles, editing images, opening multiple tabs on Microsoft Edge, Chrome, and video playback in high-resolution were handled well.
Publication: India Today
Google, Microsoft and Qualcomm protest Nvidia’s acquisition of Armedit
Alphabet Inc’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. are among companies worried about the $40 billion deal and are urging antitrust officials to intervene.
Publication: Business Standard
Pat Gelsinger returns to Intel but this time as CEOedit
He was even ranked the best CEO in America in 2019 by Glassdoor, and now when Intel is having a tough time, Gelsinger has been appointed the new CEO of the company, replacing Bob Swan. Today, February 15th, Pat Gelsinger becomes the company’s eighth chief executive officer in its history.
Publication: TechnoSports
The new benchmark of Intel Rocket Lake Iris Xe GPU is here, proves to be slower than AMD’s Renoir Vega GPU & on par with GeForce GT 1030edit
On par with NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 1030, the Intel Xe GPU comes with a score of 1100-1200 points, but it is very slow than AMD’s Renoir APUs featuring the Vega GPUs. In the same benchmark, the AMD Ryzen 7 4750G can score 1600 points.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel Alder Lake CPUs Likely to Beat Ryzen 5000 in Gaming and More: Up to 20% IPC Increase and 5GHz Boostedit
According to sources close to Moore’s Law is Dead, Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs should be quite a bit faster than AMD’s Zen 3 based processors, including the higher-end Ryzen 9 5900X. As already reported multiple times, Alder Lake is set to be Intel’s first mainstream processor family based on a hybrid core (big.LITTLE) architecture.
Publication: Hardware Times
Partner in news
Is the 9-to-5 job a thing of the past? Here is what employers have to sayedit
Ajay Carvalho, HR Head, ASUS Technology Pvt. Ltd: “Asus has been very flexible with its daily operations, however, there are a few departments such as the warehouse & logistics, which still require a physical presence and are inevitably excluded from the WFH model.”
Publication: CNBC-TV18
Creating a robust and secure digital ecosystem crucial for hybrid officesedit
“Being an IT company, we were already digital. The team had no problem working from home as they all had laptops or tablets and the maverick was all set. We also turned digital to connect with our partners through webinars and team building events,” said Vinay Shetty, regional director-Asia, Asus Technology Pvt. Ltd.
Publication: Mint
Surface Laptop Go review: A value for money Surface from Microsoftedit
The 10th Gen Intel i5 quad-core processor is a good CPU that didn’t slouch or stutter while our daily tasks like writing articles, editing images, opening multiple tabs on Microsoft Edge, Chrome, and video playback in high-resolution were handled well.
Publication: India Today
Lenovo Legion 5 reviewedit
Case in point, the Legion 5 laptop, which is the latest in a rather short line of notebooks to be powered by the 4000 series Ryzen 5 4600H CPU.
Publication: 91Mobiles
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 Review: Affordable Hybrid Laptop in Marketedit
The IdeaPad Flex 5 is powered by a Ryzen 4500U processor. The six-core processor offers a max clock speed of up to 4GHz, which is capable of handling heavy graphics. The built-in AMD Radeon R5 GPU onboard assists with multimedia applications.
Publication: The Quint
Industry news
The US semiconductor giants write to Bidenedit
On the contrary personalities like Intel’s Bob Swan and AMD’s CEO Lisa Su, and several other prominent members of the semiconductor market have reached out to the new US president, stating that there must be a “substantial funding” as part of the White House’s economic recovery and infrastructure plan, to the semiconductor market.
Publication: TechnoSports
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