AMD specific news
AMD 5nm Zen 4 Roadmap Leaks Outs: Phoenix on FP8, Raphael on AM5 w/ DDR5 & PCIe 5edit
Some more details regarding AMD’s Zen 4 based consumer products have surfaced. While we already knew a bit about the desktop form of Zen 4, Raphael, now the successor to the Zen 3 (refresh) in the notebook market has also been discovered.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Epyc Milan Specs Surface: Up to 64C/128T, 32C/64T w/ 256MB L3 Cache and 4GHz Boostedit
According to specifications unearthed by a popular data-miner on Twitter, AMD’s Zen 3 based Epyc Milan CPUs will feature a boost clock as high as 4GHz for the 32-core part. Of course, this is the single-threaded boost clock and the all-core boost is going to be a fair bit slower, but it should allow Milan to level with Intel’s upcoming 10nm-based Ice Lake-SP which feature a sizable IPS boost over the older Skylake-class Xeon lineups.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Reportedly Launching on the 18th of Marchedit
According to the French outlet, Cowcotland, AMD will be launching budget-oriented RDNA 2 graphics cards next month. Based on the Navi 22 die, the Radeon RX 6700 XT and 6700 will feature 2,560 and 2,048 stream processors, respectively. That means 40 CUs (or 20WGPs/DCUs) for the former and 32 CUs (or 11WGPs/DCUs) for the latter.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD brand mentions
Best CPUs for Gamingedit
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
Lenovo Legion 5 Review: A masterclass in budget laptop gamingedit
AMD has been upping the ante in the laptop game with its 7nm mobile Ryzen CPUs, which have been popping up in droves on budget and mid-range gaming laptops. The Lenovo Legion 5 is one such gaming laptop, which uses AMD’s Ryzen 4000H series chips to pretty good effect.
Publication: MoneyControl
ASUS ROG Strix GA35 with Ryzen 7 3800X & RTX 2060 Super gets 28% discountedit
The relatively new ROG Strix GA35 has a modern design along with RGB and all the necessary I/O & connectivity options. Featuring the powerful Ryzen 7 3800X, you get a boatload of horsepower.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo IdeaPad S145 Review: Decent Value But Awfully Underpowerededit
On the official website Lenovo, the IdeaPad S145 is stated to sport an AMD Ryzen 5 3000-series processor. You will have two options in terms of RAM: 4GB or 8GB. A WD Blue 1TB hard drive that spins at 5,400rpm is in charge of the storage. The laptop doesn’t have a discrete graphics card. It only has the Intel UHD Graphics 620 integrated GPU.
Publication: MobyGeek
Competition in news
Priority listed by the new CEO of Intel : Pat Gelsingeredit
Pat Gelsinger is an outstanding CEO in his whole carrier and he has outlined four big priorities as Intel’s new CEO in a letter to employees that he says will help the company fight against growing competition and ‘set a new era of innovation and technological leadership.
Publication: VAR India
Best CPUs for Gamingedit
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 to Halve Hash-Rate of the GeForce RTX 3060 to Deter Miners: CMP Cards for Miningedit
n a blogpost, NVIDIA has announced that it will be halving the mining hash-rate of the budget Ampere GPU, the RTX 3060 to deter cryptominers from clearing out supplies meant for gamers. The RTX 3060 slated to launch on the 25th of Feb will come with drivers that severely restrict the mining performance of the card with Ether, cutting the profitability in half.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel’s Alder Lake-S to arrive with a new core and Rocket Lake to be launched on 15th Marchedit
Intel announced that it would launch its upcoming Rocket Lake and Alder Lake desktop CPUs this year, mostly in the second quarter. But out of the two, the blue team’s Alder Lake is on everyone’s mind as it comes with a new process node and a new chip and architecture design.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo IdeaPad S145 Review: Decent Value But Awfully Underpowerededit
On the official website Lenovo, the IdeaPad S145 is stated to sport an AMD Ryzen 5 3000-series processor. You will have two options in terms of RAM: 4GB or 8GB. A WD Blue 1TB hard drive that spins at 5,400rpm is in charge of the storage. The laptop doesn’t have a discrete graphics card. It only has the Intel UHD Graphics 620 integrated GPU.
Publication: MobyGeek
Carbon fibre-built Vaio Z (2021) launched, comes with 11th-Gen Intel Core processoredit
The Vaio Z (2021) comes with 11th-generation Intel Core i7 processor and Intel Iris Xe graphics and a 14-inch 4K display. There is also the Vaio Z (2021) Signature Edition that sports a carbon fibre texture. The Vaio Z-series saw its first flagship model in 2016, the 2021 range is their latest upgrade.
Publication: HT Tech
Editorji Tech Wrap: Vaio Z laptop launched, Lenovo Smart Clock Essential comes to Indiaedit
Vaio has launched a brand new Vaio Z laptop, with a 4K display, Intel Core i7 chip, and up to 32GB RAM. Meanwhile, Lenovo has brought the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential to India, that runs the Google Assistant, and costs ₹4,499. This and more, on today’s Editorji Tech Wrap.
Publication: HT Tech
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 Review: A Premium Laptop With All-Round Performanceedit
The convertible laptop with 10th Gen Intel Core i5 is available for Rs. 66,300 on Amazon. It features a 14-inch FHD display and comes with a metal body and be flipped into tablet mode.
Publication: GizBot
Surface Laptop Go review in 5 points: Is it worth your money?edit
Though we would recommend giving the Intel Core i5, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant a miss (cheapest version) and instead go for the i5, 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage that comes at Rs 71,999.
Publication: India Today
NVIDIA launches CMP 30HX, 40HX, 50HX, and 90HX GPUs For Miningedit
NVIDIA has finally accepted the massive mining demand from India’s GPU market and across the globe right now and has launched a series of dedicated cryptography mining GPUs named CMP (Cryptocurrency Mining Processor). It’s the first time an official product has been launched from NVIDIA itself.
Publication: TechnoSports
NVIDIA Launches Mining Focused CMP HX Lineup, Designed to Make RTX GPUs Available to Actual Gamersedit
NVIDIA is launching a new GPU lineup called CMP – Cryptocurrency Mining Processor, aimed at Ethereum mining specifically. This is being done in an effort to make RTX GPUs available to actual gamers/content creators, with separate mining hardware lineup that should help in clearing the roadblocks in the stock allocation of RTX GPUs.
Publication: TechQuila
Partner in news
Dell Technologies Shares Key Data Protection Trends For 2021edit
The current situation has made us realize that Digital Transformation has become a buzz word across industries and in recent times has transformed into a key element of business strategy. It has even become an indicator of an organization’s growth and success.
Publication: Digital Terminal
Lenovo Legion 5 Review: A masterclass in budget laptop gamingedit
AMD has been upping the ante in the laptop game with its 7nm mobile Ryzen CPUs, which have been popping up in droves on budget and mid-range gaming laptops. The Lenovo Legion 5 is one such gaming laptop, which uses AMD’s Ryzen 4000H series chips to pretty good effect.
Publication: MoneyControl
ASUS ROG Strix GA35 with Ryzen 7 3800X & RTX 2060 Super gets 28% discountedit
The relatively new ROG Strix GA35 has a modern design along with RGB and all the necessary I/O & connectivity options. Featuring the powerful Ryzen 7 3800X, you get a boatload of horsepower.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo IdeaPad S145 Review: Decent Value But Awfully Underpowerededit
On the official website Lenovo, the IdeaPad S145 is stated to sport an AMD Ryzen 5 3000-series processor. You will have two options in terms of RAM: 4GB or 8GB. A WD Blue 1TB hard drive that spins at 5,400rpm is in charge of the storage. The laptop doesn’t have a discrete graphics card. It only has the Intel UHD Graphics 620 integrated GPU.
Publication: MobyGeek
Carbon fibre-built Vaio Z (2021) launched, comes with 11th-Gen Intel Core processoredit
The Vaio Z (2021) comes with 11th-generation Intel Core i7 processor and Intel Iris Xe graphics and a 14-inch 4K display. There is also the Vaio Z (2021) Signature Edition that sports a carbon fibre texture. The Vaio Z-series saw its first flagship model in 2016, the 2021 range is their latest upgrade.
Publication: HT Tech
Editorji Tech Wrap: Vaio Z laptop launched, Lenovo Smart Clock Essential comes to Indiaedit
Vaio has launched a brand new Vaio Z laptop, with a 4K display, Intel Core i7 chip, and up to 32GB RAM. Meanwhile, Lenovo has brought the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential to India, that runs the Google Assistant, and costs ₹4,499. This and more, on today’s Editorji Tech Wrap.
Publication: HT Tech
Asus VivoBook Flip 14 Review: A Premium Laptop With All-Round Performanceedit
The convertible laptop with 10th Gen Intel Core i5 is available for Rs. 66,300 on Amazon. It features a 14-inch FHD display and comes with a metal body and be flipped into tablet mode.
Publication: GizBot
Surface Laptop Go review in 5 points: Is it worth your money?edit
Though we would recommend giving the Intel Core i5, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant a miss (cheapest version) and instead go for the i5, 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage that comes at Rs 71,999.
Publication: India Today
29 lakh PCs shipped in India in Q4, Dell pips HP as leader: IDCedit
Dell Technologies replaced HP in the top position in the overall PC market, as its shipments grew 57.1 per cent YoY in the October-December quarter, showed the data from IDC Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.
Publication: Telangana Today
India’s PC shipments grow 27% in Q4edit
Remote modes of learning and working during the pandemic continued to spur demand for personal computers (PCs), especially laptops, with sales growing 27% from a year earlier in the December quarter.
Publication: Mint
E-learning, work from home power up notebook and laptop sales: IDCedit
Demand thanks to the rising trend of e-learning and remote working gave a fillip to sales of notebooks and laptops in 2020. CY20 ended the biggest year for notebooks with 7.9-million-unit shipments during the year.
Publication: Business Standard
India PC market clocks 27% growth in Q4 to 2.9 million units: IDCedit
The PC market in India continued its growth momentum registering 27% growth in shipment at 2.9 million units in the December 2020 quarter from 2.3 million units in the year-ago period, as per research firm IDC.
Publication: Mint
Indian PC market delivers another strong quarter, grows 27% in Q4CY20edit
Demand from e-Learning and remote working gave a boost to the notebooks and laptop segment of the personal computer market in India in 2020. The calendar year 2020 ended as the biggest year for notebooks with 7.9 million unit shipments during the year.
Publication: Business Standard
India’s PC market registers another strong quarter, shipments grow 27% YoY in Q4 2020edit
India’s PC market continued to register positive growth in the fourth quarter of 2020, reveals new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC). The Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker reveals the PC segment, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, posted an impressive 27% year-over-year growth in the said quarter.
Publication: HT Tech
HP Inc appoints Marie Myers as new Chief Financial Officeredit
PC and printer major HP Inc has appointed company veteran Marie Myers as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). During her two decades with HP Inc, Myers served as Global Controller and Americas CFO of the company’s Personal Systems business unit, among other roles.
Publication: Telangana Today
HP Inc appoints Marie Myers as new CFOedit
PC and printer major HP Inc has appointed company veteran Marie Myers as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). During her two decades with HP Inc, Myers served as Global Controller and Americas CFO of the company’s Personal Systems business unit, among other roles.
Publication: Gadgets Now
Industry news
How 5G Can Spur Innovation in the Gaming Industryedit
The major upgrades in the gaming industry rely on how often console and PC hardware companies release better components. But with the arrival of 5G, this cycle is about to break. The potential of 5G in the gaming industry is huge and it could yield great opportunities for gamers.
Publication: CXO Today
Gaming Industry In India Seeing Strong Hiring Gains: Indeededit
Online job site Indeed has said that gaming sector job postings and searches were up by 13 per cent and 15 per cent respectively in January as compared to the same period last year. This paints a promising picture for this nascent yet rapidly growing industry in India. “Our data forecasts the growth of India’s gaming industry which will have a substantial impact on the jobs of tomorrow,” said Sashi Kumar, Managing Director, Indeed.com.
Publication: BW Businessworld
Did you know, The world is short of Semiconductors?edit
As we witnessed in 2020, the availability of high-performance CPUs in the market was not enough to meet the buyers’ demands. We have already seen how the CEOs of companies like Intel and AMD have to written to the new U.S president, Joe Biden, to give additional fundings to the production of semiconductors so that the companies can meet the growing demands of the companies.
Publication: TechnoSports
Texas winter storm strikes chip makers, compounding supply woesedit
Severe weather conditions hitting much of the U.S. have caused some semiconductor companies to idle production capacity, threatening to exacerbate a chip shortage that has already prompted car makers to curtail output at some plants.
Publication: Mint
Goyal invites Singapore to invest in semiconductor manufacturing in Indiaedit
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday invited Singapore’s companies to invest in semiconductor manufacturing in India as the issue is of serious interest to the country.
Publication: The Economic Times
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