March 15, 2021

AMD specific news

New AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT gives 25% better performance than RX 5700 XT at 1080p & 1440pedit

AMD recently announced their mid-range GPU – the Radeon RX 6700 XT for 1440p gaming at max details, and now, as the availability date of March 18 is coming, we are getting more benchmarks of the GPU. We already know the last-gen RX 5700 XT was a value champion and widely loved by gamers, so the successor to that has to live up to the expectations.

Publication: TechnoSports

AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT believed to have a steady supplyedit

We have already heard the news that AMD will soon be launching its much-awaited Radeon RX 6700 XT. We are already receiving reports regarding the availability of the graphics card. The reports all indicate mixed reviews, as some citing scarce supply while others reporting the supply being better than expected.

Publication: TechnoSports

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Reportedly Faster than the RTX 3070 in Most Gamesedit

As per data obtained by WCCFTech, AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT is highly competitive against its nearly rival, the GeForce RTX 3070. As you can see in the below graphs, the two cards trade blows at 1440p, with the RX 6700 XT registering roughly the same number of wins as losses.

Publication: Hardware Times

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Has a Hash Rate of 43.5MH/s: Lower than the RX 5700 & 5700 XTedit

The Ether mining hash rate of the Radeon RX 6700 XT seems to have finally been established after multiple estimates and insider quotes. The budget Navi 2X GPU is capable of 43.5MH/s, placing it below its predecessor, the Radeon RX 5700 XT which manages a respectable 54-55MH/s. Even the 5700 is a better choice for mining with a hash rate of 50.5 MH/s.

Publication: Hardware Times

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Ryzen 3 3300x in 2021 हिंदी मेंedit

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Ryzen 3 3300x in 2021 हिंदी में Welcome To the channel. In this video, I am talking about Ryzen 3 3100 vs Ryzen 3 3300x in 2021 हिंदी में. both are very good and value for money processors. Both come with 4 cores and 8 threads.

Publication: The Angry Indian Gamer

AMD Sent me A MYSTERY BOX!! *NEW RADEON GPUs* (PROACTIVE)edit

AMD Radeon 6800 & Radeon 6800XT Unboxing!

Publication: TechDroids

Competition in news

Intel working on its 56-core Sapphire Rapids Xeon APU to crush AMD’s Zen 4edit

Intel and AMD have been at each other’s throats for a while now, with team red currently leading in the multi-core segment. However, intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake is expected to get AMD’s best in single-core performance. As to whether the Rocket Lake provides worth remains to be seen.

Publication: TechnoSports

CBSE joins hands with Intel to launch AI Student Communityedit

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has collaborated with tech giant Intel to launch an initiative named AI Student Community (AISC). It is a youth- oriented platform to promote digital-first mindset and encourage the creation of AI-enabled real-life solutions. Students from schools affiliated to CBSE and other boards can visit this website and register themselves with their email ID and password.

Publication: HT Tech

CBSE joins hands with Intel to launch AI Student Communityedit

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has collaborated with tech giant Intel to launch an initiative named AI Student Community (AISC). It is a youth- oriented platform to promote digital-first mindset and encourage the creation of AI-enabled real-life solutions. Students from schools affiliated to CBSE and other boards can visit this website and register themselves with their email ID and password.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Intel’s Rocket Lake Core i5 variants leaked on benchmarks before launchedit

With only a couple of days remaining before intel starts accepting pre-orders for its upcoming Rocket Lake CPUs, we are seeing more and more leaked benchmark results of the line-up. In recent news, the Core i5-11600KF & Core i5-11400F 6 Core chips have been benchmarked and their performance results have leaked out over at Chinese Chiphell Forums (via Harukaze5719).

Publication: TechnoSports

The 2021 Acer Swift 3 with AMD Ryzen 7 5700U now available on Amazonedit

It’s been only a few months since AMD announced the new Ryzen 5000U based processors in the market; we now already have the new Acer Swift 3 available to buy. Having reviewed the last-gen variant of the laptop, I can tell you it is an incredible budget laptop for daily usage.

Publication: TechnoSports

NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti rumored to launch mid-April for US$999, specs still unconfirmed but 12 GB GDDR6X and 10,240 CUDA cores speculatededit

New rumors indicate that the RTX 3080 Ti may finally launch some time in mid-April. The exact specifications of the RTX 3080 Ti are still elusive, but rumor is that the card would feature 12 GB GDDR6X VRAM and 10,240 CUDA cores at a US$999 price point.

Publication: Notebookcheck.in

Intel Core i5-11600KF Slower, Hotter & Less Efficient than the Ryzen 5 5600X in Leaked Benchmarksedit

A few synthetic benchmarks of Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake-S budget offering, the Core i5-11600KF have surfaced, showing what the next-gen chip is capable of. Unfortunately, while the performance is a step up from its predecessor, it still fails to match up against AMD’s hex-core rival, the Ryzen 5 5600X. This is despite the fact that the latter is a 65W SKU while the 11600KF is a 125W (PL1) part, with a boost power draw of around 150-160W.

Publication: Hardware Times

NVIDIA RTX 3090 Powered Mining Rig w/ Liquid Cooling Spotted: Generates a Revenue of Over $4,000/Monthedit

A custom-cooled mining rig featuring eight GeForce RTX 3090s has been spotted which is capable of generating over $4,000 per month. The RTX 3090 is the fastest GPU for mining on the market with a massive bandwidth of 936GB/s, and when you pair several of them, you get a miner’s dream: A single rig that brings in over $4K in a month. To top it off, these GPUs were cooled by an open-loop setup, further bolstering their performance, allowing for even higher returns:

Publication: Hardware Times

Researchers Design Website that Can Steal Data From Intel and Apple M1 CPUs Using Web Browsersedit

The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities were one of the most glaring security blunders in the history of modern microprocessors (though not as pressing). While both Intel and AMD have released patches for (most of) their products that defend against this vulnerability, it’d be fair to say that a fair number of users didn’t implement them. Now, some researchers from Google’s security team have developed a website that demonstrates the Spectre security flaw.

Publication: Hardware Times

Partner in news

Dell Technologies leads storage market in fourth quarteredit

Revenue generated by the group of original design manufacturers (ODMs) selling directly to hyperscale datacenters grew 2.0 percent to $6.6 billion in 4Q20, while capacity shipped grew 7.6 percent year over year to 76.0 exabytes. Total capacity shipments for the market (External OEM + ODM Direct + Server-Based Storage) increased 8.3 percent to 135.1 exabytes.

Publication: Infotechlead

Acer Aspire 5 with Core i5-1135G7, 8 GB RAM & 512 GB SSD available for ₹ 51,290edit

Need a laptop that isn’t too expensive but gets the job done for your everyday work or education and even entertainment? Acer’s budget Aspire 5 is a great choice for value-for-money oriented people who need the best out of a certain budget.

Publication: TechnoSports

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go review: The ‘affordable’ oneedit

We used the Surface Laptop Go for over a month as our daily driver. Being Microsoft’s most affordable Surface laptop right now, this justified the price to certain extent but one can’t ignore some obvious sacrifices. Here’s the review.

Publication: HT Tech

Laptop: Save up to Rs 8000 on these laptops with strong battery and many new featuresedit

Here Lenovo, Asus and HP Laptops are available at a heavy discount. If you have to buy a new laptop , then this can be a great opportunity for you. Here you will get a laptop with new features for less than Rs 30,000. All these laptops are also being given a warranty of at least 1 year. These laptops have 4 to 8 GB RAM and Windows 10 Home Operating System. Apart from this, they also have stereo speakers and a great camera.

Publication: Navbharat Times

Dell Inspiron 14 review: If you’re looking for a reliable device with good display quality, battery life & performance, this is a good investmentedit

The Dell Inspiron 14 5000 series 2-in-1 laptops look like a no-nonsense workhorse built to take your office workload. But these machines are also made to provide the ultimate flexibility for work, play and entertainment.

Publication: The Economic Times

Industry news

MeitY invites applications for electronics manufacturingedit

The application window for the scheme has been opened till March 31 which may be further extended, as per guidelines issued by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity).

Publication: Telengana Today

Gaming sector in India attracted investments worth $544 million: Reportedit

The gaming sector in India attracted $544 million in investments during August 2020-January 2021 period, and this is set to double over the next 12-18 months

Publication: Business Standard

Global server market sales up 1.5% in fourth quarter of 2020edit

Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market grew 1.5 per cent year over year to $25.8 billion during the fourth quarter of 2020, a new International Data Corporation (IDC) report has said.

Publication: Business Standard

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