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Gaming laptops between 50k-60kedit
The processor of Microsoft Surface GO 2 is Intel Pentium Gold Processor 4425Y. There is a pre-Loaded Windows 10 OS on the laptop. The memory and storage of the laptop is 8GB DDR3 RAM, 128GB SSD. It contains Intel HD Graphics 615. The laptop is thin and has a light design. It is a touch screen 2-in-1 Laptop. The laptop’s battery life is 10 Hours.
Publication: Firstpost
AMD Radeon RX 6500 May Rival Nvidia in 1080p Gaming for Affordable PCs, But Pricing Looks Steepedit
Hot on the heels of reports around a purported Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti looking to fill the affordable laptop gaming void, a fresh round of leaks have brought to us word about the AMD Radeon RX 6500 – a new generation GPU that may also be aimed at offering 1080p gaming.
Publication: MySmartPrice
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT India Price Is As Much As Two PS5s Just One Day After Releaseedit
AMD’s latest mid-range GPU, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is out now in India and just a day after releasing on March 18, gamers will be forced to fork up as much as two PS5s. In the lead up to the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT India launch, the company claimed that it would be sold for Rs. 38,990 plus 18 percent GST.
Publication: IGN India
Top 10 AMD Ryzen powered laptops under ₹ 60,000 in 2021 (PROACTIVE)edit
Looking for a powerful laptop for everyday use? In 2021, AMD has become the best choice for high-performance computing as well as gaming, now, in the laptop market too, AMD is reigning higher than Intel with high-performing processors which are also very efficient. Publication: TechnoSports
AMD’s Radeon RX 6000M Mobility GPUs spotted online within AMD’s latest graphics driversedit
Upcoming AMD’s Radeon RX 6000M Mobility GPUs, which are expected to launch in the first half of this year, have been spotted within the latest display driver. Spotted by Komachi, the AMD Radeon RX 6000M Mobility GPUs will be based on the RDNA 2 architecture. As they will be succeeding the Radeon RX 5000M Mobility GPUs, it has to prove itself as its predecessor failed to impress.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT review: The best 4K gaming GPU by AMD (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD stunned every one of us with the launch of their Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs last year; we already saw how capable AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 series GPUs are. Well, now it’s time to talk about the flagship AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT that shreds apart the competition even though it costs less than the RTX 3090.
Publication: TechnoSports
Top 5 laptops with AMD 4000 Series processors in India that you can buy right now (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD 4000 Series processors are known to be efficient and can handle day-to-day activities well. Also, they are affordable. Here we’ve listed the value-for-money laptops from top OEMs running this processor.
Publication: HT Tech
AMD to Become TSMC’s Largest 7nm Client with an Increase of 80% in 2021edit
With the launch of the Epyc Milan CPUs, AMD has successfully extended (over) its performance dominance to the server market, offering better performance at lower prices at just about every price point, across every workload. By the end of 2020, AMD’s server share grew to nearly 10% after a very long time, ending Intel’s monopoly in the Data Center CPU market.
Publication: Hardware Times
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Budget PC Gaming War Heats Up With New AMD, Nvidia GPUs, But Good Luck Buying Themedit
Budget PC gaming is one of the most sought after consumer technology categories. Even amid dwindling PC sales in pre-Covid-19 times, budget PC gaming rigs, including desktops and laptops, still saw strong interest among buyers. Now, the industry’s two big GPU makers – AMD and Nvidia, appear to be going at each other, all guns blazing. One of the first triggers were pulled when Nvidia introduced the RTX 3060, targeting the mid-budget range of the PC gaming industry.
Publication: News18
Budget PC Gaming War Heats Up With New AMD, Nvidia GPUs, But Good Luck Buying Themedit
Budget PC gaming is among the most wanted client expertise classes. Even amid dwindling PC gross sales in pre-Covid-19 instances, finances PC gaming rigs, together with desktops and laptops, nonetheless noticed sturdy curiosity amongst patrons.
Publication: The Greater India
Top offers on Laptop Days at Amazon Indiaedit
Need a laptop? Want some discount on them? You will be delighted to know Amazon India is giving away some great deals on them on Laptop Days that lasts until 20th March.
Publication: TechnoSports
Xbox Series X CPU Looks Identical to AMD Renoir (Unlike the PS5): 560GB/s vs 336GB/s Memory Config Explained, Closer to RDNA 2 than the PS5edit
The Xbox Series X die has been examined by the talented Locuza, giving us a deeper idea of the SKU powering the next-gen console, and how it differs from the AMD Renoir APU. For starters, unlike the PS5 (which seems to have cut-down FPU registers), the Series X appears to have a CPU design identical to Renoir, featuring all the necessary logic and registers:
Publication: Hardware Times
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Budget PC Gaming War Heats Up With New AMD, Nvidia GPUs, But Good Luck Buying Themedit
Budget PC gaming is one of the most sought after consumer technology categories. Even amid dwindling PC sales in pre-Covid-19 times, budget PC gaming rigs, including desktops and laptops, still saw strong interest among buyers. Now, the industry’s two big GPU makers – AMD and Nvidia, appear to be going at each other, all guns blazing. One of the first triggers were pulled when Nvidia introduced the RTX 3060, targeting the mid-budget range of the PC gaming industry.
Publication: News18
Budget PC Gaming War Heats Up With New AMD, Nvidia GPUs, But Good Luck Buying Themedit
Budget PC gaming is among the most wanted client expertise classes. Even amid dwindling PC gross sales in pre-Covid-19 instances, finances PC gaming rigs, together with desktops and laptops, nonetheless noticed sturdy curiosity amongst patrons.
Publication: The Greater India
Intel’s first gaming chip will be launched via a scavenger huntedit
Chipmaker Intel will apparently run a scavenger hunt for the launch of its first graphics card for PCs. The company’s new Xe HPG graphics card is expected to be launched later this year, and it has an event scheduled for 23 March where more details on the chips are expected. On Thursday, the company posted a teaser video about the chips, which leads users to a scavenger hunt.
Publication: Mint
NVIDIA to Reportedly Launch the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti for $999 in Mid-Apriledit
According to info shared by Mydrivers, NVIDIA is prepping to launch the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti next month with a price tag of $999, same as the AMD Big Navi flagship, the Radeon RX 6900 XT. This slots the RTX 3080 Ti firmly between the RTX 3080 ($699) and the RTX 3090 ($1,500), with a core count of 10,496 FP32 and 12GB of GDDR6X memory:
Publication: Hardware Times
HPE Confirms 40-Core Intel Ice Lake-SP XCC Processor: Is a Dual-Die 80-Core CPU Coming?edit
HPE has confirmed the existence of the top-end Intel Ice Lake-SP processor packing a total of 40 cores on a single die. The Xeon Platinum 8380 XCC (Extreme Core Count) is the top-end part of the XCC lineup, packing a total of 40 cores, with a TDP of 270W. The 3rd Gen Ice Lake Xeon family will be composed of two configurations, namely XCC (Extreme Core Count) with 16, 18, 28, 32, 36, 38, and 40 cores, and the HCC (High Core Count) which starts off with just 8 cores and tops out at 28 cores.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Tiger Lake H45 Specs Leak Out: 8 Willow Cove Cores @ up to 5GHzedit
Intel’s octa-core Tiger Lake H45 processors are slated for launch sometime later this year. Although the company didn’t reveal any official details regarding the high-performance mobile CPUs, details have started seeping out. In a recent post shared by HXL on Twitter, the entire specs sheet of the TGL-H45 lineup was leaked out:
Publication: Hardware Times
NVIDIA Working on the World’s Fastest Mining GPU Based on the 7nm GA100: Price of $11,000+edit
According to a well-reputed source on NVIDIA products, kopite7kimi, the company is working on a monster GPU for miners based on the 7nm GA100 die. This is the same GPU that powers the Ampere-class A100 Tensor Core GPU designed for accelerating neural networks and other AI-intensive workloads that benefit from mixed-precision compute and a ton of bandwidth. Fabricated on TSMC’s 7nm N7 manufacturing process, the NVIDIA Ampere architecture-based GA100 GPU that powers A100 includes 54.2 billion transistors with a die size of 826 mm2.
Publication: Hardware Times
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Sony is bringing DualSense-like “sense of touch” to its next-generation PlayStation 5 VR controlleredit
Sony recently confirmed that it is building a next-generation VR—virtual reality—system for the PlayStation 5. To be clear, the system is far from an official launch but much like the PS5 unveil, Sony has started hyping it in advance. And similar to the PS5, we’re getting a first look at Sony’s next-gen VR controller first rather than the console itself.
Publication: Financial Express
Accenture’s Strong Deal Bookings Signal Good Times for IT Firmsedit
“I see the same happening for the firms that have built strong digital practices and have the ability to cross-sell into accounts. There is a lot of demand for cybers, cloud, AI, but digital (transformation) is a key driver,” he said. The market is set for a strong year ahead, said Peter Bendor-Samuel, chief executive of IT advisory firm Everest Group. The top five Indian IT services firms – Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, HCL Tech, Wipro, Tech Mahindra – have reported strong performance during the third quarter (October-December), with Infosys leading the pack, signing $7.13 billion worth large deals during the period.
Publication: The Economic Times
Hackers hit computer maker Acer with $50mn ransomware attackedit
Taiwanese electronics and computer maker Acer has been hit by a ransomware attack where the hackers are demanding $50 million, the largest known ransom to date. According to Bleeping Computer, hackers have accessed Acer documents that include financial spreadsheets, bank balances and bank communications, reportedly compromising its network via a Microsoft Exchange server vulnerability that has grabbed headlines for the last few days.
Publication: Free Press Journal
Centre targets global majors for chip plantsedit
The global companies it has targeted include Taiwanese giants Quanta Computer Incorporated, Foxconn, Acer, Asus, and Inventec Corporation, US-based Dell, Apple, Cisco Systems, Inc., and Flex, apart from Indian companies which include Coconics and HLBS Technologies, among others. The outlay for the PLI scheme has been fixed at ~7,350 crore. The government is looking at a fab plant on three levels.
Publication: Business Standard
Top offers on Laptop Days at Amazon Indiaedit
Need a laptop? Want some discount on them? You will be delighted to know Amazon India is giving away some great deals on them on Laptop Days that lasts until 20th March.
Publication: TechnoSports
HPE Confirms 40-Core Intel Ice Lake-SP XCC Processor: Is a Dual-Die 80-Core CPU Coming?edit
HPE has confirmed the existence of the top-end Intel Ice Lake-SP processor packing a total of 40 cores on a single die. The Xeon Platinum 8380 XCC (Extreme Core Count) is the top-end part of the XCC lineup, packing a total of 40 cores, with a TDP of 270W. The 3rd Gen Ice Lake Xeon family will be composed of two configurations, namely XCC (Extreme Core Count) with 16, 18, 28, 32, 36, 38, and 40 cores, and the HCC (High Core Count) which starts off with just 8 cores and tops out at 28 cores.
Publication: Hardware Times
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IBM’s $1-trillion cloud goal following digitisation pushedit
“The pandemic has definitely accelerated the move to go digital and, hence, the adoption of cloud services has been on the rise. Dozens of business oriented applications today are connecting home-bound workers to collaborative tools that enable business continuity. This has led to an increased push for digitisation and has a direct impact on hybrid cloud adoption,” said Viswanath Ramaswamy, vice-president, technology, IBM technology sales, India and South Asia.
Publication: The Telegraph
Why The World Is Facing A Chip Shortageedit
Hundreds of billions will be spent by governments and corporations in coming years on a ‘chip race’ with geopolitical as well as economic implications
Publication: Mint
Covid-19 accelerates firms’ digital transformation strategy: Reportedit
A year since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, organisations have undergone major transformations as they seek to strengthen resilience, increase agility and deliver greater efficiencies.
Publication: Business Standard
Budget PC Gaming War Heats Up With New AMD, Nvidia GPUs, But Good Luck Buying Themedit
Budget PC gaming is one of the most sought after consumer technology categories. Even amid dwindling PC sales in pre-Covid-19 times, budget PC gaming rigs, including desktops and laptops, still saw strong interest among buyers. Now, the industry’s two big GPU makers – AMD and Nvidia, appear to be going at each other, all guns blazing. One of the first triggers were pulled when Nvidia introduced the RTX 3060, targeting the mid-budget range of the PC gaming industry.
Publication: News18
E-Waste: The Planet’s Fastest Growing Refuseedit
Major tech giants have joined hands in a new initiative to control the eruption of ever bottling up of e-waste by creating a circular economy for electronics by 2030 Publication: ELE Times
Budget PC Gaming War Heats Up With New AMD, Nvidia GPUs, But Good Luck Buying Themedit
Budget PC gaming is among the most wanted client expertise classes. Even amid dwindling PC gross sales in pre-Covid-19 instances, finances PC gaming rigs, together with desktops and laptops, nonetheless noticed sturdy curiosity amongst patrons.
Publication: The Greater India
Accenture’s Cloud bet pays off, say analystsedit
Accenture’s second quarter results are an indicator of what looks to be a good year for the IT and consulting firm, say analysts. However, it may not be a good year for the broader technology services sector, especially for firms that do not have a clear road map on digital and Cloud, the experts added.
Publication: Business Standard
NITI Aayog, AWS to impart cloud computing skills to school studentsedit
The NITI Aayog and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have joined hands to train students on the fundamentals of cloud computing through Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs). The programme will equip school students with cloud computing skills and enable entrepreneurs to build innovative education technology solutions on the cloud. The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) will leverage Amazon Web Services Educate, which is Amazon’s global programme that provides resources for students and educators to accelerate cloud-related learning. Publication: The Times of India
CBSE set to create AI-ready generationedit
Further highlighting the importance of AI in the near future, he adds, “Governments worldwide are working on creating comprehensive national artificial intelligence (AI) strategies to create sustainable, inclusive and positive impact on its industries and overall societies. With this online community we hope to create a skilled and competent workforce in India that will be able to adjust to the disruptions caused in the society by the AI.”
Publication: The Times of India
Centre targets global majors for chip plantsedit
The global companies it has targeted include Taiwanese giants Quanta Computer Incorporated, Foxconn, Acer, Asus, and Inventec Corporation, US-based Dell, Apple, Cisco Systems, Inc., and Flex, apart from Indian companies which include Coconics and HLBS Technologies, among others. The outlay for the PLI scheme has been fixed at ~7,350 crore. The government is looking at a fab plant on three levels.
Publication: Business Standard
Infosys, IBM, Accenture Ahead in Cloud Solutions Race’edit
Infosys, Accenture and IBM stay ahead in offering cloud computing services as well as dedicated platform-based solutions such as Cobalt, myNav, myWizard and Garage to meet the demand for consolidated services, according to a report by HfS Research. These companies are benefiting from their models of one solution for different cloud computing services, said Phil Fersht, CEO, HfS Research.
Publication: The Economic Times
Xbox Series X CPU Looks Identical to AMD Renoir (Unlike the PS5): 560GB/s vs 336GB/s Memory Config Explained, Closer to RDNA 2 than the PS5edit
The Xbox Series X die has been examined by the talented Locuza, giving us a deeper idea of the SKU powering the next-gen console, and how it differs from the AMD Renoir APU. For starters, unlike the PS5 (which seems to have cut-down FPU registers), the Series X appears to have a CPU design identical to Renoir, featuring all the necessary logic and registers:
Publication: Hardware Times
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