AMD specific news
AMD Radeon RX 6700 8GB Pictured: Featuring Just 8GB of Memoryedit
PowerColor has confirmed the existence of the non-XT variant of the Navi 22-based Radeon RX 6700.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Won’t Try to Make Life Hard For Crypto Miners By Blocking Use of GPUs And That’s a Problem For Gamersedit
While AMD chips are still tailored towards gaming, the company said it won’t be artificially limiting crypto mining like its competitor Nvidia does.
Publication: MySmartPrice
We Are Going To Be Extremely Robust On The Gaming Vertical – Vinay Sinha AMD India (PROACTIVE)edit
On this episode of #BWTechTalks, Mr. Vinay Sinha, Managing Director Sales for AMD India talks to Siddharth Shankar from BWBusinessworld about the Ryzen Series of processors from AMD taking the market by storm, Semi-Conductor Shortage, AMD’s partnership with Samsung for Mobile Processors, Gaming and E-Sports taking off in India and the company’s strategy for 2021.
Publication: BW Businessworld
AMD brand mentions
NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti Reportedly Launching in May, Following the RTX 3080 Tiedit
In line with our earlier report, it seems that NVIDIA is indeed planning to launch the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti next month with a VRAM buffer of 12GB (GDDR6X).
Publication: Hardware Times
HP EliteDesk 805 G8 Desktop Mini PC spotted using 8-core Cezanne APUedit
Now, the 8 core Cezanne desktop APU has been spotted running on an HP EliteDesk 805 G8 Desktop Mini PC with a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz and boosts up to 4.4 GHz, it is indeed the Ryzen 7 5700G that has been spotted repeatedly.
Publication: TechnoSports
Competition in news
Amid Semiconductor Scarcity, Qualcomm CEO Says Shortage of Older Chips Likely to Ease Sooneredit
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf said he is “seeing improvement” in efforts to ease chip shortages that have caused disruptions across several industries, and that demand for older chips is easier to respond to.
Publication: News18
NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti Reportedly Launching in May, Following the RTX 3080 Tiedit
In line with our earlier report, it seems that NVIDIA is indeed planning to launch the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti next month with a VRAM buffer of 12GB (GDDR6X).
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel trash talks Apple M1 MacBooks with a special website, makes tall claimsedit
Continuing its campaign that showcased the dominance of its chipsets over that of Apple, Intel has now launched a dedicated website to the cause. The new website compares the capabilities of Intel chipsets with those of Apple’s M1 chip set to power the next-gen of MacBooks.
Publication: India Today
ASUS listed its first Intel Xe DG1 GPU-based discrete graphics cardedit
Asus a well-known custom graphics card maker has reportedly listed down an Intel Xe DG1 GPU-based discrete graphics card that comes with a passive cooling solution.
Publication: TechnoSports
Qualcomm leads smartphone app processor market, Apple 2ndedit
Qualcomm led the worldwide smartphone application processor (AP) market on 2020 with a revenue share of 31 per cent, thanks to popular demand of its Snapdragon series.
Publication: India TV
Govt invites bids for setting up of sub-assembly for making PCB, battery packsedit
For the setting up of PCB assembly units, the government is in talks with several leading global chip makers, including Intel, senior government officials said, adding that the company was planning to set up a manufacturing unit in Karnataka.
Publication: The Indian Express
Sony’s lightest laptop is a carbon-fibre beauty that went on a military dietedit
And it’s not just a looker in that slim and light body, but it also packs in some silicon superiority using Intel’s four-core Core i7-11357H chipset that is paired with 32 GB of RAM and 2 TB of storage.
Publication: Stuff
Partner in news
IIMA placements: McKinsey, BCG, TCS top recruitersedit
In the consumer goods, consumer electronics and general management domain, HUL, Samsung Electronics and CK Birla Group made the highest number of offers (including pre-placement offers) – six, closely followed by Lenovo, with five offers.
Publication: Ahmedabad Mirror
Acer falls victim to a $50 million ransomware attackedit
Taiwanese OEM giant Acer, best known for its laptops, has been hit hard by a ransomware attack that now holds its files hostage for a sum of $50 million.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Five Fundamentals to Safeguard Businesses’ Most Valuable Asset – Dataedit
Considering these threats and that organizations’ security parameter is expanding beyond the traditional four walls into their employees’ homes, here are five fundamentals one should keep in mind from a cybersecurity perspective.
Publication: CRN
HP EliteDesk 805 G8 Desktop Mini PC spotted using 8-core Cezanne APUedit
Now, the 8 core Cezanne desktop APU has been spotted running on an HP EliteDesk 805 G8 Desktop Mini PC with a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz and boosts up to 4.4 GHz, it is indeed the Ryzen 7 5700G that has been spotted repeatedly.
Publication: TechnoSports
Sony’s lightest laptop is a carbon-fibre beauty that went on a military dietedit
And it’s not just a looker in that slim and light body, but it also packs in some silicon superiority using Intel’s four-core Core i7-11357H chipset that is paired with 32 GB of RAM and 2 TB of storage.
Publication: Stuff
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