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RYZEN 5 3600: Still a great upgrade in 2021? (PROACTIVE)edit
To judge whether the Ryzen 5 3600 still constitutes a good upgrade in 2021, we need to delve deeper and consider a few essential factors: What is the current processor in your system? How much enhancement in your system’s performance can you realistically expect out of the upgrade? What would the future upgrade path look like once you do decide to upgrade? Etc. This introductory article is the first of a multi-part article series we have published, discussing at length a host of questions you might care about as a consumer.
Publication: UnboxStop
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LAPTOP ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 with up to Ryzen 9 5900HX & RTX 3080 now available on Amazon Indiaedit
Recently, ASUS announced the launch of their latest Strix gaming laptops with latest AMD Ryzen 5000H processors paired with NVIDIA RTX 30-series GPUs.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Legion 5: An AMD Ryzen-powered laptop that has the looks & power to matchedit
The Lenovo Legion 5 is powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 4600H chipset with 3GHz base clock speed and 4GHz boost clock speed. AMD is using the Zen 2 core architecture along with a 7nm process technology, each of the cores are able to deliver higher IPC than before. The laptop also comes with a GTX 1650ti GPU and 16GB DDR4 RAM. There’s also a 256GB NVMe drive along with a 1TB HDD. Buyers can opt for higher-end configs that come with 1TB of NVME SSD.
Publication: Digit
Here’s how the AMD Ryzen-powered HP Omen 15 laptop stands outedit
The HP Omen 15 is powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H processor with 8 cores and 16 threads. This chipset has a base clock speed of 2.9GHz and a boost clock going up 4.2GHz. The processor is built on AMD’s Zen2 architecture and is manufactured using the 7nm process. Accompanying the Ryzen 7 4800H is the Geforce GTX 1650 Ti GPU. This particular unit of the Omen 15 comes with 8GB of DDR4 memory and a 512GB NVMe drive for storage. Other features of the HP Omen 15 include a 15.6-inch FHD display, Omen Tempest Cooling technology, and more!
Publication: Digit
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Intel plans to spend $20 billion on two new chip factories in Arizona.edit
Intel’s new chief government is doubling down on chip manufacturing within the United States and Europe, a shock wager that might please government officers anxious about part shortages and dependence on factories in Asia.
Publication: The New Indian Express
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LAPTOP ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 with up to Ryzen 9 5900HX & RTX 3080 now available on Amazon Indiaedit
Recently, ASUS announced the launch of their latest Strix gaming laptops with latest AMD Ryzen 5000H processors paired with NVIDIA RTX 30-series GPUs.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo sees 40-50% growth in premium category laptops this quarter, expects trend to continueedit
PC maker Lenovo is expecting its premium category laptops to register a growth of 40-50 per cent in the ongoing quarter over the same period a year ago, a senior official of the company has said. Shailendra Katyal, executive director, consumer PCSD, Lenovo India, said the growth in the premium category has come from people in top 100 cities upgrading their existing devices for longer user.
Publication: Outlook
Lenovo launches Yoga Slim 7i Carbon premium laptop for Rs 1,19,990edit
Yoga Slim 7i Carbon has a 13-inch Quad-HD display with 91 per cent active area ratio in modern 16:10 proportions. Weighing 966 g, the Yoga Slim 7i Carbon has a sleek cover constructed from multiple layers of carbon fiber
Publication: Business Today
Lenovo Legion 5: An AMD Ryzen-powered laptop that has the looks & power to matchedit
The Lenovo Legion 5 is powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 4600H chipset with 3GHz base clock speed and 4GHz boost clock speed. AMD is using the Zen 2 core architecture along with a 7nm process technology, each of the cores are able to deliver higher IPC than before. The laptop also comes with a GTX 1650ti GPU and 16GB DDR4 RAM. There’s also a 256GB NVMe drive along with a 1TB HDD. Buyers can opt for higher-end configs that come with 1TB of NVME SSD.
Publication: Digit
Here’s how the AMD Ryzen-powered HP Omen 15 laptop stands outedit
The HP Omen 15 is powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H processor with 8 cores and 16 threads. This chipset has a base clock speed of 2.9GHz and a boost clock going up 4.2GHz. The processor is built on AMD’s Zen2 architecture and is manufactured using the 7nm process. Accompanying the Ryzen 7 4800H is the Geforce GTX 1650 Ti GPU. This particular unit of the Omen 15 comes with 8GB of DDR4 memory and a 512GB NVMe drive for storage. Other features of the HP Omen 15 include a 15.6-inch FHD display, Omen Tempest Cooling technology, and more!
Publication: Digit
Industry news
Amazon announces ‘Grand Gaming Days’ sale: Offers on laptops, desktops, monitorsedit
Amazon India announced ‘Grand Gaming Days’ with offers on gaming laptops, desktops, monitors, advanced headphones, gaming consoles, graphic cards, TVs from popular brands like Lenovo, Acer, Logitech, ASUS, LG, HP, Sony, Dell, Corsair, Cosmic byte, JBL and more. The sale will be live until 25 March.
Publication: Mint
India looks set to seize laptop manufacturing opportunityedit
After making tremendous strides in smartphone manufacturing in the past few years, India now appears set to seize the opportunity to manufacture laptops and tablets.
The Union cabinet in February approved a Rs 7,325-crore production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for laptops, tablets, all-in-one-personal computers, and servers.
Publication: Express Computers
Cyberattacks surged 3-fold to 1.16 mn last year in Indiaedit
Proactive tracking by CERT-In, including its Cyber SwachhtaKendra and NCCC, and improved cyber security aware- ness,” the ministry of elec- tronics and information technology had told the Lok Sabha in September. “More and more aspects of our lives are becoming dependent on technology and connectivity to internet. As a result, we present a much wider attack surface than ever before. It’s likely, therefore, that we will see more disruptive attacks in the future,” cyber security research organization Kaspersky had warned in a recent report.
Publication: Mint
Tech spend in 2021 to be better than last 2 years: Surveyedit
With the economy gaining pace and large deals back on the table, chief executive officers (CEOs) of tech companies believe global tech spending will witness growth this year. According to CEO Survey by Nasscom, about 71 per cent chief executives expect global spend to grow over 4 per cent.
Publication: Business Standard
Most Users Want WFH to Stay on: MSedit
As Microsoft plans to reopen its offices from March 29, a new survey by the firm revealed on Tuesday that 73% of workers want flexible remote work options to continue globally. Remote job postings on LinkedIn has increased more than five times during the pandemic. “Over 46% of the global workforce are planning to move now that they can work remotely,” according to the Microsoft’s ‘2021 Work Trend Index’.
Publication: The Economic Times
Hybrid cloud is taking off: Red Hatedit
Cormier said customers also say they don’t want to be locked into one cloud. “IBM hates it when I say this, but it (cloud) is like a mainframe. You have to use their hardware layer, their virtualisation layer, their middleware layer, their services layer, their data layer, etc. For many applications that’s ok. But customers want to be multi-cloud. We hear it all the time, Amazon might have a better service in this area, Microsoft might have a better service in that area, and I want to take advantage of that. And many customers say, I want a backup, I don’t want to be locked into one provider,” he said. (microsoft)
Publication: Times of India
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