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AMD FidelityFX Comes to Xbox Series X/S Consoles (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD FidelityFX, the open-source collection of visual technologies available on GPUOpen, is now available to developers for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. The announcement was made during Microsoft’s Game Stack Live 2021 event.
Publication: TechQuila
AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 21.4.1 brings a host of new functionality and quality-of-life upgrades but with a few caveatsedit
AMD has updated its Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition to version 21.4.1 bringing a host of new features and enhancements. The new version offers an updated AMD Link service that can now stream to Windows 10 PCs in addition to mobile devices, ability to customize the install type, Ryzen CPU stats, color deficiency correction, Microsoft PlayReady AV1 decode, and Crash Defender.
Publication: Notebookcheck
AMD Brings FidelityFX Graphics Suite to Xbox Series X|Sedit
AMD’s FidelityFX open-source visual technologies suite is now officially available on the Xbox platform, allowing developers to use them in cross-platform titles with relative ease. More than 40 PC games are presently using FidelityFX including Godfall, Detroit: Become Human, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, Borderlands 3, Hitman 2, etc. For the time being, three key technologies will be available for use on the Xbox platform. These are Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (CAS), Variable Shading (VRS), and ray-traced shadow denoiser.
Publication: Hardware Times
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Acer Predator Helios 300 with Intel Core i7 CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series GPU launched in India: price, specsedit
Acer has refreshed the Predator Helios 300 gaming laptop in India with new Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards. The laptop can now be configured with up to RTX 3070 GPUs, and also come with a 144Hz display and up to Intel Core i7 10th generation processors. The Predator Helio 300 isn’t too bulky, even though it offers desktop-class gaming performance. For reduced lag while gaming, the laptop is equipped with Killer Wi-Fi 6 and an E2600 ethernet controller. It also features 3D simulated surround sound with DTS-X Ultra Audio.
Publication: 91 Mobiles
Acer Launches The First 5G Laptop Powered by Snapdragon 8cx Chip in India And It’s Pricier Than a MacBookedit
The Acer Spin 7 was announced at IFA 2020 last year and is the first laptop in the world to use the second generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx chipset.
Publication: MySmartPrice
Industry news
Pandemic sped up digital transformation in India: Zendeskedit
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in India, according to a new study by customer service software firm Zendesk. More than half the companies surveyed said their digital transformation had been fast-tracked by one to three years while 72% said customer experience (CX) had become more important to them now than a year ago.
Publication: The Economic Times
Digital Transformation: What’s the Way Forward For Indian ITedit
Digital transformation in the IT sector was already underway in the pre-Covid 19 era. But the sharp rise in digital adoption across industries has been phenomenal in the last one year. Needless to say, IT organizations are accelerating digital transformation and cloud migration to better respond to the global pandemic, more so, as remote work becomes a necessity.
Publication: CXO Today
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