June 11, 2021

AMD specific news

AMD Instinct MI200 to Reportedly Feature 224 Compute Units Across 2x Compute Dies on TSMC’s 5nm Processedit

AMD’s chiplet-based Instinct MI200 data-center accelerator will reportedly feature two compute dies with a total of 224 Compute Units. Each of the compute dies on the chip codenamed “Aldebaran” will feature 128 Compute Units across 8 Shader Engines, but 16 of them will be disabled to improve yields (one on each SE).

Publication: Hardware Times

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Graphics Card Prices Have Increased by 3-4 Times in the Last 3 Yearsedit

Consumer graphics card prices have increased by a considerable amount in the last few years. High-end SKUs which form the bulk of the discrete GPU market have gone from just around $500 in the first half of 2018 to nearly $1,500 this year. That’s an increase of 3x in 3 years.

Publication: Hardware Times

AMD was the Fastest Growing Fabless Chipmaker in Q1 2021 (92.9%), MediaTek at #2 (88.4%), and NVIDIA at #3 (75.6%)edit

The first quarter of 2021 was a time for growth for most players in the computer hardware industry. Both NVIDIA and AMD logged in record quarters in the gaming and data center segments, with smartphone chipmakers MediaTek and Qualcomm also reporting a stellar Q1.

Publication: Hardware Times

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT up to 12% Faster than the NVIDIA RTX 3080 in Unreal Engine 5 Demo w/ Lumen Based S/W Ray Tracingedit

With the launch of the RDNA-based Navi graphics cards, AMD’s hardware is quite similar to NVIDIA in terms of dispatch/workgroup length which has generally improved frame rates across the board, but there’s still a notable deficit between the two in most titles using Unreal Engine 4.

Publication: Hardware Times

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti now available, starts at Rs. 61,000edit

Today, gamers can finally buy their new RTX 30-series GPU in the middle of a GPU crisis, you will get more choice! The RTX 3070 Ti has been priced at Rs. 61,000 in India, and for that, you expect some performance difference over the regular RT 3070.

Publication: TechnoSports

Global Cryptocurrency Mining Craze Becomes Key to Nvidia Overtaking Broadcom in Revenue for 1Q21, Says TrendForceedit

In particular, thanks to the global mining craze brought about by the cryptocurrency market, Nvidia was able to surpass Broadcom in revenue and take the second spot among the top 10. On the other hand, fifth-ranked AMD scored a staggering YoY growth of 92.9%, which is the highest % increase on the top 10 list.

Publication: CXO Today

Realme Teases MacBook Air-Like Laptop: Realme Laptop In Works?edit

It looks like Realme is all set to expand its portfolio, as the company is now teasing a launch of its very first laptop. Madhav Sheth, the CEO of Realme India has shared an image, which looks like a laptop kept inside a paper envelope, just like the very first MacBook Air.

Publication: Gizbot

Competition in news

2041: The next 20 yearsedit

It’s our 20th birthday this month, and to celebrate we thought we’d invite industry experts, researchers and scientists to write in and paint a vision of the future, 20 years from now.

Publication: Digit

Graphics Card Prices Have Increased by 3-4 Times in the Last 3 Yearsedit

Consumer graphics card prices have increased by a considerable amount in the last few years. High-end SKUs which form the bulk of the discrete GPU market have gone from just around $500 in the first half of 2018 to nearly $1,500 this year. That’s an increase of 3x in 3 years.

Publication: Hardware Times

Intel in Talks to Acquire RISC-V Chip Designer SiFive for $2 Billionedit

According to a Bloomberg report, Intel has sent an acquisition offer of more than $2 million to SiFive, a startup aimed at designing chips based on the open-source RISC-V ISA. The talks are still in the early stages so it’s hard to draw any concrete conclusions at this point. This isn’t the first takeover offer the company has received but it’s likely the first one from a firm as large as Intel.

Publication: Hardware Times

AMD was the Fastest Growing Fabless Chipmaker in Q1 2021 (92.9%), MediaTek at #2 (88.4%), and NVIDIA at #3 (75.6%)edit

The first quarter of 2021 was a time for growth for most players in the computer hardware industry. Both NVIDIA and AMD logged in record quarters in the gaming and data center segments, with smartphone chipmakers MediaTek and Qualcomm also reporting a stellar Q1.

Publication: Hardware Times

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT up to 12% Faster than the NVIDIA RTX 3080 in Unreal Engine 5 Demo w/ Lumen Based S/W Ray Tracingedit

With the launch of the RDNA-based Navi graphics cards, AMD’s hardware is quite similar to NVIDIA in terms of dispatch/workgroup length which has generally improved frame rates across the board, but there’s still a notable deficit between the two in most titles using Unreal Engine 4.

Publication: Hardware Times

ASUS updates its ROG lineup with new Intel-powered Zephyrus, TUF gaming laptopsedit

ASUS has confirmed the launch of its latest range of gaming laptops. The laptops are set to be powered by the 11th Gen Intel Core H-series processors.

Publication: Digit

Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 and M16, TUF Gaming F15 and F17 Laptops With 11th-Gen Intel CPUs Launched in Indiaedit

All four laptops now come with 11th-generation Intel CPUs paired with Nvidia GPUs from the GeForce RTX 30 series.

Publication: News18

Asus launches new Intel-powered ROG Zephyrus and TUF gaming laptops, price starts Rs.92,990edit

Asus has announced its latest range of gaming laptops under the ROG brand featuring the latest 11th Gen Intel Core H-series processors.

Publication: The Times of India

The Future of PCs – The Next 20 years according to Roshni Das, Director – Marketing, Intel Indiaedit

The PC is one device that has withstood every storm that has come its way. Many pundits over the last several years predicted its complete demise but the PC continues to not only endure but thrive. The pandemic single-handedly put the importance of the PC into perspective. While it is possible to work off a smartphone or a tablet, the PC delivers the optimal experience for collaboration, content creation, gaming, and entertainment experiences and more.

Publication: Digit

SCHENKER declares VISION 14, a 14-inch and lightweight faster Intel Tiger Lake Laptop with incredible featuresedit

The laptop becomes lightweight due to magnesium unibody chassis. The most interesting feature is the high-resolution 3K IPS display with 16: 10 format and also with Intel’s Tiger Lake processors up to the Core i7-1165G7 providing a lot of offices and multimedia features.

Publication: TechnoSports

PC Build Guide: Parts you will need to build a gaming PC in 2021edit

CPU – Intel Core i7-11700K. Graphics Card – Nvidia RTX 2070 Super

Publication: India TV

Hyderabad, an investment magnetedit

Fiat Chrysler, Mass Mutual, Intel, Providence, Goldman Sachs, ZF, UBS, Mphasis, Pepsico and Legato have set up operations in the city.

Publication: Telangana Today

Acer TravelMate Business Laptops: Designed for the modern day enterprise useredit

The all-new Acer TravelMate Business Laptops have been designed with all this, and much more, in mind. These laptops are powered by the new 11th Gen Intel Core processors that should ensure more than enough power for most use cases.

Publication: Digit

Asus ROG Zephyrus M16, Zephyrus S17, TUF Gaming F15, TUF Gaming F17 launched in India: Check Price, Specs, Availabilityedit

Asus recently added several new gaming laptops to its arsenal in India. The new laptops debut in the ROG Zephyrus and TUF Gaming series. The four new models include the Asus ROG Zephyrus S17, Zephyrus M16, TUF Gaming F17, and TUF Gaming F15. The new gaming laptops are powered by the latest 11th Gen Intel H series processors and Nvidia’s RTX 30-series GPUs.

Publication: Moneycontrol

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti now available, starts at Rs. 61,000edit

Today, gamers can finally buy their new RTX 30-series GPU in the middle of a GPU crisis, you will get more choice! The RTX 3070 Ti has been priced at Rs. 61,000 in India, and for that, you expect some performance difference over the regular RT 3070.

Publication: TechnoSports

Global Cryptocurrency Mining Craze Becomes Key to Nvidia Overtaking Broadcom in Revenue for 1Q21, Says TrendForceedit

In particular, thanks to the global mining craze brought about by the cryptocurrency market, Nvidia was able to surpass Broadcom in revenue and take the second spot among the top 10. On the other hand, fifth-ranked AMD scored a staggering YoY growth of 92.9%, which is the highest % increase on the top 10 list.

Publication: CXO Today

Realme Teases MacBook Air-Like Laptop: Realme Laptop In Works?edit

It looks like Realme is all set to expand its portfolio, as the company is now teasing a launch of its very first laptop. Madhav Sheth, the CEO of Realme India has shared an image, which looks like a laptop kept inside a paper envelope, just like the very first MacBook Air.

Publication: Gizbot

Partner in news

2041: The next 20 yearsedit

It’s our 20th birthday this month, and to celebrate we thought we’d invite industry experts, researchers and scientists to write in and paint a vision of the future, 20 years from now.

Publication: Digit

Glen Robson, CTO at Dell Technologies discusses his views on the future of workedit

In early 2020, we talked about our vision for “intelligent companion” devices. We shared how PCs will become more aware of their own condition, location, surroundings, level of security and capabilities. We also showcased how multi-screen devices have the potential to unlock new ways of working and increase productivity. We continue to explore different ways technologies like cloud, 5G and artificial intelligence will come together to improve the PC experience.

Publication: Digit

Blue Dart enhances their customer experience with hi-tech solutions by Dell Technologiesedit

Dell Technologies is supporting Blue Dart in continuing its winning streak as a premium express logistics provider with the deployment of its IT infrastructure solutions. The partnership has allowed the express logistics company to continue being a Provider of Choice to their customers by helping them enhance their IT infrastructure and increase efficiency to ensure maximum customer satisfaction.

Publication: CRN

Shailendra Katyal of Lenovo India talks about the future of technology in the next 20 yearsedit

It would be foolhardy to presume that any of us can predict what’s going to happen in 20 years with any degree of certainty. However, we can look at current and emerging trends, and make assumptions about the ones that are going to accelerate or fade away to reshape our lives going forward. The very nature of innovation in technology is disruptive, which makes it very difficult to make linear projections about it.

Publication: Digit

HP bets big on sustainability; recycles 1.2-lakh tonne hardware in 2020edit

To date, HP has also sourced more than 1.7 million pounds (771 tonnes) of ocean-bound plastic for use in its supplies and hardware. HP has used 27,490 tonnes of post-consumer recycled content plastic in HP personal systems and print products, 11 per cent of the total plastic used in 2020

Publication: Business Today

PC is India’s most favoured way to play games, says HP surveyedit

Personal Computers or PCs are the most preferred way of playing games in India, a survey conducted by HP India reveals. The survey with a sample size of 1,500 respondents across the age group of 15 and 40 was conducted across 25 different cities in the country.

Publication: Moneycontrol

HP Inc to boost digital equity for 150 mn people by 2030edit

The company has launched HP PATH (Partnership and Technology For Humanity) programme to pave the way toward digital equity for underserved communities around the world that will focus on education, healthcare and economic opportunities.

Publication: Telangana Today

Acer reports all-time high revenue for May 2021edit

Acer is one of the leading PC manufacturers, recently posted its total consolidated earnings for May 2021. According to sources, the company managed to amass total earnings of 24.81 billion New Taiwanese dollars (NTD, or ~US$895 million) for May 2021.

Publication: TechnoSports

ASUS updates its ROG lineup with new Intel-powered Zephyrus, TUF gaming laptopsedit

ASUS has confirmed the launch of its latest range of gaming laptops. The laptops are set to be powered by the 11th Gen Intel Core H-series processors.

Publication: Digit

Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 and M16, TUF Gaming F15 and F17 Laptops With 11th-Gen Intel CPUs Launched in Indiaedit

All four laptops now come with 11th-generation Intel CPUs paired with Nvidia GPUs from the GeForce RTX 30 series.

Publication: News18

Arnold Su of Asus India talks about unlocking the possibilities of innovation in PC industryedit

The onset of the 21st century has seen technology evolve in leaps and bounds, and we have seen changes occur that we could not have even imagined back at the turn of the millennium. Twenty years ago, computers were heavy, bulky and took up a lot of space on a desk. They were slow and unreliable, with the graphics being a lot slower than what we are used to today. Memory in computers was also limited, so external hard drives were common, and most importantly, calling a computer portable was not even believable.

Publication: Digit

Asus launches new Intel-powered ROG Zephyrus and TUF gaming laptops, price starts Rs.92,990edit

Asus has announced its latest range of gaming laptops under the ROG brand featuring the latest 11th Gen Intel Core H-series processors.

Publication: The Times of India

Acer TravelMate Business Laptops: Designed for the modern day enterprise useredit

The all-new Acer TravelMate Business Laptops have been designed with all this, and much more, in mind. These laptops are powered by the new 11th Gen Intel Core processors that should ensure more than enough power for most use cases.

Publication: Digit

Vinay Shetty from ASUS talks about Cloud Comuting, 5G, AIoT and gaming 20 years in the futureedit

It was in November of 2012, during our annual Sales and Marketing meeting in Taiwan, where all the top bosses of ASUS gather, that the company President Jonathan Tsang took stage to disclose, that ASUS R&D team is working on manufacturing its very first robot. There was a stunned silence amongst most of us, with many looking at him in disbelief – reminiscent of the Iron Man movie when Tony Stark walked into a press conference and nonchalantly declared, ‘I am Iron Man’.

Publication: Digit

Asus ROG Zephyrus M16, Zephyrus S17, TUF Gaming F15, TUF Gaming F17 launched in India: Check Price, Specs, Availabilityedit

Asus recently added several new gaming laptops to its arsenal in India. The new laptops debut in the ROG Zephyrus and TUF Gaming series. The four new models include the Asus ROG Zephyrus S17, Zephyrus M16, TUF Gaming F17, and TUF Gaming F15. The new gaming laptops are powered by the latest 11th Gen Intel H series processors and Nvidia’s RTX 30-series GPUs.

Publication: Moneycontrol

89% gamers in India prefer PC gaming over mobile gaming: Reveals HP Gaming reportedit

HP India has released its Gaming Landscape Report 2021, where it has revealed that 89 percent of the respondents have admitted that PC gaming is leaps and bounds better compared to smartphone gaming. Apart from that, the report points that four in every 10 mobile gamers want to migrate to a PC for a much better gaming experience

Publication: BGR

Realme Teases MacBook Air-Like Laptop: Realme Laptop In Works?edit

It looks like Realme is all set to expand its portfolio, as the company is now teasing a launch of its very first laptop. Madhav Sheth, the CEO of Realme India has shared an image, which looks like a laptop kept inside a paper envelope, just like the very first MacBook Air.

Publication: Gizbot

Industry news

PC is India’s most favoured way to play games, says HP surveyedit

Personal Computers or PCs are the most preferred way of playing games in India, a survey conducted by HP India reveals. The survey with a sample size of 1,500 respondents across the age group of 15 and 40 was conducted across 25 different cities in the country.

Publication: Moneycontrol

89% gamers in India prefer PC gaming over mobile gaming: Reveals HP Gaming reportedit

HP India has released its Gaming Landscape Report 2021, where it has revealed that 89 percent of the respondents have admitted that PC gaming is leaps and bounds better compared to smartphone gaming. Apart from that, the report points that four in every 10 mobile gamers want to migrate to a PC for a much better gaming experience

Publication: BGR

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