AMD specific news
AMD adds 17 new PCI Ids for AMD RDNA2 GPUs in Linux Kernel: A refresh incoming?edit
According to sources, an additional 17 PCI IDs for AMD RDNA 2 GPUs including Navi 21, Navi 22 & Navi 23 have been added to the Linux kernel graphics driver. However, AMD is yet to reveal the reason behind this addition of the seventeen PCI Ids, however, it’s odd that due to a large number of PCI IDs already in previous patches.
Publication: TechnoSports
Latest leaks shed light on AMD’s next plan for its Milan lineupedit
AMD’s EPYC 7003-Series (Milan) processor which targets the data centers is the prime example of AMD’s expertise in the data center segment. But reports indicate that AMD is planning a complete overhaul for Milan that features 3D die stacking.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD on Gaming in India: Hardware, Software, and Pandemic Trends (PROACTIVE)edit
Gaming is one of the priorities that AMD has identified for itself, and in 2019, the company brought in Alienware co-founder Frank Azor, who now serves as Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions. Mobile and desktop PC gaming has seen major growth over the pandemic period, and Gadgets 360 asked Azor about what’s going on at AMD, what’s still in store for us.
Publication: NDTV Gadgets360
[Women in Tech] Offer good career growth prospects and family-friendly policies to retain women in the workforce: Anasua Bhowmik of AMD (PROACTIVE)edit
As AMD India’s first woman Fellow Design Engineer, Anasua Bhowmik leads the CPU performance modelling and microarchitecture team. She speaks to HerStory about her career, and why more women should be encouraged to join the tech workforce.
Publication: YourStory
AMD brand mentions
Microsoft explains why Windows 11 won’t support most Intel 7th gen and AMD Zen CPUsedit
Microsoft Windows 11 will officially support only PCs from the last three to four years. After receiving a lot of flak for stricter-than-usual requirements for Windows 11, Microsoft has reevaluated if Intel’s 7th generation and AMD Zen processors can be added to the list of supported CPUs, and it has mostly stood by its initial restrictions.
Publication: Digit
AMD loses ground as Nvidia dominates global GPU market: Reportedit
A report by Jon Peddie Research, shows that AMDs overall market share decreased by -0.2% from the last quarter while Intel gained 0.1% market share and Nvidia maintained its lead with an increasing share of 0.6%.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Intel Core i7 12th Gen CPU is Up to 15 Percent Faster Than Ryzen 7 5000 Series, But Don’t Count AMD Outedit
Case in point is a leaked set of Geekbench scores of an Intel Core i7 12 gen CPU, which has revealed that the upcoming Alder Lake Core i7-12700 CPU will offer considerable jump over its present generation offering – and rival AMD’s upper-mid tier desktop chip, the Ryzen 7 5800X.
Publication: MySmartPrice
AMD’s RDNA2 powered Cyrptomining card surfaces online on a Vietnamese Facebook pageedit
According to recent sources, AMDs RDNA2 Navi GPUs will soon be entering the mining segment as the chip makers’ latest dedicated cryptocurrency miner. According to reports, the pictures of these alleged AMD mining graphics cards surfaced online first on a Vietnamese Facebook page run by a local PC hardware outlet.
Publication: TechnoSports
US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory adopts AMD and NVIDIA for its Polaris Supercomputer ditching Inteledit
According to the latest reports, the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has tapped Nvidia’s A100 GPUs paired with AMD’s CPUs for its new Polaris supercomputer.
Publication: TechnoSports
China’s Genesis Mining gets their 485,681 AMD Radeon RX 470 8GB graphics cards back after the settlement of the legal disputeedit
According to the latest reports, there might be a sudden surge in the availability of almost five years old graphics cards in the china market. As reports flood in, it’s official that China’s Supreme Court has ordered the return of 485,681 AMD Radeon RX 470 8GB graphics cards to Genesis Mining.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo Yoga 6 review: An ideal everyday companionedit
Lenovo makes some really premium notebooks for consumers, and among them, the Lenovo Yoga 6 is definitely one that should look at. It features efficient and powerful AMD Ryzen 4000U APUs while retaining the elegance of a modern 2-in-1 laptop.
Publication: TechnoSports
GPUs are the current hot-accessories in the market and will most probably be until next yearedit
In today’s market, the demand for Graphics card processors has increased in the market, and they have become one of the most sought-after PC components today. Currently, the reigning champions in the GPU market are AMD and NVIDIA and their high-end cards have already been completely sold out in the market.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel’s rise to top plan is on the way under Pat Gelsingeredit
Intel is undoubtedly the most famous chip maker in the world and since its venture back in 1995, the company has managed to retain the top spot in the world. It was the first company o receive the title of the semiconductor giant and is credited with the creation of the world-first microprocessor, the intel 4004, in 1971.
Publication: TechnoSports
Competition in news
Tesla’s Elon Musk signals concerns over Nvidia deal for UK chip maker: Reportedit
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has signaled competition concerns over Nvidia Corp’s planned purchase of British chip designer Arm, the Telegraph reported on Saturday, citing multiple sources.
Publication: Mint
Nvidia set to seek EU okay for $54 billion Arm deal: Reportedit
Nvidia is likely to seek EU antitrust approval for its $54 billion takeover of British chip designer Arm early next month, with regulators expected to launch a full-scale investigation after a preliminary review, people familiar with the matter said.
Publication: The Economic Times
Learning solutions: Intel’s tech helps improve English language skills in the hinterlandedit
English Helper’s AI-based solution to develop English language skills is supporting the students of more than 25,000 digitally equipped schools in multiple states. It aims to reach over 1,00,000 schools in 2021-22.
Publication: Financial Express
ASUS’s next-gen VivoBook appears on UserBenchmark powered by Intel’s Alder Lake unitedit
The upcoming next-generation VivoBook from ASUS has been spotted on the UserBenchmark database powered by an 8 core Intel Alder Lake-P Mobility CPU. In the database, we have found three entries of the ASUS VivoBook X1603ZA laptop & all three are based on the same Alder Lake-P Mobility CPU configuration.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo aims to expand footprint with Yoga Slim 7i Carbonedit
The Yoga Slim 7i comes with the latest 11th Gen Intel Core i7 processor with Intel Iris X graphics. There is support for 16GB of LPDDR4X dual-channel RAM and 1TB of M.2 PCIe SSD storage.
Publication: Telangana Today
“India is a special market for Intel”edit
In an email interaction, Prakash Mallya, vice president and managing director, sales, marketing anc ommunications group, Intel India spoke about the company’s strategy.
Publication: The Times of India
ASUS TUF Gaming F15 with Core i9-11900H & RTX 3060 review: A gaming monster with Intel insideedit
Well, the biggest highest of these new TUF Gaming laptops has to be the all-new design, the upgraded Intel CPUs paired with NVIDIA GPUs. As an overall package, these Intel-powered gaming laptops come with all the Intel benefits, and for gaming, you know they have no comparison.
Publication: TechnoSports
Microsoft explains why Windows 11 won’t support most Intel 7th gen and AMD Zen CPUsedit
Microsoft Windows 11 will officially support only PCs from the last three to four years. After receiving a lot of flak for stricter-than-usual requirements for Windows 11, Microsoft has reevaluated if Intel’s 7th generation and AMD Zen processors can be added to the list of supported CPUs, and it has mostly stood by its initial restrictions.
Publication: Digit
AMD loses ground as Nvidia dominates global GPU market: Reportedit
A report by Jon Peddie Research, shows that AMDs overall market share decreased by -0.2% from the last quarter while Intel gained 0.1% market share and Nvidia maintained its lead with an increasing share of 0.6%.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Intel Core i7 12th Gen CPU is Up to 15 Percent Faster Than Ryzen 7 5000 Series, But Don’t Count AMD Outedit
Case in point is a leaked set of Geekbench scores of an Intel Core i7 12 gen CPU, which has revealed that the upcoming Alder Lake Core i7-12700 CPU will offer considerable jump over its present generation offering – and rival AMD’s upper-mid tier desktop chip, the Ryzen 7 5800X.
Publication: MySmartPrice
US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory adopts AMD and NVIDIA for its Polaris Supercomputer ditching Inteledit
According to the latest reports, the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has tapped Nvidia’s A100 GPUs paired with AMD’s CPUs for its new Polaris supercomputer.
Publication: TechnoSports
GPUs are the current hot-accessories in the market and will most probably be until next yearedit
In today’s market, the demand for Graphics card processors has increased in the market, and they have become one of the most sought-after PC components today. Currently, the reigning champions in the GPU market are AMD and NVIDIA and their high-end cards have already been completely sold out in the market.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel’s rise to top plan is on the way under Pat Gelsingeredit
Intel is undoubtedly the most famous chip maker in the world and since its venture back in 1995, the company has managed to retain the top spot in the world. It was the first company o receive the title of the semiconductor giant and is credited with the creation of the world-first microprocessor, the intel 4004, in 1971.
Publication: TechnoSports
Partner in news
Customers want solutions, not devices: Dell prezedit
Aongus Hegarty, president of international markets at Dell Technologies, said enterprise customers in India and around the world are moving from asking for devices like PCs to asking for solutions.
Publication: The Times of India
HP, Dell results show PC market hit by chip-crunchedit
HP and DELL Technologies, two of the biggest personal-computer makers, posted earnings reports that raised alarm about the impact of a persistent compo- nent shortage, even as demand for their products remains strong.
Publication: The Financial Express
Why is edge computing more relevant in 2021 than ever before?edit
While cloud computing will continue to play a vital role in driving the future of modern network architecture and for enterprises, edge computing will open up exciting possibilities.
Publication: ET CIO
CSR News: Lenovo’s COVID-19 response reached out to 3 million Indiansedit
Global technology brand Lenovo along with the American India Foundation (AIF), Americares India and World Vision India propels on its mission to help the masses affected by the COVID-19 second wave.
Publication: The CSR Journal
‘We want to appeal to the widest group of consumers with Legion laptops’: Lenovo Asia Pacific Gaming leadedit
In an interview with The Indian Express, Lenovo’s Asia Pacific Gaming Lead Ian Tan talked about how the Legion brand is bringing “minimalistic design” elements to gaming laptops, the uptake of budget gaming PCs, and more.
Publication: The Indian Express
ASUS’s next-gen VivoBook appears on UserBenchmark powered by Intel’s Alder Lake unitedit
The upcoming next-generation VivoBook from ASUS has been spotted on the UserBenchmark database powered by an 8 core Intel Alder Lake-P Mobility CPU. In the database, we have found three entries of the ASUS VivoBook X1603ZA laptop & all three are based on the same Alder Lake-P Mobility CPU configuration.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lenovo aims to expand footprint with Yoga Slim 7i Carbonedit
The Yoga Slim 7i comes with the latest 11th Gen Intel Core i7 processor with Intel Iris X graphics. There is support for 16GB of LPDDR4X dual-channel RAM and 1TB of M.2 PCIe SSD storage.
Publication: Telangana Today
ASUS TUF Gaming F15 with Core i9-11900H & RTX 3060 review: A gaming monster with Intel insideedit
Well, the biggest highest of these new TUF Gaming laptops has to be the all-new design, the upgraded Intel CPUs paired with NVIDIA GPUs. As an overall package, these Intel-powered gaming laptops come with all the Intel benefits, and for gaming, you know they have no comparison.
Publication: TechnoSports
Microsoft explains why Windows 11 won’t support most Intel 7th gen and AMD Zen CPUsedit
Microsoft Windows 11 will officially support only PCs from the last three to four years. After receiving a lot of flak for stricter-than-usual requirements for Windows 11, Microsoft has reevaluated if Intel’s 7th generation and AMD Zen processors can be added to the list of supported CPUs, and it has mostly stood by its initial restrictions.
Publication: Digit
Lenovo Yoga 6 review: An ideal everyday companionedit
Lenovo makes some really premium notebooks for consumers, and among them, the Lenovo Yoga 6 is definitely one that should look at. It features efficient and powerful AMD Ryzen 4000U APUs while retaining the elegance of a modern 2-in-1 laptop.
Publication: TechnoSports
Industry news
Chip shortage may spoil the party for carmakers this festive seasonedit
“We are finding credible and innovative methods to address the challenge on priority,” said Veejay Nakra, CEO, automotive division, Mahindra & Mahindra. The company is tak- ing all steps to ensure optimum level of inventory at plants and dealerships in order to be pre- pared for the strong demand as it gets into the festive period, said Nakra.
Publication: Business Standard
200 acre data centre200 acre data centre park to be set up in sector 28 yeidAedit
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh plans to develop a data centre park, spread over 200 acre of land at Sector-28 of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) in the Noida district.
Publication: The Indian Express
Cloud, tech shift, localisation law drive data centre push in Indiaedit
Sharad Sanghi, chief executive of NTT, India, believes that other than the consumption moving to Cloud, and the hyperscalers’ entry into India, adoption of data centres has a business case for enterprises as it makes them focus on core technology. “The recent advent of 5G and edge computing is just adding up to the demand for data centres,” he said.
Publication: Business Standard
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