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AMD Ryzen turns 5 years: Vinay Sinha from AMD India discusses on the Indian market & its growth (PROACTIVE)edit
It has been 5 years since AMD launched its revolutionary Ryzen processors to the market, when Intel was restricting consumers to 4 cores. Undoutedly, AMD lead to bring the monstrous 8-core Ryzen chips that set the bar which today modern thin & light laptops too sport up to 8 cores.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Radeon RX 6600 Entry-Level 1080p-Class GPU Launched: Should You Get One?edit
AMD has launched yet another 1080p-class graphics card — the Radeon RX 6600, which uses the same GPU as the slightly expensive RX 600 XT. The latter runs at a slightly lower clock speed with fewer compute units. As one can expect, the AMD Radeon RX 6600 is more than capable of handling most modern AAA titles at 1080p resolution and max graphics settings without any issue.
Publication: Gizbot
AMD Radeon RX 6600 in Stock at Micro Centers (Offline), Out of Stock at Amazon, Newegg, Best Buyedit
AMD launched the Radeon RX 6600 the other day to a disappointed DIY crowd. For the average gamer, however, this means another GPU can be possibly purchased at (close to) the MSRP. Since the RX 6600 is based on salvaged Navi 23 dies, stocks should be better than all the other RDNA 2 parts already on the market, at least theoretically.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel vs AMD CPU Roadmap for 2022, 2023, and 2024: 7 vs 6nm, 7+ vs 5nm, 4 vs 4nmedit
The next couple of years are going to be crucial for the CPU market, as both Intel and AMD battle it out for semiconductor supremacy. For the former, it’ll be a battle for process leadership and we’ll finally see how the IDM 2.0 strategy works as promised. AMD, on the other hand, will face the product line it was originally supposed to with its 2nd or 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs: Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs with the Golden Cove/Gracemont core architectures fabbed on node 7 (originally 10nm ESF):
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New Windows 11 update: AMD users have it even worseedit
At launch, AMD processors seemed to run slower on Windows 11, a by-product of Microsoft working closely with Intel for their next generation chips. Intel’s new Alder Lake processors will feature a big hybrid big little design with dedicated efficiency and power cores. Intel had said that they worked closely with Microsoft to integrate features from its upcoming hardware based schedulers with the OS’ in-built ones and that seems to be having a negative impact on performance when it comes to AMD CPU’s.
Publication: Moneycontrol
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Intel chooses Dahod to train students in artificial intelligenceedit
Students from tribal-dominated Dahod district, most of whom face difficulties in pursuing education beyond Class X, got the never-before opportunity to learn the basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) thanks to Intel Inc. The district has been picked up for a project on AI by the computer chipmaker.2 days ago
Publication: The Times of India
NVIDIA RTX 3090 Super, RTX 3080 Super, RTX 3070 Super, RTX 3060 Super Specifications [Rumor]edit
NVIDIA is expected to launch its Ampere refresh (RTX 30 Super series) sometime in early 2022. Retaining the same microarchitecture as the existing 30 series parts, this is going to be a mid-generation upgrade of sorts. Samsung’s 8nm process node will be retained for the Super refresh with better yields. The last time, only the RTX 2060, 2070, and 2080 got Super refreshes, and the 2080 Ti and 2090 were left alone. This time we’re looking at a refresh of the might RTX 3090 as well.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel vs AMD CPU Roadmap for 2022, 2023, and 2024: 7 vs 6nm, 7+ vs 5nm, 4 vs 4nmedit
The next couple of years are going to be crucial for the CPU market, as both Intel and AMD battle it out for semiconductor supremacy. For the former, it’ll be a battle for process leadership and we’ll finally see how the IDM 2.0 strategy works as promised. AMD, on the other hand, will face the product line it was originally supposed to with its 2nd or 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs: Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs with the Golden Cove/Gracemont core architectures fabbed on node 7 (originally 10nm ESF):
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Acer confirms breach in India servers, hackers access 60GB user dataedit
Taiwanese tech major Acer has confirmed that its servers in India have been hacked, with 60GB of users’ data being accessed by hackers. This is the second data breach the company has suffered this year.
Publication: Mint
New Windows 11 update: AMD users have it even worseedit
At launch, AMD processors seemed to run slower on Windows 11, a by-product of Microsoft working closely with Intel for their next generation chips. Intel’s new Alder Lake processors will feature a big hybrid big little design with dedicated efficiency and power cores. Intel had said that they worked closely with Microsoft to integrate features from its upcoming hardware based schedulers with the OS’ in-built ones and that seems to be having a negative impact on performance when it comes to AMD CPU’s.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Industry news
Execs Hit the Road Again, Packed with a Load of Cautionedit
Companies such as Deloitte, KPMG, Mercedes-Benz, upGrad, Dabur, Panasonic and Simplilearn said executives have started travelling for work when necessary. “With improving sentiment, resurgence of economic activities and a growing sense of positivity and normalcy, we have gradually resumed business-critical travel again, keeping a close eye on developments,” said Martin Schwenk, managing director and chief executive, Mercedes-Benz India. The German luxury carmaker resumed two days of work from office for all employees last month.
Publication: The Economic Times
Industry Bodies Seek Clarity on Online Gamingedit
In its recommendation, Nasscom said the ban would hurt the growth of gaming companies in Karnataka, and impact the state’s reputation as a hub for innovation and startups. Nasscom said the amendment to Section 78(1)(a)(vi) and (vii) of the Act includes games of skill within the ambit of wagering, which has created uncertainty in the gaming industry as games such as online crossword, chess or sudoku — for which registration fee is paid and are dependent on players’ skills — may be considered as wagering
Publication: The Economic Times
Partnerships are a win, win, win solution’edit
Overall, it has accelerated the pace of technological change. Let me pick a very common example. In the United States, telemedicine was virtually impossible even though the technology has been available for years. Now it is the norm or the preferred mode for a medical exchange with your doctor. It has increased the level of online collaboration. It has downsides too. I think it has increased the stress level of employees. Burnout is a very common thing if you’re going back to back on Zoom all day. So it caused us to re-evaluate work-life balance.
Publication: Business Standard
Govt aims to make semiconductors in India by mid-2022edit
The Government is aiming to lay the foundation of the country’s first semiconductor manufacturing unit by June- July next year and a request for proposal (RFP) will soon be floated seeking commercial bids from companies.
Publication: The Financial Express
Dell Technologies India has had two record quarters this year: Alok Ohrieedit
Dell Technologies has had two record quarters in India in 2021 with the market being among the top five for the company globally, according to Alok Ohrie, President and Managing Director, Dell Technologies India. BusinessLine spoke to Ohrie regarding the company’s growth in India and globally, the future of the IT industry in India moving forward, its focus on technologies such as 5G, and its priorities for H2 FY22 and beyond.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
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