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What chip shortage? AMD books capacity years ahead to ease crunchesedit
Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices has been able to skirt most of the problems linked with the global chip supply shortage by forecasting demand years in advance, a top executive said on Tuesday.
Publication: The Economic Times
Intel loses ground as demand for Chromebook chips wanesedit
AMD accounted for 24.6% of personal-computer processor sales in the third quarter, up from 22.5% a earlier, according to Mercury Research.
Publication: The Economic Times
New silicon, new devices: Gaming in 2022edit
Intel’s last few years have been tough as it has struggled to migrate from its 14 NM (nanometer) MOSFET platform. In the silicon industry, the smaller a process can get the more the space available to cram in more transistors and by the end of 2020 most of Intel’s competitors had gone sub-10 NM in their design. AMD was offering its 5000 series on a 7 NM process and Apple’s in-house M1 Silicon was on the even smaller 5 NM.
Publication: Telangana Today
Intel Golden Cove Core Architecture Deep Dive: vs Zen 3 and Sunny Coveedit
At its Architectural Day 2021, Intel unveiled its Golden Cove core which represents the next step in its high-performance CPU architecture. Golden Cove succeeds Willow Cove and will compete against AMD’s Zen 3 and Zen 4-based processors. As such, we’ll be comparing it against these cores, plus analyze what has changed compared to its predecessors.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Bergamo CPU w/ 128 Zen 4D Cores Coming in Q2 2023, 3nm Zen 5 in Q4 2023edit
AMD will be launching its Zen 4 Dense (4D) cores with its cloud-oriented Bergamo processors sometime in the second quarter of 2023. This was shared by MLID a few days back in a leak.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Set to Announce Zen 3D Based Milan-X CPUs + Instinct MI200 GPUs: Watch the Live Event Hereedit
AMD is all set to announce its next-generation of data center offerings in roughly 24 hours from now. We’re talking about the Zen 3D-based Milan-X processors, featuring 3D stacked V-Cache and the chiplet based Instinct MI200 GPU accelerators.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Kaby Lake-G w/ Radeon RX Vega M GPU Powers new Chinese Mini-PCedit
Now, a Chinese PC maker Hystou has announced two mini-PCs based on the Kaby Lake-G family. You can opt between the Core i5-8305G and the Core i7-8809G. These are both quad-core CPUs with hyperthreading paired with a Radeon Vega iGPU. The former has a boost clock of 3.80GHz while the latter can boost up to 4.20GHz, courtesy of Turbo Boost 2.0.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Price Drops by $150 to Just $299, Cheaper than the Core i5-12600Kedit
With Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake processors finally on the market, prices of existing CPUs have started to fall off a cliff. AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X which debuted at $449 is now going for just $299 at Micro Center. That’s a discount of $150. In comparison, its direct competitor, the Core i5-12600K is available for $319.99, making sure that the midrange Zen 3 SKUs are still relevant.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Core i5-12400F Beats the Ryzen 5 5600X in Gaming and Content Creation Despite Costing Lessedit
Intel just launched its flagship Alder Lake-S processors, but we’re yet to see the non-K budget offerings. The most interesting SKU from that bunch is the Core i5-12400F. Most of the Core i5-x400 parts have sold extremely well in the past, often topping the charts on Amazon, Newegg, Mindfactory, and other popular retailers across the world.
Publication: Hardware Times
INTEL CORE I9-12900K Desktop Processor Review: Hybrid Architecture Works Wondersedit
Intel certainly has a winner in their hands. The Intel 12th Gen Core “Alder Lake” Desktop processors outperform the Zen 3 based Ryzen 5000 processors in most of the benchmarks that we’ve tested the processors on. The hybrid architecture approach seems to work wonders and the ball is now in AMD’s court. For the enthusiasts, Alder Lake with DDR5 would be the go to combination for the sheer performance that it offers.
Publication: Digit
AMD Zen 4D Dense Technology Leaked Online Prior to its official launchedit
According to the Moore’s Law is Dead YouTube channel, AMD is planning to develop a new sort of CPU core on the Zen 4 architecture called Zen4D Dense Technology. This is supposed to come with less cache memory and a lower frequency to boost efficiency and minimize the processor’s power consumption.
Publication: TechStory
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Gets A Massive Price Cut: Intel Alder Lake Effect?edit
Early this year, we reviewed the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU, which was one of the best mid-tier gaming CPUs in terms of both performance and energy efficiency. At the time of launch, the CPU was priced around $449 or Rs. 40,000. Now, the CPU is just available for $299 in the select market.
Publication: Gizbot
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Alan Walker Edition: Fun Gaming Laptop For Electronic Music Fansedit
The current generation is rocking AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Processor 3.1 GHz (with 16M Cache, up to 4.5 GHz) with 16GB of DDR4 memory. In the graphics department, you get Nvidia’s latest RTX 3050 Ti GPU with 4GB of GDDR6 memory.
Publication: Indiatimes
Asus ROG Flow X13 Review: One of the most powerful 13-inch laptops and that’s not even its X-Factoredit
Our unit arrived with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU with 8 cores and offering a max clock speed of 4.5GHz. The CPU is paired with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q GPU. Other CPU options include a Ryzen 7 5800HS and Ryzen 9 5980HS, while Asus also offers an Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti GPU option abroad.
Publication: Moneycontrol
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Ultimate 40K Budget Gaming PC Build… No RGB, Pure Performance !!edit
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Publication: Vimal Chintapatla
Intel loses ground as demand for Chromebook chips wanesedit
AMD accounted for 24.6% of personal-computer processor sales in the third quarter, up from 22.5% a earlier, according to Mercury Research.
Publication: The Economic Times
New silicon, new devices: Gaming in 2022edit
Intel’s last few years have been tough as it has struggled to migrate from its 14 NM (nanometer) MOSFET platform. In the silicon industry, the smaller a process can get the more the space available to cram in more transistors and by the end of 2020 most of Intel’s competitors had gone sub-10 NM in their design. AMD was offering its 5000 series on a 7 NM process and Apple’s in-house M1 Silicon was on the even smaller 5 NM.
Publication: Telangana Today
Intel Golden Cove Core Architecture Deep Dive: vs Zen 3 and Sunny Coveedit
At its Architectural Day 2021, Intel unveiled its Golden Cove core which represents the next step in its high-performance CPU architecture. Golden Cove succeeds Willow Cove and will compete against AMD’s Zen 3 and Zen 4-based processors. As such, we’ll be comparing it against these cores, plus analyze what has changed compared to its predecessors.
Publication: Hardware Times
Denovo Released Patches for Alder Lake CPUs Ahead of Launch: Denovo MDedit
A while back, Intel released the list of games incompatible with its new Alder Lake processor on account of featuring third-party anti-tamper protection algorithms like Denovo. However, it looks like the DRM supplier has been ahead of the action, already providing game developers with the necessary patches to make their titles work flawless with Intel’s hybrid core processors.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Kaby Lake-G w/ Radeon RX Vega M GPU Powers new Chinese Mini-PCedit
Now, a Chinese PC maker Hystou has announced two mini-PCs based on the Kaby Lake-G family. You can opt between the Core i5-8305G and the Core i7-8809G. These are both quad-core CPUs with hyperthreading paired with a Radeon Vega iGPU. The former has a boost clock of 3.80GHz while the latter can boost up to 4.20GHz, courtesy of Turbo Boost 2.0.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel 10nm ESF Node 30% More Efficient than 14nm: Core i7-12700K vs Core i7-11700K PPTedit
Intel’s Alder Lake-S CPUs represent the first desktop lineup from the chipmaker to finally ditch the (nearly) decade-old 14nm process. Although the chips are a big step up from Rocket Lake in terms of sheer performance, the power efficiency leaves much to be desired.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Price Drops by $150 to Just $299, Cheaper than the Core i5-12600Kedit
With Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake processors finally on the market, prices of existing CPUs have started to fall off a cliff. AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X which debuted at $449 is now going for just $299 at Micro Center. That’s a discount of $150. In comparison, its direct competitor, the Core i5-12600K is available for $319.99, making sure that the midrange Zen 3 SKUs are still relevant.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Core i5-12400F Beats the Ryzen 5 5600X in Gaming and Content Creation Despite Costing Lessedit
Intel just launched its flagship Alder Lake-S processors, but we’re yet to see the non-K budget offerings. The most interesting SKU from that bunch is the Core i5-12400F. Most of the Core i5-x400 parts have sold extremely well in the past, often topping the charts on Amazon, Newegg, Mindfactory, and other popular retailers across the world.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Disables DirectX 12 Games on 4th Gen Core iGPUs to Patch Security Vulnerabilityedit
Games and applications leveraging the DirectX 12 API will no longer work on Intel’s 4th Gen Core iGPUs (Haswell) starting with driver v15.40.44.5107.
Publication: Hardware Times
HP Spectre x360 14 review: Exquisite design, blistering performanceedit
With an Intel Core i7-1165G7 processor at the helm, the HP Spectre x360 14 is capable of most regular PC tasks you can throw at it. Assisted by 16GB LPDDR4-3200MHz RAM and 1TB M.2 SSD storage, the Spectre x360 14 absolutely flies with all my office tasks.
Publication: HT Tech
Asus VivoBook 13 Slate is an affordable 2-in-1 laptop with an OLED Display and Dolby Vision supportedit
The Asus VivoBook 13 Slate OLED uses a Quad-core Intel processor with a clock speed of up to 3.3GHz. The CPU is paired with up to 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 256GB of SSD storage.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Intel lists games with DRM issues on its 12th Gen Core CPUsedit
Compatibility issues with Digital Rights Management (DRM) software and Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake processors are not allowing some games to be played on new Intel hardware.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Intel confirms DRM incompatibility affects over 50 games: Check list insideedit
Intel has confirmed the fact that over 50 games are facing Digital Rights Management (DRM) incompatibility issues on personal computers based on its 12th-generation Core ‘Alder Lake’ processors.
Publication: HT Tech
Nvidia hits record high as stock surge nears 120% this yearedit
Nvidia Corp. rallied to a record on Thursday, in the latest example of the company extending a 2021 advance that has seen the stock more than double.
Publication: The Economic Times
Over 2 lakh innovators, researchers, leaders, decision-makers to attend NVIDIA GTCedit
Technology major NVIDIA’s GTC, the free virtual conference which is scheduled from November 8 – 12 this year, is all set to roll. The global conference will focus on deep learning, data science, HPC, robotics, data center/networking and graphics. With over 500+ sessions scheduled, the speakers will discuss the breakthroughs in healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, retail, finance, telecoms and more.
Publication: Business Today
INTEL CORE I9-12900K Desktop Processor Review: Hybrid Architecture Works Wondersedit
Intel certainly has a winner in their hands. The Intel 12th Gen Core “Alder Lake” Desktop processors outperform the Zen 3 based Ryzen 5000 processors in most of the benchmarks that we’ve tested the processors on. The hybrid architecture approach seems to work wonders and the ball is now in AMD’s court. For the enthusiasts, Alder Lake with DDR5 would be the go to combination for the sheer performance that it offers.
Publication: Digit
AMD Zen 4D Dense Technology Leaked Online Prior to its official launchedit
According to the Moore’s Law is Dead YouTube channel, AMD is planning to develop a new sort of CPU core on the Zen 4 architecture called Zen4D Dense Technology. This is supposed to come with less cache memory and a lower frequency to boost efficiency and minimize the processor’s power consumption.
Publication: TechStory
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Gets A Massive Price Cut: Intel Alder Lake Effect?edit
Early this year, we reviewed the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU, which was one of the best mid-tier gaming CPUs in terms of both performance and energy efficiency. At the time of launch, the CPU was priced around $449 or Rs. 40,000. Now, the CPU is just available for $299 in the select market.
Publication: Gizbot
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Alan Walker Edition: Fun Gaming Laptop For Electronic Music Fansedit
The current generation is rocking AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Processor 3.1 GHz (with 16M Cache, up to 4.5 GHz) with 16GB of DDR4 memory. In the graphics department, you get Nvidia’s latest RTX 3050 Ti GPU with 4GB of GDDR6 memory.
Publication: Indiatimes
Asus ROG Flow X13 Review: One of the most powerful 13-inch laptops and that’s not even its X-Factoredit
Our unit arrived with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU with 8 cores and offering a max clock speed of 4.5GHz. The CPU is paired with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q GPU. Other CPU options include a Ryzen 7 5800HS and Ryzen 9 5980HS, while Asus also offers an Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti GPU option abroad.
Publication: Moneycontrol
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Ultimate 40K Budget Gaming PC Build… No RGB, Pure Performance !!edit
Best 40K Budget Gaming PC Build India 2021 | Ultimate 40K Budget Gaming PC Build India 2021 | 40K intel i3 Gaming PC Build India 2021 |
Publication: Vimal Chintapatla
Taiwan’s Asus in Talks to Make Laptops in Indiaedit
We will need to work with the EMS (electronics manufacturing services) players to leverage the PLI (production-linked incentive) scheme… Talks are already ongoing,” Arnold Su, business head, consumer and gaming PC, system business group, Asus India, told ET.
Publication: The Economic Times
HP Spectre x360 14 review: Exquisite design, blistering performanceedit
With an Intel Core i7-1165G7 processor at the helm, the HP Spectre x360 14 is capable of most regular PC tasks you can throw at it. Assisted by 16GB LPDDR4-3200MHz RAM and 1TB M.2 SSD storage, the Spectre x360 14 absolutely flies with all my office tasks.
Publication: HT Tech
Notebook PC shipments grew 8% YoY in Q3 2021, Lenovo in pole position: Reportedit
Despite the global chip shortage leading to major hardware supply constraints, the notebook PC market has still managed to grow in Q3 2021. The market grew by 8 percent year-on-year with Lenovo leading the race with a market share of 23 percent and a 5 percent year-on-year growth, according to Strategy Analytics.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Lenovo businesses in India registered $621 mn revenue in Sept quarteredit
Tech major Lenovo on Thursday said it has logged a strong performance in the July-September 2021 period with total revenue at USD 621 million during the quarter.
Publication: Business Standard
Asus VivoBook 13 Slate is an affordable 2-in-1 laptop with an OLED Display and Dolby Vision supportedit
The Asus VivoBook 13 Slate OLED uses a Quad-core Intel processor with a clock speed of up to 3.3GHz. The CPU is paired with up to 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 256GB of SSD storage.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Alan Walker Edition: Fun Gaming Laptop For Electronic Music Fansedit
The current generation is rocking AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Processor 3.1 GHz (with 16M Cache, up to 4.5 GHz) with 16GB of DDR4 memory. In the graphics department, you get Nvidia’s latest RTX 3050 Ti GPU with 4GB of GDDR6 memory.
Publication: Indiatimes
Asus ROG Flow X13 Review: One of the most powerful 13-inch laptops and that’s not even its X-Factoredit
Our unit arrived with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU with 8 cores and offering a max clock speed of 4.5GHz. The CPU is paired with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q GPU. Other CPU options include a Ryzen 7 5800HS and Ryzen 9 5980HS, while Asus also offers an Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti GPU option abroad.
Publication: Moneycontrol
Industry news
Bigger Scope for Chip Assembly, Testing in India than Fabrication’edit
More than120 of global semiconductor companies that include Micron, Texas Instruments, AMD, Intel, Arm and Qualcomm have their design units in India, designing over 2,000 chips in the country, according to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Publication: The Economic Times
A Crisis Of Chips & Shipsedit
At the very outset of the crises last year, GoI had anticipated that it would be extremely difficult to find easy alternatives to either. For the past year, internal deliberations on India’s bid for large-scale manufacturing of containers have failed to make headway. And now, as the chip crisis gets only bigger, the government is set to roll out a multi-billion package for supporting indigenously developed semiconductors, according to a report in The Times of India on November 1.
Publication: The Economic Times
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