AMD specific news
Steam Deck to be launched this monthedit
In other words, the Steam Deck is a handheld gaming computer that’s intended for PC gamers who want to be able to play their PC game library with the portability of the Nintendo Switch. It runs an AMD Zen-based quad-core CPU utilizing a GPU based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 512GB of PCIe NVMe storage
Publication: UNI
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (PROACTIVE)edit
The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G is a Zen 3 desktop APU with integrated Radeon graphics. The Ryzen 5 5600G offers six cores, 12 threads, and a 16 MB L3 cache. The APU operates at a base clock of 3.9 GHz and can boost up to a maximum of 4.4 GHz. AMD bundles a Wraith Stealth cooler in box with all Ryzen 5 5600G units.
Publication: Notebookcheck
AMD brand mentions
Best gaming laptops with 144Hz displaysedit
Gaming laptops are getting better and better, packing in more performance per pound than ever before. One of the key metrics that set apart gaming laptops from the rest of the pack is high refresh rate. The refresh rate of your display refers to how many times per second the display is able to draw a new image. To achieve best results, the GPU, CPU and the display all have to work together, and gaming laptops have started shipping with the combination of these.
Publication: Business Insider
The small-town gamers building a career in e-sports (PROACTIVE)edit
Hundreds of youngsters from small towns and villages making the leap from casual gaming to professional or taking up other career opportunities in gaming, such as coaching, shoutcasting, managing eSports teams, or even setting up their companies
Publication: Mint
Smalltown gamers make it a career (PROACTIVE)edit
“The pandemic has given a sig- nificant boost to the gaming industry across the world, and India is no exception. Internet penetration, affordable PCs and smartphones and a growing young and tech-savvy population has further fuelled this growth,” said Vinay Sinha, managing director, sales, AMD India. “The gaming community in India is dynamic, connected, and highly engaged with the ecosystem and the market. This has helped to expand the reach of gaming to tier-II and tier-III cities,” Sinha added.
Publication: Mint
Competition in news
Best gaming laptops with 144Hz displaysedit
Gaming laptops are getting better and better, packing in more performance per pound than ever before. One of the key metrics that set apart gaming laptops from the rest of the pack is high refresh rate. The refresh rate of your display refers to how many times per second the display is able to draw a new image. To achieve best results, the GPU, CPU and the display all have to work together, and gaming laptops have started shipping with the combination of these.
Publication: Business Insider
Nvidia-SoftBank deal called off after setbacksedit
Nvidia, the Silicon Valley chipmaker, is ending its nearly 18-month effort to buy Arm, which licenses chip technology used in most smartphones, said two people with knowledge of the matter who were not authorised to discuss it. Nvidia, a company whose chips are best known for rendering images in video games, in September 2020 offered cash and stock then valued at $40 billion for Arm, making it the most expensive deal ever among chip companies.
Publication: Deccan Herald
Partner in news
Best gaming laptops with 144Hz displaysedit
Gaming laptops are getting better and better, packing in more performance per pound than ever before. One of the key metrics that set apart gaming laptops from the rest of the pack is high refresh rate. The refresh rate of your display refers to how many times per second the display is able to draw a new image. To achieve best results, the GPU, CPU and the display all have to work together, and gaming laptops have started shipping with the combination of these.
Publication: Business Insider
Industry news
Google Cloud is adding crypto-mining malware threat detection serviceedit
Google Cloud on Monday unveiled Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD), which will detect any malware that mines cryptocurrency on a compromised Cloud account. “VMTD is a first-to-market detection capability from a major cloud provider that provides agentless memory scanning to help detect threats like crypto-mining malware inside your virtual machines running in Google Cloud,” according to a blog post from Google.
Publication: Indian Express
Budget 2022: A Giant Leap Towards Digital Transformation And Financial Inclusivenessedit
As the budget 2022 unfolded, the smiles on the faces of several industries broadened. The education sector, MSMEs, start-ups, and the fintech sector were some of the key gainers in this budget. As the economy gradually returns to the path of revival, leaving the dark memories of Covid-19 behind, a budget with a vision for recovery in the short term and growth in the long run, was expected.
Publication: BW Education
EU joins semiconductor race with a €43-b bid to rival Asiaedit
The EU, on Tuesday, unveiled a plan to quadruple the supply of semiconductors in Europe by 2030, hoping to limit the bloc’s dependence on Asia for a key component used in electric cars and smartphones. The production of chips has become a strategic priority in Europe as well as the US, after the shock of the pandemic choked off supply, bringing factories to a standstill and emptying stores of products.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
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