February 15, 2022

AMD specific news

Xilinx acquisition doubles AMD employee base in India (PROACTIVE)edit

“It is a momentous occasion for AMD as we close the acquisition of Xilinx today, establishing ourselves as the industry’s high-performance and adaptive computing leader. Outside North America, Xilinx has its largest employee presence in Hyderabad, doubling AMD’s presence in India. I look forward to working with the Xilinx team to expand AMD’s product portfolio into adaptive computing solutions to accelerate an even more diverse set of emerging and evolving workloads,” said Jaya Jagadish, Country Head, AMD India.

Publication: ET Telecom

Why AMD’s Xilinx Takeover Can be a Good Deal for India (PROACTIVE)edit

AMD has officially taken over FPGA maker Xilinx in what can be called as the biggest acquisition in the history of the chip industry. The closing of the deal comes on the heels of Nvidia Corp’s decision to abandon its plans to buy SoftBank-owned Arm Ltd, citing regulatory hurdles.

Publication: CXO Today

AMD purchases Xilinx for $50 bnedit

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) said on Monday it has final- ized the purchase of Xilinx in a record chip industry deal valued at about $50 billion. The closing of the deal comes on the heels of Nvidia abandoning its plans to buy SoftBank- owned Arm, citing regulatory hurdles. AMD’s transaction moved ahead with all necessary approvals for the acquisition, it said.

Publication: Business Standard

Xilinx deal doubles AMD employee base in India (PROACTIVE)edit

Computer chip company AMD on Monday said the acquisition of fabless semiconductor company Xilinx will double its presence in India. AMD has acquired Xilinx for $35 billion, which is the biggest acquisition deal in the semiconductor segment. “It is a momentous occasion for AMD as we close the acquisition of Xilinx today, establishing ourselves as the industry’s high-performance and adaptive computing leader. Outside North America, Xilinx has its largest employee presence in Hyderabad, doubling AMD’s presence in India,” AMD India country head Jaya Jagadish said in a statement.

Publication: The Times of India

AMD Closes $50-b Purchase of Xilinxedit

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) said on Monday it has finalised the purchase of Xilinx in a record chip industry deal valued at about $50 billion.

Publication: The Economic Times

AMD closes biggest chip acquisition with $49.8-bn Xilinx dealedit

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) said on Monday it has finalised the purchase of Xilinx inthe largest chip industrydeal ever at $49.8 billion.

Publication: The Financial Express

Xilinx acquisition doubles AMD employee base in India (PROACTIVE)edit

Computer chip company AMD on Monday said the acquisition of fabless semiconductor company Xilinx will double its presence in India. AMD has acquired Xilinx for $35 billion, which is the biggest acquisition deal in the semiconductor segment.

Publication: Deccan Herald

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT to be Up to 3x Faster than the RX 6900 XT, Launching in Q4 2022edit

AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 XT is slated to land by the end of the year. Featuring a chiplet design with x2 graphics dies (GCDs), and one bridge interconnect paired with 256MB of Infinity Cache, the next-gen RDNA 2 flagship is reportedly going to be up to 3x faster than its predecessor.

Publication: Hardware Times

AMD Made AIBs Sell Radeon RX 6500 XTs at MSRP at Launch Day, Hiking Price to $250 Thereafteredit

AMD’s Radeon RX 6500 XT is possibly the only present generation graphics card to sell within 20-25% of its $200 MSRP. Although technically a bit of an abomination, courtesy of the 4GB VRAM buffer, this budget Navi 2x GPU has been selling rather well.

Publication: Hardware Times

Finally, today, AMD Completes Acquisition of Xilinx (PROACTIVE)edit

As announced previously, on Valentine’s day, AMD has made its biggest acquisition Xilinx official and this acquisition is officially the largest in semiconductor history and brings together two industry leaders with complementary product portfolios, customers and market expertise.

Publication: TechnoSports

AMD closes Xilinx deal — now valued at $50 bnedit

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) said it completed the purchase of Xilinx in a record chip industry deal valued at about $50 billion.

Publication: Telecom Lead

AMD closes record chip industry deal with about $50-billion purchase of Xilinxedit

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) said on Monday it has finalized the purchase of Xilinx Inc in a record chip industry deal valued at about $50 billion.

Publication: Gadgets Now

AMD closes record chip industry deal with about $50-billion purchase of Xilinxedit

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) said on Monday it has finalized the purchase of Xilinx Inc in a record chip industry deal valued at about $50 billion. The closing of the deal comes on the heels of Nvidia Corp abandoning its plans to buy SoftBank-owned Arm Ltd, citing regulatory hurdles.

Publication: CNBC-TV18

AMD closes record chip industry deal with about $50-bln purchase of Xilinxedit

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) said on Monday it has finalized the purchase of Xilinx Inc in a record chip industry deal valued at about $50 billion.

Publication: ET Auto

AMD closes record chip industry deal with estimated $50 billion purchase of Xilinxedit

Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) said on Monday it has finalized the purchase of Xilinx Inc in a record chip industry deal valued at about $50 billion, giving it an extra edge in the key data center market.

Publication: Moneycontrol

AMD brand mentions

Technology gifting guide for Valentine’s Day 2022 (PROACTIVE)edit

Asus ROG Strix Scar 15Powered by AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX Processor, 3.3 GHz Base Speed, up to 4.6 GHz Max Turbo Speed, 16MB Cache.

Publication: TechGoggles

Prices of AMD Radeon & NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Card show significant Improvementedit

According to 3DCenter’s current pricing and availability report, another month of 2022 has seen a considerable improvement in AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics card prices, as well as better GPU availability.

Publication: TechnoSports

Alienware M15 Ryzen Edition R5 Review: Brains and brawnedit

The M15 Ryzen Edition R5 is meant as a showcase for AMD’s R7 5800H processor, which has been paired with Nvidia’s capable RTX 3060 laptop graphics and a sleek, modern design that will turn heads, so how does it perform?

Publication: Moneycontrol

Competition in news

Technology gifting guide for Valentine’s Day 2022 (PROACTIVE)edit

Asus ROG Strix Scar 15Powered by AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX Processor, 3.3 GHz Base Speed, up to 4.6 GHz Max Turbo Speed, 16MB Cache.

Publication: TechGoggles

NVIDIA’s RTX 4080 “Lovelace” Architecture Very Similar to Ampere: RTX 30 Series on Steroidsedit

NVIDIA’s next-gen RTX 40 series graphics cards are slated to launch in the third quarter of 2022. Based on the Ada Lovelace microarchitecture, the next-gen GeForce lineup is set to improve compute density and double down on ray-tracing performance.

Publication: Hardware Times

Prices of AMD Radeon & NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Card show significant Improvementedit

According to 3DCenter’s current pricing and availability report, another month of 2022 has seen a considerable improvement in AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics card prices, as well as better GPU availability.

Publication: TechnoSports

Intel’s Mobileye to launch self-driving shuttles in U.S. in 2024edit

Intel Corp’s Mobileye unit plans to build and deploy self-driving electric shuttles with its partners in the United States in 2024, in a bid to scale up its automated driving system beyond taxis and delivery vehicles, executives told Reuters.

Publication: ET Auto

Intel to launch an energy-efficient blockchain chip this yearedit

Intel has plans to launch an energy-efficient blockchain chip this year to help organisations scale and realise the full potential of blockchain technology.

Publication: Analytics India Magazine

Intel nears $6 billion deal to buy Tower Semiconductor: Sourceedit

Intel Corp is close to buying Israeli firm Tower Semiconductor for about $6 billion, a source familiar with the matter said, as the U.S. company looks to advance its strategy of contract manufacturing chips for other businesses.

Publication: Moneycontrol

Alienware M15 Ryzen Edition R5 Review: Brains and brawnedit

The M15 Ryzen Edition R5 is meant as a showcase for AMD’s R7 5800H processor, which has been paired with Nvidia’s capable RTX 3060 laptop graphics and a sleek, modern design that will turn heads, so how does it perform?

Publication: Moneycontrol

Partner in news

Technology gifting guide for Valentine’s Day 2022 (PROACTIVE)edit

Asus ROG Strix Scar 15Powered by AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX Processor, 3.3 GHz Base Speed, up to 4.6 GHz Max Turbo Speed, 16MB Cache.

Publication: TechGoggles

Vedanta, Foxconn to form joint venture to manufacture semiconductors in Indiaedit

Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta group and Hon Hai Technology Group (“Foxconn”) have entered into a pact to form a joint venture company that will manufacture semiconductors in India.

Publication: The Economic Times

Dell Technologies: Key 5G trends and opportunities for 2022edit

As 5G rolls out in India in 2022, we will witness enterprises and network providers seeking use cases to implement 5G in business operations. This will see business use of 5G move out of its nascency and the adoption of advanced features such as Ultra Reliability Low Latency Communications (URLLC) and Massive Machine Type Communicators (mMTC) for faster and better results.

Publication: Express Computer

Alienware M15 Ryzen Edition R5 Review: Brains and brawnedit

The M15 Ryzen Edition R5 is meant as a showcase for AMD’s R7 5800H processor, which has been paired with Nvidia’s capable RTX 3060 laptop graphics and a sleek, modern design that will turn heads, so how does it perform?

Publication: Moneycontrol

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