AMD specific news
AMD CEO & President Dr. Lisa Su Elected as the Chair of the Board of Directorsedit
AMD’s board of directors has elected company President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su as the chair of the board, replacing John E. Caldwell.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD Made AIBs Sell Radeon RX 6500 XTs at MSRP at Launch Day, Hiking Price to $250 Thereafteredit
MD’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. The reason is ample supply and an affordable (yet not acceptable) price tag.
Publication: Hardware Times
AMD completes largest-ever acquisition in semiconductor business for $50 billion: Details here (PROACTIVE)edit
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is one of the major chipset manufacturers across the globe. The company has just completed the largest acquisition in the semiconductor business history, acquiring Xilinx for about $50 billion.
Publication: BGR
Chipmaker AMD says Xilinx acquisition will double its presence in India (PROACTIVE)edit
“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 on Monday.
Publication: Business Standard
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AMD RDNA 2 GPU on Samsung Exynos 2200 Gets Destroyed by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and its Adreno GPUedit
Samsung’s Exynos 2200 and its RDNA 2-powered Xclipse 920 GPU were supposed to be one of the key highlights of the Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone. However, the closer we get to the launch, the less impressive both seem. As per a review from Erdi Özüağ, the Xclipse 920 GPU on the Exynos 2200 is up to 35% slower than the Adreno GPU on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
Publication: Hardware Times
Competition in news
Intel to buy Tower Semiconductor Ltdedit
Intel Corp. agreed to acquire Tower Semiconductor Ltd. for about $5.4 billion, part of chief executive officer Pat Gelsinger’s push into the outsourced chip-manufacturing business. Intel will pay $53 per share in cash for Tower, according to a statement on Tuesday. The companies’ boards have approved the transaction, which they expect will close in about 12 months.
Publication: Mint
Best Intel Core i7 laptops you should buy in 2022edit
If you want a laptop that can handle just about anything you throw at it, we have got some of the best Intel Core i7 laptops that you can buy on the market.
Publication: 91mobiles
AMD RDNA 2 GPU on Samsung Exynos 2200 Gets Destroyed by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and its Adreno GPUedit
Samsung’s Exynos 2200 and its RDNA 2-powered Xclipse 920 GPU were supposed to be one of the key highlights of the Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone. However, the closer we get to the launch, the less impressive both seem. As per a review from Erdi Özüağ, the Xclipse 920 GPU on the Exynos 2200 is up to 35% slower than the Adreno GPU on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel, Dell and Rolls-Royce launch interactive website to help people with motor neurone disease communicate: Why it’s importantedit
Intel, Dell Technologies, Rolls-Royce, and the UK-based Motor Neurone Disease Association have announced the launch of I Will Always Be Me, a ‘digital storybook’ to help people diagnosed with motor neurone disease to ‘preserve their voice.’
Publication: News18
Intel claims its crypto mining chip is 1000 times faster than other GPUsedit
Intel is officially entering into the cryptocurrency mining business, with its new chip designed specifically for blockchain applications such as Bitcoin mining and minting Non-fungible-tokens(NFTs). The company claims that its crypto mining chips will be 1000 times faster than mainstream chips available in the market.
Publication: The Indian Express
Intel acquires Israeli chip maker Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 bnedit
Chip-maker Intel on Tuesday confirmed it is acquiring Israeli contract chip manufacturer Tower Semiconductor for approximately $5.4 billion.
Publication: Business Standard
Partner in news
Best Intel Core i7 laptops you should buy in 2022edit
If you want a laptop that can handle just about anything you throw at it, we have got some of the best Intel Core i7 laptops that you can buy on the market.
Publication: 91mobiles
AMD RDNA 2 GPU on Samsung Exynos 2200 Gets Destroyed by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and its Adreno GPUedit
Samsung’s Exynos 2200 and its RDNA 2-powered Xclipse 920 GPU were supposed to be one of the key highlights of the Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone. However, the closer we get to the launch, the less impressive both seem. As per a review from Erdi Özüağ, the Xclipse 920 GPU on the Exynos 2200 is up to 35% slower than the Adreno GPU on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel, Dell and Rolls-Royce launch interactive website to help people with motor neurone disease communicate: Why it’s importantedit
Intel, Dell Technologies, Rolls-Royce, and the UK-based Motor Neurone Disease Association have announced the launch of I Will Always Be Me, a ‘digital storybook’ to help people diagnosed with motor neurone disease to ‘preserve their voice.’
Publication: News18
Industry news
Semiconductor situation easing off; expect things to get back to normal levels by 2022 end: Varrocedit
Semiconductor supply situation, which was mainly contributing to the lower original equipment manufacturer (OEM) volumes and lower revenues, is starting to ease off gradually, said TR Srinivasan, Group CFO at Varroc while discussing earnings fineprint and business outlook.
Publication: CNBC-TV18
‘Superb response,’ says Vaishnaw on govt’s semiconductor manufacturing pushedit
Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday welcomed the “superb” response from the industry for the government’s semiconductor manufacturing initiatives.
Publication: Business Standard
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