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AMD announces $8 billion stock buyback programedit
The new repurchase authorization is in addition to a prior $4 billion program announced in May. AMD AMD, +3.82% has bought back about $3 billion in stock through that earlier program, it said in a release Thursday.
Publication: VAR India
NTT DOCOMO @ Mobile World Congress 2022edit
DOCOMO will join OREC members NEC, Dell, Red Hat and Xilinxto demonstrate a vRAN incorporating software compatible with O-RAN Reference Architecture. The vRAN will be implemented on the latest virtualization infrastructure and also a general-purpose server incorporating the latest microprocessors and hardware acceleration.
Publication: Telecomlead
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Intel ARC Alchemist Xe with 256 EUs is on par with GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER GPUedit
Benchleaks has discovered two fresh Geekbench 5 benchmarks that indicate a strange Alder Lake notebook with a Core i5-12500H CPU and a specialised Intel Arc Alchemist Xe GPU with 256 EUs and 6GB of VRAM. The OpenCL ratings indicate that performance is comparable to AMD’s Radeon RX 580 or Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1650 Super.
Publication: Technosports
Biostar condemns and entire shipment of Radeon RX 580 GPUs to Mining despite the ongoing GPU shortageedit
Biostar, a company that makes money off the backs of miners, has begun selling a new mining system featuring eight Radeon RX 580 graphics cards. It claims to ensure large-scale availability for interested parties, implying that it has a large number of GPUs to sell.
Publication: Technosports
AMD and Intel both have stopped selling chips to Russiaedit
Multiple reports have emerged today that both Intel and AMD have ceased chip sales to Russia, indicating that the US government’s export restrictions on semiconductor sales to Russia due to its war against Ukraine have been rapidly implemented. Furthermore, rumours have surfaced that TSMC’s decision to join the regulations may hinder Russia’s supply of domestic chips.
Publication: Technosports
Competition in news
NVIDIA’s RTX 3070 Ti Grabs Bestselling GPU Spot in US, UK, Germanyedit
The graphics card market has already started its slow and steady return to normalcy. During this period, retailers continue to sell their stocks well over the MSRPs. At the same time, this hasn’t stopped gamers from building/upgrading their PCs at outrageous prices. The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti selling for close to $1,000, and yet being one of the bestsellers at most etailers is a good example of this new trend:
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Core i9-12900H Just 4-5% Faster than the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS at ~50W TDP w/ LPDDR5 Memoryedit
Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake processors are supposed to represent the largest performance and efficiency leap the chipmaker has managed in the last ten years or so. AMD, on the other hand, will be fielding its Zen 3 designs till the launch of the Zen 4 family near the end of the year. Out of these, Zen 3+ and the Ryzen 7 5800X3D are the most notable products. The former is a refinement of the Zen 3 core architecture using TSMC’s N6 (6nm) node to offer ultra-high power efficiency while the latter 3D stacks L3 cache for improved gaming performance.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Alder Lake HX CPUs to Bring Desktop Grade Chips to Notebooks w/ 16 Cores and 24 Threads, and a Power Target of Over 115Wedit
Intel is planning to consolidate its Alder Lake mobile lineup with a new range of 55W SoCs aimed at the ultra-high-end gaming and content creator market. This confirms earlier roadmaps predicting the existence of the H55 (S-BGA) SKUs based on the Alder Lake-S desktop range. Featuring eight performance “Golden Cove” cores, and eight efficiency “Gracemont” cores, the H55 lineup will pack a total of 16 cores, 24 threads, and a 32EU integrated graphics solution.
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel ARC Alchemist Xe with 256 EUs is on par with GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER GPUedit
Benchleaks has discovered two fresh Geekbench 5 benchmarks that indicate a strange Alder Lake notebook with a Core i5-12500H CPU and a specialised Intel Arc Alchemist Xe GPU with 256 EUs and 6GB of VRAM. The OpenCL ratings indicate that performance is comparable to AMD’s Radeon RX 580 or Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1650 Super.
Publication: Technosports
AMD and Intel both have stopped selling chips to Russiaedit
Multiple reports have emerged today that both Intel and AMD have ceased chip sales to Russia, indicating that the US government’s export restrictions on semiconductor sales to Russia due to its war against Ukraine have been rapidly implemented. Furthermore, rumours have surfaced that TSMC’s decision to join the regulations may hinder Russia’s supply of domestic chips.
Publication: Technosports
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NTT DOCOMO @ Mobile World Congress 2022edit
DOCOMO will join OREC members NEC, Dell, Red Hat and Xilinxto demonstrate a vRAN incorporating software compatible with O-RAN Reference Architecture. The vRAN will be implemented on the latest virtualization infrastructure and also a general-purpose server incorporating the latest microprocessors and hardware acceleration.
Publication: Telecomlead
Industry news
Russian attack on Ukraine could dent chipmaker supply linesedit
Any disruptions from the conflict would follow already declining inventories of chips, a matter of global strategic importance that cuts across industries and is a priority of the Biden administration.
Publication: MINT
Tech Inc Faces A Diversity Challengeedit
Wipro also has 36. 3% women in its workforce and plans to ensure 50% are hired at the campus recruitment stage itself. Infosys employs 39% women in its workforce and the Bengaluru-based IT services provider ensures that women rise through the ranks, chief executive Salil Parekh told ET. “We want more (women leaders), as we go through the next several years. I have no doubt in these tremendously capable women leaders within Infosys, and we will see more and more of them taking greater leadership positions,” Parekh says.
Publication: The Economic Times
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