AMD specific news
AMD will release a new budget graphics cardedit
The proposed Radeon RX 6300 will almost certainly be the entry level model in the entire RDNA2 lineup
Publication: Digit News
AMD Lost CPU Market Share on Steam through Feb and March, NVIDIA RTX 3060 was the Bestselling GPU in Marchedit
The DIY CPU market has been AMD’s home turf since the launch of the Ryzen processors with the chipmaking swallowing large chunks of the market every quarter. However, since the advent of the Alder Lake lineup, Intel has been hitting back across all segments. 2021 was the first year in recent times that Intel actually ended with an overall gain in the desktop CPU market. The current year has also been going smoothly for Team Blue.
Publication: Hardware Times
GPU Prices in April: Which Board Partners have the Cheapest NVIDIA RTX 30/AMD RX 6000 Graphics Cards?edit
GPU prices have been tumbling for a while now, but some brands are seeing larger drops than the rest. Certain board partners (AIBs) are cutting prices more earnestly than the rest. This goes for both NVIDIA as well as AMD partners. That is what we’ll be exploring in this post: Which NVIDIA and AMD board partners have the cheapest RTX 30 and Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards?
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Arc A370M is Up to 90% Slower than AMD’s Radeon RX 6500M in Gaming Workloadsedit
Intel’s 1st Gen Arc Alchemist GPUs are looking more and more dismal with the latest benchmarks showing that the A370M will be up to 90% slower than the AMD Radeon RX 6500M in gaming workloads. This info comes from two sources. The first is AMD itself according to whom the 6500M absolutely destroys the entry-level Alchemist. Team Red’s benchmarks consist of five titles at 1080p netting over 90 FPS on average while the Arc A370M barely manages to hit the 60 FPS mark.
Publication: Hardware Times
Save 40% on AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, get it for only ₹21,119: Here’s howedit
Looking to buy a new CPU for your PC build? Want to save some bucks to buy your next gaming processor? Well, we are here for you, Amazon India is giving as much as a 35% discount on the Zen 2 based AMD Ryzen 7 3800X processor which in 2022 for such a low price is an absolute steal deal.
Publication: TechnoSports
Biostar releases powerful Crypto-machine with Eight Radeon RX 6600 GPUsedit
Biostar has unveiled the iMiner 660MX8D2, a bitcoin miner with eight Radeon RX 6600 graphics cards. Biostar is quite active in the bitcoin mining scene, believe it or not. From mining-specific motherboards to whole plug-and-play mining equipment, the provider has it all. Biostar originally used Radeon RX 580 or RX 570 graphics cards from AMD’s Polaris platform. For the iMiner 660MX8D2, the manufacturer went with an RDNA 2 worker, namely the Radeon RX 6600M.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Radeon RX 6500M Is Twice As Fast As Intel Arc A370M In Gamingedit
AMD, who’s a well-established player in the GPU market has now compared the performance of the Intel Arc A370M with the AMD Radeon RX 6500M. AMD has even confirmed that, just like the Arc A370M, the Radeon RX 6500M is also fabbed using the same TSMC N6 fabrication process.
Publication: Gizbot
AMD: Intel’s New Arc Laptop GPU Lags Behind Radeon RX 6500Medit
AMD is welcoming Intel to the discrete graphics market by taking a dig at the company’s newly launched Arc A370M laptop GPU. AMD used Intel’s A370M frame rate benchmarking data for several PC games and compared it to the performance of AMD’s Radeon RX 6500M GPU, which launched in January.
Publication: PC Mag
AMD’s Ryzen 5 5500 is almost on par with the Ryzen 5600G in Geekbenchedit
AMD just added seven new Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer) processors to its Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer) line. If some leaked benchmarks are any indication, the Ryzen 5 5500, which is part of the latest upgrades, might become one of the top CPUs for gaming.
Publication: TechnoSports
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Lenovo unveils its slimmest gaming laptop to date the Legion Slim 7edit
Lenovo has announced the launch of one of the world’s slimmest gaming laptops to date the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 with pre-installed Windows 11. Weighing just under 2 kilograms and powered with the latest AMD Ryzen 7 SSOOH processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, the Legion Slim 7 is built to bring mobility, agility, and unmatched style to the gaming arena with its lightweight form factor and uncompromised performance and battery life.
Publication: Var India
TSMC boosts its 5nm Production capacity To 150,000 Wafers/Month due to increasing demandsedit
After a rumour appeared earlier this week claiming that chip designer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (AMDZen )’s 4 desktop central processing lineup might reach mass production as early as this month, TSMC announced an increase in output for 5nm devices. The Zen 4 CPUs are said to be built on TSMC’s 5nm manufacturing technology and are likely to hit the market in four to five months.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel reveals the Transistor Count and Die size of its latest Arc Alchemist GPUsedit
According to Hardware Unboxed, Intel’s smaller ACM-G11, which powers entry-level A350M/A370M mobile GPUs, measures 157 mm2 and has 7.2 billion transistors, while the higher-end ACM-G10, which will be utilised in both mobile and desktop PCs, is 406 mm2 and has 21.7 billion transistors (via Andreas Schilling). Because Intel’s Arc Alchemist discrete GPUs are built using TSMC’s N6 fabrication process, we can’t directly compare their die sizes to AMD’s RDNA 2 or Nvidia’s Ampere GPUs because the nodes are different.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel gaining CPU market share thanks to 12th Gen: Steam Hardware Surveyedit
The blue team had been dominated by AMD for over a year now and in every month’s Steam Hardware Survey we would see AMD gaining more and more market share to close the gap to 70:30. However, since then Intel has launched its 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs to the market which has indeed changed the entire landscape of the consumer CPU space.
Publication: TechnoSports
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ASUS Notebook price cut on Amazon by 39.53%! Buy this ASUS laptop for under 40000edit
Asus Notebook price cut brings cost down to under Rs. 40,000 on Amazon with a flat discount and bank offers. Know the deal here. Planning to buy a new laptop under 40000 If you are, then this can be a great deal for you.
Publication: Tech Hindustan Times
AMD Lost CPU Market Share on Steam through Feb and March, NVIDIA RTX 3060 was the Bestselling GPU in Marchedit
The DIY CPU market has been AMD’s home turf since the launch of the Ryzen processors with the chipmaking swallowing large chunks of the market every quarter. However, since the advent of the Alder Lake lineup, Intel has been hitting back across all segments. 2021 was the first year in recent times that Intel actually ended with an overall gain in the desktop CPU market. The current year has also been going smoothly for Team Blue.
Publication: Hardware Times
GPU Prices in April: Which Board Partners have the Cheapest NVIDIA RTX 30/AMD RX 6000 Graphics Cards?edit
GPU prices have been tumbling for a while now, but some brands are seeing larger drops than the rest. Certain board partners (AIBs) are cutting prices more earnestly than the rest. This goes for both NVIDIA as well as AMD partners. That is what we’ll be exploring in this post: Which NVIDIA and AMD board partners have the cheapest RTX 30 and Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards?
Publication: Hardware Times
Intel Arc A370M is Up to 90% Slower than AMD’s Radeon RX 6500M in Gaming Workloadsedit
Intel’s 1st Gen Arc Alchemist GPUs are looking more and more dismal with the latest benchmarks showing that the A370M will be up to 90% slower than the AMD Radeon RX 6500M in gaming workloads. This info comes from two sources. The first is AMD itself according to whom the 6500M absolutely destroys the entry-level Alchemist. Team Red’s benchmarks consist of five titles at 1080p netting over 90 FPS on average while the Arc A370M barely manages to hit the 60 FPS mark.
Publication: Hardware Times
TSMC boosts its 5nm Production capacity To 150,000 Wafers/Month due to increasing demandsedit
After a rumour appeared earlier this week claiming that chip designer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (AMDZen )’s 4 desktop central processing lineup might reach mass production as early as this month, TSMC announced an increase in output for 5nm devices. The Zen 4 CPUs are said to be built on TSMC’s 5nm manufacturing technology and are likely to hit the market in four to five months.
Publication: TechnoSports
AMD Radeon RX 6500M Is Twice As Fast As Intel Arc A370M In Gamingedit
AMD, who’s a well-established player in the GPU market has now compared the performance of the Intel Arc A370M with the AMD Radeon RX 6500M. AMD has even confirmed that, just like the Arc A370M, the Radeon RX 6500M is also fabbed using the same TSMC N6 fabrication process.
Publication: Gizbot
AMD: Intel’s New Arc Laptop GPU Lags Behind Radeon RX 6500Medit
AMD is welcoming Intel to the discrete graphics market by taking a dig at the company’s newly launched Arc A370M laptop GPU. AMD used Intel’s A370M frame rate benchmarking data for several PC games and compared it to the performance of AMD’s Radeon RX 6500M GPU, which launched in January.
Publication: PC Mag
AMD’s Ryzen 5 5500 is almost on par with the Ryzen 5600G in Geekbenchedit
AMD just added seven new Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer) processors to its Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer) line. If some leaked benchmarks are any indication, the Ryzen 5 5500, which is part of the latest upgrades, might become one of the top CPUs for gaming.
Publication: TechnoSports
Intel buys Israeli workload optimisation startup Granulate for $650 mnedit
Chip-maker Intel has announced to acquire Granulate Cloud Solutions Ltd, an Israel-based developer of real-time continuous optimisation software, reportedly for up to $650 million.
Publication: ET CIO
Intel reveals the Transistor Count and Die size of its latest Arc Alchemist GPUsedit
According to Hardware Unboxed, Intel’s smaller ACM-G11, which powers entry-level A350M/A370M mobile GPUs, measures 157 mm2 and has 7.2 billion transistors, while the higher-end ACM-G10, which will be utilised in both mobile and desktop PCs, is 406 mm2 and has 21.7 billion transistors (via Andreas Schilling). Because Intel’s Arc Alchemist discrete GPUs are built using TSMC’s N6 fabrication process, we can’t directly compare their die sizes to AMD’s RDNA 2 or Nvidia’s Ampere GPUs because the nodes are different.
Publication: TechnoSports
Dell Precision 5470 launched alongside other new Precision laptops with 12th Gen Intel Core i9 processorsedit
With such a big claim, we can expect to see top performance components on the new Precision 5470. Some of these include Intel’s 12th-generation processor, NVIDIA graphics, up to 64GB of DDR5 RAM and 4TB of built-in storage. All of this is housed within an incredibly compact and lightweight build, weighing just around 1.47 kg.
Publication: India Today
Intel gaining CPU market share thanks to 12th Gen: Steam Hardware Surveyedit
The blue team had been dominated by AMD for over a year now and in every month’s Steam Hardware Survey we would see AMD gaining more and more market share to close the gap to 70:30. However, since then Intel has launched its 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs to the market which has indeed changed the entire landscape of the consumer CPU space.
Publication: TechnoSports
Lapsus$ Case: UK Charges 2 Teenagers For Hacking Top Tech Firmsedit
The City of London Police have charged two teenagers with multiple cyber offences, just a week after they arrested seven individuals as part of its investigation into Lapsus$ hacking group that hit top tech firms like Microsoft, Nvidia, Samsung and Vodafone.
Publication: Ahmedabad Mirror
Intel’s ARC A350M Alchemist GPU is on par with Nvidia’s GTX 1650 GPUsedit
In the whole lineup, the Intel Arc A350M is the slowest Alchemist SKU. With a TDP of 25 to 35W, this device is clearly aimed at the low-end discrete GPU market and ultra-thin laptop designs. This is the first section of the benchmarks that are not official. The Samsung Book Pro2 laptop was used to test the Arc A350M graphics processor.
Publication: TechnoSports
GeForce NOW is now live for Chromebooks with NVIDIA bringing 20 more Games in Apriledit
Not only that, but NVIDIA also announced that the GeForce NOW Powered by ABYA Free and Priority plans in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile are now accessible again. However, keep in mind that the plans will only be available for a limited time and while supplies last.
Publication: TechnoSports
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ASUS Notebook price cut on Amazon by 39.53%! Buy this ASUS laptop for under 40000edit
Asus Notebook price cut brings cost down to under Rs. 40,000 on Amazon with a flat discount and bank offers. Know the deal here. Planning to buy a new laptop under 40000 If you are, then this can be a great deal for you.
Publication: Tech Hindustan Times
Lenovo unveils its slimmest gaming laptop to date the Legion Slim 7edit
Lenovo has announced the launch of one of the world’s slimmest gaming laptops to date the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 with pre-installed Windows 11. Weighing just under 2 kilograms and powered with the latest AMD Ryzen 7 SSOOH processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, the Legion Slim 7 is built to bring mobility, agility, and unmatched style to the gaming arena with its lightweight form factor and uncompromised performance and battery life.
Publication: Var India
5G key to India edge data center play: Delledit
The expected rollout of 5G is playing an integral role in edge datacentre investments in India, a senior executive of Dell Technologies told ET: This year, consumption-based models. edge computing, and multicloud environments will flourish, said Srinivas Rao, senior director, system engineering, at Dell.
Publication: The Economic Times
Dell Precision 5470 launched alongside other new Precision laptops with 12th Gen Intel Core i9 processorsedit
With such a big claim, we can expect to see top performance components on the new Precision 5470. Some of these include Intel’s 12th-generation processor, NVIDIA graphics, up to 64GB of DDR5 RAM and 4TB of built-in storage. All of this is housed within an incredibly compact and lightweight build, weighing just around 1.47 kg.
Publication: India Today
Industry news
We are most definitely going to see quantum centric supercomputersedit
Dario Gil, Senior VP and director of IBM Research, leads the company’s global research team comprising over 3,000 scientists. IBM was the first company to build programmable quantum computers and make them universally available through the cloud under Gils leadership.
Publication: Live Mint
India aims to be powerhouse in the world of quantum skillsedit
The topic of semiconductors today has become a national and international priority. I meet with government leaders around the world and now, politicians and citizens are realizing the importance of semiconductors because they (semiconductors) are literally in everything cars, refrigerators, phones, and computers.
Publication: Live Mint
Chip shortage still a challenge for commercial vehicle playersedit
The rise in fuel prices and the Ukraine crisis have not made any severe dent in the commercial vehicles business as yet, says UMESH REVANKAR, vice-chairman and managing director, Shriram Transport Finance (STFC).
Publication: Business Standard
Semiconductors: the State-side storyedit
In the wake of a massive central government push to bridge a growing shortage for the chips that run electronic devices, states are jostling in their bid to bag investments into semiconductor and display fab plants.
Publication: The Economic Times
Digital India: What’s nextedit
Digital transformation is a key central theme of Budget 2022 with announcements ranging from infrastructure status to data centres to taking fibre to all panchayats t under the Bharat Net programme.
Publication: The Economic Times
War for Tech talent shifts to smaller citiesedit
Accenture is setting up centres in Jaipur, Indore and Coimbatore, and expanding its existing presence in Ahmedabad, the company said. Tech Mahindra has over the last two quarters ramped up hiring for its centres in Thiruvananthapuram, Vizag, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh. Kolkata, Indore, Vijayawada and Coimbatore.
Publication: The Economic Times
Software Products A Key Growth Driver For Indiaedit
India’s software products sector has evolved over the years from a $30-40 million revenue market in the 1990s to $10+ billion in 2019-2022. Being a critical pillar in driving the country’s economic growth, the sector has the potential to further leverage new and emerging technologies and unleash its untapped potential.
Publication: Business Standard
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