April 27, 2022

AMD specific news

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Core i912900HK: specs, performance, laptop price, moreedit

AMD and Intel recently launched their new range of desktop and laptop processors. The new processors come with some significant improvements over their predecessors including DDR5 RAM support.

Publication: Tech India Express

AMD Radeon RX 6400 might break the hearts of budget overclockersedit

Last week, AMD quietly launched its Radeon RX 6400, a budget-friendly graphics card designed for those with low-profile PCs. However, a new review of the card reveals that it has no official overclocking support.

Publication: Tech Radar

Dell G15-5515 (D560805WIN9W) Laptop AMD Hexa Core Ryzen 5-5600H/16GB/512GB SSD/Windows 11edit

Planning to buy a new laptop with exceptional features and specifications? Dell G15-5515 (D560805WIN9W) Laptop AMD Hexa Core Ryzen 5-5600H/16GB/512GB SSD/Windows 11 is a good choice that you can go for. The laptop is equipped with a AMD Hexa Core Ryzen 5-5600H with 4.7 Ghz clock speed that lets you multitask with ease and experience faster performance.

Publication: Gadgets Now

AMD brand mentions

Affordable Redmi Display 1A Pro is ready to goedit

Detailed specifications of the Redmi Monitor 1A are unknown, but it is clear that the monitor should be better than its predecessor. The display may have a refresh rate of 144Hz or even higher. Features like AMD FreeSync and Nvidia GSync are also expected.

Publication: Digit News

NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GPUs To use TSMC’s 4nm Process giving them an advantage over AMD’s RDNA3 GPUsedit

According to Moore’s Law is Dead, NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GPUs for next-gen GeForce RTX 40 Gaming graphics cards will have a node advantage over AMD’s RDNA 3.

Publication: TechnoSports

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman calls on US semiconductor makers to invest in Indiaedit

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called on American semiconductor firms AMD, Western Digital and Micron Tech to boost investments in India, taking advantage of a Rs 76,000-crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme that was announced recently to woo large chip makers.

Publication: The Financial Express The Times of India Hindustan Times The New Indian Express

NVIDIA AD102 GPUs supporting the Next-Gen GeForce RTX 40 Series will stick with PCIe Gen 4.0 Protocoledit

According to Kopite7kimi, NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards based on the Ada Lovelace GPU architecture are expected to retain their PCIe Gen 4.0 compliance. The PCIe Gen 4.0 standard allows for a total bandwidth of 64 GB/s and bi-directional bandwidth of 32 GB/s. However, the latest Intel and AMD processors support the brand new PCIe Gen 5.0 interface standard.

Publication: TechnoSports

Competition in news

Affordable Redmi Display 1A Pro is ready to goedit

Detailed specifications of the Redmi Monitor 1A are unknown, but it is clear that the monitor should be better than its predecessor. The display may have a refresh rate of 144Hz or even higher. Features like AMD FreeSync and Nvidia GSync are also expected.

Publication: Digit News

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Core i912900HK: specs, performance, laptop price, moreedit

AMD and Intel recently launched their new range of desktop and laptop processors. The new processors come with some significant improvements over their predecessors including DDR5 RAM support.

Publication: Tech India Express

India woos Intel and TSMC to set up local semiconductor plantsedit

India is in talks with global chipmakers Intel Corp., GlobalFoundries Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. about setting up local operations, part of efforts to center more high-tech manufacturing in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government late last year unveiled a $10 billion incentives plan, offering to cover as much as half of a project’s cost, to lure display and semiconductor fabricators to set up base in India.

Publication: The Economic Times

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano 2022 With 12th Gen Intel Core Processor Launched; Coming To India?edit

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano 2022 is powered by the 12th Gen Intel Core processors under the hood with Intel Iris Xe graphics and with up to 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 2TB of SSD storage.

Publication: Gizbot

Interview With Industry Expert Dr Satya Gupta On India’s Quest For Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency And Challenges Aheadedit

Dr Satya Gupta, a former Intel executive and a successful serial entrepreneur in the semiconductor industry, has been very vocal about India’s efforts at electronics self-sufficiency and building semiconductor ecosystem. Dr Gupta has been recently roped in as the CEO of EPIC (Electronic Products Innovation Consortium) Foundation, a non-profit organisation with the objective to create Indian electronics products and Indian brands in high-impact/high-volume categories and manufacturing semiconductor chips by scaling volume of Indian electronics products.

Publication: Swarajyamag

NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GPUs To use TSMC’s 4nm Process giving them an advantage over AMD’s RDNA3 GPUsedit

According to Moore’s Law is Dead, NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GPUs for next-gen GeForce RTX 40 Gaming graphics cards will have a node advantage over AMD’s RDNA 3.

Publication: TechnoSports

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman calls on US semiconductor makers to invest in Indiaedit

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called on American semiconductor firms AMD, Western Digital and Micron Tech to boost investments in India, taking advantage of a Rs 76,000-crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme that was announced recently to woo large chip makers.

Publication: The Financial Express The Times of India Hindustan Times The New Indian Express

NVIDIA AD102 GPUs supporting the Next-Gen GeForce RTX 40 Series will stick with PCIe Gen 4.0 Protocoledit

According to Kopite7kimi, NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards based on the Ada Lovelace GPU architecture are expected to retain their PCIe Gen 4.0 compliance. The PCIe Gen 4.0 standard allows for a total bandwidth of 64 GB/s and bi-directional bandwidth of 32 GB/s. However, the latest Intel and AMD processors support the brand new PCIe Gen 5.0 interface standard.

Publication: TechnoSports

Intel A780, A770, A570, A580, A380, A350, and A310 Arc Alchemist A-Series Gaming Graphics Cards confirmededit

When Intel’s Arc Alchemist A-series desktop graphics cards for gaming PCs emerge by the end of Q2 2022, up to seven variants are expected. The Intel Arc Alchemist A-Series series has been the subject of numerous speculations and leaks in recent weeks. So far, we’ve heard about five varieties, plus the ‘Limited Edition’ model, which was the only one shown off by Intel, but according to the latest rumor, there are two more variants in the pipeline.

Publication: TechnoSports

NVIDIA explains how GeForce Gamers get ‘Game Ready’ driversedit

The graphics giant has always been keen to deliver new graphics drivers for its enthusiastic GeForce Gamers always and with every game launch they make sure their gamers get day-0 support by pushing ‘Game Ready’ new drivers. However, do we know how this process exactly works and how NVIDIA delivers new drivers to its gamers?

Publication: TechnoSports

Sony continues to prevent Xbox users from playing on NVIDIA GeForceedit

NVIDIA’s GeForce Now streaming service, which works with the Microsoft Edge browser on Xbox, gives you access to over 1000 games via cloud streaming – and there’s even a free “Basic” subscription offer. Those who hoped to play PC ports of PlayStation games on their Xbox got a rude awakening last year when Death Stranding was added to the service but didn’t show up on the Xbox version of Microsoft Edge, and now the recently re-released God of War is doing the same thing.

Publication: BollyInside

Chip startups using light instead of wires gaining speed and investmentsedit

Computers using light rather than electric currents for processing, only years ago seen as research projects, are gaining traction and startups that have solved the engineering challenge of using photons in chips are getting big funding. In the latest example, Ayar Labs, a startup developing this technology called silicon photonics, said on Tuesday it had raised $130 million from investors including chip giant Nvidia Corp.

Publication: The Indian Express

Arm Unveils New Processor, Systems to Help Speed Up Connected Device Developmentedit

Arm Ltd, the British chip technology firm owned by SoftBank Group Corp, on Tuesday unveiled its latest micro controller design and two new systems to help reduce development time of so-called “internet of things” of connected devices. The new products come as SoftBank looks to publicly list Arm after Nvidia Corp’s deal to buy it collapsed following regulatory objections.

Publication: News18

Partner in news

Lenovo Appoints Amit Luthra as the Managing Director for Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Indiaedit

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today, announced Amit Luthra as the new Managing Director for its Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) business in India. In this role, Amit will lead and build Lenovo ISGs business in India.

Publication: CXO Today Afaqs

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano 2022 With 12th Gen Intel Core Processor Launched; Coming To India?edit

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano 2022 is powered by the 12th Gen Intel Core processors under the hood with Intel Iris Xe graphics and with up to 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 2TB of SSD storage.

Publication: Gizbot

Dell G15-5515 (D560805WIN9W) Laptop AMD Hexa Core Ryzen 5-5600H/16GB/512GB SSD/Windows 11edit

Planning to buy a new laptop with exceptional features and specifications? Dell G15-5515 (D560805WIN9W) Laptop AMD Hexa Core Ryzen 5-5600H/16GB/512GB SSD/Windows 11 is a good choice that you can go for. The laptop is equipped with a AMD Hexa Core Ryzen 5-5600H with 4.7 Ghz clock speed that lets you multitask with ease and experience faster performance.

Publication: Gadgets Now

Industry news

A semiconductor manufacturing plant in India: an elusive dream, so faredit

As consumers in India face 34 month waiting periods for cars, and states in India outdo each other in wooing chip investors and investors set up teams to evaluate states, amid the backdrop of a subsidy scheme from the Union Government, what remains elusive after several weeks of this dance, is a concrete plan announcing a semiconductor chip factory.

Publication: The Economic Times

Global semiconductor sales to reach $676 bn this year: Gartneredit

Global semiconductor revenue is projected to total $676 billion in 2022, an increase of 13.6 per cent from 2021, a Gartner report said on Tuesday. Semiconductor revenue for smartphones is forecast to increase 15.2 per cent in 2022, as 5G smartphone unit production is expected to grow by 45.3 per cent in 2022, reaching 808 million units and representing 55 per cent of all smartphones produced.

Publication: ET Auto

India woos Intel and TSMC to set up local semiconductor plantsedit

India is in talks with global chipmakers Intel Corp., GlobalFoundries Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. about setting up local operations, part of efforts to center more high-tech manufacturing in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government late last year unveiled a $10 billion incentives plan, offering to cover as much as half of a project’s cost, to lure display and semiconductor fabricators to set up base in India.

Publication: The Economic Times

Interview With Industry Expert Dr Satya Gupta On India’s Quest For Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency And Challenges Aheadedit

Dr Satya Gupta, a former Intel executive and a successful serial entrepreneur in the semiconductor industry, has been very vocal about India’s efforts at electronics self-sufficiency and building semiconductor ecosystem. Dr Gupta has been recently roped in as the CEO of EPIC (Electronic Products Innovation Consortium) Foundation, a non-profit organisation with the objective to create Indian electronics products and Indian brands in high-impact/high-volume categories and manufacturing semiconductor chips by scaling volume of Indian electronics products.

Publication: Swarajyamag

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman calls on US semiconductor makers to invest in Indiaedit

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called on American semiconductor firms AMD, Western Digital and Micron Tech to boost investments in India, taking advantage of a Rs 76,000-crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme that was announced recently to woo large chip makers.

Publication: The Financial Express The Times of India Hindustan Times The New Indian Express

Chip startups using light instead of wires gaining speed and investmentsedit

Computers using light rather than electric currents for processing, only years ago seen as research projects, are gaining traction and startups that have solved the engineering challenge of using photons in chips are getting big funding. In the latest example, Ayar Labs, a startup developing this technology called silicon photonics, said on Tuesday it had raised $130 million from investors including chip giant Nvidia Corp.

Publication: The Indian Express

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