May 12, 2022

AMD specific news

ASUS announces AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, Radeon RX 6750 XT and Radeon RX 6650 XT Graphics Cardsedit

ASUS today announced the launch of three different AMD Radeon™ RX graphics cards: the Radeon RX 6950 XT, Radeon RX 6750 XT and Radeon RX 6650 XT, with six custom versions from ASUS for gamers of all stripes.

The new graphics cards leverage the breakthrough AMD RDNA™ 2 gaming architecture, include process optimizations and software and firmware enhancements, and offer high-bandwidth, low-latency AMD Infinity Cache™ memory technology and ultra-fast 18 Gbps GDDR6 memory.

Publication: Technosports

AMD is already hiring for nextgen console chip developmentedit

Advertisement Forward looking: Current gen game consoles from Microsoft and Sony have technically been available for a year and a half. Finding one at retail is still a challenge due to a variety of factors but none of them are stopping chipmaker AMD from turning its attention to what is next.

Publication: Techbuzz Asia

AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs to Launch in Sept, Radeon RX 7700 XT in October: Early Chip Samples Ready [Report]edit

AMD’s next-gen 5nm chips are on track for launch in the second half of the year. The Ryzen 7000 and the Epyc Genoa CPUs based on the Zen 4 core architecture have already entered mass production with early chip samples (ES and QS) powered on and undergoing testing. These processors will adopt the new AM5 socket and launch alongside the new X670 motherboards which too are said to be leveraging a dual-die chipset. Unlike Intel’s Alder and Raptor Lake CPUs, though, memory support will be limited to DDR5-5600.

Publication : Hardware Times

AMD integrating Xilinx tech, pushing software developmentedit

AMD is looking to quickly integrate Xilinx technology into its CPU business, but perhaps more significantly it’s developing software to enable a broad portfolio of applications for its hardware. On a recent earnings call, AMD CEO Lisa Su said the company sees opportunities to deliver stronger products as a result of technology it gained when it merged with Xilinx in February.

Publication: Network World (Asia)

Facebook parent Meta, AMD partner for a mobile infrastructure programedit

The program, called Evenstar, was launched by Meta in early 2020 and promotes a platform called OpenRan that makes it possible for cellular network operators to mix and match hardware and software.

Publication: Business Today

AMD Gave Google Cloud Rare Access to Its Tech to Hunt Chip Flawsedit

On Tuesday, Google Cloud is releasing a detailed audit of AMD’s confidential computing tech, the result of a collaboration between Google’s Project Zero bug-hunting group, two teams within Google Cloud Security, and AMD’s firmware group. By working together, the companies say they’re better able to find security flaws in Google Cloud’s Confidential Computing infrastructure.

Publication: Wired

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Tesla recalls 130,000 cars to fix touchscreen issues due to overheatingedit

Tesla shipped vehicles with AMD Ryzen based chipsets powering the infotainment system last year. The company, however, did not disclose if the new chip has started the issue, the report mentioned late on Tuesday.

Publication: Business Standard

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 LHR Graphics Cards now get completely unlocked for Linux OSedit

Due to ROI and power efficiency, cryptocurrency fans may opt for the less expensive RTX 30 series GPUs for their purposes. However, AMD has a huge number of Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards on the market, and the devices were not equipped with LHR limiters.

Publication: Techno Sports

Buy PlayStation 5 In India: Next Stock Releasing On This Dateedit

Processor custom octacore AMD Zen 2 with a clock speed of 3.5GHz GPU custom RDNA 2 graphics processor at 2.23GHz Memory 16GB GDDR6 RAM and 825GB gen 4 NVMe SSD Output 4K at 60 frames per second, up to 120 frames per second Sony Ships Over 19.3 Million PS5 Units Across The Globe.

Publication: Gizbot

Intel Debuts Data-Center Chips Aimed at Fending Off Nvidia, AMDedit

Intel Corp. is rolling out new processors designed for data centers, a lucrative market where it’s facing tougher competition from Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. The new lineup will include updated artificial intelligence chips, fresh versions of Intel’s Xeon processors and semiconductors that help connect telecommunications networks. For the first time, the company also will sell graphics chips designed for data centers, challenging Nvidia on its own turf.

Publication: Bloomberg (Asia)

Intel, Advanced Micro Devices could see ‘negative impact’ as Citi highlights fourth month of ‘bad data’edit

Intel (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) could be impacted by a weakened PC market after investment firm Citi highlighted continued weakness in the PC market, with notebook shipments coming in below estimates for the fourth month in a row.

Publication: Seeking Alpha

Competition in news

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 Plus to Be Released May 20edit

According to a Wednesday post by Chinese blogger Digital Chat Station, the new Qualcomm SM8475 chip is continuing the practice of previous years and is to be named the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 Plus.

Publication: Pan Daily

Qualcomm could help unleash a wave of 5Gpowered industrial robotsedit

At its annual 5G Summit event, Qualcomm has unveiled a new platform as well as a new reference design for 5G and edgeAI robotics solutions.

Publication: Tech Radar

Intels Arc A370M almost catches up to Nvidias RTX 3050 Mobile in Official Benchmark resultsedit

Despite numerous speculations claiming that the Intel Arc A370M will only be comparable with previous generation GPUs, it is significantly quicker than we had anticipated.

Publication: Techno Sports

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 LHR Graphics Cards now get completely unlocked for Linux OSedit

Due to ROI and power efficiency, cryptocurrency fans may opt for the less expensive RTX 30 series GPUs for their purposes. However, AMD has a huge number of Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards on the market, and the devices were not equipped with LHR limiters.

Publication: Techno Sports

Intel Unveils 7 12th Gen Chipsedit

Intel has unveiled seven new mobile processors to the 12th Gen Intel Core family for the growing community of content creators and gamers on smartphones.

Publication: The Economic Times

Intel announces its IPU roadmap through 2026 at its Vision Conferenceedit

Intel announced during its Vision conference in Grapevine, Texas, that its infrastructure processor roadmap will be extended through 2026. IPUs (infrastructure processing units) are mega chips meant to boost data centre efficiency by offloading services like networking control, storage management, and security that were previously performed by the host CPU. Intel is working on IPUs in conjunction with infrastructure providers such as Google and Microsoft.

Publication: Technosports

Intel 14th Gen Meteor Lake Core Architectures Revealed in Die Shots: 8E+2P Cores, Almost Identical to 12th Gen Alder Lakeedit

A thoroughly detailed die shot (and a rough block diagram) of Intel’s 14th Gen Meteor Lake-P CPU die has surfaced, courtesy of French outlet Comptoir Hardware. The blueprint appears to be of a 15W low-power mobile processor with two performance (P) cores and eight efficiency (E) cores. The die shot has been annotated by @Locuza which sheds further light on the 4nm Redmont Cove P-core and the Crestmont E-core architectures.

Publication : Hardware Times

Intel Vision 2022: Intel Launches Most Powerful 12th Gen Intel Core “HX” Series Of Laptop CPUsedit

Intel has launched its next set of high-performance laptop CPUs in the 12th Gen Core series of processors. The Intel Core i9-12950HX is the most powerful laptop CPU from the company with comes with a maximum TDP of up to 157W, making it as powerful as a desktop processor during the Intel Vision 2022 conference.

Publication : Gizbot

Intel Debuts Data-Center Chips Aimed at Fending Off Nvidia, AMDedit

Intel Corp. is rolling out new processors designed for data centers, a lucrative market where it’s facing tougher competition from Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. The new lineup will include updated artificial intelligence chips, fresh versions of Intel’s Xeon processors and semiconductors that help connect telecommunications networks. For the first time, the company also will sell graphics chips designed for data centers, challenging Nvidia on its own turf.

Publication: Bloomberg (Asia)

Intel, Advanced Micro Devices could see ‘negative impact’ as Citi highlights fourth month of ‘bad data’edit

Intel (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) could be impacted by a weakened PC market after investment firm Citi highlighted continued weakness in the PC market, with notebook shipments coming in below estimates for the fourth month in a row.

Publication: Seeking Alpha

Partner in news

Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 2022 Gaming Laptop Review: Perfect In Almost Every Aspectedit

The Zephyrus line of gaming laptops from Asus are known for offering trendy design and top-tier performance. The 2022 edition of the Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 is finally here in India, powered by the latest 12th Gen Intel Core processor and up to RTX 3080 Ti GPU.

Publication : Gizbot

Lenovo Legion 7i and Legion 7 Gen 7 based on Intel Alder Lake-HX and Ryzen 6000HX bring a series of firsts to the 16-inch form factoredit

Lenovo launched the 7th generation of the Legion 7 series in Legion 7i powered by Alder Lake-HX and Legion 7 powered by Ryzen 6000 HX flavors. The Legion 7 and 7i now boast of a number of firsts in the 16-inch gaming laptop category along with upgrades to memory, storage, and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Publication: Notebook Check

Industry news

World’s biggest chipmaker mulling price hike of single digit percentages amid rising costsedit

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, is likely to hike prices of its products amid rising costs and inflationary pressures. It is also planning to expand operations that will help alleviate the global supply crunch, reports said.

Publication: CNBC TV18

US prepares crackdown on Chinese chipmakersedit

The US considering banning American suppliers from selling advanced equipment to Chinese chipmakers. The ban may be drafted within a few months and will target companies like Hua Hong Semiconductor, Changxin Memory Technologies and Yangtze Memory Technologies.

Publication: The Week

Online gaming industry urges government to retain 18% GSTedit

The online skill based gaming industry has made a case for retaining the service under the 18 percent GST slab instead of the 28 percent tax rate category, saying the move will badly hit the $2.2billion sector.

Publication: CNBC TV18

NationalTechDay: Advancements In Cloud Space Driven By Technologyedit

Cloud based data analytics, backed by hyper scaling servers facilitate effective data processing. Automation is considered one of the key drivers of cloud adoption, especially when it comes to enhancing the efficiency of business operations In Todays Technological era, gone are the days, when content was only considered the King when it comes to understanding the market and the consumers.

Publication: Business World

Tesla recalls 130,000 cars to fix touchscreen issues due to overheatingedit

Tesla shipped vehicles with AMD Ryzen based chipsets powering the infotainment system last year. The company, however, did not disclose if the new chip has started the issue, the report mentioned late on Tuesday.

Publication: Business Standard

Kyndryl collaborates with Red Hat to advance IT automation for multicloud infrastructureedit

Red Hat and Kyndryl announced a strategic partnership to help customers embrace open, differentiated automation technologies and managed services to modernize core business applications and IT infrastructure, while enabling scalable enterprise operations and greater resilience with advanced security capabilities.

Publication : Express Computer

India’s semiconductor mission and how it can drive employmentedit

The last two years were not accentuated by the pandemic alone. The geopolitical situation triggered a chip shortage that the world has still not come out of. We face issues like less supply, more demand, and insufficient capacity at semiconductor fabs.

Publicataion : India Today

How Has Virtual Reality Impacted the Global Gaming Industryedit

The gaming industry has risen over the years from playing video games on a life sized desktop to playing games at an online casino NJ via a smartphone. More so, the gaming world is extensively dominated by smartphone users. Global statistics have estimated that the inclusion of smartphones and gaming hardware accessories has greatly impacted the market.

Pubication : Devdis Course

Buy PlayStation 5 In India: Next Stock Releasing On This Dateedit

Processor custom octacore AMD Zen 2 with a clock speed of 3.5GHz GPU custom RDNA 2 graphics processor at 2.23GHz Memory 16GB GDDR6 RAM and 825GB gen 4 NVMe SSD Output 4K at 60 frames per second, up to 120 frames per second Sony Ships Over 19.3 Million PS5 Units Across The Globe.

Publication: Gizbot

In 2 years, we will start semiconductors productionedit

It’s because of the shortage of semiconductors that we haven’t been able to run our factories at 100%. We manufacture glass and optical fibre. So, it was natural for us to move into semiconductors. Foxconn is one of the largest and the best companies in semiconductor manufacturing and will be our full-fledged partner. We are in the process of selecting a site.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Vedanta in Talks with Phone, Laptop Makers to Supply Chips from its Planedit

In January, Vedanta had announced a tieup with Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn for a multi-billion dollar semiconductor manufacturing plant that would draw on the Centre’s $10-billion incentive package unveiled late last year.

Publication: The Economic Times

Breaking Stereotypes: Gaming in todays worldedit

Today, a community of upandcoming game creators are engaging with the Gen Z. Take the example of the HPs Omen Squad comprising big names such as CupAhNoodle, Femennenly, Holo, Lawler and MajinTaj.

Publication : The Times of India

Behind Karnataka Banks digital transformationedit

The transformation journey of the Indian banking industry is well underway. Driven by the maturity of AI, banks have faced disruption in the past two years due to the pandemic forcing them to reformulate their business models.

Publication : Analytics India Mag

Capex concerns in SMEs, but digital transformation keyedit

He said while SMEs often face liquidity issues, digital transformation drives were inevitable There are already 5,0006,000 midsize businesses using cloud and other platforms, and tech startups are already digital native, he said.

Publication : The Times of India

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The share of digital in our business has grown by 10%: Amin Lakhani of Mindshareedit

As advertising spend on digital continues to increase, agencies such WPP owned Mindshare, have embarked on a digital transformation journey.

Publication: The Financial Express

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