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Leaks suggest there won t be an AMD Radeon RX 8800 or 8900edit
Something to look forward to: With the RDNA 3 generation of graphics cards, AMD essentially conceded the highend performance battle to Nvidia. New information suggests that Team Red also intends to let Nvidia dominate the upcoming round in the enthusiast tier. This decision may be linked to AI hardware, which is increasingly competing with gaming GPUs for semiconductor resources.
Publication: Tech Spot
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs. RX 6700 XT: Is the new GPU worth upgrading to?edit
The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is a new high performance 1440p gaming graphics card plush with the latest features like ray tracing, frame generation, and improved efficiency thanks to the new RDNA 3 architecture powering the new GPUs. This makes it a solid step up from the last gen RX 6700 XT, which also targeted premium 1440p gaming.
Publication: Sports Keeda
Games con Gaming News From AMD, Nvidia And Qualcommedit
This year Nvidia focused on more RTX technology and its GeForceNow streaming service but announced no new hardware. AMD launched two new midrange graphics cards for 1440p gaming and Qualcomm launched a new spectrum of handheld gaming platforms.
Publication: Forbes
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Gaming Laptop Graphics Card Comparison: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050, RTX 4060, RTX 3060 and RTX 3070 tested and comparededit
Now, when we speak of gaming laptops, the most important piece of hardware would be the dedicated GPU or graphics card. This is what drives your gaming performance. We ve got two major players in the market when it comes to laptop GPUs, the most popular being NVIDIA, and AMD following up close behind. We don t speak about Intel Arc.
Publication: Digit
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Qualcomm and Apple extend 5G chip partnership into 2026 under new dealedit
Qualcomm on Monday (September 11) announced a new agreement with the tech giant Apple to supply 5G chips to the iPhone maker until at least 2026. Qualcomm, a leading designer of modem chips that connect smartphones to mobile data networks, previously inked a supply deal with Apple back in 2019, marking the end of a protracted legal battle between the two companies.
Publication: CNBC TV-18
Reliance Nvidia to make AI infrastructure: All detailsedit
What Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said With the AI computing infrastructure, Reliance can build its own LLMs that power generative AI applications made in India, for the people of India, said the Nvidia CEO.
Publication: Times of India
TCS, Tata Communications shares trade higher after NVIDIA signs pact with Tata groupedit
TCS, Tata Communications share prices: Stocks of TCS and Tata Communications opened the trading session on Monday (September 11) on a higher note as they were trading in positive territory, two days after Tata Group forged an deal with the world s leading chipmaker, NVIDIA, to develop artificial intelligence (AI).
Publication: Zee Business
How Facebook’s new AI system may be good news for Nvidiaedit
Nvidia Facebook parent company Meta is reportedly working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that could be as powerful as the most advanced large language model (LLM) offered by OpenAI, a report has claimed.
Publication: Times of India
Is IBM the NVIDIA of Quantum Computingedit
Undoubtedly, NVIDIA has been at the forefront of AI in terms of providing hardware and even software capabilities. However, it appears strikingly quiet on another technological front quantum computing. Here, IBM has been calling the shots and providing everyone with the capabilities, giving other players a run for their money.
Publication: Analytics India Magazine
Giant chipmaker Nvidia seeks to make India global AI hubedit
In its partnership with Reliance Industries, Nvidia will help build India s foundational large language model which will be trained in several Indian languages Highlights Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a hope for Indian IT professionals Chipmaker Nvidia has partnered with Reliance and the Tatas to bring AI systems and models AI language models will allow Indians to use it in various local languages Nvidia will build supercomputing capabilities in India, critical for AI Engineering institutes must up their game to churn out high skilled engineers When generative artificial intelligence (AI) burst on the global scene last year, there was concern in India that the bulk of the Indian
Publication: Money Control
Tech giants Intel, Google, Amkor, Global Foundaries, Boeing to meet US President Joe Biden in Vietnam: Reportedit
Top U.S. semiconductor and digital companies, including Intel, GlobalFoundries, and Google, are anticipated to participate in a significant business gathering in Hanoi during President Joe Biden s Vietnam visit, according to a report by Reuters. The meeting comes after US President Joe Biden s visit to India for the G20 Summit 2023.
Publication: Business Today
Intel Gaudi2 Looked To Be A Credible Alternative To Nvidia. Until…edit
In the latest round of AI benchmarks, all eyes were on the new Large Language Model (LLM) results. While the updated recommendation benchmarks are essential, inference processing is widely expected to surpass training over the next few years as LLM models become ingrained in almost every enterprise application. As expected, Nvidia H100 was the fastest, but surprisingly, Habana Labs, acquired by Intel in 2019 for $2B, showed remarkably well.
Publication: Forbes
Qualcomm to supply Apple with 5G chipsedit
Qualcomm on Monday said it had signed a new deal with Apple to supply 5G chips to the iPhone maker until at least 2026. It previously signed a supply deal with Apple in 2019, after the two companies settled a protracted legal battle. Qualcomm said it will supply Apple with chips for phones that will come out each year until 2026. The company, however, did not disclose the value of the deal.
Publication: Deccan Chronicle
Nvidia’s dominance in AI chips hits funding for startupsedit
Nvidia’s supremacy in building computer chips for artificial intelligence has chilled venture funding for would-be rivals, investors said, with the number of U.S. deals this quarter falling 80% from a year ago. The California company dominates the market for chips that work with massive amounts of language data. Generative AI models get incrementally smarter through exposure to more data, a process called training.
Publication: Deccan Chronicle
State-run ITI develops own-branded PCsedit
Branded as ‘SMAASH’, the products have already been deployed in the market, and ITI Limited has won many tenders competing against MNC brands like Acer, HP, Dell and Lenovo,” ITI said.
Publication: The Economic Times
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Lenovo Enters The Handheld Gaming Sector, Adds New High End Gaming PCs At IFA 2023edit
One key exception was that Lenovo had a much bigger showing at IFA 2023 than usual. Many industry watchers anticipated that it would come to market with a new gaming handheld based on the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme platform, and Lenovo did not disappoint. In this post, I ll give details on that, plus go through all the interesting developments for Lenovo s new PCs and accompanying accessories, too.
Publication: Forbes
Indian IT firm secures early win against HP Enterprise in code of conduct caseedit
A Hyderabad based cloud computing company has secured a key win against global enterprise IT services provider Hewlett Packard Enterprises or HPE after the Indian firm took the global giant to court over alleged overbilling and failure to adhere to processes.
Publication: The New Indian Express
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US Vietnam Deal On Semiconductor: US, Vietnam sign deal on semiconductor supply chainsedit
The US President further said that the purpose of the Quad a security dialogue involving India, the US, Australia, and Japan, is not intended to isolate China but to maintain stability in the Indo Pacific region.
Publication: ET Auto
India’s IT sector seems poised for growth despite challengesedit
With increasing interconnectedness and reliance on digital technologies, the IT sector has become more vulnerable to cyberattacks, data breaches, and ransomware incidents. Sophisticated cyber threats targeting businesses, critical infrastructure, and sensitive data pose a significant risk to the industry s reputation, customer trust, and financial health.
Publication: The Financial Express
Govt selects Chennai based IT firm as first pvt contractor for email, desktop utilitiesedit
The Union government has selected Chennai based business solutions provider Zoho to handle email services and a host of other internet based office products, according to officials and documents seen by HT. This is the first time a private contractor is being roped in to handle government digital services.
Publication: Hindustan Times
G20 Summit: PM Modi Visits Digital India Pavilion At Bharat Mandapam In Delhiedit
G20 Summit: PM Modi Visits Digital India Pavilion At Bharat Mandapam In Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 10 visited the Digital India Pavilion at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi. During his visit, he interacted with the backstage heroes deployed for the G20 Summit 2023.
Publication: DNA
IT hardware companies may be told to register for imports in FY24edit
The Indian government has told IT hardware manufacturers that it s considering a registration mechanism for imports for at least this fiscal year with no quota and licensing requirements, a move that would bring relief to HP, Dell Samsung , Lenovo, Asus, Acer and the other big tech brands.
Publication: ET Telecom
G20 Summit: 6G alliance, other tech and telecom partnerships announced by India and the USedit
The two leaders expressed their support for building resilient global semiconductor supply chains while noting a multiyear initiative of Microchip Technology to invest approximately $300 million in expanding its research and development presence in India and also Advanced Micro Devices announcement to invest $400 million over the next five years to expand research, development and engineering operations here
Publication: Gadgets Now
K’taka Govt Looking to Rope in Global Electronics, Semicon Cos’edit
Karnataka is expanding its focus beyond the Indian IT ecosystem to attract investments from global companies, especially electronics and semiconductor firms, said the state information technology minister Priyank Kharge.
Publication: The Economic Times
IT firms shrug off transport strike in B’luru with WFHedit
Outer Ring Road is a major IT cluster in Bengaluru consisting of business parks such as Cessna Business Park, Embassy Tech Village, Manyata Embassy Tech Park, RMZ Eco world, and Prestige Tech Park, housing tech companies such as Accenture, Dell EMC, Cisco, Intel, IBM, and Flipkart, and global capability centres(GCCs)such as JP Morgan Chase, ANZ and Goldman Sachs.
Publication: Business Standard
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