AMD specific news
AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX: 96Core CPU Achieves Cinebench Recordedit
Designed to break performance records among the most powerful desktop and workstation CPUs, the AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX boasts an impressive 96core count and extended memory support.
Publication: Techno Sports
AMD Ryzen 8000 APU Confirmed for Launch in January 2024, Amid Leaked Core, Threads, and Compute Unit Detailsedit
AMD Ryzen 8000series APU, based on the Zen 4 microarchitecture, recently had its information leaked, ahead of a confirmed launch of the APU in January 2024. Gigabyte confirmed that Ryzen 8000series APUs will launch late in January next year. Ryzen 8000series APU leaked details.
Publication: Ign
AMD Radeon RX 7900M RDNA 3 Surpasses NVIDIA RTX 4090 Laptop GPU in Vulkan Benchmarkedit
The AMD Radeon RX 7900M, the leading gaming GPU for laptops from AMD, marks a milestone as the first laptop GPU to employ a chiplet design. Although officially unveiled last month exclusively for the Alienware m18 laptop, there has been a notable absence of reviews for this new Radeon GPU.
Publication: Techno Sports
AMD Empowers Microsoft Users with New AI and Compute Featuresedit
AMD and Microsoft featured how AMD products, including the upcoming AMD Instinct™ MI300X accelerator, AMD EPYC™ CPUs and AMD Ryzen™ CPUs with AI engines, are enabling new services and compute capabilities across cloud and generative AI, Confidential Computing, Cloud Computing and smarter, more intelligent PCs.
Publication: Content Techgig
AMD Brings New AI and Compute Capabilities to Microsoft Customersedit
AMD Instinct MI300X Accelerators will power new Microsoft Azure virtual machine series optimized for AI 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors are also now being used to run a new generation of general purpose, memory-intensive and compute optimized VMs.
Publication: Enterprise It World
AMD Announces AMD Instinct MI300 Accelerator Launch Eventedit
Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced Advancing AI, an in-person and live streamed event on December 6, 2023 to launch the next generation AMD Instinct MI300 data center GPU accelerator family and highlight the Company s growing momentum with AI hardware and software partners.
Publication: Gadget-innovations
AMD announces new generative AI capabilities for Microsoft customers at Ignite developers conferenceedit
AMD and Microsoft featured how AMD products, including the upcoming AMD Instinct MI300X accelerator, AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Ryzen CPUs with AI engines, will enable new services and compute capabilities across cloud and generative AI, Confidential Computing, and Cloud Computing at Microsoft s annual Ignite developers conference.
Publication: The Hindu
Competition in news
Mihira Aims To Transform Data Center Architectures with Intel Endgameedit
“Python code comes in a container to us, and while we know that if we turn on Intel’s PyTorch extension or AMD’s ROCm path, it works, currently someone has to make changes to the stack to make that happen. Our orchestration layer will dynamically take care of these things. Our goal is for it not to be the user’s problem.”
Publication: EET India
Microsoft introduces two custom AI chips to power Azure services: Detailsedit
At its Ignite developers conference on November 15, Microsoft introduced a duo of custom AI chips Azure Maia 100 and Azure Cobalt 100 CPU to speed up its inhouse AI computing tasks.
Publication: Business Standard
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Launch Expected in the Coming Weeksedit
Qualcomm and MediaTek are preparing to release their midrange chipsets in the next few weeks. According to leaks, both the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and Dimensity 8300 will be unveiled around similar timeframes.
Publication: My Smart Price
Microsoft Ignite: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says generative AI will be bigger than mobiles, internetedit
Microsoft is conducting its annual developer s event called Microsoft Ignite 2023 during which the company announced its partnership with Nvidia to start various AI projects.
Publication: Tech Hindustan Times
Microsoft Ignite 2023: Microsoft and NVIDIA’s Secret AI Project Revealededit
Collaboration with NVIDIA Microsoft s collaboration with NVIDIA in launching the NVIDIA AI foundry service on Azure represents a strategic move to support the development and deployment of custom AI models. This partnership leverages NVIDIA s robust AI framework and Microsoft s cloud infrastructure, offering a comprehensive solution for AI model development.
Publication: Times Now News
Intel jumps to 17month high after Mizuho analyst upgradeedit
Shares of Intel (INTC.O) rose by nearly 7% on Thursday, hitting their highest level in 17 months, after Mizuho Securities upgraded its rating on the semiconductor maker s stock to buy, citing prospects of increased revenue from forthcoming chips and new production facilities.
Publication: Reuters
Partner in news
Microsoft Unveils Custom AI Chips in Strategy to Lower Costsedit
Scott Guthrie, the executive vice president of Microsoft’s cloud and AI group, expressed, “We believe this approach enables us to deliver superior solutions to our customers—faster, more cost-effective, and of higher quality.” Microsoft also announced plans to offer cloud services to Azure customers utilizing the latest flagship chips from Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices in the following year. Moreover, Microsoft confirmed ongoing tests of GPT-4, OpenAI’s most advanced model, on AMD’s chips.
Publication: CXO TV
Microsoft introduces its own chips for AI, with eye on costedit
Microsoft also said that next year it will offer its Azure customers cloud services that run on the newest flagship chips from Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices. Microsoft said it is testing GPT 4 – OpenAI’s most advanced model – on AMD’s chips. “This is not something that’s displacing Nvidia,” said Ben Bajarin, chief executive of analyst firm Creative Strategies.
Publication: ET Telecom
Lenovo Faces Significant Revenue Decline Amidst PC Market Slumpedit
Lenovo Group reported a significant setback in its financial performance for the third quarter ending September, with a 16 per cent fall in revenue totaling USD 14.41 billion compared to the same period last year.
Publication: BusinessWorld
Lenovo posts revenue decline as PC demand remains slowedit
China’s Lenovo Group on Thursday posted a 16 per cent fall in revenue for the three months through September, meeting market expectations, as supply for personal computers (PCs) continued to outstrip demand. Lenovo’s revenue fell 16 per cent to $14.41 billion from the same period last year, mar king the fifth consecutive quarter that the world’s largest PC maker has suffered a sales decline as it continues to digest ex cess inventory accumulated during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Publication: Business Standard
Microsoft to make own AI chips to cut costsedit
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a duo of custom-designed computing chips, joining other big tech firms that, faced with the high cost of delivering AI services, are bringing key technologies in-house. Microsoft also said that next year it will offer its Azure customers cloud services that run on the newest flagship chips from Nvidia and advanced micro devices. Microsoft said it is testing GPT 4 OpenAI’s most advanced model on AMD’s chips.
Publication: Deccan Chronicle
Industry news
Biden pledges strong partnership with India, says US committed to strengthen semiconductor supply chainedit
US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) reaffirmed the United States commitment to strengthen the semiconductor supply chain, with a special emphasis on collaborative efforts with key nations, including India.
Publication: The Print
Balancing Data Centre Risks and Costs in the Pursuit of Sustainable Developmentedit
Data centres are essential for the modern digital world, providing the infrastructure for storing, processing, and transmitting vast amounts of data. But this comes with a cost. Given the surge in demand for data consumption brought about by cloud computing, ecommerce, and the digital economy, their operation raises significant sustainability concerns.
Publication: Express Computer
Microsoft to make own AI chips to cut costsedit
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a duo of custom-designed computing chips, joining other big tech firms that, faced with the high cost of delivering AI services, are bringing key technologies in-house. Microsoft also said that next year it will offer its Azure customers cloud services that run on the newest flagship chips from Nvidia and advanced micro devices. Microsoft said it is testing GPT 4 OpenAI’s most advanced model on AMD’s chips.
Publication: Deccan Chronicle
Alibaba shares plunge as much as 10% after cancelling plans to spin off cloud unitedit
Shares of Chinese ecommerce firm Alibaba Group Holding plunged as much as 10 per cent in New York after it said on November 16 that plans to spin off its cloud business were scrapped, citing uncertainties due to US chip restrictions.
Publication: MoneyControl
India’s PC shipments grow 14% to 4.5 mn units in Q3: IDCedit
Shipments in the India PC market, comprising desktops, notebooks, and workstations, grew 14% year over year to 4.5 million in Q3 2023 driven by strong traction in the consumer segment, according to the latest report released by the International Data Corporation (IDC) on Thursday.
Publication: The Economic Times
India PC market records biggest quarter ever: How HP, Dell, Lenovo and others farededit
Lenovo grabbed the second spot with a share of 17% but its shipments fell 8 8% YoY Lenovo, however, fared well in the desktop category with a YoY growth of 32 5% in 3Q23 Dell Technologies was at the third spot with a share of 14 6% with a YoY growth
Publication: The Times of India
Goyal: India’s semiconductor sector offers big scope to Micronedit
Commerce And Industry minister Piyush Goyal has met Micron Technology CEO and President Sanjay Mehrotra in the US and discussed business opportunities in the growing semiconductor sector in India.
Publication: The Financial Express
‘India’s semiconductor sector provides huge business’edit
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has met Micron Technology CEO and President Sanjay Mehrotra in the US and discussed business opportunities in the growing semiconductor sector in India.
Publication: The Pioneer
Micron Semiconductor plant in Gujaratedit
US based chipmaker Micron Technology, Inc. carried out the groundbreaking of its $2.75 billion assembly, testing and packaging plant (ATMP) in Sanand, Gujarat,
Publication: Samukhtha Karnataka
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