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AMD Ryzen 5 8600G Benchmarks: Fluid Motion Frames and iGPU Performance Tested (Proactive)edit
Last week, we reviewed the AMD Ryzen 5 8600G, a $229 AM5 processor packing the mobility Zen 4 core and the accompanying Radeon 760M graphics. Compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X, it features less L3 cache (16MB vs. 32MB).
Publication: Hardware Times
Competition in news
Nvidia eyes fresh record as Goldman Sachs bullish on AI prospectsedit
Nvidia’s shares were set to scale a new peak on Monday after Goldman Sachs raised its price target for the highflying chipmaker s stock in anticipation of a major boost to its earnings from the artificial intelligence (AI) boom.
Publication: Business Standard
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ASUS unveils ninth edition of esports training programme ROG Academyedit
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG), a leading gaming laptop brand globally, announced the launch of Season 9 of the ROG Academy in India on Monday. According to the company, the esports training programme aims to nurture emerging gaming talent, providing participants with top-tier infrastructure, mentorship, and guest sessions from industry veterans.
Publication: CNBC TV-18
Industry news
Semiconductor Industry Reports $526.8 bn in Sales, Dropping 8.2% for 2023: SIAedit
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) disclosed that semiconductor industry sales amounted to $526.8 billion in the year 2023. This figure represents an 8.2 percent decrease compared to the record-setting sales of $574.1 billion in 2022.
Publication: Telecom Lead
Onsemi beats fourthquarter estimates on strong chip demandedit
Onsemi supplies chips that go intro drive trains of electric cars and help with driver-assistance systems like cameras and sensors. The upbeat results indicate that demand for the company s silicon carbide chips has held up well despite subdued consumer spending caused by high interest rates.
Publication: The Print
India’s semiconductor Budget allocation piques foreign firms interestedit
The Indian government s decision to allocate the highest outlay for semiconductor and display manufacturing subsidy in the Interim Budget 2024 has been a strong message.
Publication: Business Today
IIT Guwahati’s innovation: New semiconductor boosts efficiency in electric vehiclesedit
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, led by Dr Ankush Bag, has achieved a breakthrough in creating a special semiconductor called gallium oxide.
Publication: India Today
Global chip sales forecast to jump 13% after rocky 2023: Industry groupedit
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) forecast a 13.1% jump in global chip sales to $595.3 billion, compared with a drop of about 8% in sales in 2023. AI is a super strong market I think of you look across the landscape, there’s a lot of positive things to look at, SIA Chief Executive John Neuffer told Reuters in an interview.
Publication: Business Standard
AI chip demand forces Huawei to slow smartphone productionedit
Soaring appetite for Huawei s artificial intelligence ( AI ) chips coupled with manufacturing constraints has forced the Chinese tech giant to prioritise AI and slow production for its premium Mate 60 phones, people familiar with the matter said.
Publication: The Economic Times
AI chip company TensTorrent partners with CDAC for Digital India s futureLABSedit
India is witnessing immense growth. What India is going to do over the next five to ten years is going to set the tone for the future. Tenstorrents chiplet ecosystems, open hardware platforms, RISCV and artificial intelligence (AI) are a perfect match to reduce the cost of manufacturing at scale.
Publication: Analytics India Magazine
Govt to review tax on online gaming after March: Officialedit
The government will review the national sales tax regime for online gaming firms after next month, a finance ministry official said. “The whole tax structure would be reviewed for online gaming firms after March,” Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra said on Saturday.
Publication: Business Standard
CIOs look to rev up tech spend on AI toolsedit
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dominating the mindshare of Indian Chief Information Officers (CIO)s, with more than 90 per cent looking to increase spending on right tools, according to a report on Monday. Th e report by Canva, the world’s only all-in-one visual communication platform, is based on a survey of more than 1,360 CIOs across India, USA, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and Australia
Publication: The Hans India
Meta’s Value Surges Record $197Bn In A Day, 2 Yrs After $251Bn Wipout, Also Biggest In Historyedit
Facebook’s parent co Meta last week dazzled shareholders with yet another impressive quarterly earnings report as the social media giant focuses on cutting back costs and shoring up billions in profits.
Publication: The Times of India
China bets on opensource chips as US export controls mountedit
The most common standards are controlled by Western companies: x86, dominated by U.S. firms Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, and Arm, developed by Britain s Arm Holdings, owned by SoftBank Group. U.S. and UK export controls prevent the sale of only the most advanced x86 and Arm designs which produce the highest-performance chips to clients in China.
Publication: Tech Hindustan Times
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