AMD specific news
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 GRE Review: AMD’s Budget Champion (Proactive)edit
AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 GRE was an unexpected product. Initially a China-only SKU, the GRE (Golden Rabbit Edition) is now available globally to DIYers. It features a partially disabled Navi 31 die with a modular memory subsystem. The Graphics Compute Die (GCD) is surrounded by six Memory Complex Dies (MCD), each packing a memory controller and part of the 64 MB L3 cache buffer. The Radeon RX 7900 GRE is fed by two 8-pin power connectors and mainly uses a dual-slot, triple-fan design.
Publication: Hardware Times
Competition in news
Qualcomm charts unconventional route with Snapdragon X Plus, Elite laptop chips in fight with Intel, AMD and Apple says it can beat themedit
Qualcomm is taking the fight to Apple, Intel, and AMD. Its new Snapdragon X Plus and Elite ARM based chips for laptop computers mark a significant jump in terms of both raw horsepower and ambitions, taking on rivals head on and even giving them a run for money, if preliminary benchmarks are anything to go by.
Publication: The Financial Express
Qualcomm to arm Windows PCs with new processor to take on Apple MacBooksedit
Snapdragon X Plus is also designed to meet the demands of on device AI driven applications, powered by the Qualcomm Hexagon NPU. Doubling up on AI, the on device AI capabilities Qualcomm has included support for Generative AI at 30 tokens per second in Snapdragon X Plus.
Publication: MoneyControl
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus Sets Efficient Performance Bar In New Benchmarksedit
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus Thin And Light Laptop Qualcomm Today, Qualcomm took the wraps off more details, additional platform models and performance of its Snapdragon X AI PC platform offering.
Publication: Forbes
Qualcomm expands Snapdragon portfolio with new platform to power AI PCsedit
Chipmaker Qualcomm on Wednesday expanded its Snapdragon X Series portfolio with a new platform to deliver better performance, longer battery life and on device AI capabilities for more Windows PCs. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are expected to launch PCs powered by Snapdragon X Plus alongside devices powered by Snapdragon X Elite, starting mid2024.
Publication: India TV News
Tesla plans to beat Google and Amazon as one of the biggest Nvidia customersedit
Austin, Texas based Tesla may deploy 85,000 Nvidia H100 chips by the end of the year to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. If Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elon Musk goes through with the plan, Tesla would be a bigger Nvidia customer than other tech giants like Amazon and Google.
Publication: CNBC TV-18
Nvidia acquires AI workload management startup Run:ai for $700M, sources sayedit
Nvidia is acquiring Run:ai, a Tel Aviv based company that makes it easier for developers and operations teams to manage and optimize their AI hardware infrastructure. Terms of the deal aren’t being disclosed publicly, but two sources close to the matter tell TechCrunch that the price tag was $700 million.
Publication: DT Next
US-Japan rapport has strategic, economic lessons for Indiaedit
A boost to artificial intelligence (AI) and related research is now an integral part of the scheme of things. Microsoft is likely to invest $3 billion in AI-related infrastructure in Japan by 2025. Amazon and Nvidia are likely to support another AI-led programme between the universities of Tsukuba and Washington.
Publication: The Tribune
Partner in news
Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i launched in India: Featuring latest Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor, 2.8K OLED, & moreedit
Are you a creator And are you looking to buy a new laptop You can consider this one. Lenovo has launched a new laptop today, called the IdeaPad Pro 5i. This laptop is specifically focused on the growing creator market. This is the first device in India that will feature a Core Ultra 9 processor.
Publication: Digit
Lenovo announces LISSA: New AI powered capability that helps businesses reduce IT footprintedit
A new Lenovo AI powered sustainability engine empowers businesses to help make more data driven and sustainable IT buying decisions.
Publication: CRN
Dell aims to redefine workplace dynamics with AI enabled laptops and mobile workstationsedit
Indrajit Belgundi, Senior Director & General Manager of Client Solutions Group at Dell Technologies, believes that the most successful organisations are those that invest in tech agility to provide employees with the kind of infrastructure that supports their unique journey
Publication: CNBC TV-18
ASUS Servers Democratize AI Development with Yotta in Indiaedit
ASUS’ expertise in AI server solutions perfectly aligns with Yotta’s capabilities in data center infrastructure. This collaboration will help foster AI development in India,” said Vinay Shetty, Regional Director, Component Business, ASUS India & South Asia.
Publication: CRN
Industry news
IT sector to see muted revenue growth of 57% in FY25: Crisiledit
The Indian IT services sector is likely to see a second year of subdued growth in FY25, with modest projected revenue increases of 57%, amid ongoing global economic challenges that have limited growth in tech spends in primary markets in the US and Europe, according to a Crisil Ratings report
Publication: Financial Express
India ranks highest for global implementation of AI projects: Reportedit
India heads the pack as an AI leader, with 70 per cent of companies having AI projects up and running, or in motion.
Publication: Hindu BusinessLine
How India is spreading itself across the chipmaking value chainedit
Forty years after India set up its first factory to produce semiconductors, also called chips , which failed to make a mark, its ambitions have now got another start with Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday laid foundation of three manufacturing and assembly facilities at Dholera and Sanand in Gujarat and Morigaon in Assam.
Publication: The Economic Times
Gigabyte launches Aorus 49inch QDOLED gaming monitor in Indiaedit
With the increasing demand for AI and OLED technology, Gigabyte is committed to meeting customers requirements by offering state of the art technology with robust support and service, said Supriya Gawde Mankame, Assistant General Manager at Gigabyte India
Publication: Times of India
Biden makes $11 billion push to beat China at chip researchedit
That will involve everything from developing better measurement techniques for microelectronic materials to new strategies for what’s known as chip packaging fitting the components together for use
Publication: CNBC TV-18
Microsoft and Amazon face scrutinyedit
The Competition and Markets Authority said it’s looking into Microsoft’s partnership with France’s Mistral AI and the company’s hiring of key staff from another startup, Inflection AI. The watchdog also separately announced that it’s investigating Amazon’s $4 billion investment in San Francisco-based Anthropic.
Publication: The Pioneer
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