AMD specific news
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and RX 9070 XT Combo Cost Less Than One RTX 5070 Tiedit
The imbalance is clear from the listed price; while the XFX graphics card Radeon RX 9070 XT costs 102,499 dinars, or about $998, and the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor costs about $488. This goes to show how good the AMD combo is against NVIDIA’s mid-tier flagship GPU.
Publication: Techno Sports
AMD Prepares Linux Driver for GDDR7edit
AMD has submitted new patches for its open-source AMDGPU Linux kernel driver, including an update that adds GDDR7 as a recognised video-memory type. The change is part of a broader set of patches enabling new hardware IP blocks in the driver.
Publication: Open Source For U
AMD Joins Exclusive $1 trillion Clubedit
US-listed Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) crossed $1 trillion in market capitalisation for the first time on Monday, becoming the latest in a series of chipmakers that have reached the milestone amid a growing AI race. Out of the 17 companies that are above the mark currently, six reached there in the last four years on the back of this trend.
Publication: The Economic Times, Live Mint, Money Control, The Times of India, Analytics Insight
Competition in news
Trump’s Nvidia deal turns Armenia into surprising AI hotspotedit
A fifth of its computing power is reserved for domestic use — to power local research, government and startup ecosystems — with the remainder allocated to foreign firms, including US ones like Perplexity AI.
Publication: Money Control
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says there is a 0% chance AI will end the world by 2030edit
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has now shared his view on one of the biggest fears around AI whether the technology could become a threat to humanity. In an interview with CBS News, Huang said, There’s a 0% chance of AI bringing about the end of the world by 2030.
Publication: Business Today, Money Control
Partner in news
ASUS Pad (T3201) Review: Good Value, Held Back by Softwareedit
ASUS s return to the Android tablet market with the launch of the ASUS Pad (T3201) left us intrigued. The company had not released an Android device in the Indian market for a while, let alone a tablet, making this launch a notable one.
Publication: Fone Arena
Acer TravelLite TL4443MG2 review: A practical 14inch laptop built for work and portabilityedit
Performance The TravelLite TL4443MG2 comes with several AMD processor options, but my unit is powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 5 340, paired with 32GB of RAM. This combination is where the laptop starts to make a lot more sense for my kind of work.
Publication: Money Control
Industry news
Japanese firm Renesas’ chip move in optimisation phaseedit
Renesas currently holds a minority stake of about 6.8% in CG Semi, alongside Thailand’s Stars Microelectronics, with majority partner CG Power and Industrial Solutions overseeing construction.
Publication: The Financial Express
India must move beyond chipmaking, build products with Indian chipsedit
India s next phase of semiconductor growth should focus beyond manufacturing capacity on building a domestic ecosystem where chips designed, produced and packaged in India are used in locally designed products, an EYIESA report said.
Publication: The Economic Times
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