Santiago Solari became the first Real Madrid head coach to win his first four games in charge for nine years.
Santiago Solari continued his perfect winning run to earn the Real Madrid job on a permanent basis. He guided the Los Blancos to a 4-2 LaLiga win at Celta Vigo on Sunday. That entertaining victory means the Argentine is the first Madrid coach to win his first four competitive games in charge since Manuel Pellegrini in 2009. The former winger has steadied the ship following Julen Lopetegui’s dismissal last month. That boosted his chances of landing the role permanently with his temporary spell now at an end.
Real Madrid have submitted documentation to make Santiago Solari their first team coach on a permanent basis. The former midfielder took over the club at the end of October. He replaced Julen Lopetegui. Madrid have since won four games in a row under Solari. They have now given him a permanent contract.It has been sent to the Spanish FA (RFEF).
But the loss of another defender will be a big blow for the new head head coach Santiago Solari. Marcelo, Raphael Varane, Dani Carvajal and Jesus Vallejo are also still out of commission. However, Solari will hope to have Isco back to full fitness. He underwent an operation to treat acute appendicitis in September.
Real Madrid confirmed defender Nacho Fernandez has suffered a ligament injury to his right knee in the 4-2 win at Celta Vigo on Sunday. While Casemiro sprained his right ankle. The club have not provided a timetable for the recovery of either player but reports in Spain suggest Nacho is facing two months out and Casemiro will be sidelined for a minimum of three weeks.
Madrid return to action when they travel to Eibar in LaLiga on November 24.
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Looking for a great gaming PC on a budget? Cannot afford a graphics card? Here we bring the Best Budget gaming PC ft. AMD Athlon 200GE
In today’s day when AMD and Intel are going head to head, increasing core count and clock speed of the processors, getting hold of a good budget build is too hard at times.
The last quarter of 2018 has seen a vast increase in prices of Intel CPUs, which has led AMD to make a breakthrough in the market. Recently they have been successful in launching the new 7nm EPYC Rome processors.
A few months back they had launched a budget processor named the Athlon 200 GE that comprises 2 cores and 4 threads. Being clocked at 3.2 GHz, and having 3 Vega graphics core, it is the ideal low-budget streaming and gaming processor.
In this post, we will build a complete setup including monitor as because people need a good combo in a budget of around Rs.25,000.
Though Pentium G5400 is a great choice but as because of its high price we recommend the Athlon 200GE. Here’s our complete setup:
AMD Athlon 200GE
Price: Rs.5,615
Includes Radeon Vega 3 Graphics for Smooth Streaming and Gaming
Ultra-Fast PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 with PCIe NVMe & SATA mode support
GIGABYTE UEFI BIOS
1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920×1200@60 Hz; 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920×1200@60 Hz
1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@24 Hz
A maximum shared-memory of 2 GB *Actual support may vary by CPU.
Smart Fan 5 features 5 Temperature Sensors and 2 Hybrid Fan Headers
It is one of the best and popular AM4 socket motherboard that fits in your budget and provides you with future customization options. So, with A320M motherboard you can work with an AMD processor that is based on a future-proof AM4 socket platform.
Support Intel 7th, 8th Gen & Ryzen Series Motherboard,
Capacity: 8GB
Aluminum Heat Spreader, Compatibility Tested
Xmp 2.0 Support
Tested Latency: 15-17-17-35
10 Year Warranty
It’s needless to say that Ryzen CPUs works best with high-speed RAMs, so getting hold of a faster 3000MHz RAM kit instead of 2400MHz for few bucks is a smart choice for you. We recommend you to use one RAM stick so that you can upgrade with another 8GB of RAM for better performance in future.
If you are on a budget and yet in hunt of a great RGB cabinet then this one will suffice your expectations. I have personally tested this one and it really works well at this price point. Also, you can add 2 more RGB fans on the front if you want in future.
A 400 Watt PSU from Circle gets things done especially for people who are on a budget and need a trusted PSU for their PC build. For our build, a 400 Watt PSU is just enough for getting things done.
ADATA SP580 Premier 120GB Internal Solid State Drive
Price: Rs.2,190
New generation 3D NAND flash
Wide capacity range and high TBW
Intelligent SLC caching and DRAM cache buffer
Advanced LDPC ECC engine
RAID engine and data shaping for ultimate protection
Outperforms HDDs with a massive performance gain
Lower power consumption, longer battery life
A high-speed SSD is a must nowadays, especially if you are using a Ryzen PC built. So, we recommend the SSD storage as a must-have option over the traditional HDDs.
An HD monitor gets things done for a budget build and we recommend to use HD monitor as because the inbuilt Vega 3 graphics is good to handle HD workloads only.
So here was our complete budget build with Athlon 200GE that is just perfect for people who are seeking a great PC but are in a tight budget. This PC build is future-proof as because you get to upgrade your processor or graphics or even RAM any time you want to.
Also with 300MHz RAM, an RGB case, SSD storage and a processor based on the new “Zen” architecture this PC is also an ultra-modern one. This build is ideal for long browsing sessions or medium office workloads, even it is good for streaming and is ideal for low budget gamers.
HD gaming on the inbuilt Vega 3 graphics is quite good for older games and even for newer games like Fortnite Battle Royale. You cannot expect a huge gaming performance but it really gets things done at 720p.
What are your thoughts on this build? Tell us in the comments down below… 🙂
Silicon industry giant AMD announces its new 7nm EPYC Rome processors based on Zen 2 architecture that comes with 64 cores and 128 threads
As we discussed in our previous post regarding AMD’s launches in their “Next Horizon” event, they are the first company to launch both the 7nm CPU and GPU together. So, in this post, we will discuss more the new 7nm EPYC Rome CPUs based on the new Zen 2 architecture.
“We love innovation, we love solving hard problems, we love putting new technology out there, but at the end of the day it is about what we can do for our customer and what we can do to solve some of those world’s toughest problems.” – @LisaSu#NextHorizonpic.twitter.com/eR9eMgwa6z
These are high performing server-side mainstream processors. AMD is targeting the Global industries which need high-end desktops for their customers. From cloud service providers to web servers and OEMs, everyone is in need of a high performing secured processors keeping in mind of the future.
So, the new EPYC Rome processors based on 7nm micro-architecture is the perfect one to upgrade with. It is fast, secure, uses AI and machine learning for better performance. This is named “EPYC” as in the fact stands that the Xeon processors do fail to outperform it.
So, let’s discuss all the major announcements by AMD in details:
The Zen 2 architecture
AMD’s EPYC Roadmap started with the Naples based on 14nm Zen architecture. The newer Rome is based on Zen 2 architecture which is the same architecture that will be soon seen in Ryzen 3 and ThreadRipper processors.
The Zen 2 architecture is significantly more important because, in this one, the compute cores will be shrunk to 7nm size. Yes, say goodbye to the old 14nm, 12nm size microprocessors!
Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer at AMD, spoke in detail about the new 7nm Zen 2 core and their partnership with TMSC, who will be manufacturing the new Zen 2 based processors.
On-stage at #NextHorizon, Mark Papermaster discusses AMD’s and TSMC’s mutual dedication to delivering products and technologies that reshape industries. pic.twitter.com/41G26dFtG3
These new chips have gone through a huge investment upfront both by AMD and TSMC. It is notable to mention that AMD’s primary manufacturing partner, Global Foundries, stepped out of the 7nm race earlier this year. Still, AMD has remained committed to delivering the new Zen 2 microarchitecture to market.
Mark claims of doubling of core density and halving of power consumption for the same performance using a 7nm microarchitecture. This potentially indicates the fact that we’ll see increased core counts in future from their CPUs.
He has also claimed that Zen 2 will offer a 1.2x performance boost in IPC over current Zen+ based CPUs by using the second generation Infinity Fabric.
The Zen 2 will provide up to:
2X the compute power per node,
improved execution pipeline,
doubled core density, and
will use half the energy per operation.
AMD has even doubled the floating point performance with the Zen 2 microarchitecture.
AMD EPYC Rome processors
EPYC Rome processors are very much special for AMD. Previously its CEO Dr Lisa Su mentioned in an interview that, they want to target all the three sectors of usage of CPUs. From home to professional level and now server side, all of these under one roof.
As AMD’s stock is increasing day by day, they have thought its the right time to beat the industry leader Intel in the data centre and server-side sectors.
Fabricating 7nm processors was not an easy task for them, but still, they have managed. Intel is still struggling to shift to 10nm, and AMD has done and will launch its products in the first quarter of 2019.
The detailed architecture of EPYC Rome processors
The EPYC server line-up, codenamed as Rome, scales up to 64 cores and 128 threads. Now, this will help AMD’s enterprise customers to equip a single dual-socket motherboard with up to 128 cores and 256 threads. Rome is also the first PCIe 4.0 compatible CPU, that offers double the bandwidth per channel.
They feature a new and revolutionary “chiplet” ecosystem. In this, we see a 14nm I/O die that sits at the centre of the processor and has been surrounded by four 7nm CPU chiplet modules on each side.
These chiplets are interconnected with the I/O die via AMD’s second generation Infinity Fabric architecture as we discussed before. Each of the chiplet carries up to 8 cores and 16 threads.
The EPYC ‘Rome’ server-end processors will be equipped with an eight-channel DDR4 memory controller, which has been housed inside the I/O die which present in the centre. This improved design will help each chiplet to access the memory with equal latency. The multiple cores have an support to 4TB of DDR4 memory per socket.
Being the first processors to support the PCIe 4.0 standard, they have support up to 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes. This makes the EPYC Rome processors an ideal companion for AMD’s recently announced Instinct MI60 and MI50 GPU accelerators that utilize the PCIe 4.0 x16 interface.
The next Milan chips based on Zen 3 architecture is also on its way and is in the developing phase. On the other hand, AMD also assured that the Zen 4 architecture is in its designing stage, which shows their supremacy in the coming days.
Performance gain
A significant change that you get when processors get upgraded is in its IPC or instructions per clock. The amount of increase in this IPC determines how much performance increase you can expect from a processor.
AMD has delivered an impressive 52 per cent jump in IPC for its server and client processors than its older Opteron chips. AMD claims that there is a 29 per cent jump in IPC from the “Zen” cores used in the Naples EPYC chips to the “Zen 2” cores used in the Rome chips.
Shifting from 14nm to 7nm would allow a chip to have twice the transistor density at half the power consumption. This will help to deliver about a 25 per cent performance boost in the performance of those transistors at the same time.
The Rome chips will feature an improved branch predictor, better instruction pre-fetching, a larger op cache, and a re-optimized instruction cache.
The width of the floating point units has been doubled to 256 bits, including the floating point registers which are also doubled up in size to 256 bits. The memory bandwidth into and out of the load/store units has also been doubled with 256-bit data paths.
To cut it short, with twice as many cores and vector units that are twice as wide, floating point performance on Rome CPUs will be 4X that of Naples, and integer performance will be increased by 2X.
Benchmarks
Words are just not enough to prove the power and performance. So, Dr Lisa Su put to ResNet-50 image recognition benchmark test a “Vega 20” GPU accelerator probably the MI60 paired with the Rome EPYC processor against a single Naples EPYC 7601 processor with a Radeon Instinct MI25 accelerator. The Rome ran twice as fast its predecessor, which is just unbelievable.
“I have been in the semiconductor business a long time and you just don’t get 2X generational performance enhancements,” AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su said with a laugh.
AMD compared a single-socket 64 cores Rome EPYC processor with two-socket 28 cores Intel “Skylake” Xeon SP-8180M, which is Intel’s current best server end desktop processor, and also with two-socket 32-cores Naples EPYC 7601 processor.
The C-RAY ray tracing benchmark resulted in the Skylake machine to do the various renderings in 30.4 seconds, the Rome machine to do it in 27.1 seconds, and the Naples machine did it in 28.4 seconds.
To be simple, the new Rome processors have tremendous power, enough that its single core is enough to beat Intel Xeon’s 2 cores or AMD’s one-year-old Naples EPYC’s 2 cores. This makes the Rome processors “EPYC” and the best, currently in the market.
To wrap things up…
The clear advantage goes to Rome EPYC processor, especially if you consider the two of those Intel Xeon Skylake list which cost over $26,000.
Though AMD has not declared the exact price of the Rome EPYC processors, as the Naples EPYC 7601 processor is priced near about $4,200, so the Rome processors will absolutely be lesser than that of Intel’s server-end ones.
With this, we can conclude that at lower prices we can get superior end performance for the new server-end CPUs by AMD.
Being future-proof, as the same socket is compatible with the new Rome processors as well as old Naples processors, industries can easily switch to newer and better processors up till the Milan and future Zen 4 architecture based server-end CPUs from AMD.
AMD announces new 7nm EPYC Rome processors based on Zen 2 architecture as well the new 7nm MI60 GPUs based on “Vega-20” Radeon GPU architecture in its Next Horizon Event
After a long wait, finally, AMD has revealed its new EPYC Rome processors yesterday. At AMD’s Next Horizon Event, they have announced world’s first 7nm chipset that’s particularly designed for server platforms.
The Zen 2 micro-architecture has been very special to the company as because the EPYC processors have got a huge jump, directly from 14 nm Naples to the 7nm Rome. Also, this Rome architecture is very significant to connect the bridge between the Naples to the future Milan EPYC processors which are based on the “Zen 3 architecture”.
Interestingly, it’s for the first time the new server processors will out beat the Xeon dominated server end microprocessors. At the same event, AMD showcased their new 7nm Vega-20 RadeonGPUs that will be first installed in the Radeon Instinct MI60 GPUaccelerators.
This event is clearly a “Next Horizon” for AMD, as because AMD from now on can alone compete both the giants Intel and NVIDIA with their own CPUs and GPUs.
AMD CEO DR. Lisu Su presented the keynote at the event. She stressed on AMD’s focus on data centres, cloud computing and server end processors and GPUs. She discussed many of the key roles that these processors will be used for, such as workloads in HPC, cloud, hyperscale, and virtualization environments.
AMD looks forward to the data centre industry as a $29 billion opportunity by 2021. GPUs will be playing a larger role as the industry shifts to artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads.
It’s needless to say that AMD has got a great market share as the leading cloud computing service Amazon AWS shifts on to AMD’s server end EPYC processors.
We will be covering all the major announcements, architecture and business regarding AMD’s new CPUs and GPUs in our coming posts.
Looking for a great budget monitor for your new build? LG 22MP48HQ at Rs.7500 with 22-inch Full HD IPS Display, 5ms Response Time & 178 degrees Wide Viewing Angle
Finding a perfect monitor may sound a bit confusing these days, especially when you have hundreds of good models out there. From professional makers like Acer or HP or Lenovo or Dell to consumer electronics giants like LG or Samsung or Benq, everyone has their own range of monitors in the market.
So, choosing the right one in the budget seems much more confusing. Now, already you have the headache of buying a great PC and on top of that a great monitor to support that. To make things easier for you we have reviewed and selected the best budget monitor at Rs.7500 in the market.
Before that let’s see what must have things that you must look for in a monitor in 2018:
Refresh Rate: 60 Hz,
Response Time: 5 ms,
At least an aspect ratio of 16:9,
Full HD (1920 X 1080) IPS Panel,
Should have an HDMI Port,
178 degree Wide Viewing Angle
Having known the must-have features that a modern-day monitor should have, let’s talk more about our monitor – LG 22MP48HQ. So here is a brief overview according to our usage:
Doing normal everyday task
We all do heavy work on our PCs and eventually on our monitors as well. So, working long hours on this device does not strain much as because you can reduce the amount of blue light emitted by the monitor. You also set different modes including reading mode, gaming mode, cinema mode and more… You can choose your modes accordingly.
Working on this monitor and using Windows is another treat for the eyes, as things look great and working on this one using a variety of options makes things much easier.
Watching videos and movies
Another great viewing experience that you get is when you watch movies or music videos on it. Though at normal mode, things look good, for best results turn on the cinema mode through the LG On-Screen Control. If you are an AMD graphics user, you can opt for the vivid mode for videos to get the best results.
Its notable to mention is that this LG monitor has a great colour accuracy with 16.7M colour depth, and the IPS panel makes things much more bright and vivid.
Gaming
The gaming experience on this monitor is just phenomenal. With a 5 ms response time, it is ideal for e-sports as well as for any other intensive game. Initially while playing NFS Payback, I was facing some stutter, until when I turned the response time high from the monitor settings that can be accessed via the buttons on the monitor.
Use the best settings according to your graphics card or integrated graphics to get the best results while playing games on this monitor. A 178 degree wide viewing angle makes things much more comfortable to see from various angles especially when you are playing multiplayer games or watching movies with friends.
Web-Browsing
Day-to-day web browsing on this monitor is another lovely task. As you get a 22-inch huge display, viewing websites, watching YouTube has just got simpler and much more vivid. For long browsing sessions make sure to reduce the blue light so that you do not face eye strains.
Split Screen
Split up the screen to two, three and even four segments to multitask easily. For smooth multitasking use a quad-core CPU to get the best results. Read or browse through websites, as well as watch YouTube videos or watch movies simultaneously.
Devs, video editors, coders and graphic designers can go for this monitor without any doubt, to multitask using this monitor easily.
Connectivity Ports
The LG 22MP48HQ has the following connectivity ports:
1 VGA Port,
1 HDMI 2.0 Port,
1 Audio-Out Port,
1 Headphone Port
Verdict
This LG 22MP48HQ is a great FULL HD IPS LED monitor at Rs.7,500 and is great for those who are tight on a budget yet in need of a great FHD monitor. Here are some of the pros and cons of the monitor:
Pros:
IPS Anti-Glare Panel
60Hz Refresh rate
Flick-free display
16.7M colour depth
5ms Response Time
Has energy saving options
Split Screen Support with up to 4 screens
Cons:
The bezels could have been slimmer
Does not support AMD Free Sync or NVIDIA G-Sync options
So, here was our full review of the LG 22MP48HQ monitor. If you are in search of a great budget monitor and your budget is around Rs.6 to Rs. 8k, you can easily go for this monitor. Buy from here: https://amzn.to/2SMKHez
Need a power-packed gorgeous smartphone with great cameras? Lenovo Z5 Pro with Snapdragon 710, quad-cameras & bezel-less slider design at about 1998 yuan(about Rs.21,000) is all you need
Lenovo, after a year of silence, is starting to make a bold move in the market for past couple of weeks. After launching the new Lenovo K9 and Lenovo A5 in India, it has again started to revive its smartphone legacy.
Previously Lenovo launched the Lenovo Z5 with an iPhone X-style notch design, which did not seem appealing to customers. Well, now finally they are to bring something new, something fresh… They have launched the Pro version of the Lenovo Z5 with some cool specs like sliding camera, bezel-less display, Snapdragon 710 processor and much more…
Let’s talk more about this new and unique Lenovo Z5 Pro:
Design
After Oppo, Honor and Xiaomi, Lenovo joins the party of making sliding style mechanism smartphones, getting rid of the same notch design.
The Lenovo Z5 Pro has been purely made out of series-7 aluminium. The slider mechanism of the smartphone is backed by a six-position guidance structure.
The structure of the mechanism has a two-parallel axis that is strong enough for around 3,00,000 slides. The number is quite similar to the lifespan of the sliders present on both Mi Mix 3 and Oppo Find X.
Display
The Z5 Pro bears a huge 6.39-inch AMOLED display, with an FHD+ display resolution. With a 95.06% screen-to-body ratio, Lenovo Z5 Pro has the largest display of any notch-free smartphone available right now.
It has a support for DCI-P3 colour gamut for rich and vivid colours. Also, there’s the HDR 10 for viewing content on Netflix, and the brightness on this device can go up to 600 nits.
The narrow 2.07mm bezel on the top and the edges make it the slimmest one out there in the market.
Performance
The Lenovo Z5 Pro significantly bears the Qualcomm’s new mid-range Snapdragon 710 AIE Turbo chipset.
Paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage, this device has a lot of power in it as well. The device has an onboard AI engine, chip-level payment security and next-gen NFC chip.
The Dolby panoramic sound is rich, clear, and adjusts according to your position.
Camera
This is one of the most anticipated segments of every smartphone. For Lenovo Z5 Pro, you get quad cameras with the smartphone.
Yes, you guessed it right, this one has dual cameras both at the front and for the rear. This will enhance the portrait shots taken with this device.
The rear camera includes a primary 24MP Sony IMX576 sensor (f/1.8) and a secondary 16MP Sony IMX519 sensor (f/1.8). The f/1.8 aperture helps you capture more light, making your photos crisp and helping you capture great low-light photos.
On the front, we have a 16MP and an 8MP sensor hidden in the manual slider mechanism, which pulls off automatically when you intend to shoot a selfie. The dual front cameras will help you get an enhanced Portrait Mode-style photography with artificial bokeh blur to the background behind the subject.
Software and Battery
The Lenovo Z5 Pro ships with the Android Oreo 8.0, instead of the latest Android Pie. On top of that, you get the company’s own ZUI 10 skin that borrows a lot of similarity to MIUI 9. This skin has some interesting features including:
redesigned apps,
faster app launch,
4D U-Touch gestures to launch the camera or to make payments.
the UI is clean and minimal
the clock & weather widget even shows the device charging and other statuses.
The device packs in a 3,300mAh battery that is enough to juice it throughout the day.
Security
We are not sure of the presence of the facial recognition, but we can expect an IR facial recognition feature to be embedded in the sliding front cameras.
Lenovo, on the other hand, boasts of the inclusion of the fifth-gen optical in-display fingerprint sensor. This is claimed to be even faster than the OnePlus 6T’s in-display fingerprint sensor. It is said to unlock the smartphone in just 0.2 seconds, that is even faster than the 0.34 seconds of the new OnePlus 6T.
Price & Availability
Lenovo, who is known for its creativity, has already launched this device in its native country China. They are selling models with 64GB or 128GB of internal storage, but there’s no word on the availability of microSD slot.
It has been priced at 1,998 yuan (approx. Rs 21,000) for the base 6GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage variant. However, you can also pay 2,298 yuan (approx. Rs 24,500) for the 6GB+128GB variant.The Z5 Pro is now up for pre-order and will soon go on sale from November 11.
Initially, this smartphone has created some headlines out there and at its price range, the offerings that Lenovo is giving is just amazing. Let’s see how the Lenovo Z5 Pro captures the market and expand its smartphone legacy.
In search of a premium laptop? The new lighter & faster MacBook Air 2018 equipped with Retina Display and Intel 8th gen processors is the best choice for you at Rs.1,14,900
Cupertino giant, Apple is well known for its high-end iPhones and for their signature “MacBook” series. Recently they have launched the new MacBook Air 2018 with some new and cool features like Touch ID, Retina Display, and with the new macOS Mojave.
MacBook generation has seen some significant improvements over years and with no exception this year too, it has got some major changes and improvements. So, here is a quick overview of its specs:
Dimensions: 30.41 x 21.24 x (0.41-1.56) cm
Weight: 1.25 kgs
Display: 13.3-inch Retina, with 2560 x 1600 display resolution
Processor: 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 617
RAM: Up to 16GB
Internal Storage: Up to 1.5TB
Webcam: 720p FaceTime camera
I/O ports: 2 Thunderbolt 3 USB-C, 3.5mm headphone jack
Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2
Battery: 50.3Wh
Colours: Space Gray, Gold and Silver
MacBook Air 2018 as a whole
The new MacBook Air houses a 13.3-inch Retina Display with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels with 16:10 aspect ratio, which seems pretty cool for a laptop.
With slimmer bezels and weighs just about 1.25 kg. Being 17 per cent lesser volume than previous MacBook Air, this one is just ideal enough to carry anywhere for any work purpose.
The base variant of the MacBook Air is powered by 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor paired with 8GB RAM and a 128GB SSD storage space.
Though the exact name of the chipset has not been revealed by the Cupertino giant, Intel has confirmed that the new MacBook Air uses the Intel Core i5-8210Y processor. This amber lake processor is basically made for slim laptops with fanless design.
You can also opt in for another MacBook Air that comes with up to 16GB RAM and up to 1.5TB SSD storage.
The port options on this device, however, remains quite the same as previous. It packs in two USB Type-C ports and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The notebook for the first time features the Apple’s Touch ID for secure login.
As we all know, MacBooks do have great battery life, so, this one too is claimed to have a 12-hour battery life (depending on the type of use).
The new MacBook Air comes equipped with the butterfly switch keyboards with individually lit buttons. It also houses the new Force Touch trackpad, that is said to be 20 per cent larger than the one in the previous MacBook Air model.
Price & Availability
The base variant of the new MacBook Air 2018 has been priced at Rs.1,14,900 in India. The 256GB SSD storage variant, on the other hand, bears a price tag of Rs. 1,34,900.
No official words have been uttered by Apple on its availability in India. But, it’s starting the journey from November 7 to tear down the US market. You can expect it to land to India by the end of this year.
Verdict
When you just have a quick overlook of the new MacBook Air 2018, you may feel it be much more slim, elegant and light. It has slimmer bezels around the corner and a gorgeous Retina display on top.
Secured by the new Touch ID and being powered by latest 8th gen Intel Core processors, it’s an ideal Mac for any Apple fan out there.
This is Apple’s first Mac that has been made of 100% recycled aluminium. The company has taken a great pleasure in explaining how it captures the shavings of aluminium. And finally, it has been re-engineered to the atomic level to make the beautiful new MacBook Air.
Chipmaker MediaTek launches their new flagship Helio P70 Soc with AI engine, Realme is to be the first one to use it in their smartphones
When mainstream chip-makers like Qualcomm, Apple and Huawei is busy to fabricate their new 7nm processors, MediaTek is waiting to break through with its flagship 12nm Helio P70 chipset processors.
After stunning everyone with its blazing performance, Helio P60’s successor Helio P70 has a lot of expectations in a country like India, where the budget and mid-range smartphones are in huge demand.
Helio P70 will have an enhanced AI engine designed to power full-featured smartphones at affordable price points. As expected, both the CPU and GPU of the new chipset will have powerful AI processing on board.
The new mobile processor will bring upgraded imaging and camera support, a gaming performance boost and advanced connectivity features which MediaTek has confirmed in a statement.
These processors are built by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) 12nm FinFET technology. This is the same manufacturer that are currently developing AMD’s new 7nm GPUs and CPUs.
The new Helio P70 features a multi-core APU operating at up to 525 MHz (megahertz). It is fast and very efficient edge-AI processing.
The chipset packs in four Arm Cortex-A73 2.1 GHz processors & four Arm Cortex-A53 2.0 GHz processors in an octa-core big.LITTLE configuration.
Also, there is an improved GPU for the new chipset with Arm Mali-G72 MP3 GPU operating at up to 900 MHz. The new Helio P70 has a 13 per cent performance improvement when compared to the Helio P60.
For the user, it means longer battery life, a more sustainable, higher performance and up to 4.5ºC lower temperature versus competitor alternatives.
Specs:
Processor
CPU Type(s): ARM Cortex-A53, ARM Cortex-A73
Max CPU Frequency: Up to 2.1GHz
Cores: Octa (8)
CPU Bit: 64-bit
Heterogeneous Multi-Processing: Yes
Camera
Max Camera ISP: 32MP, 24MP+16MP
Max Video Capture Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Capture FPS: Up to 32MP @ 30fps with ZSD or 16MP @ 90fps
Camera Features: (AI) Facial Detection & Scene Detection; Hardware Warping Engine (EIS); Anti-Blooming Engine; MEMA 3DNR; Multi-Frame Noise reduction; Real-time HDR recording and viewing; Zig-Zag HDR; RAW-domain multi-frame HDR; PDAF
Graphics
GPU Type: ARM Mali-G72 MP3
Max GPU Frequency: Up to 900MHz
Max Display Resolution: 2160 x 1080
Video Encoding: H.264
Video Playback: H.264, H.265 / HEVC
Memory And Storage
Memory Type: LPDDR3, LPDDR4x
Max Memory Frequency: 1X LPDDR3 933MHz, 2X LPDDR4x Up to 1800MHz
Max Memory Size: Up to 8GB (LPDDR4x), Up to 4GB (LPDDR3)
Realme is to be the first one to use Helio P70 in their smartphones
The new “youth-focused” smartphone brand – Realme is going to be the first smartphone brand to use the new Helio P70 chipset in its smartphone.
The company has not revealed much about their new Helio P70 powered device, but they have confirmed that it will be revealed sometime in the next month.
After back to back success with the Realme 1, Realme 2, Realme 2 Pro & Realme C1, this brand not at all stops to surprise its customers. Already the Realme 2 Pro has stunned everyone out there with its amazing quality specs and at an affordable price range.
So, in November 2018 we can hope for another new stunner by Realme that can be much more advanced and powerful in all aspects. The price also can be expected to be near about its new flagship Realme 2 Pro.
Already, Madhav Seth, the CEO of Realme told that they want to make smartphones for every range. So, we won’t we surprised if the new Helio P70 chipset powered smartphone by Realme would be priced something near about Rs.20,000.
Well, all these assumptions and we will get back to you with more news after having confirmed… 🙂 Till then, follow TechnoSports and subscribe to our newsletter for more Tech & Sports news…
Virat Kohli scored his 14 odi ton as captain, prior to him is only Ponting with 22 tons.
Virat Kohli played an agressive innings of 140 runs.
India cruised to victory with 47 balls to spare as the hosts made a positive start to the five-match ODI series against the touring West Indies team.
Virat scored his 36th odi ton yesterday in his 204th innings, Sachin took 311 innings to reach this feat. It is his 22nd century while chasing. It was Kohli’s fifth ODI century against West Indies, which is the most by an Indian batsman. The skipper’s century was his 15th century at home.
Rohit Sharma brought up his century four balls quicker than Kohli, in 84 balls, and remained not out at 152. His innings consisted of 15 fours and 8 sixes.
Rohit Sharma on Sunday broke master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Australian opener David Warner’s joint record to become the first batsman with six 150-plus scores in One-Day Internationals.
Rohit along with captain Virat Kohli added 200 runs for the second wicket off 163 balls, the first double-hundred partneship among Indian batsmen against West Indies for any wicket in ODI cricket. The partnership is the best partnership till date while chasing.
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Razer launches the 2nd gen of Razer phone series – the Razer Phone 2 with Chroma Lighting and Snapdragon 845 flagship processor
These days we have seen major brands to make exclusive gaming smartphones for consumers. As because of the invention of high-end smartphone games like PUBG Mobile, Fortnite, Asphalt 9 and others, people are in need of powerful smartphones.
Recent stats even say 75% of the youth is buying smartphones keeping in mind that if they can give them a great gaming performance. To make things much more comfortable, brands like Honor, Nubia, ASUS, POCO by Xiaomi and others are making exclusive gaming smartphones.
The ultimate daily driver in the palm of your hands, we’ve taken industry leading gaming performance and premium flagship features to bring you a true Flagship//Gaming experience. Meet the Razer Phone 2: https://t.co/O5xIeVs8b9 #FlagshipGaming https://t.co/3emuGKQ0k8
Razer, known for its great gaming PC, laptop, gaming components has already stunned us all with their previous Razer Phone that was a complete stunner. This time they have upgraded the original Razer Phone and made some major improvements to launch the new Razer Phone 2.
Razer Phone 2 Specs:
Let’s talk about the specs of Razer Phone 2 in details:
Design & Look
The new Razer Phone 2 has not seen much improvement in terms of industrial design and looks. It looks the same as before with classy mirror glass back. Similar to its predecessor you still get the fingerprint sensor on the power button, front-facing stereo speakers and yes, no headphone jack!
For the looks, the major change is the inclusion of the new Chroma lighting features. The logo on the Razer Phone 2’s rear has an RGB-backlit and also supports Chroma. Customize the Razer logo colour as you want and you can even set it to change based on incoming notifications.
Display
Coming to the display of the Razer Phone 2, we have the 5.7-inch Quad-HD IGZO LCD panel with 1440×2560 pixels resolution. The new Razer Phone 2 has 50% more brightness than its predecessor a peak brightness of 580 nits.
It offers a 120Hz refresh rate and is the only Android device to offer the UltraMotion technology. To make things much cosier you also get the HDR support for online videos and games.
Performance & Cooling
The Razer Phone 2 is driven by the flagship Snapdragon 845 processor. Having paired with 8GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, this smartphone is a total beast. Also, you can expand your memory up to 2TB using a microSD card.
For the cooling, you get the new vapour chamber cooling system that prevents any kind of throttling during gaming. The cooling system efficiently sustains higher average frame rates, for a cooler and more comfortable experience.
Camera
Coming to the camera, this time you get a much-improved flagship camera. The new Razer Phone 2 boasts of dual rear cameras with a primary 12MP (f/1.75) Sony sensor with OIS and a secondary 12MP (f/2.6) telephoto Sony sensor. The rear camera can shoot FULL HD videos with up to 120FPS frame rates.
You also get an 8MP selfieshooter on board that is capable to shoot 1080p at 60fps.
Battery & other features
The Razer Phone 2 packs in a huge 4,000mAh battery. The glass back on the smartphone also helps you use the new Qi wireless charging feature. The smartphone is also IP67 splash and dust resistant, which is just awesome and a must for a flagship smartphone to feature.
The Razer Phone 2 flexes its superiority in music and entertainment with Dolby Atmos dual front-firing stereo speakers. It also supports both HDR and 5.1 surround sound content with an extended bass response.
Cool features
The Razer Cortex Mobile app helps you to discover a curated list of popular mobile games and utilize the Game Booster software for launching games and optimization. Tune the performance for your mobile games and customize settings such as resolution, frame rate, and CPU clock speeds.
With the Razer Phone 2, you get the highly-acclaimed Nova Launcher Prime pre-installed for free, bringing the most polished customizable Android launcher to the Razer Phone 2.
Pricing & Availability
The new Razer Phone 2 has got a $100 price bump than its predecessor, which means its new cost is $799. There are 2 versions of the Razer Phone 2 –
64GB internal storage variant with classy mirror back &
128GB internal storage variant with the rugged satin finish.
The 128GB variant with the rugged satin finish will be made available later this year with an $899 price tag. The Razer Phone 2 is already available in the U.S, with shipping dates to be made official later.
