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Report: NVIDIA rules the d-GPU market with a massive 80% dominance

We all know that graphics giants Nvidia and AMD have been facing a supply shortage of their cards since the mid-quarter of 2020. The companies believe that they will solve the issues with their supplies by the end of 2021. However, a recent research report posted by Jon Peddie reveals that Nvidia, despite being crippled by supply constraints, managed to ship more discrete graphics cards than AMD.

The report researched the GPU market share statistics for the fourth quarter of 2020 of the green team, which showed that despite ongoing stock/availability issues which have affected all hardware launches since the beginning of 2020, Nvidia still performed well.

The research also indicates that the installed/shipped GPU base will increase to 419 million units during 2020-2025, an understandable estimation given the increasing popularity of gaming. Though the PC market worldwide was crippled during the pandemic, it shows the signs of improving, and overall GPU shipments increased by 20.5% from the previous quarter.

Coming back to the research report, Intel’s shipment of chips increased by 20.5%, AMD’s shipments increased by 6.4% while NVIDIA saw a decline of 7.3%. Here are the highlights from the report:

  • AMD’s overall unit shipments increased by 6.4% quarter-to-quarter, Intel’s total shipments rose by 33.2% from the last quarter, and Nvidia’s decreased by -7.3%.
  • The GPU’s overall attach rate (which includes integrated and discrete GPUs, desktop, notebook, and workstations) to PCs for the quarter was
  • 113%, down -9.2% from last quarter.
  • The overall PC market increased by 30.25% quarter-to-quarter and increased 35.76% year-to-year.
  • Desktop graphics add-in boards (AIBs that use discrete GPUs) decreased by -3.90% from the last quarter.
  • Q4’20 saw an increase in tablet shipments from last quarter.

But, when focusing on the discrete graphics segment, the research found that NVIDIA GeForce GPUs account for 82% of the overall discrete GPU market share while AMD Radeon graphics cards account for 18%.

No matter how you look at it, it is still a huge difference between the two rivals. Currently, both are affected by supply constraints, but both have assured their customers that the situation will improve soon.

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Amazon India expands Amazon Food across Bengaluru; Now available for customers in 62 pin codes in the city

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Order from over 2,500 hygiene certified restaurants & cloud kitchens offering 48 different cuisines

Bengaluru, March 8th, 2021: Amazon India today announced the expansion of Amazon Food, its food delivery service across Bengaluru. Amazon Food is now available across 62 pin-codes covering key localities like Whitefield, HSR, Sarjapur, Koramangala, Indiranagar, MG Road, Jayanagar, JP Nagar, Frazer Town, Malleshwaram, Rajajinagar, Vijayanagar and many more. Customers can order food from popular and hygiene certified restaurants and cloud kitchens around them with convenient doorstep delivery.

Prime members get free delivery on all their orders, while other customers can pay a nominal delivery fee of INR 19 for their orders from Amazon Food. As a limited period offer, packaging fees is waived off for all customers. They can enjoy amazing offers from restaurants along with Amazon Pay cashbacks.

Customers in Bengaluru can choose from a wide array of 48 delectable cuisines and dishes like Indian, Chinese, Italian, Biryani, Burgers, desserts from over 2,500 restaurants and cloud kitchens that adhere to strict safety protocols. Amazon Food is available for ordering from 7 am to 11 pm everyday.

Amazon India expands Amazon Food across Bengaluru; Now available for customers in 62 pin codes in the city

Sameer Khetarpal, Director – Category Management, Amazon India said “Customers trust Amazon for all their unique shopping needs across categories. With the expansion of Amazon Food in Bengaluru, we continue in our endeavor to offer unmatched convenience and value while being a part of their everyday lives. Amazon Food brings some of the city’s top restaurants including national outlets and as well as local favorites which are popular and follow strict delivery and safety protocols.”  

Some of the top brands available on Amazon Food are Burger King, Taco Bell, Subway, Behrouz Biryani, Faasos, Chai Point, Freshmenu, MOJO Pizza, Punjab Grill, Box 8 amongst others as well as city favorites such as Adiga’s, Empire, A2B, Anand Sweets, Kannan Café, Toscano, Toit, Burma Burma, Mamagoto, Brik Oven, Gilly’s, Big Pitcher, Kapoor’s Café, Chinita, Windmills Craftworks, Polar Bear and many more.

Amazon Food can be accessed on the Amazon.in app or by clicking on the “Food” icon in the category bar, simply searching for “Amazon Food” or by selecting “Amazon Food” under “Shop by Category”.

PayPal acquires Isreal-based Crypto Security Firm Curv to further its push into Cryptocurrency

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PayPal Holdings Inc. announced on March 8 that it would acquire the cryptocurrency firm Curv, a leading provider of cloud-based infrastructure for digital asset security, as PayPal seeks to beef up its talent pool for handling digital currencies.

In October last year, PayPal announced its commitment to help shape the role that digital currencies will play in the future of financial services and commerce. To provide innovation and drive sustained growth in this area, the company recently created a business unit focused on specific things like blockchain, crypto, and digital currencies. Curv will join the newly formed group, with its strong team of 40 members adding technical expertise to PayPal.

“The acquisition of Curv is part of our effort to invest in the talent and technology to realize our vision for a more inclusive financial system,” Jose Fernandez da Ponte, PayPal’s vice president and general manager, blockchain, crypto, and digital currencies, said in the statement, according to Bloomberg. “During our conversations with Curv’s team, we’ve been impressed by their technical talent, entrepreneurial spirit, and the thinking behind the technology they’ve built.”

Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Curv was founded in 2018 by CEO Itay Malinger and CTO Dan Yadlin.

“As a pioneer in security infrastructure for digital assets, Curv is proud to be recognized as an innovator and trusted partner to leading financial institutions around the world,” said Malinger, according to the official press release. “Now, as the adoption of digital assets accelerates, we feel there’s no better home than PayPal to continue our journey of innovation. We’re excited to join PayPal in expanding the role these assets play in the global economy.”

Last year, Curv announced that, in total funding, it had raised $30 million from investors including CommerzVentures, Coinbase Ventures, and Digital Currency Group.

PayPal said it expects to complete the acquisition by midyear. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Intel’s Rocket Lake is a better gaming choice than its Comet Lake

Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake CPUs will be launched on March 16th and officially available on 30th March. But the company has already started taking pre-orders, and also that the users who want to place their pre-orders have to be dependent on the benchmark results of the leaked specs. So here is yet one more benchmark result of the company’s upcoming Rocket Lake models.

This time the processor in question in the Intel’s Core i7-11700K Rocket Lake 8 Core Desktop CPU, and the results have been published by CapFrameX.

According to the benchmark scores, the Intel Core i7-11700K Rocket Lake 8 Core Desktop CPU shows significantly better performance than the Comet Lake flagship titles. As we all know, Rocket Lake CPUs will come with Intel’s new architecture, which is designed for its CPU segment.

Though we are receiving the CPUs’ benchmark results, these are just from the products that the retailers sold unofficially. To top it all, Intel has not yet released its BIOS for the motherboards to support the Rocket Lake family. So, the benchmarks are not the final evaluation of the CPUs.

According to sources, the evaluation of Intel’s Core i7-11700K was done on the new BIOS on a Z590 motherboard platform. The platform included the GeForce RTX 3090 & 32 GB of DDR4 memory. The Rocket Lake platform’s test machine was evaluated with a DDR4-3200 MHz (CL 16-16-16-36 2T) 4X Single-Rank memory, while the Comet Lake platform was tested with DDR4-2933 (CL16-16-16-36 2T) 2X Dual-Rank memory.

For this benchmark score which was for the gaming titles, three games were tested, namely the Crysis Remastered, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, and Cyberpunk 2077.

The test revealed that Crysis Remastered showed 6% performance improvement with Intel Core i7-11700K rather than the i9-10900K.

Coming to Cyberpunk 2077, the chip shows a 2% performance difference, with Rocket Lake in the lead.

For Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, the Rocket Lake CPU is 10% faster than the Comet Lake CPU.

The performance of the i7-11700K is certainly amazing because the Intel Core i9-10900K has a higher number of core/threads while operating at a higher boost frequency of up to 5.3 GHz.

Rocket Lake is turning out to be a good choice for gamers over the currently used Comet Lake, as intel is sure to make performance improvements by 30th march.

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ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 with AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD & RTX 3070 available for $1,972.97

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ASUS launched a bunch of gaming laptops as usual at the CES 2021, and now, a bunch of them are making their way to the shelves but with limited stocks. AMD’s Ryzen 5000H gaming processors power these beefier gaming laptops along with NVIDIA’s RTX 30-series mobile GPUs.

So, the new ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 is no exception as it is a powerful gaming laptop, and it is now available on Amazon for pre-orders. Apart from the configurable CPU and GPU, the laptop features a 15.6-inch FHD (1,920 x 1080) 300Hz screen that needs all that processing power is necessary to keep it running, while the display also happens to cover 100% of the sRGB spectrum.

A QHD (2,560 x 1440) panel is also there. A refresh rate of 165Hz is available and it covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut. Users of the laptop can add up to 64GB of RAM to the Strix Scar 15, along with 2TB of storage via an NVMe SSD. Running both SSDs in the RAID 0 configuration for extra performance is also a possibility.

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15

The connectivity options available to the Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 include Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 6, one USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port that can output video and charge the laptop, three USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A, a 3.5mm headphone/mic combo jack, and one HDMI 2.0b port. Its quad-speaker array is Dolby Atmos-certified.

Here’s laptop specs you can buy currently:

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 with ROG Boost
  • Latest 5th Gen AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Processor (16M Cache, up to 4.5 GHz)
  • 165Hz 3ms 15.6” Quad HD 2560 x 1440 IPS-Type Display
  • 16GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM | 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD | Windows 10 Home
  • ROG Intelligent Cooling thermal system with Thermal Grizzly Liquid Metal Thermal Compound
  • Opti-mechanical per-key RGB keyboard
  • Wi-Fi 6 with RangeBoost & Bluetooth 5.0 | ROG Keystone II | ROG Easy Upgrade Design

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Redmi Note 10 Pro Max vs Mi 10i 5G: Which one you should buy now?

So after the launch of the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max last week in India, as well as globally the hype for this device, has already surpassed the one for Mi 10i 5G that is clearly the future of 5G devices in India. Redmi Note 10 Pro Max is a dual-4G device launched at the starting price of Rs.18,999 for the 6GB + 64GB variant and Rs.21,999 for the top 8GB + 128GB variant, whereas, the Mi 10i 5G starts at Rs.21,999 for the 6GB + 128GB variant and the top variant costs Rs.23,999 (8+128 GB).

Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro Max pictures, official photos
Redmi Note 10 Pro Max

Now the interesting part is both the devices are equipped with a 108MP main camera sensor and both have a 120Hz display refresh rate. There are even a few more aspects where both the devices find common specs but there are also few more specs and features on both that differ. So we are going to make a one-on-one specs comparison between both the devices and let’s see which one matches the expectations of your dream smartphone at the end.

Mi 10i 5G

Display 

Redmi Note 10 Pro Max offers a 6.67-inch full-HD+ Super AMOLED display with a screen resolution of 1,080×2,400 pixels. Mi 10i 5G features a screen of the same size and same pixels and resolutions, even both have the super AMOLED. Both devices offer the same refresh rate of 120 Hz. 

Processor

Redmi Note 10 Pro Max is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G (octa-core). On the other hand, Mi 10i 5G is run by Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G 5G chipset (octa-core). So let’s put it in layman’s words, the Snapdragon 732G is pretty good but Snapdragon 750G 5G is still a better mobile processor, both performance and consistency-wise.

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Camera

In terms of optics, both the smartphone are again very similar. Both of them offer a quad-camera setup on the backside of the device. Redmi Note 10 Pro Max offers a 108MP primary sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide lens, a 5MP super-macro sensor, and a 2MP depth camera lens. 

Mi 10i 5G gives you the same 108-megapixel sensor, an 8-megapixel ultrawide sensor, a 2-camera macro shooter, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. There’s only a minute difference that comes in the macro lens of the device. This macro camera helps you in taking the snap of objects which are very close to the lens. Apart from this, both of the smartphones have the same selfie camera of 16 MP.

Battery and Fast Charging

Redmi Note 10 Pro Max draws energy from a 5020mAH battery cell and is paired with a 33W of fast charging support. The Mi 10i is fueled up with a smaller 4820mAh Battery cell. It is paired with a 33W Fast Charging support. 

Price

The three variants of the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max offers the following three storage variants: Click Here

  • 6GB RAM and 64GB internal storage: Rs. 18,999
  • 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage: Rs. 19,999
  • 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage: Rs. 21,999

 Mi 10i features the same three storage variants with a bit higher prices: 

  • 6GB RAM and 64GB internal storage: Rs. 20,999
  • 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage: Rs. 21,999
  • 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage: Rs. 23,999

Our Thoughts

The Redmi Note 10 Pro Max and Mi 10i 5G has very similar features. Even their prices are not much different. Still, if we dive deep into specifications, we see Redmi Note 10 Pro Max has a slightly better camera due to a better macro lens. Also, it offers a better battery backup when compared to Mi 10i 5G. This tells that the Redmi’s smartphone is better in terms of both the camera and battery.

In terms of processor, the Mi 10i 5G is served with a better chipset as said before. This is the only factor that pushes us to see the Mi device as it also comes with a 5G support. Also, all three variants of the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max come at a lower price when compared to Mi 10i. Thus, by mapping all the factors in, Redmi Note 10 Pro Max has a slight edge over the Mi 10i.

Djokovic beats Roger Federer’s record of most number of weeks as No 1

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Novak Djokovic has now beaten Roger Federer’s record of holding the ATP Men’s World number 1 ranking for 310 weeks, entering his 311th week at the top of the charts. The Serbian superstar will be completing 6 years at the top of the rankings next week when he reaches 312 weeks as the number 1 tennis player in the world. 

“This is one of my two biggest professional goals,” Djokovic said last year. “To reach the record of, (and) surpass Roger’s record for longest No. 1 and win as many (Grand) Slams as possible.”

“Whether I think about winning more slams and breaking records? Of course, I do,” the Serbian said after his Australian Open triumph.

Novak Djokovic won a record 9th Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic won a record 9th Australian Open. Image Credits: Eurosport

“And most of my attention and my energy from this day forward, until I retire from tennis, is going to be directed at majors, trying to win more major trophies.”

The player has won 18 Grand Slam titles, and despite staying at the top of the rankings for so long, lags behind Federer and Nadal who share 20 titles each. His 18th Grand Slam title was the Australian Open that Djokovic won last month, and according to the man himself, the numbers will only get higher. 

“It really excites me to walk the path of legends and giants of this sport,” said Djokovic, in a statement released by the ATP.

“To know that I earned my place among them by following my childhood dream is a beautiful confirmation that when you do things out of love and passion, everything is possible.”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the verge of Sweden comeback

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Despite being 39 years old, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been one of the best strikers in Europe this season, and has been one of the main reasons behind AC Milan’s title challenge this season. 

The Swedish striker has scored 14 times in the league this season, and up until one point was ahead of the rest of the league in the race for the Golden Boot. However, he is currently out injured for a couple of weeks with a groin injury. 

But that said, the player is being linked with a return to the Swedish national team next week. Zlatan retired from international competition in 2016, playing his last game for the Swedish national team in Euro 2016 against Belgium. He is Sweden’s all time highest goalscorer, having netted 62 times for his country. 

Alongside his sensational striking abilities, Zlatan is also a very efficient leader and could be essential in getting Sweden to the next level in terms of international competition. While it won’t be a very long return to the national team considering he turns 40 soon, any team that has the player right now has the potential to improve almost instantly due to his unbelievable motivational skills. 

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Sweden head coach Janne Andersson has reportedly held talks with Zlatan regarding a return to the national team. 

‘When Zlatan opened up for games in the national team, it felt natural and important to meet and discuss this as soon as possible,’ Andersson said when asked about their chat. 

RB Leipzig have to pay £1.3 million for moving Champions League second leg clash against Liverpool to Puskas Arena

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The second leg Round of 16 clash between RB Leipzig and Liverpool in the Champions League will also be held at the Puskas Arena in Budapest after Leipzig had to decline travelling to Anfield for Liverpool’s home leg. 

This is due to the coronavirus protocols that state that the German club will have to isolate for fourteen days upon their return to the country. They have since declined travelling to England to play the second leg, and the Puskas Arena will play host to both the legs between the two teams. 

German media outlet Bild reports that die Rottenbullen will have to pay UEFA £1.3 million, which is 10% of the £13 million that teams pay the organising body to enter the competition. Liverpool also paid that amount when they had to travel to Budapest to play the first leg, which deprived Leipzig of their home turf. 

Leipzig’s commercial director Florian Scholz told Bild: ‘We cannot play the game in Liverpool due to the corona rules. So Liverpool had to look for a new venue.

SAINT PETERSBURG,RUSSIA,05.NOV.19 – SOCCER – UEFA Champions League, group stage, Zenit St. Petersburg vs RasenBallsport Leipzig. Image shows head coach Julian Nagelsmann (RB Leipzig). Photo: GEPA pictures/ Sven Sonntag – For editorial use only. Image is free of charge.

‘Therefore, as the visiting club, according to UEFA regulations, we are obliged to pay compensation.’

The Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam, Udinese’s home ground, and stadia from Romania and Cyprus were possibilities, however circumstances prevented the selection of a different venue for the meeting between the two teams. 

Liverpool go into the match with a two goal advantage and will be hoping to progress to the last eight to counterbalance their disappointing performances in the Premier League as of late. 

Harry Kane and Son Heung-min set PL record

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Harry Kane was involved in all four of Tottenham’s goal against Crystal Palace, as the hosts managed to win 4-1 against Palace. Son Heung-min assisted Kane’s second goal in the match, which set a record for the most goals assisted for one another in a season. And what’s more, the season is far from over. 

Elsewhere on the pitch, Gareth Bale also had a good night out, scoring two against Palace and creating great chances throughout the game, giving the opposition’s defenders barely a moment’s worth of rest when he had the ball at his feet. 

Kane now has the most number of assists in the Premier League this season, with 13 to his name. He is also joint second in the race for the Golden Boot with 16 goals this campaign. All in all, Kane’s 29 goal contributions this season is the most and is undisputed at this point. 

While Tottenham might be having a tumultuous season, Harry Kane and Son Heung-min have had their best season together, as well as individually. And the stats are there to show for it. In the league, Spurs are in sixth place, level on points with fellow London club West Ham United. 

But they will have a chance to lift silverware for the first time in over a decade with the League Cup final against Manchester City coming up later in the season. But Mourinho will be expected to deliver the Europa League trophy at the end of the season much more than the League Cup since they are favourites in the competition.