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The Most Exciting PC News of 2020 for Gamers, Enthusiasts, and Working from Home

The Most Exciting PC News of 2020 for Gamers, Enthusiasts, and Working from Home zq5q

The biggest players in the PC space made some bold moves this year 4m3t5u

By Jamshed Avari | Updated: 25 December 2020 18:45 IST

The Most Exciting PC News of 2020 for Gamers, Enthusiasts, and Working from Home

Lots of powerful PC hardware launched this year, but prices and availability have been affected 375z6t

Highlights

All major PC semiconductor companies had big launches in 2020
PC gamers have some fantastic options available to them right now
We'll see the effects of this year's developments over the next decade

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Many of us have spent a lot more time in front of our computers in 2020 than ever before, thanks to lockdown conditions and completely changed dynamics around work, communication, education, and even leisure. Our technology has kept us all connected, and the industry has largely kept pace with these changes. In fact, we've seen increased demand for computer hardware, in the form of components as well as pre-built PCs and laptops despite overall economic slowdowns, because these are now essential items.

Production and distribution have been impacted to some extent and prices in India have continued to escalate thanks to taxes and currency value fluctuations. However, most hardware takes years to develop, with plans laid out well in advance, so thankfully the pace of innovation has continued as usual. It's also clear that 2020 has seen a thanks to remote work.

Here were the biggest stories of the year, from products launched to corporate mergers, security breaches, future roaps, and more. We're looking at the movers and shakers of the PC industry, in no particular order.

Apple Silicon shakes up the industry 361739

A story that will continue to play out for several years was announced its architectural achievements at WWDC in mid-2020 and then unveiled the first PCs using its in-house M1 chip, it's safe to say that most people were pleasantly surprised by the end result.

The new macOS 11 Big Sur is expertly optimised for the new hardware. Moreover, you can now run many iOS apps on an M1-based Mac.

Pro s can choose to wait a while, since Intel-powered Macs more powerful Apple Silicon processors are on the way and things are sure to get even more interesting.

Perhaps anticipating Apple's success, it seems that breakdown of X86 as the de-facto PC architecture standard.

On a different note, Apple finally before physical retail locations open, hopefully in 2021.

Intel stumbles but has a clear path forward 2w3pm

Intel's Load Value Injection security vulnerability was discovered.

It wasn't all bad news though; Intel claims that its existing processes are refined and efficient enough to serve current needs. The Intel also disclosed its Foveros 3D stacking technology, ‘SuperFin' transistor design, and a new modular approach that lets it mix and match heterogenous cores as well as other logic blocks, and adapt designs to different manufacturing nodes more easily.

The first establish a standard for high-end ultraportables, and a whole new visual identity could inject some life into the brand.

There's also plenty to look forward to. Intel hosted virtual Architecture Day and Labs day events this year. The latest Xe GPU demos and roaps were announced, including a new plan for an enthusiast-class Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold.

On the research and development front, there have also been advances in neuromorphic computing, cryogenic quantum control chips, and integrated photonics for data centres.

Finally, Intel pushed out its updated standard s 40Gbps throughput and 100W power delivery. Anyone can now implement Thunderbolt, so it should become common on AMD-based platforms. It's also integrated into many recent Intel Us.

AMD's latest Ryzen Us and Radeon GPUs perform well but are hard to find 1u6v3b

Continuing its stellar run, minor Ryzen 3000 XT series refreshes have also seen price spikes due to supply and demand issues.

On the graphics side, AMD remains pricing and scarcity, with few options available in India at inflated rates.

AMD's only one such model was launched in 2020.

Nvidia continues to dominate high-end gaming 5t4z2y

raising the bar at each price level. Nvidia's own Founders Edition graphics card got a major makeover with exotic double-sided coolers and high-end materials. Especially in India, direct retail through a distributor means that Founders Editions cost much less than third-party cards, leading to a spike in popularity.

The company also continues to tout the visual fidelity of ray tracing and DLSS upsampling with many more games adding in 2020, including Cyberpunk 2077, Minecraft, CoD: Black Ops Cold War and Watch Dogs: Legion.

GeForce Now, Nvidia's cloud gaming service, test its performance in India. While the experience wasn't seamless and workarounds are needed to deal with geographical restrictions, high-end games are still quite playable on low-specced PCs and Macs, and even Android phones.

In a move that goes beyond the PC space, Nvidia made a es regulatory approval, it will mean an enormous shakeup especially in of AI and cloud computing.

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