Improving The Exynos 9810 Galaxy S9: Part 1
Last week we published our Galaxy S9 and S9+ review. Based on earlier announcements, we had large expectations from the Exynos 9810 as it promised to be the first...
65 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/4/2018
NVIDIA Quietly Rolls out Slower, Lower TDP GeForce GT 1030 With DDR4 VRAM
For the lowest-end video cards, a common practice by manufacturers is to substitute in slower VRAM – recently, this meant swapping out GDDR5 for DDR3 – saving costs in...
44 by Nate Oh on 4/4/2018
Intel Wraps Up Spectre Patching, Partially Cancels Plans For 1st Gen Core & Core 2 Processors
Intel this week has published an update to their ongoing microcode guidance document. In the roughly 3 weeks since the last update, the company is offering some unexpectedly mixed...
27 by Ryan Smith on 4/4/2018
Origin PC Evo15-S Gaming Laptop: Core i7, GTX 1070 Max-Q, 1080p144
Today Origin PC released its new Evo15-S gaming laptop. The new device uses NVIDIA’s Max-Q based video cards to give a notably thinner and lighter device than the average...
13 by Joe Shields on 4/3/2018
ASUS Launches ROG Zephyrus M (GM501): A More Traditional Flagship Gaming Notebook
ASUS this week introduced its a second laptop under its flagship ROG Zephyrus gaming notebook brand. Dubbed the Zephyrus M (GM501) the new laptop is a slightly more straight-laced...
11 by Anton Shilov on 4/3/2018
Digital Storm Equinox: 15.6-inch 1080p144 with Core i7 and GTX 1070 Max-Q
Along with Intel’s latest CPUs for notebooks, Digital Storm on Tuesday is introducing a new high-performance laptop for the thin form-factor market, the Equinox. The botique vendor's latest looker...
10 by Anton Shilov on 4/3/2018
GIGABYTE Updates Aero 15: Six-Cores, GTX 1070, 1080p, 144 Hz, 5mm Bezel, $2300
Among the many laptops getting refreshed this morning, GIGABYTE has introduced upgraded versions of its Aero 15-series gaming laptops. The new notebooks retain a relatively compact form-factor, but feature...
8 by Anton Shilov on 4/3/2018
Pioneer’s APS-XS02 USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 External SSDs Now Available
First formally introduced earlier this year, Pioneer has begun selling their APS-XS02 external SSDs, the company's first USB Type-C SSD. The drives combine stylish design with decent performance, compatibility...
9 by Anton Shilov on 4/2/2018
Mushkin Launches Source SSDs: 3D TLC NAND, SATA, from $39 to $110
Mushkin has announced its new family of affordable SSDs primarily aimed at users who would like to upgrade their PCs featuring HDDs. The company’s Source drives use inexpensive 3D...
42 by Anton Shilov on 3/30/2018
Sony Cuts Price of PlayStation VR Headset to $299
As the VR headset market continues to grow and mature alongside initiatives like Daydream and Windows Mixed Reality, hardware makers have been able to drive down costs over time...
13 by Anton Shilov on 3/30/2018
Alliance for Open Media Releases Royalty-Free AV1 1.0 Codec Spec
Eagerly awaited across the tech industry, this week the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) has published the first complete version of the bitstream and decoding process specification for their...
82 by Anton Shilov on 3/30/2018
PowerColor Launches Red Dragon RX Vega 56: Lays Groundwork for Mini-ITX Radeon RX Vega
PowerColor has released its new graphics adapter based on AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU and paired with its own custom PCB. The new Red Dragon RX Vega 56...
14 by Anton Shilov on 3/30/2018
NVIDIA ARM SoC Roadmap Updated: After Xavier Comes Orin
As part of this week’s GTC 2018 keynote address, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang quickly touched upon the future of NVIDIA’s ARM SoC lineup. While the company no longer publicly...
43 by Ryan Smith on 3/29/2018
Xiaomi Announces 15.6-inch Mi Gaming Laptop: Mid-Specs with Aggressive Pricing
Chinese brand Xiaomi this week announced its new Mi Gaming Laptop, its first endeavor into the gaming side of laptops. The 15.6-inch Full-HD 1080p gaming laptop will offer up...
19 by Joe Shields on 3/29/2018
Phantom Gaming: ASRock Unveils as an AMD GPU Partner
ASRock has officially introduced its first graphics cards. The Phantom Gaming family will initially include four GPU models based on the Radeon RX 500-series GPUs and are aimed at...
12 by Anton Shilov on 3/29/2018
NVIDIA Pauses Self-Driving Vehicle Testing; Confirms DRIVE Wasn’t In Last Week’s Uber Collision
While not announced as part of this week’s GTC keynote, during the keynote itself word got out via Reuters that the company had suspended their active testing of their...
14 by Ryan Smith on 3/29/2018
Goodix Ships Optical In-Display Fingerprint Sensor for Smartphones
Goodix this month introduced its first optical in-display fingerprint reader for smartphones featuring rigid or flexible AMOLED screens. The company claims that performance of the sensor is higher when...
22 by Anton Shilov on 3/28/2018
Intel’s Last Atom in Smartphones: A 2018 Benchmark
Intel's push into smartphones over the last 10 years has been well documented, as well as the subsequent downfall after its Broxton smartphone SoCs were cancelled in April 2016...
56 by Ian Cutress on 3/28/2018
Glorious Glass: Lian Li Alpha Series Cases Now Available
Back in November 2017, Lian Li announced the new Alpha series of cases. The Alpha 330 and Alpha 550 cases were designed to bring users a steel internal frame...
15 by Joe Shields on 3/28/2018
Foxconn Acquires Belkin for $886m: Gets Belkin, Linksys, Wemo
Foxconn Interconnect Technology this week signed a definitive agreement to take over Belkin International, the company that controls such brands as Belkin, Linksys, Wemo, and Phyn. Foxconn will pay...
12 by Anton Shilov on 3/28/2018
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