Supermicro Expands European Manufacturing Operations
This week Supermicro has expanded operations in the Netherlands. The new facilities will enable the company to make servers and storage systems in Europe quicker, offer its customers more...
3 by Anton Shilov on 10/3/2019Intel Quietly Mentions 2.5 GbE Ethernet Controllers
One of the parts that was quietly mentioned in yesterday’s Cascade Lake X-Series processor launch was support for new Ethernet controllers. Specifically it mentioned Intel’s i225 Ethernet controller range...
31 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/3/2019GIGABYTE Unveils Three New 'X299X' Motherboards For Cascade Lake-X
Back at Computex 2019, GIGABYTE had three new models of motherboards on display. These new motherboards at the time were almost mistaken for next-generation Intel boards, with GIGABYTE quickly...
12 by Gavin Bonshor on 10/3/2019HyperX Pulsefire Dart Wireless Gaming Mouse with Qi Charging Launched
Kingston has introduced its new HyperX-branded Pulsfire Dart gaming mouse that features Qi charging as well as a 16,000 DPI resolution. In addition, the company also announced its ChargePlay...
10 by Anton Shilov on 10/3/2019Intel Ships Stratix 10 DX FPGAs: Supports PCIe 4.0, UPI, and Optane DCPMM
Last week Intel announced it has started shipments of its Stratix 10 DX FPGA to early adopters. The DC models are designed for next-generation cache-coherent accelerators for custom servers...
4 by Anton Shilov & Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/3/2019Team Group Unveils MP33 SSDs: Entry-Level PCIe Drives
Team Group has introduced its new family of NVMe SSDs aimed at the budget PC market. The new MP33 drives use controllers from Silicon Motion and Phison and will...
10 by Anton Shilov on 10/3/2019HP’s 2019 Spectre 13 X360 Launched: Ice Lake, OLED, 22 Hours
HP has introduced a new version of its 13-inch Spectre x360 convertible laptop. The Project Athena-class hybrid notebook is smaller than its predecessor yet features higher performance, improved responsiveness...
12 by Anton Shilov on 10/3/2019Samsung’s Micro LED Wall TVs Now Available: Up to 8K, Up to 292-Inches
Samsung has started global sales of its Micro LED-based 'The Wall' display systems. The Wall televisions will be available in multiple configurations, but customized according to individual orders. The...
33 by Anton Shilov on 10/3/2019RGB Everything: A Graphics Card Holder from Cooler Master
In my youth, I spent some stupid amount of money on cold cathode tubes for my PC, the equivalent of RGB LEDs in the early 2000s. I had my...
21 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/3/2019EIZO Reveals Limited Edition 21.6-Inch Foris Nova OLED Monitor
EIZO has introduced a unusual new 4K OLED monitor that is aimed at the personal entertainment. Dubbed the Foris Nova, this new display is a compact 21.6-inch 4K monitor...
12 by Anton Shilov on 10/2/2019Microsoft Announces Surface Duo - An Android Dual-Screen Device
Today at Microsoft’s Surface event in New York, alongside new laptops and various other Surface devices, we saw the company announce a new kind of device; the new “Surface...
59 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/2/2019Samsung Stops Production of Phones in China
Samsung had ceased to make mobile phones in China, the company revealed on Wednesday. The company has been withdrawing from handset manufacturing in the country for a while now...
15 by Anton Shilov on 10/2/2019GlobalFoundries Mulls IPO Plans for 2022
After a decade of being a privately-held contract maker of semiconductors, GlobalFoundries has revealed that it's mulling going public in 2022. The move will help GF’s current owners to...
9 by Anton Shilov on 10/2/2019Goke Unveils Toshiba XL-Flash-Based NVMe SSDs: Ultra-Low Latency
Goke Microelectronics has introduced its new NVMe SSDs based on Toshiba’s XL-Flash NAND memory. The new drives are aimed at applications that require an ultra-low latency as well as...
8 by Anton Shilov on 10/2/2019SteelSeries Sensei Turns Ten: Sensei Mouse Relaunched For Its Tenth Anniversary
Today SteelSeries is bringing back one of their classic peripherals, outfitted with the latest tech. SteelSeries launched the Sensei Mouse back in 2009 and it quickly became one of...
27 by Brett Howse on 10/1/2019TSMC Counter-sues GlobalFoundries: Accuses US Fab of Infringing Patents Across Numerous Process Nodes
In a not-unexpected move, TSMC late on Monday filed a lawsuit against GlobalFoundries, its pure-play foundry rival, accusing the manufacturer of patent infringment. In the suit, a response to...
24 by Anton Shilov on 10/1/2019AMD Announces Ryzen Pro 3000 Series CPUs For Q4
AMD on Monday announced the availability of its 3rd generation Ryzen Pro processors for commercial and small business desktop computers. As with their consumer counterparts, the new Pro CPUs...
22 by Anton Shilov on 9/30/2019ViewSonic Introduces Elite XG270QG Monitor: WQHD w/DCI-P3 and 165 Hz G-Sync
ViewSonic has introduced a new high-end gaming-focused display, the Elite XG270QG. The 27-inch WQHD monitor uses a Nano IPS panel that offers all the flair you'd expect from a...
33 by Anton Shilov on 9/30/2019ASUS Shows Off ROG Strix Arion: A RGB USB 3.2 Gen 2 M.2 SSD Enclosure
Having extended its ROG products family from motherboards and graphics cards to pretty much everything that could interest demanding gamers and prosumers with deep pockets, ASUS continues to find...
21 by Anton Shilov on 9/27/2019Supersonic: ViewSonic’s Elite XG270 240 Hz IPS Monitor w/ VRR & HDR
Aiming at demanding hardcore and esports gamers, ViewSonic this week introduced its new gaming display that uses a ‘fast IPS’ panel with a 240 Hz maximum refresh rate. The...
35 by Anton Shilov on 9/27/2019