CES 2016
Earlier this year before CES 2016, we approached ASUS with an idea: as the Republic of Gamers brand is now in its 10th year of operation, we wanted to get together and discuss the feeling and utility of ROG a decade on, record it, have a question and answer session from our readers, and publish the video. The Republic of Gamers brand from ASUS has been difficult to ignore, both from an engineering perspective when it comes to motherboards and graphics cards, but also the origin story, integration with users, and the expansion out to many different product lines. I felt it was important to hear from the source, and see what makes the mind tick of some of the integral cogs behind the...
CES 2016 Roundup: Total Editor Recall
Another year, another Consumer Electronics Show - actually, it seems that it's official name is now just CES. Nonetheless, it ends up being one of the biggest shows of...
44 by AnandTech Staff on 1/26/2016Thermal Imaging at CES - FLIR and Seek Thermal
Thermal imaging has become more accessible to the average consumer, thanks to advances in the development of low-cost infrared sensors / microbolometers. FLIR was one of the first to...
17 by Ganesh T S on 1/25/2016CES 2016: ASRock Shows mini-STX 5x5 for Business and Education
Ever since Intel announced their 5x5 platform (that’s 5-inch by 5-inch), we have had several requests from users saying ‘when?’. At the time of the announcement, it was difficult...
29 by Ian Cutress on 1/21/2016Silicon Motion at CES: 3D NAND support for SM2246EN and roadmap update
2015 was a great year for SSD controller designer Silicon Motion. Their SM2246EN controller was at the heart of some of the best mainstream and value SATA SSDs, while...
2 by Billy Tallis on 1/21/2016Securifi Updates Smart Home Hub Lineup with New Almond 3 Wireless Router
Securifi is famous for bringing out the world's first commercially available touchscreen router. We have covered them a couple of times in the past. They were one of the...
10 by Ganesh T S on 1/20/2016ASUS Booth Tour at CES 2016: 10G Switches, External GPU Dock, USB-C Monitor and more
When ASUS emailed a couple of weeks before CES announcing that they had cancelled their press event for the show, we had a few question marks. Previous shows involve...
50 by Ian Cutress on 1/19/2016ECS Goes Skylake with LIVA One
At CES 2016, ECS displayed their consumer-focused as well as OEM products to the press and business customers. On the direct-to-consumer side, ECS had some 100-series chipset boards on...
13 by Ganesh T S on 1/19/2016D-Link Demonstrates Innovative Networking Solutions at CES
D-Link had two major core networking announcements at CES along with a host of updates for their home automation product line. There are a number of things to discuss...
14 by Ganesh T S on 1/18/2016Amped Wireless Launches APOLLO IP Cameras and Updates Networking Lineup at CES
Amped Wireless is popular for marketing equipment with long range, high-performance power amplifiers and high-gain antennas. At CES, they had the usual updates to the networking lineup - new...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/17/2016G-Technology Demonstrates G-SPEED Shuttle XL Thunderbolt 2 DAS at CES
As part of every CES trip, I make it a point to visit G-Technology and see what they are introducing into the DAS (direct attached storage) market. This year...
5 by Ganesh T S on 1/17/2016Zotac Updates ZBOX mini-PC Lineup at CES
Zotac had announcements in multiple segments at CES. Obviously, the SSD entry was the big talking point with the PCIe variant boasting good performance numbers. Zotac also had a...
14 by Ganesh T S on 1/16/2016CES 2016: MSI Gaming Notebooks and Mobile Workstations
MSI has branched out into primarily gaming focused systems, but they also use the same gaming chassis as workstation devices too. This year at CES, MSI also launched a...
10 by Brett Howse on 1/15/2016TRENDnet Announces AC2600 Router and AC1900 USB 3.0 WLAN Adapter at CES
TRENDnet's CES suite had plenty of networking equipment ranging from outdoor long-range access points to industrial switches. It made clear that TRENDnet is focusing more on SMB, particularly in...
18 by Ganesh T S on 1/15/2016CES 2016: Cooler Master’s MasterWatt Connected Digital PSU Almost Ready
As one gets older, or designs PCs for certain users in mind, how much power is being consumed is a key metric. The easiest piece of equipment to use...
4 by Ian Cutress on 1/15/2016CES 2016: MSI’s Vortex Gaming PC on Display and It Looks Almost Like a Mac Pro
One of the most interesting PC designs to come out in recent years was that of the Mac Pro. Sure, it looked like a cylinder into which one might...
28 by Ian Cutress on 1/14/2016CES 2016: 34-inch 3440x1440 AIO Hands-On at GIGABYTE
One of the notable elements of CES this year has been the march of the 34-inch 21:9 3440x1440 all-in-one PC. An all-in-one is what it says on the tin...
27 by Ian Cutress on 1/14/2016CES 2016: MSI’s 27-inch 4K Gaming AIO with Full Sized Discrete GPU, the 27XT 6QE
Back at Computex in 2015 we saw and reported on MSI’s first design ideas surrounding an all-in-one computer (where the PC is essentially in the frame of the monitor...
13 by Ian Cutress on 1/14/2016The Intel Compute Stick (Cherry Trail) Review
The success of ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) PCs have made vendors realize that small and power-efficient computing platforms are here to stay. ARM SoC manufacturers, finding that the tablet...
81 by Ganesh T S on 1/14/2016Conexant Announces New Audio Processing Solutions At CES
At CES, Conexant gave me a demo of some of the audio processing technology that they've been working on. Conexant is a company that probably has their technology in...
10 by Brandon Chester on 1/14/2016