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We're here in sunny San Jose California for the return of an event that's been a long-time coming: NVIDIA's in-person GTC. The Spring 2024 event, NVIDIA's marquee event for the year, promises to be a big one for NVIDIA, as the company is due to deliver updates on its all-important datacenter accelerator products – the successor to the GH100 GPU and its Hopper architecture – along with NVIDIA's other professional/enterprise hardware, networking gear, and, of course, a slew of software stack updates. In the 5 years since NVIDIA was last able to hold a Spring GTC in person, a great deal has changed for the company. They're now the third biggest company in the world, thanks to explosive sales growth (and even further growth expectations...
FSP Readies Cannon: a 2000 W PSU for Mining and Extreme Desktops
FSP is well-known for high-quality moderately-priced power supplies but is not particularly known for high-wattage units. At last year’s Computex the company demonstrated a PSU that could output 1400...
10 by Anton Shilov on 6/13/2018Plextor Demonstrates 4-Way M9Pe Extreme SSD Solution: Up to 6.5 GB/s
Having worked with Marvell for many years, Plextor is tied closely to Marvell’s controller ecosystem since its proprietary firmware technologies rely on capabilities of the said controllers. In recent...
13 by Anton Shilov on 6/12/2018ZOTAC Preps SFF Workstation with NVIDIA’s Quadro, Intel’s 10 GbE NICs
Having established strong positions on the markets of discrete graphics cards and mini PC barebones, ZOTAC is marching into factory-built systems targeting gamers and professionals. On the gaming side...
13 by Anton Shilov on 6/12/2018PCIe-Based SD 7.0 Spec Closing In, Set to Be Announced This Month
The SD Association plans to formally announce its Secure Digital 7.0 specification later this month. The new spec will define usage of a PCIe protocol for SD cards and...
15 by Anton Shilov on 6/12/2018Antec Announces Its First Memory Modules
In a rather unexpected move, Antec announced its first memory modules at Computex. The Antec Memory DDR4 DIMMs are meant to stretch Antec’s designs to DIMMs, increasing the company’s...
10 by Anton Shilov on 6/12/2018Enermax Readies Sub-$100 PC Case with Addressable RGB Lighting
Customizable RGB lighting is now featured on virtually all PC components aimed at enthusiasts. At Computex, a manufacturer told us that RGB-equipped products outsell non-RGB products 7 to 3...
10 by Anton Shilov on 6/12/2018We Found a Prototype 4 TB Intel QLC SSD
The storage industry is getting exciting again. In order to increase capacity of NAND SSDs and lower costs, there are two different routes being taken: either increase the number...
47 by Anton Shilov on 6/9/2018Colorful Demonstrates a 49-Inch All-in-One PC
Colorful is showing off its prototype of an all-in-one computer with a 49-inch display. At present, the system is closer to a proof-of-concept than a real product, but if...
18 by Anton Shilov on 6/8/2018RGB LEDs Everywhere: HyperX Teases Fury SSD with Lights
Kingston's HyperX teased a new Fury-branded RGB LED SSD at Computex. The company didn’t have set specifications for the new 2.5” SATA 6GB/s SSD (HyperX is still fine-tuning the...
26 by Joe Shields on 6/8/2018Be Quiet!, Threadripper: The Dark Rock Pro TR4 HSF Is Here
AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper made quite a splash in the industry with its massive core count and a server-class TDP. Building a system based on such a processor seems alluring...
8 by Anton Shilov on 6/8/2018Intel Confirms Some Details about 28-Core 5 GHz Demonstration
When Intel demonstrated its 28-core system running at 5 GHz at the Computex 2018 keynote this week, there were many questions surrounding the hardware and what was required in...
145 by Ian Cutress on 6/8/2018SMI Eyes Samsung's Performance Crown With SM2262EN Controller
Silicon Motion, Inc controllers shipped in 30% of the world's SSDs last year. The company had a successful entry into the consumer SSD market and within just five years...
11 by Joe Shields on 6/7/2018ASRock Shows Off B450 Lineup: Something For Everyone
AMD has yet to officially launch the B450 chipset, but that didn’t stop motherboard manufacturers from showcasing their upcoming AM4 B450 motherboards at Computex 2018. Of all the major...
12 by Joe Shields on 6/7/2018Cooler Master Unveils CK620: A Thin Wireless Mechanical Keyboard
They say you can't take it with you and, when it comes to mechanical keyboards, they are usually right. While there's nothing like the feel of a good mechanical...
7 by Joe Shields on 6/7/2018Corsair's MP300 Entry-Level Consumer NVMe SSD Starts At Just $49
Early on in Computex, Corsair unveiled the new Corsair Force MP300 NVMe 1.3 TB M.2 SSD. Corsair announced the drive during our flight over, so we learned about it...
18 by Joe Shields on 6/7/2018ASMedia Demos USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 PHY, USB 3.2 Controller Due in 2019
USB IF published the final USB 3.2 specification in September last year and so developers of controllers and physical interfaces (PHY) started to design their solutions supporting the new...
12 by Anton Shilov on 6/7/2018ADATA, PNY, and Team Group to Launch 512 GB microSDXC Cards This Summer
At least three well-known suppliers of NAND flash-based products — ADATA, PNY, and Team Group — are gearing up to start selling their 512 GB microSDXC cards next month...
10 by Anton Shilov on 6/7/2018Klevv Adds Kolors: RGB-Lit Enthusiast-Class Cras DIMMs & SSD Incoming
Klevv, a subsidiary of SK Hynix, has been around for quite a while targeting mass retail market with mainstream DRAM and SSD products. Recently Klevv decided to address the...
13 by Anton Shilov on 6/7/2018Deepcool & Gamerstorm Add to CPU Liquid Cooler Lineups with Castle 240/280 RGB and Captain 240 Pro
Deepcool & Gamerstorm have released three new CLC coolers in the Castle 240mm and 280mm and the Captain 240 Pro. Both CPU coolers have RGB LED fans and some...
1 by Joe Shields on 6/6/2018GIGABYTE Sabre 15 and 17 Gaming Laptops: Affordable Portable Gaming
Typically when you think of GIGABYTE/AORUS, you think of laptops like the Aero 15X or X9. Beautiful, powerful laptops with budget-breaking prices. However, GIGABYTE is now trying to spread...
11 by Joe Shields on 6/6/2018