Plextor Launches EX1 USB-C External SSD: Up to 550 MBps, 512 GB and LDPC
Plextor this week formally launched its first external SSD which it demonstrated back in early June at Computex. The Plextor EX1 combines low weight, high capacity, a high quoted...
10 by Anton Shilov on 11/22/2016ADATA Launches the SD700 External SSD: Dust, Water and Shock Resistant (with 3D NAND)
ADATA last week introduced its third SSD featuring 3D NAND memory. The new SD700 is a dust, water and shockproof drive that has up to 1 TB of capacity...
8 by Anton Shilov on 11/21/2016MSI Releases the 'VR One': A Backpack PC For VR From $1999
MSI has started to sell its VR One backpack PC designed for virtual reality enthusiasts. The MSI VR One system is now available in the US, and comes equipped...
20 by Anton Shilov on 11/21/2016NVIDIA Releases 375.86 WHQL Driver Update
Two more weeks after NVIDIA’s last hotfix we have another WHQL update to cement those fixes, optimize more games, and prepare for more releases. Releases and updates have been...
20 by Daniel Williams on 11/18/2016Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design Unboxing and Hands On Benchmarks
Alongside the Mate 9 launch a few weeks back, Huawei also announced the Mate 9 Porsche Design model. The presentation in Munich was heavily skewed towards the Porsche branded...
18 by Ian Cutress on 11/18/2016AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.4 Hotfix
Continuing with a steady stream of updates, we are here with a new driver from AMD. Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.4 brings the core driver version up to 16.40.3211...
8 by Daniel Williams on 11/18/2016Capsule Review: The Zalman ZM-K650WP Gaming Keyboard: Waterproof at $30
A number of manufacturers have been trying to fill in the gap between electronic and mechanical keyboards. In this review we are having a look at the Zalman ZM-K650WP...
19 by E. Fylladitakis on 11/17/2016Adesto EcoXiP: Optimizing Memory Interfaces For Embedded Systems
There is no Moore's Law for flash memory. Unlike transistors, flash memory cells can no longer be made any smaller or faster without incurring reliability tradeoffs that negate the...
7 by Billy Tallis on 11/17/2016Qualcomm Announces Quick Charge 4: Supports USB Type-C Power Delivery
Qualcomm did more than reveal the name of its next SoC, the Snapdragon 835, today at its Snapdragon Technology Summit in New York. It also announced an update to...
28 by Matt Humrick on 11/17/2016Qualcomm Announces Next-Generation Snapdragon 835 SoC Using Samsung’s 10nm Node
Qualcomm revealed the name of its newest SoC, the Snapdragon 835, at its Snapdragon Technology Summit in New York today. The new SoC replaces the Snapdragon 820/821 at the...
65 by Matt Humrick on 11/17/2016HP Z2 Mini G3 Announced: Miniature Professional Workstation with Xeon and Quadro
This week HP has announced its new Z2 Mini G3 workstation, which weds a small form-factor with workstation-grade capabilities, along with rated reliability and performance. The new system can...
26 by Anton Shilov on 11/16/2016Promise Launches Pegasus3 External Storage via TB3: Up to 48 TB, 1.6 GBps
Promise has introduced three new storage systems using the Thunderbolt 3 interface and aiming users of the recently introduced Apple MacBook Pro notebooks. The new Pegasus3 Symply Editions can...
7 by Anton Shilov on 11/16/2016G-Technology G-DRIVE slim SSD USB-C 500GB External SSD Capsule Review
Flash-based external direct-attached storage (DAS) devices have been rapidly evolving over the last few years. The emergence of USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C has led to external peripherals adopting...
5 by Ganesh T S on 11/16/2016Seagate Introduces Backup Plus Portable 5 TB: The Largest Portable HDD to Date
Seagate this week formally introduced its Backup Plus Plus Portable Drive external HDD with a 5 TB capacity that is based on the recently launched top-of-the-range BarraCuda 2.5” drive...
10 by Anton Shilov on 11/16/2016OnePlus Launches The OnePlus 3T
Today OnePlus announced the OnePlus 3T, a smartphone that succeeds the OnePlus 3 as the company's flagship smartphone. This move may be unexpected for some, given that the OnePlus...
35 by Brandon Chester on 11/15/2016ECS Preps LIVA Z: Apollo Lake-Based Nettop with 4K and USB-C Support
ECS has quietly published brief specifications of its new miniature LIVA Z personal computer, which indicates that the system is set to hit the market in the coming weeks...
21 by Anton Shilov on 11/15/2016Toshiba Finalizes Plans for New 3D NAND Fab: Coming Online in 2019
Toshiba in the past week has finalized plans to build a new production facility to make 3D NAND flash memory. The company will start construction in early 2017 and...
8 by Anton Shilov on 11/15/2016AKiTiO Introduces Node: Thunderbolt 3 eGFX Box for $299
Over the past week AKiTiO has formally introduced its new external graphics enclosure using a Thunderbolt 3 connection. As with other external graphics enclosures, the AKiTiO Node allows a...
56 by Anton Shilov on 11/14/2016AMD @ SC16: Radeon Open Compute Platform (ROCm) 1.3 Released, Boltzmann Comes to Fruition
Kicking off this week is SC, the annual ACM/IEEE sponsored supercomputing conference in the United States. At this show last year, AMD announced the Boltzmann Initiative, their ambitious plan...
11 by Ryan Smith on 11/14/2016ASUS ROG GT51 Desktop: Overclocked i7-6700K, GTX 1080 SLI, 64 GB DDR4, $4999
ASUS this month finally began to sell its high-end ROG GT51 desktop in the U.S. The system comes equipped with a factory-overclocked Intel Core i7 processor, two GeForce GTX...
52 by Anton Shilov on 11/11/2016