GeForce NOW Leaves Beta, Game Streaming Service Launches With New RTX Servers
For the last several years, NVIDIA has been dabbling in offering game streaming services. Starting out as GeForce GRID for the controller-shaped SHIELD Portable, the service has morphed over...
33 by Ryan Smith on 2/4/2020
Intel Whittles Down AI Portfolio, Folds Nervana in Favor of Habana
Over the past several years, Intel has built up a significant portfolio of AI acceleration technologies. This includes everything from in-house developments like Intel’s DL Boost instructions and upcoming...
42 by Ryan Smith on 2/3/2020
JEDEC Updates HBM2 Memory Standard To 3.2 Gbps; Samsung's Flashbolt Memory Nears Production
After a series of piecemeal announcements from different hardware vendors over the past year, the future of High Bandwidth Memory 2 (HBM2) is finally coming into focus. Continuing the...
24 by Ryan Smith on 2/3/2020
TCL Loses Brand License, Will No Longer Produce BlackBerry Devices
Today, TCL Communications has revealed that the company will be losing their BlackBerry brand license, and will stop selling such devices this August. The announcement is a bit of...
19 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/3/2020
Acer Launches Cheap USB-C Monitor for Laptops: The 15.6-Inch Acer PM1
Joining the growing market for portable external displays, Acer has started selling its first USB-C based external display for laptops. The no-frills Acer PM1 is aimed at the entry...
15 by Anton Shilov on 2/3/2020
96-Layer 3D TLC Reaches Embedded & Industrial NVMe SSDs: Transcend Reveals MTE662T
Though, as always, it takes some time for newer technologies to filter down into the conservative embedded/industrial market, the time has finally come for 96-layer 3D TLC NAND. SSD...
5 by Anton Shilov on 2/3/2020
5G Comes to Tablets: The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 5G
Following last year's successful launch of their first 5G smartphone, the Galaxy S10 5G, Samsung is finding itself in a very comfortable position in the world of next-generation smartphones...
9 by Anton Shilov on 2/3/2020
SK Hynix to Cut CapEx, Accelerate Transitions, 1z nm DRAM & 128L 4D NAND in 2020
Following a massive revenue and profitability drop in 2019, SK Hynix has announced that it plans to cut down its capital expenditures. While the market has shown some signs...
6 by Anton Shilov on 2/3/2020
Next-Gen NVIDIA Teslas Due This Summer; To Be Used In Big Red 200 Supercomputer
Thanks to Indiana University and The Next Platform, we have a hint of what’s to come with NVIDIA’s future GPU plans, with strong signs that NVIDIA will have a...
38 by Ryan Smith on 1/31/2020
More Hz for Less: GIGABYTE Unveils Aorus FI27Q 27-Inch 165 Hz Monitor
GIGABYTE has introduced its 2nd Generation 27-inch ‘tactical’ display for gamers, updating the display to offer a maximum refresh rate of 165 Hz. The Aorus FI27Q monitor continues to...
25 by Anton Shilov on 1/31/2020
Caltech Wins $1.1 Billion in Patent Suit Against Apple & Broadcom
The US District Court for the Central District of California this week ruled that Broadcom’s W-Fi chips used by Apple infringe on patents helds by the California Institute of...
34 by Anton Shilov on 1/31/2020
Faster, Cheaper, Power Efficient UFS Storage: UFS 3.1 Spec Published
JEDEC has published its UFS 3.1 specification (aka JESD220E), which adds several performance, power, cost-cutting, and reliability-related features to the standard. The new capabilities promise to increase real-world device...
11 by Anton Shilov on 1/31/2020
Western Digital and Kioxia Announce BiCS5 112-Layer 3D NAND
Western Digital and Kioxia have announced the successful development of their newest generation of 3D NAND flash memory. Their fifth-generation BiCS 3D NAND has commenced production in the form...
19 by Billy Tallis on 1/30/2020
ASRock’s X570D4I-2T: A Mini-ITX AMD X570 Motherboard with Intel’s 10 GbE Controller
ASRock Rack has revealed a rather interesting Mini-ITX motherboard for AMD’s Ryzen 2000 and 3000-series processors with Intel’s X550 10 GbE controller. The X570D4I-2T platform can be used both...
72 by Anton Shilov on 1/30/2020
EKWB Releases New Closed-Loop EK-AIO Cooling Systems w/RGB
Historically, EKWB has been best known for its custom, open-loop liquid cooling systems designed for experienced enthusiasts. But as closed-loop factory-assembled cooling systems are increasingly popular among many DIYers...
17 by Anton Shilov on 1/30/2020
EnGenius Reveals ‘Affordable’ Multi-Gig Switches with PoE: 8 2.5GBASE-T and 4 10GbE SFP+ Ports
EnGenius has unveiled a new series multi-gigabit PoE++ L2+ networking switches with multiple NBASE-T ports. The EnGenius ECS2512FP and ECS2512 switches are designed for small and medium businesses as...
46 by Anton Shilov on 1/30/2020
Samsung Galaxy Book S Laptop with Snapdragon 8cx: Pre-Order at $999 from Today
Update 1/30/2020: The Samsung Galaxy Book S with Snapdragon 8cx is now available for pre-order, starting at $999. The device is set to be available from February 13th. Samsung...
70 by Anton Shilov on 1/30/2020
Enmotus MiDrive: Rethinking SLC Caching For QLC SSDs
For consumer storage, CES 2020 brought a new wave of competition for PCIe 4.0 SSDs and promise of faster portable SSDs, but the most intriguing product demo was from...
44 by Billy Tallis on 1/30/2020
Crucial’s 32 GB UDIMMs and SODIMMs Available: DDR4-2666 & DDR4-3200
In the summer of 2019, Crucial was among the first brands to demonstrate 32 GB unbuffered memory modules, which were based on Micron’s 16 Gb DDR4 chips. Now after...
12 by Anton Shilov on 1/29/2020
Matrox Unveils D-Series Graphics Cards with NVIDIA Quadro GPUs
Matrox Graphics is one of the oldest graphics card manufacturers still in business today. It started to make video cards in 1978, several years before ATI, and 15 years...
29 by Anton Shilov on 1/29/2020
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