Samsung Kicks Off Mass Production of AI Chip for Baidu: 260 TOPS at 150 W
Samsung Foundry and Baidu this week said that the companies were about to start mass production of an AI accelerator chip early in 2020. Baidu’s Kunlun chip is to...
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ECS to Unveil LIVA Z3 Plus & LIVA Z3E Plus UCFF PCs at CES: Intel’s 10th Gen Core Inside
ECS this week disclosed plans to introduce new LIVA ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) PCs based on Intel’s 10th Gen Core processors. Set to be fully unveiled at CES next month...
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ADATA Reveals XPG Hunter SO-DIMMs: Up to DDR4-3000, Up to 32 GB
ADATA has introduced its new family of SO-DIMMs for laptops and small form-factor desktops. The XPG Hunter DDR4 SO-DIMMs offer data transfer rates of up to 3000 MT/s and...
6 by on 12/17/2019
Samsung to Expand 3D NAND Fab in China
Samsung reportedly plans to invest billions of dollars to expand its 3D NAND production facility in Xian, China. If the company proceeds with the plan, bit production capacity of...
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Corsair to Acquire SCUF Gaming
Corsair this week has announced that it will take over SCUF Gaming, a manufacturer of advanced gaming controllers for PCs and consoles. By acquiring SCUF, Corsair not only expands...
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OWC Launches ThunderBay 4 Mini DAS: 4 SATA Bays With SoftRAID, Up to 1.5 GB/s
OWC has introduced a new small form factor high performance, high redundancy DAS for the professional market. The ThunderBay 4 Mini incorporates 4 2.5-inch storage bays, allowing it to...
29 by on 12/16/2019
Samsung Unveils Galaxy A51 & Galaxy A71 Mid-Range Smartphones: 6.5/6.7-Inches With 4-Module Cameras
While Samsung draws most of its smartphone reputation from its high-end phones, the bulk of the phones that the company sells are are not the $700+ Galaxy S series...
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LG Updates Ultralight Gram Laptops & Convertible: Ice Lake Inside
Along with their flagship 17-inch model, LG this week has also given its 14 and 15.6-inch LG gram laptops an Ice Lake upgrade. The updated machines pair Intel’s Ice...
19 by on 12/13/2019
Western Digital Rolls-Out Two New SweRV RISC-V Cores For Microcontrollers
Western Digital has added two new processor cores — the SweRV Core EH2 and the SweRV Core EL2 — into its SweRV portfolio of microcontroller CPUs. And, keeping in...
14 by on 12/13/2019
Update: Sales of Samsung Galaxy Fold Are Nowhere Near 1 Million Units
Update 12/14: While claims were earlier made by Samsung's Chief Strategy Officer that the company had sold 1 million Galaxy Folds, the company has since stepped in to correct...
20 by on 12/12/2019
Western Digital: Expect More Energy-Assisted Tech For 24 TB & Beyond
Western Digital has been promoting its microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) technology for over a couple of years now, yet surprisingly, its upcoming 18 TB and 20 TB drives...
12 by on 12/12/2019
Samsung to Use SiFive RISC-V Cores for SoCs, Automotive, 5G Applications
At the annual RISC-V Summit this week, Samsung disclosed the use SiFive’s RISC-V cores for upcoming chips for a variety of applications. The company is joining a growing list...
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Logitech Releases 4K Pro Magnetic Webcam for Apple Pro Display XDR
This week Apple launched its all-new Pro Display XDR monitor that happens to be one of the most advanced LCDs around, but one thing it lacks is a built-in...
15 by on 12/12/2019
LG’s Lightweight Gram 17-Inch Laptop Gets Intel’s Ice Lake CPU
Thin-and-light notebooks with a 17-inch display are rather rare, as most 17-inch laptops are intended to be high performance desktop replacement-class machines. LG’s gram 17 has been a stand-out...
32 by on 12/12/2019
Intel Hires Fab Veteran, Former GlobalFoundries CTO Dr. Gary Patton
Intel has hired Dr. Gary Patton, the former CTO at GlobalFoundries and an ex-head of IBM Microelectronics business. Dr Patton was leading Global Foundries leading edge processes before that...
21 by on 12/11/2019
Macronix to Start Shipments of 3D NAND in 2020
Macronix, a Taiwan-based manufacturer for special-purpose memory solutions, will start volume shipments of its own 3D NAND memory in the second half of next year. The company will become...
3 by on 12/11/2019
Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 10 Mobile
Microsoft this week has finally retired Windows 10 mobile, ending support for its smartphone OS. However, in a quirk of differing lifecycle policies, the software giant will continue to...
20 by on 12/11/2019
Intel Announces RealSense LiDAR Depth Camera for Indoor Applications
Intel has introduced the first member of its RealSense LiDAR family of depth cameras, the RealSense LiDAR L515. The sensor is primarily designed for indoor use, with Intel optimizing...
33 by on 12/11/2019
AOC Reveals Two 34-Inch Curved Gaming Monitors: Up to 144 Hz & FreeSync
AOC has introduced a set of new ultra-wide curved monitors aimed at the mid-range gaming market.The new CU34G2 and CU34G2X monitors are based on 34-inch VA panels that feature...
14 by on 12/11/2019
Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro Tower Now Available: From $5,999 to $53,000
Apple on Tuesday started sales of its revamped Mac Pro workstation. The new Mac Pro brings Apple back to the forefront of expensive, high-performance workstations for the first time...
81 by on 12/10/2019
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