GlobalFoundries Stops All 7nm Development: Opts To Focus on Specialized Processes
GlobalFoundries on Monday announced an important strategy shift. The contract maker of semiconductors decided to cease development of bleeding edge manufacturing technologies and stop all work on its 7LP...
127 by on 8/27/2018AMD Slashes Prices of First-Gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs: Starting at $300
Following the launch of its second-generation Ryzen Threadripper processors earlier this month, AMD quietly began to slash prices of its first-gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs. Right now, the most affordable...
34 by on 8/27/2018AMD Wins Patent Infringement Case Against Vizio & Others; Vizio Ordered To Cease Some TV Imports
AMD has won a round in its legal battle against makers of TVs at the United States International Trade Commission (US ITC). The Commission found that Vizio and Sigma...
58 by on 8/24/2018Lite-On Demos Its First ‘Ruler’ EDSFF SSDs: CNEX Labs Controller, Up to 80 TB Capacity
Lite-On has demonstrated its first SSD that comes in EDSFF ‘ruler’ form factor, showing off the new drive at FMS earlier this month. The drive uses a controller from...
10 by on 8/24/2018Logitech Launches G Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse with 16,000 DPI Sensor
Professional gamers tend to use wired mice because of their higher polling rate and lower input lag. For many years leading makers of mice have improved their wireless mice...
21 by on 8/24/2018Turing Custom: A Quick Look At Upcoming GeForce RTX 2080 Ti & 2080 Cards
Following NVIDIA’s announcement of its latest GeForce RTX 20-series GPUs on Monday, its board partners also introduced their custom-built offerings based on the new processors. As is usually the...
48 by on 8/23/2018Dell Adds Per-Key LED Lighting to Alienware 15 and Alienware 17 Laptops
Dell has introduced new versions of its Alienware 15 R4 and Alienware 17 R5 gaming notebooks, which now feature new keyboards with customizable per-key lighting. The systems rely on...
6 by on 8/23/2018Alienware Installs NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX Cards In Aurora and Area-51 Desktops
Alienware this week announced its latest versions of Aurora and Area-51 desktops, the most notable change being that the new models will be equipped with NVIDIA’s latest GeForce RTX...
13 by on 8/23/2018Dell Launches Gaming 24 and Gaming 27 Displays: 1 ms Response, 144/155 Hz Refresh
Dell has announced its new displays aimed at gamers. The new 24-inch and 27-inch Gaming-series monitors feature a 1 ms response time, an up to 155 Hz refresh rate...
25 by on 8/22/2018PC Supplier Adds Support for Coffee Lake CPUs to Older Intel H110 Platforms
A supplier of PCs from China has added support for Intel’s Coffee Lake CPUs to its platforms based on Intel’s H110 chipset. The announcement does not mean that mainboards...
15 by on 8/19/2018MSI’s PS42 Business Laptop Now Available: 14-Inch Quad-Core Ultrabook
MSI has started to ship its ultrathin Prestige-series laptops that it introduced in early June. The new PS42 models feature a 14-inch display, a quad-core CPU, and a discrete...
20 by on 8/17/2018OSS Unveils Magma ExpressBox 3T-V3-eGPU TB3 Enclosures for NVIDIA Quadro Cards
One Stop Systems has introduced its first external boxes for video cards, which will be offered with factory-installed NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics adapters. The Magma ExpressBox 3T-V3-eGPU enclosures are...
15 by on 8/17/2018Cooler Master Launches MasterLiquid ML360R RGB 360-mm AIO Cooler with RGB
Cooler Master this week introduced its new closed-loop liquid cooling solution featuring customizable RGB LED lighting and a 360-mm radiator. The MasterLiquid ML360R RGB is the company’s first cooler...
3 by on 8/17/2018GIGABYTE's Cavium ThunderX2 Systems: 1U R181-T90 and 2U R281-T91
GIGABYTE's server division has started sales of its first servers based on Cavium’s ThunderX2 processors with up to 32 cores. Being among the primary companies to begin selling machines...
7 by on 8/16/2018EVGA Launches X299 Micro ATX 2 Motherboard
EVGA this week introduced its second-generation Micro-ATX motherboard based on Intel’s X299 platform. The new mainboard has an improved VRM configuration with more phases and a better cooling, which...
8 by on 8/16/2018More 10nm Cannon Lake: Coming to Intel NUC, Officially
Intel late on Wednesday formally introduced its Crimson Canyon NUCs based on its 10nm Cannon Lake processors and equipped with AMD’s standalone Radeon 540 graphics chip. The new NUC8i3CY-series...
20 by on 8/16/2018ATP Announces eMMC5.1 3D NAND Storage For Extreme Temperatures
ATP recently introduced its new eMMC storage solutions designed for industrial applications and rough environments. The storage devices are based on 3D NAND memory and can work in SLC...
1 by on 8/15/2018Cooler Master Launches Wraith Ripper Cooler for Threadripper 2 CPUs
Cooler Master has announced its Wraith Ripper, the air cooler that AMD recommends for its latest Threadripper 2 processors. The cooler can dissipate up to 250 W of power...
19 by on 8/15/2018Inno3D Releases iChill Memory Modules with RGB LEDs, Up to DDR4-4000
Inno3D is primarily known for its graphics cards featuring highly custom cooling systems, but apparently the company has decided to expand its business beyond that. This week Inno3D introduced...
2 by on 8/14/2018Enermax Unveils LiqTech TR4 II LCS: A 500W TDP Threadripper 2 Cooler
Enermax on Monday introduced its new LiqTech TR4 II closed-loop liquid cooling systems, which are designed for use with AMD’s latest Ryzen Threadripper 2 processors. Just like its predecessor...
9 by on 8/13/2018