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This week ASML is making two very important announcements related to their progress with high numerical aperature extreme ultraviolet lithography (High-NA EUV). First up, the company's High-NA EUV prototype system at its fab in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, has printed the first 10nm patterns, which is a major milestone for ASML and their next-gen tools. Second, the company has also revealed that it's second High-NA EUV system is now out the door as well, and has been shipped to an unnamed customer. "Our High-NA EUV system in Veldhoven printed the first-ever 10 nanometer dense lines," a statement by ASML reads. "Imaging was done after optics, sensors and stages completed coarse calibration. Next up: bringing the system to full performance. And achieving the same results in the...
Kaby Lake Motherboards at $140: MSI Z270 SLI Plus vs. ASRock Z270 Killer SLI
In this review, we are having a look at two cost-effective Z270 motherboards that have been designed with gamers in mind - the MSI Z270 SLI Plus and the...
20 by E. Fylladitakis on 5/1/2017Acer Adds 12-Inch Switch 3 & Switch 5 2-in-1s to Kaby Lake Laptop Lineup
Acer this week introduced its new high-end 2-in-1 hybrid PCs that will be available later this year. The Acer Switch 5 will be aimed at users who require both...
14 by Anton Shilov on 4/28/2017MSI to Bundle Intel Optane Memory 16 GB Cache Drives with Select Motherboards
MSI this week announced plans to bundle Intel Optane Memory 16 GB caching drives with select Intel 200-series chipset motherboards. The company claims that the drives will not increase...
18 by Anton Shilov on 4/28/2017AT20 Giveaway Day 3: Intel Core CPUs, SSDs, & Optane Memory Too
Good morning everyone! We’re now on day 3 of our 20 day celebration of AnandTech’s 20th anniversary. After yesterday’s HTC U Ultra giveaway, today we’re back to PC parts, courtesy...
627 by Ryan Smith on 4/28/2017Intel Announces Q1 2017 Financial Results: Record Quarter
Today Intel announced their earnings for Q1 of their 2017 fiscal year, and the results were good. Intel delivered record revenue for the quarter, of $14.8 billion, up from...
21 by Brett Howse on 4/27/2017Skylake-SP Xeon List Published: Moving from E7/E5 Naming to Xeon Gold and Xeon Platinum
Presumably by accident, Intel this week has published a list of its upcoming processors that belong to the soon-to-launch Skylake Xeon families. The names were published by Intel in...
32 by Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov on 4/27/2017The Intel Optane Memory (SSD) Preview: 32GB of Kaby Lake Caching
Last week, we took a look at Intel's first product based on their 3D XPoint non-volatile memory technology: the Optane SSD DC P4800X, a record-breaking flagship enterprise SSD. Today...
110 by Billy Tallis on 4/24/2017The Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X (375GB) Review: Testing 3D XPoint Performance
Intel's new 3D XPoint non-volatile memory technology, which has been on the cards publically for the last couple of years, is finally hitting the market as the storage medium...
117 by Billy Tallis on 4/20/2017Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cancelled
In a bit of breaking news this morning, it appears that Intel has decided to cancel their Intel Developer Forum tradeshow going forward, including this summer’s expected IDF17. In an...
76 by Ryan Smith & Ian Cutress on 4/17/2017G.Skill Announces 16 GB DDR4-4333 Memory Kit for Intel Kaby Lake CPUs
G.Skill on Friday announced its new top-of-the-range DDR4 memory kit for dual-channel PCs running Intel’s Kaby Lake processors. The new Trident Z kit for operates at 4333 MT/s (DDR4-4333)...
23 by Anton Shilov on 4/15/2017GIGABYTE Lists GA-J3455N-D3H: Apollo Lake with COM, LPT, PS/2, D-Sub and PCI
GIGABYTE has added its first Intel Apollo Lake-based desktop motherboard to its product list. The platform is designed primarily for low-power entry-level PCs, but the manufacturer decided to tailor...
20 by Anton Shilov on 4/13/2017ECS LIVA Z Plus Kaby Lake vPro UCFF PC Review
Ultra-compact form factor PCs for business deployments have become popular in the recent past. Compared to traditional UCFF PCs, these business use-cases require ease of management and administration by...
12 by Ganesh T S on 4/12/2017ASUS Launches the Zen AiO ZN270IE: A 27-inch Full HD Core i7 All-In-One
ASUS has expanded its Zen AiO lineup of all-in-one PCs for 2017 with new 27” models. The company’s largest AIOs will fit into the current lineup of Intel Kaby...
9 by Anton Shilov on 4/4/2017Best CPUs Q1 2017
As we move through to the second quarter of the year, we have had two major updates to the desktop CPU landscape. First, Intel launched its Seventh generation of...
0 by Ian Cutress on 3/31/2017ECS LIVA Z Fanless Dual-LAN Apollo Lake UCFF PC Review
The market for UCFF (ultra-compact form factor) PCs has seen tremendous growth since the introduction of the Intel NUCs in early 2013. Various motherboard and system vendors have their...
30 by Ganesh T S on 3/30/2017Lenovo Updates ThinkStation P320 with Intel Xeon E3 v6 and NVIDIA Quadro Pascal
Today Lenovo is announcing an upgrade to its entry-level ThinkStation P300-series workstations. The update revolves around two new updates: firstly Intel’s Xeon E3 v6 (or 7th generation Core) processors...
4 by Anton Shilov on 3/28/2017Intel Launches Kaby-Lake based Xeons: The E3-1200 v6 Family
For the several generations previous, it has become customary for the Xeon equivalents of consumer processors to hit the market several months later. We saw the launch of Kaby...
54 by Ian Cutress on 3/28/2017Intel Launches Optane Memory M.2 Cache SSDs For Consumer Market
Last week, Intel officially launched their first Optane product, the SSD DC P4800X enterprise drive. This week, 3D XPoint memory comes to the client and consumer market in the...
127 by Billy Tallis on 3/27/2017Intel Introduces Optane SSD DC P4800X With 3D XPoint Memory
A year and a half after first publicly unveiling their new 3D XPoint non-volatile memory technology, Intel is launching the first product incorporating the new memory. The Intel Optane...
77 by Billy Tallis on 3/19/2017Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45: Atom Z3400, Android Wear 2.0, Starts at $1650
Tag Heuer last week announced its new generation smartwatch, co-developed with Google and Intel. The new Connected Modular 45 timepiece uses an Intel SoC, runs Google’s Android Wear 2.0...
36 by Anton Shilov on 3/18/2017