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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...
Asustor AS-304T: 4-Bay Intel Evansport NAS Review
Intel's Evansport NAS platform was meant to take on ARM's dominance in the low to mid-range consumer / SOHO NAS market. We covered it in detail while reviewing the...
34 by Ganesh T S on 3/26/2014
Return of the DirectX vs. OpenGL Debates
With the announcement of DirectX 12 features like low-level programming, it appears we're having a revival of the DirectX vs. OpenGL debates—and we can toss AMD's Mantle into the...
105 by Jarred Walton on 3/24/2014
Intel Announces Ready Mode Technology: Using C7 for Syncing and Streaming
Intel’s conference call this week featured some elements on the progression of the desktop. Lisa Graff, VP and GM of Intel’s Desktop Client Platforms Group tells us that while...
4 by Ian Cutress on 3/19/2014
Intel 2014 Enthusiast Processors: Unlocked Haswell Pentium due mid-2014
The next of Intel’s enthusiast level announcements this week is more like a reach into history. For enthusiasts who were present during the Core2Duo days, it was common enough...
19 by Ian Cutress on 3/19/2014
Intel 2014 Enthusiast Processors: New Haswell K with Overclocking Enhancements
Rewind back to the launch of Intel’s 3rd generation processor, Ivy Bridge. Enthusiasts and gamers who overclock the top end model were a little disappointed with the maximum CPU...
23 by Ian Cutress on 3/19/2014
Intel 2014 Enthusiast Processors: Haswell-E To Feature 8 Cores, X99, DDR4
The second of Intel’s enthusiast-based announcements after the unlocked Iris Pro coming to Broadwell is one regarding Intel’s new high performance platform. Currently we sit with socket LGA 2011...
45 by Ian Cutress on 3/19/2014
Intel 2014 Enthusiast Processors: New Unlocked Iris Pro CPU Coming to Broadwell
In a somewhat uncharacteristic turn from Intel, we were hooked up and loaded in to a press conference call this week regarding the announcement of some exciting new products...
64 by Ian Cutress on 3/19/2014
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E5-2687W v2 Review: 12 and 8 Cores
Intel’s roadmap goes through all the power and market segments, from ultra-low-power, smartphones, tablets, notebooks, desktops, mainstream desktops, enthusiast desktops and enterprise. Enterprise differs from the rest of...
71 by Ian Cutress on 3/17/2014
ZOTAC Goes For Iris Pro in Their New ZBOX E-Series Gaming Mini-PCs
So far there have been only a few ways to get hold of an Iris Pro 5200 enabled machine. The first CPUs with these processors were in laptops, until...
24 by Ian Cutress on 3/10/2014
Intel Xeon to get Crystal Well: E3-1284L v3
At both the Intel Haswell launch and the first shipping Haswell Xeon silicon, I lamented the lack of a Crystal Well Xeon part in the line-up. It would...
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Dell introduces the Precision M2800, Entry Level ISV-Certified Mobile Workstation
“Mobile Workstation” always triggers an ambivalent feeling in my brain. Workstation means performance and reliability, whereas a mobile part suggests compromise for the added benefit of portability. Both of...
31 by Ian Cutress on 3/8/2014
MSI Launches the Nightblade Gaming Barebones, a mini-ITX with OC
Traditional PC component manufacturers are moving into other areas of interest. For MSI that means devices such as tablets and notebooks, as well as moving forward with their traditional...
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Dell XPS 15 Haswell Edition: QHD+ with a Refined Design
It's late, but our review of Dell's updated XPS 15 (9530, late 2013 edition) is finally ready. There were reasons for the delays, which we'll get into in the...
152 by Jarred Walton on 3/6/2014
GIGABYTE Server to Offer a 1P LGA2011 Motherboard with 10GbE SFP+
While home networking is moving slowly forward in the march towards 10GBase-T, having high speed access in the enterprise arena can be a specific requirement for a mission critical...
19 by Ian Cutress on 3/6/2014
Bay Trail-D from ASUS: The J1800I-C
We previously reported on Bay Trail-D motherboards coming from ECS, GIGABYTE and Biostar, but today it is ASUS’ turn to add in a SKU to the mix. The...
28 by Ian Cutress on 3/4/2014
Intel's Haswell 4th Generation Processor Refresh: Prices Leaked
Most processor lines from Intel get an update mid-cadence, usually a few individual processors to fill up the product stack or another one on top for increased clock speeds...
38 by Ian Cutress on 3/4/2014
Intel SSD 730 (480GB) Review: Bringing Enterprise to the Consumers
The days of Intel being the dominant player in the client SSD business are long gone. A few years ago Intel shifted its focus from client SSDs to the...
96 by Kristian Vättö on 2/27/2014
GIGABYTE G1.Sniper Z87 Review
The G1 series from GIGABYTE has seen a recent expansion of late – from the previous socket to new chipset releases, GIGABYTE is now attempting to provide a model...
36 by Ian Cutress on 2/24/2014
Intel Talks Atom Z3460/Z3480 (Merrifield), Z3560/Z3580 (Moorefield) and LTE at MWC 2014
For the past couple of years Intel has used MWC as an opportunity to update us on its mobile plans. This year is no different as Intel officially launches...
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2014
The Intel Xeon E7 v2 Review: Quad Socket, Up to 60 Cores/120 Threads
Meet the new Xeon E7 v2, codenamed "Ivy Bridge EX". We've had the new processors in our labs for the past few weeks putting them to the test, using...
125 by Johan De Gelas on 2/21/2014
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