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Wrapping up Computex 2018 with discussions about AMD's Threadripper 2 with 32 cores, Intel's new limited edition Core i7-8086K, and that really odd 28-core 5 GHz demo where Intel forgot to mention it was overclocked. Also some discussion on the best of the rest of the show, including G.Skill's Royal memory, gaming smartphones, ASUS' dual screen technologies, Intel's QLC NAND, and hardware for miners. The AnandTech Podcast, Episode 48 Featuring Ian Cutress, Host Senior Editor @IanCutress Anton Shilov News Editor @antonshilov iTunes RSS - mp3, m4a Direct Links - mp3, m4a Total Time: 1 hour 42 minutes 37 seconds Outline mm:ss 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Defining Extreme Workstation Processors (Intel and AMD) 02:53 AMD's Threadripper 2 announcement 10:51 Intel 28 core CPU at 5 GHz (overclocked) 33:24 Intel Core i7-8086K processor (Intel's first 5 GHz CPU) 41:59 Alva Jonathan (JagatReview) hits 7.2 GHz...
ZOTAC at CES 2018: Gemini Lake 'Credit Card' Pico PCs
LAS VEGAS, NV — Last year Intel introduced its Compute Card initiative, aimed mostly at manufacturers of specialized PCs and smart devices that benefit from high integration, easy installation...
26 by Anton Shilov on 1/17/2018
Kingston at CES 2018: Nucleum, a Portable 7-in-1 USB-C Dock for Notebooks
LAS VEGAS, NV — Notebook manufacturers, Apple in particular, were heavily criticized in 2016/2017 for introducing notebooks that feature only USB Type-C connectors. For end-users, such a transition meant...
11 by Anton Shilov on 1/17/2018
ZOTAC at CES 2018: Workstation Mini-PCs with NVIDIA Quadro
LAS VEGAS, NV — ZOTAC’s new lineup of workstations consists of three systems based on Intel’s quad-core Core i5-7500T processor and one of three GPUs: the NVIDIA Quadro P1000...
8 by Anton Shilov on 1/17/2018
ZOTAC at CES 2018: AMD Raven Ridge APU in a ZBOX MA551 Mini-PC
LAS VEGAS, NV — ZOTAC is preparing a small form-factor PC based on an AMD’s Ryzen processor with integrated Vega graphics. The ZOTAC ZBOX MA551 will be among the...
34 by Anton Shilov on 1/16/2018
ASRock at CES 2018: Hands-On with the ASRock X399M Taichi
LAS VEGAS, NV – While smaller motherboards are fun to look at, and an engineering challenge, they still represent a small part of the market. The main benefit for...
5 by Ian Cutress on 1/16/2018
ADATA at CES 2018: A 1U AIC Server for 5G Comms, with 36x 8TB M.3 Drives
LAS VEGAS, NV – I had no idea what an M.3 drive was until I visited ADATA at CES. Having lived through IDE, SATA, and now M.2, I had...
11 by Ian Cutress on 1/16/2018
GIGABYTE at CES 2018: A First Look at X470
LAS VEGAS, NV – One of the announcements from AMD’s Tech Day prior to CES was that of a new chipset coming to the Ryzen market. The purpose of...
14 by Ian Cutress on 1/16/2018
Zotac at CES 2018: ZBOX MAGNUS Upgraded with Coffee
LAS VEGAS, NV — This year at CES, ZOTAC has demonstrated its new flagship compact gaming PC with an upgrade and a rededign. The new ZBOX MAGNUS is powered...
3 by Anton Shilov on 1/16/2018
ASRock at CES 2018: Ultra Quad M.2 PCIe Card
LAS VEGAS, NV – Sometimes, one M.2 PCIe drive is not enough. Some motherboards come with three M.2 slots for NVMe SSDs, but that might not be enough either...
8 by Ian Cutress on 1/16/2018
ADATA at CES 2018: Jellyfish DRAM
LAS VEGAS, NV – Over the years, DRAM heatsinks have gone from non-existent, to gaudy, to death traps with jagged edges, to some form of LED hell. In the...
19 by Ian Cutress on 1/16/2018
Asustor Launches Marvell-based AS4000 Series NAS Units with 10GBASE-T
Asustor took the opportunity at CES 2018 to launch their AS4000 NAS series. It will have two SKUs - the 2-bay AS4002T, and the 4-bay AS4004T. While there are...
20 by Ganesh T S on 1/13/2018
Cherry Introduces New Low Profile RGB Switches at CES 2018
This year, Cherry, one of the leaders in mechanical keyboard switches, and more often than not the ‘go-to’ for enthusiasts, is releasing a new low-profile switch. It is called...
13 by Joe Shields on 1/12/2018
Mushkin at CES 2018: CarbonEXT 1 TB USB 3.0 SSD, Swap USB Type-A & Type-C Drive
LAS VEGAS, NV — In addition to a host of new M.2 SSDs, Mushkin introduced two new USB-based products at CES 2018: the CarbonEXT new external SSD as well...
5 by Anton Shilov on 1/12/2018
ECS at CES 2018: LIVA Z2, LIVA Q2 & LIVA One SoC Gemini Lake-Based UCFF PCs
UPDATE 1/12, 2:15 PM ET: Adding MSPRs for the Z2 and Q2 entry-level configs. LAS VEGAS, NV — ECS demonstrated a few of its upcoming ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) PCs based...
6 by Anton Shilov on 1/12/2018
Tesoro Returns with Low-Profile Switch Keyboards, Fresh Software
LAS VEGAS, NV -- Tesoro will readily admit that 2017 was a quiet year for the small peripherals company. The personnel reshifted and refocused during that time, carefully and...
5 by Joe Shields on 1/12/2018
ATSC Releases ATSC 3.0 Digital TV Standards Suite: Over-The-Air Meets Over-The-Top
LAS VEGAS, NV — At a formal commemoration at CES 2018, the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), industry standards consortium for digital television, announced the release of ATSC 3.0...
25 by Nate Oh on 1/12/2018
MSI at CES 2018: New Desktop PC’s - Updated Trident 3 Arctic, Infinite X, and Aegis Ti3
MSI’s has released information about three new updated lines from their Gaming Desktop segment. The Trident 3 Arctic, revealed in March 2017, The Infinite X, and the Aegis Ti3...
7 by Joe Shields on 1/11/2018
MSI at CES 2018: New Optix MPG series Monitors - 27” Curved VA Panels Up to 144 Hz Refresh and RGB LED
LAS VEGAS, NV — A good chunk of premium gaming monitors feature RGB lighting, but the feature is almost always a superfluous flourish and not something very useful. That...
9 by Joe Shields on 1/11/2018
Mushkin Unveils New Pilot & Helix-L M.2 SSDs at CES 2018: Up to 3.5 GB/s, Up to 2 TB
LAS VEGAS, NV — Mushkin on Wednesday formally announced its lineup of M.2 SSDs that it will be offering this year. All the drives are based on various controllers...
10 by Anton Shilov on 1/11/2018
Maingear Displays New F131 Desktop with new ‘Apex’ Integrated Cooling
LAS VEGAS, NV — Maingear hit the CES 2018 floor armed with its new flagship F131 desktop gaming PC that has been redesigned from the ground up to the...
8 by Joe Shields on 1/11/2018
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