Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8s Gen 3: A Cheaper Chip For Premium Phones
With the launch of their flagship Snapdragon 8 SoC firmly behind them now, Qualcomm this morning is turning their collective head towards the premium market with the launch of...
8 by Ryan Smith on 3/18/2024BIOSTAR Debuts Barebones A620MS mATX Motherboard For Ryzen 7000 Processors
BIOSTAR has launched its AM5-based A620MS motherboard today, bringing a new low-end option for PC users on a budget. Though BIOSTAR has not disclosed what MSRP it the A620MS...
10 by Matthew Connatser on 3/15/2024First DNA Data Storage Specification Released: First Step Towards Commercialization
The DNA Data Storage Alliance introduced its inaugural specifications for DNA-based data storage this week. This specification outlines a method for encoding essential information within a DNA data archive...
13 by Anton Shilov on 3/15/2024Asus Launches Low-Profile GeForce RTX 3050 6GB: A Tiny Graphics Card for All PCs
Asus this week has become the latest PC video card manufacturer to announce a sub-75W video card based on NVIDIA's recently-released low-power GeForce RTX 3050 6GB design. And going...
6 by Anton Shilov on 3/15/2024Asus Adds Support for 64GB Memory Modules to Intel 600/700 Motherboards
Asus on Thursday said it has released new versions of UEFI BIOS for DDR5-supporting Intel 600/700-series motherboards that enable support for 64 GB DIMMs. As a result, Asus's latest...
4 by Anton Shilov on 3/14/2024Western Digital Launches PC SN5000S SSD: Low-Cost Meets High Performance
Western Digital has introduced its new series of SSDs aimed at mainstream PCs, which combine high performance and low cost. The Western Digital PC SN5000S family of DRAM-less drives...
11 by Anton Shilov on 3/14/2024NETGEAR Introduces WBE750: First Insight-Manageable Wi-Fi 7 Access Point Targets Congested Deployments
Wi-Fi 7 products have slowly started gaining market traction, particularly in the residential market (home consumer segment). The SMB / SME / enterprise market is traditionally a few quarters...
3 by Ganesh T S on 3/14/2024Corsair Launches New XH405i Custom Water Cooling Kits And XG7 RTX 4080-Compatible Water Blocks
Corsair has launched its latest Hydro X series iCUE LINK XH405i RGB custom open-loop water cooling kits, replacing the older XH305i kits from 2020. The new kits feature Corsair’s...
0 by Matthew Connatser on 3/13/2024ASML Delivers First 2nm-Generation Low-NA EUV Tool, the Twinscan NXE:3800E
Our avid readers tend to look at microelectronics made using leading edge process technologies, which in case of Intel means usage of High-NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography a couple...
2 by Anton Shilov on 3/13/2024SiPearl's Rhea-2 CPU Added to Roadmap: Second-Gen European CPU for HPC
SiPearl, a processor designer supported by the European Processor Initiative, is about to start shipments of its very first Rhea processor for high-performance computing workloads. But the company is...
3 by Anton Shilov on 3/8/2024Best Portable SSDs: March 2024
Once the domain of external, bus-powered hard drives, these days the market for external storage has been almost completely consumed by portable SSDs. Rapid technological advancements in NAND flash...
1 by Ganesh T S on 3/8/2024Marvell's 2nm IP Platform Enables Custom Silicon for Datacenters
Marvell this week introduced its new IP technology platform specifically tailored for custom chips for accelerated infrastructure made on TSMC's 2nm-class process technologies (possibly including N2 and N2P). The...
0 by Anton Shilov on 3/8/2024Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger to Deliver Computex Keynote, Showcasing Next-Gen Products
Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), the organizer of Computex, has announced that Pat Gelsinger, chief executive of Intel, will deliver a keynote at Computex 2024 on June 4...
17 by Anton Shilov on 3/8/2024Variable Refresh Rate Support Comes to NVIDIA’s GeForce Now Cloud Streaming Service
Today NVIDIA has brought variable refresh rate support to its GeForce Now cloud gaming service. The company initially promised variable refresh support on GeForce Now back in early January...
2 by Matthew Connatser on 3/7/2024V-Color Has New RDIMM Octo-Kits For Threadripper 7000 CPUs: 768 GB Kits Starting at $4,840
V-Color has launched several EXPO-certified DDR5 RDIMM memory kits for AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Pro and non-Pro platforms. The new RDIMM memory kits, which only come in an eight-DIMM...
2 by Zhiye Liu on 3/7/2024Intel to Hold Webinar to Discuss Long-Term Vision for Foundry, Separating Fab and Design Reporting
As Intel prepares to move its fabs into its new Intel Foundry business, it will change the way it reports results in the coming months. To discuss the company's...
1 by Anton Shilov on 3/7/2024Western Digital Issues Update on Company Split: CEOs for Post-Split Entities Announced
Now well in the midst of executing its plan to divide itself into separate hard drive and NAND businesses, Western Digital today offered a fresh update on the state...
27 by Anton Shilov on 3/6/2024Apple Launches M3-Based MacBook Air 13 and 15: 3nm CPU for the Masses
Apple on Monday introduced its new generation MacBook Air laptops based on the company's most-recent M3 system-on-chip (SoC). The new MacBook Air notebooks come in the same sizes as...
48 by Anton Shilov on 3/4/2024SK Hynix Mulls 'Differentiated' HBM Memory Amid AI Frenzy
SK Hynix and AMD were at the forefront of the memory industry with the first generation of high bandwidth memory (HBM) back in 2013 – 2015, and SK Hynix...
10 by Anton Shilov on 3/1/2024Tenstorrent Licenses RISC-V CPU IP to Build 2nm AI Accelerator for Edge
Tenstorrent this week announced that it had signed a deal to license out its RISC-V CPU and AI processor IP to Japan's Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC), which will...
22 by Anton Shilov on 2/28/2024