Imagination and Apple Renew IP Licensing Agreement
Today Imagination Technologies has announced that Apple has signed a new multi-year licensing with the company, giving the Cupertino company continued access to Imagination’s IP.
27 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/2/2020Taking Immersion in Gaming One Step Further: Full PC Immersion with the CoolBitts ICEbox
One of the news items that went under the radar at Supercomputing was from CoolBitts. The company focuses on fully immersed systems whereby the CPU, GPU, and all the...
31 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/30/2019Kioxia: 3D Stacked Storage Class Memory, like 3D XPoint, Isn’t the Future
One of the key battlegrounds of the next decade is going to be storage: density, speed, and demand. Naturally all the major players in the space want to promote...
23 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/30/2019This Smartphone Fingerprint Sensor Gets Two Thumbs (Up)
One of the cool features that came out of Qualcomm’s Tech Summit last month was its new fingerprint sensor. This one goes above and beyond anything I’ve seen before...
23 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/30/2019For Explosive Environments: Dell Latitude 7220EX Rugged Extreme Windows Tablet
With industry and research, computers are needed everywhere, including various harsh environments for which companies develop ruggedized PCs, tablets, or smartphones. But there are also hazardous environments that not...
10 by Anton Shilov on 12/30/2019TureMetal Builds a Fanless 32-Core EPYC PC with an RTX 2070
Turemetal, a maker of cases for fanless PCs, has published photos of a passively cooled system featuring an AMD EPYC processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card...
25 by Anton Shilov on 12/30/201980-Core N1 Next-Gen Ampere, ‘QuickSilver’: The Anti-Graviton2
The drive to putting Arm into the server space has had its ups and downs. We’ve seen the likes of Applied Micro/Ampere, Broadcom/Cavium/Marvell, Qualcomm, Huawei, Fujitsu, Annapurna/Amazon, and even...
55 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/23/2019In The Lab: ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT Taichi X 8G OC+ Graphics Card
Since AMD unveiled its products on the 7 nm process node, we've seen numerous CPU launches and announcements with the Ryzen 3000 series of processors. Not only processors but...
15 by Gavin Bonshor on 12/23/2019OWC Releases Accelsior 4M2 SSD: Quad-M.2 For Over 6000 MB/s
Just in time for the launch of Apple's newly redesigned Mac Pro tower, OWC has introduced the ‘fastest SSD [they've] ever built’, the Accelsior 4M2. The high-end solid state...
24 by Anton Shilov on 12/23/2019GIGABYTE Unveils MU71-SU0 and MD71-HB0 Xeon Motherboards For Professionals
Outside of the plethora of AMD-related announcements of late, GIGABYTE has announced a pair of Intel motherboards for its workstation and server board users. The GIGABYTE MU71-SU0 is designed...
7 by Gavin Bonshor on 12/23/2019Japan Partly Removes Restrictions on Photoresists Exports to South Korea
Marking a thawing of relations between the Japanese and South Korean governments, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has partially removed export restrictions on photoresists to...
16 by Anton Shilov on 12/23/2019Western Digital Begins to Sample 18 TB & 20 TB ‘Energy Assisted’ Hard Drives
Western Digital has started partner sampling of its 18 TB and 20 TB energy-assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) drives. The HDDs utilize WD's up and coming EAMR tech to further...
23 by Anton Shilov on 12/23/2019LG Reveals 31.5-Inch UltraFine Ergo 4K Monitor with Ergonomic Arm
LG has announced its new 31.5-inch UltraFine Ergo 4K display, the largest in the UltraFine family to date. Living up to its name, the Ergo monitor has an innovative...
15 by Anton Shilov on 12/20/2019FSP to Demonstrate T-Wings 2-in-1 Chassis at CES: Two Semi-Open PCs in One Box
FSP is a relatively new player in the market for retail PC chassis, so it often goes to great lenghts to attract the attention of enthusiasts and build up...
10 by Anton Shilov on 12/20/2019Giveaway: Supermicro Z390 Mini-ITX Motherboard & Thermaltake Core P1 TG Case
Just in time for a bit of extra holiday cheer, we have a new giveaway courtesy of Supermicro and Thermaltake. The companies have teamed up to give away a...
12 by Ryan Smith on 12/20/2019280 Hz Fast: ASUS Releases TUF Gaming VG279QM IPS Monitor w/ 280 Hz
ASUS has started sales of its yet unannounced TUF Gaming VG279QM display in China. The new monitor features a maximum refresh rate of 280 Hz along with a dynamic...
28 by Anton Shilov on 12/19/2019Micron Obtains License to Sell DRAM & NAND to Huawei
The inclusion of Huawei into the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Entity List and consequent restrictions to work with the Chinese giant clearly made it much harder for the U.S.-based...
12 by Anton Shilov on 12/19/2019Amazon, Apple, Google, Zigbee Alliance to Develop Connectivity Standard for Smart Home
Smart home devices have been around for many years, but have never become very widespread to a large degree. One of the reasons for this is likely the incompatibility...
43 by Anton Shilov on 12/18/2019Kensington’s SD5500T TB3/USB-C Hybrid Docking Station: Titan Ridge Inside
Kensington has introduced its new Thunderbolt 3 dock that is guaranteed to work with all USB Type-C hosts. The SD5500T docking station has nine popular ports, which woukd be...
21 by Anton Shilov on 12/18/2019Samsung Kicks Off Mass Production of AI Chip for Baidu: 260 TOPS at 150 W
Samsung Foundry and Baidu this week said that the companies were about to start mass production of an AI accelerator chip early in 2020. Baidu’s Kunlun chip is to...
9 by Anton Shilov on 12/18/2019