Panasonic Unveils Let’s Note SV7: 12.1-Inch, Quad-Core CPU, TB3, ODD, 21 Hrs, 2.4 Lbs
Panasonic has upgraded its 12.1-inch series laptops with Intel’s quad-core 8th Generation Core i5/i7 CPUs. The new Panasonic Let’s Note CF-SV7-series notebooks are the only ultra-compact PCs to feature...
25 by Anton Shilov on 2/13/2018ARM Announces Project Trillium Machine Learning IPs
Today’s Arm announcement is a bit out of the norm for the company, as it’s the first in a series of staggered releases of information. For this first announcement...
5 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/13/2018Micron Readies 3D QLC NAND-Based Datacenter SSDs for Nearline Storage
Micron has revealed plans to release datacenter-class SSDs based on 3D QLC NAND memory in an effort to compete in the nearline storage market. Briefly announced at a conference...
29 by Anton Shilov on 2/12/2018AMD Readies Ryzen 3 2200GE & Ryzen 5 2400GE APUs with Reduced TDP
AMD is preparing to release low-power versions of its Ryzen APUs with built-in Radeon Vega graphics. The new Ryzen 3 2200GE and Ryzen 5 2400GE chips will have a...
25 by Anton Shilov on 2/12/2018VAIO S Laptops Updated With 8th Gen Core CPUs & TruePerformance to Prolong Turbo Time
VAIO has updated its popular 13-inch VAIO S laptops sold in the U.S. with Intel’s latest 8th Generation Core i5/i7 processors featuring four cores. Besides new CPUs, the systems...
11 by Anton Shilov on 2/12/2018AM4 Motherboard BIOS Updates Released to Support AMD Ryzen APUs
AMD’s Ryzen CPUs made a large impact on the market starting around mid-2017 when they were released. When Ryzen based CPUs hit the scene, performance was on generally on...
19 by Joe Shields on 2/12/2018Samsung Begins Mass Production of 256 GB eUFS Devices for Automotive Applications
Samsung has announced that it has started mass production of eUFS 2.1-compatible storage devices for automotive applications. The new 256 GB devices support select UFS 3.0 features for vehicles...
6 by Anton Shilov on 2/12/2018NVIDIA Announces Record Q4 2018 Results
This afternoon NVIDIA announced yet another record quarter, with revenues of $2.91 billion, which is up 34% from a year ago. Gross margin was 61.9%, and operating income was...
46 by Brett Howse on 2/8/2018SK Hynix Announces SSDs with 72-Layer 3D NAND ICs, Own Controllers
SK Hynix this week has said it has completed development of its enterprise-grade SSDs based on its 512 Gb 72-layer 3D TLC NAND chips as well as its own...
7 by Anton Shilov on 2/8/2018The GlobalFoundries Fab 8 Tour and a Junior Editor's Thoughts
For those who haven’t noticed the anti-contaminant “bunny suit” pictures floating around Twitter, this past weekend Ian and I took part in a tour of GlobalFoundries Fab 8 in...
18 by Nate Oh on 2/8/2018Patriot Demos Viper M.2 SSDs with Phison E12, Up to 2 TB
In January, Patriot demonstrated its upcoming Viper M.2-branded high-end SSDs. The new drives are powered by Toshiba’s 64-layer BICS 3D NAND flash memory and Phison’s latest PS5012-E12 controller. The...
5 by Anton Shilov on 2/8/2018Qualcomm Affirms Dozens of Carrier & Manufacturer Partnerships For 5G Trials & 2019 Product Launches
Hitting the wire today are a pair of announcements from Qualcomm, who is affirming the dozens of partnerships the company has inked both with carriers and handset manufacturers regarding...
22 by Ryan Smith on 2/8/2018Intel Adds New Coffee Lake CPUs to Online Database
Intel has recently added eight unannounced desktop Coffee Lake processors to its MDDS (material declaration datasheet) database. Three new chips belong to the Core i3/i5 lineup are targeting mainstream...
11 by Anton Shilov on 2/7/2018FSP’s Liquid-Cooled Power Supply: The Hydro PTM+ 1200W, Only $700, With RGB
FSP this week has announced that its Hydro PTM+ 1200 W/1400 W power supply, featuring a liquid cooling block that was originally demonstrated at Computex 2017, would hit the...
13 by Anton Shilov on 2/7/2018Lenovo Recalls Some ThinkPad X1 Carbon Laptops Due to Potential Overheating
Lenovo this week has began a voluntarily recall of some of its 5th Generation (Kaby Lake, Intel 7000-series) ThinkPad X1 Carbon notebooks because of an unfastened screw that can...
8 by Anton Shilov on 2/7/2018AMD & Valve Introduce AMD TrueAudio Next Support for Steam Audio
This week, AMD and Valve announced AMD TrueAudio Next (TAN) support for Steam Audio, introducing it with the newly released Steam Audio 2.0 beta 13. Introduced just about a...
11 by Nate Oh on 2/7/2018HP Announces Updated Elitebook 800 G5 series and ZBook 14U/15U Laptops
HP has announced today updates to its Elitebook and Zbook lines, with an aim to 'bring premium experiences and features to the mainstream'. Ultimately, it comes down to a...
10 by Joe Shields on 2/7/2018HP Launches First 4K EliteDisplay, and 43-inch 4K Z43
HP's last announcement of the day are additions to its 4K monitor lineup in the Z27, Z32, Z43, and EliteDisplay S270n monitors. The new lineup includes HP's first 4K...
11 by Joe Shields on 2/7/2018HP Announces 2nd Generation Thunderbolt Dock
Along with the other announcements today, HP is also bringing forth a compact the new Thunderbolt Dock G2 with an (optional) audio conferencing module - a first of its...
8 by Joe Shields on 2/7/2018G.Skill Unveils 16GB DDR4-4700 Trident Z RGB DRAM Kit: Samung B-die & RGB LED
G.Skill announced today a new Trident Z RGB kit which is now the fastest DDR4 memory kit in their product stack. The new dual-channel kit is designed for Z370...
7 by Joe Shields on 2/6/2018