Understanding the 9.7" iPad Pro's Display: How DCI-P3 & True Tone Work
Earlier this month Apple launched a smaller version of the iPad Pro. At 9.7" it essentially takes the place of the iPad Air 2 as Apple's flagship standard sized...
76 by Brandon Chester on 4/21/2016
LeEco Announces New Le 2, Le 2 Pro, and LeMax 2
Today in Beijing we had the opportunity to attend LeEco's presentation event announcing their new flagship smartphone devices. LeEco has been a company we haven't had the chance to...
37 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/20/2016
Intel Announces Q1 Fiscal Year 2016 Results: Lower Margins Prompt Workforce Adjustments
It was only last quarter that Intel reported record revenues for a Q4 in the company’s history, and only three months later the company is making dramatic cuts to...
40 by Brett Howse on 4/19/2016
Intel Announces Major Workforce Restructuring: 11% of Workforce to Be Cut Over Next Year
Ahead of today’s Q1 2016 earnings release and call, Intel has announced that they are going to be cutting a significant number of jobs over the next year. The...
49 by Ryan Smith on 4/19/2016
Apple Refreshes MacBook with Skylake-based Core M and New Rose Gold Color
Today Apple has introduced its new generation of its MacBook laptops. On the specification sheets, this generation introduces Intel Skylake based Core m processors, updated integrated graphics, a faster...
106 by Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov on 4/19/2016
Western Digital Introduces WD Gold HDDs for Datacenters
Western Digital has announced a new family of hard drives specifically for data centers. The new WD Gold HDDs will feature multiple technologies that the company uses to build...
30 by Anton Shilov on 4/19/2016
Intel Unveils New Low-Cost PC Platform: Apollo Lake with 14nm Goldmont Cores
This week, at IDF Shenzhen, Intel has formally introduced its Apollo Lake platform for the next generation of Atom-based notebook SoCs. The platform will feature a new x86 microarchitecture...
96 by Anton Shilov on 4/15/2016
OpenPOWER Gains Support as Inventec, Inspur, Supermicro Develop POWER8-Based Servers
When IBM, Google, Mellanox, NVIDIA and Tyan founded OpenPOWER Foundation three years ago, the initiative was supported by only two server manufacturers: Google, which builds servers for itself, and...
15 by Anton Shilov on 4/15/2016
Corsair Extends Warranty of Advanced PSUs to 10 Years
Unlike CPUs, video cards, motherboards and memory, power supplies do not get outdated after two or three years, which is why high-end PSUs usually survive multiple configurations. However, only...
19 by Anton Shilov on 4/15/2016
ASUS Announces Three New Displays with Adaptive-Sync Technology
ASUS has introduced three new inexpensive displays for gamers with full-HD and 4K resolution: the MG248Q, the MG28UQ and the MG24UQ. The new monitors support VESA’s Adaptive-Sync technology and...
42 by Anton Shilov on 4/15/2016
AMD Announces 32GB FirePro W9100 - Pro Graphics Gets a Memory Bump
Thanks to the further proliferation of 8Gb GDDR5 memory modules, we’ve seen an uplift over the last few months with the memory capacity of professional graphics cards. For the...
29 by Ryan Smith on 4/14/2016
GIGABYTE Adds 75W GeForce GTX 950 to Lineup
GIGABYTE has quietly added a low-power GeForce GTX 950 video card to its lineup. The product does not require auxiliary PCIe power connector and can be powered entirely by...
8 by Anton Shilov on 4/14/2016
HTC 10: A Quick Look At Battery Life & Storage Performance
While I’m still working on the full review for the HTC 10, there’s obviously a lot of questions flying around for at least a few of the claims that...
50 by Joshua Ho on 4/14/2016
USB-C Authentication Tech to Restrict Usage of Uncertified USB-C Accessories and Cables
The USB Implementers Forum has announced a new addition to the USB Type-C specification, which is projected to restrict usage of uncertified or potentially malicious accessories with reversible USB-C...
28 by Anton Shilov on 4/13/2016
Meizu Announces New PRO 6
Today Meizu launches the new PRO 6. The company had launched the PRO 5 only last September so this is a significant change in the release-schedule of the PRO...
29 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/13/2016
Micron Presents New SSDs and Strategy: From Components to Whole Solutions, 3D NAND Shipping Imminent
At Micron's Enterprising event today in Austin, TX, the company discussed several upcoming products and shared information about an ongoing strategic shift. Not content to stay a mere component...
19 by Billy Tallis on 4/12/2016
Several CAPI-Enabled Accelerators for OpenPOWER Servers Revealed
Over a dozen special-purpose accelerators compatible with next-generation OpenPOWER servers that feature the Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) were revealed at the OpenPOWER Summit last week. These accelerators aim...
9 by Anton Shilov on 4/12/2016
Micron Announces 9100 & 7100 Series PCIe Enterprise SSDs
Micron entered the PCIe SSD market in 2011 with the formidable P320h. Using generously overprovisioned 34nm SLC NAND and a controller with 32 NAND channels and a PCIe 2.0...
21 by Billy Tallis on 4/12/2016
Plextor Embraces TLC NAND: Introduces M7V SSD
After toying with the concept last year, Plextor has finally announced its first family of SSDs based on TLC NAND flash memory. The new M7V lineup of drives is...
21 by Anton Shilov on 4/12/2016
Meizu Launches the m3 note
With every year, we tend to see quite a few launches happen in the first two quarters as the cycles in supply chains align for mass production to start...
42 by Matt Humrick on 4/8/2016
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