AMD Announces FY 2015 Q3 Results: Decreased Computing And Graphics Sales Hurt Bottom Line
Today AMD has announced their third quarter earnings for fiscal year 2015. AMD saw a 13% increase in revenue over Q2 2015, but revenues were down almost 26% over...
78 by Brett Howse on 10/15/2015AMD To Spin-Off Back-End Testing & Assembly Operations Into Joint Venture For $371 Million
AMD’s Q3 2015 earnings release just hit the wire a bit ago, and while we’re still working on putting together that story we wanted to immediately jump into what...
41 by Ryan Smith on 10/15/2015NVIDIA GeForce Experience Update: 4K GameStream & 1080p Twitch; Driver Update Changes To Come
Since launching their GeForce Experience software utility over two years ago, NVIDIA has continued to iterate on it in a fairly regular fashion. Along with its software update and...
54 by Ryan Smith on 10/15/2015OCZ Announces First SATA Host Managed SSD: Saber 1000 HMS
Today OCZ is introducing the first SATA drive featuring a technology that may be the next big thing for enterprise SSDs. Referred to by OCZ as "Host Managed SSD"...
18 by Billy Tallis on 10/15/2015AMD Releases Catalyst 15.10 Beta Drivers
In a manner that appears it may be building momentum, AMD has released another new driver update. As this is a point driver release the changes aren't immense, but...
45 by Daniel Williams on 10/14/2015Intel Announces FY 2015 Q3 Results: Strong Earnings Despite Client Computing Drop
Intel released their third quarter earnings for fiscal year 2015 today, and it was certainly a rocky quarter. Their revenue for the quarter was $14.5 billion, which was in-line...
23 by Brett Howse on 10/13/2015AMD Corporate Fellow Phil Rogers Leaves Company, Joins NVIDIA
With respect to both structure and personnel, the last few months have been busy – if not tumultuous – for AMD. The company recently reorganized itself so that their...
83 by Ryan Smith on 10/13/2015Apple Updates Their iMac Peripherals
In addition to introducing a new 21.5" iMac with 4K Retina display and an upgraded 27" iMac with 5K Retina display, Apple also announced some interesting improvements to their...
68 by Brandon Chester on 10/13/2015Apple Updates The iMac Line With a 21.5" Retina Model
Almost exactly one year ago Apple launched their first ever iMac with Retina display at their October 2014 event. The launch had a number of surprises, with one of...
46 by Brandon Chester on 10/13/2015Windows 10 Fast Ring Update: Build 10 10565 Comes To Insiders
Microsoft’s Gabe Aul has announced this morning that they have just released the latest build of Windows 10 to Insiders on the fast ring, and this build brings some...
63 by Brett Howse on 10/12/2015Samsung/NVIDIA Case Update: US ITC Finds Samsung GPUs Non-Infringing
Following a six month lull in the ongoing legal battle between NVIDIA and Samsung over GPU updates, there is finally some new movement on the case. After previously receiving...
17 by Ryan Smith on 10/12/2015ASUS Announces the ROG Maximus VIII Impact Z170 Motherboard
At the initial Skylake launch, we provided a rundown of all the Z170 motherboards we could get information on from the major motherboard manufacturers. Even with details on over...
45 by Ian Cutress on 10/10/2015Micron acquires SSD Controller Designer Tidal Systems, Inc.
A year ago, several veterans of SSD controller design firms SandForce and Link_A_Media Devices formed a new startup called Tidal Systems, Inc. to focus on developing NVMe SSD controllers...
12 by Billy Tallis on 10/9/2015ASUS Announces ROG PG279Q & PG27AQ Gaming Monitors
Today ASUS announced two new gaming monitors at their Republic of Gamers Unleashed event in San Francisco. Both displays are 27" IPS panels, although there are some significant differences...
38 by Brandon Chester on 10/9/2015Analyzing Apple's Statement on TSMC and Samsung A9 SoCs
Since we first learned that the A9 SoC in Apple’s iPhone 6s lineup is dual sourced - that is that it's being made by two different vendors with two...
147 by Ryan Smith & Joshua Ho on 10/9/2015Dell XPS Lineup Is Reinvigorated With Skylake On The New XPS 12, XPS 13, And XPS 15
Dell really put their stamp on the 2015 Ultrabook lineup this year with the Dell XPS 13 with its amazing Infinity Display. They packed a 13.3-inch display into a...
99 by Brett Howse on 10/8/2015Netflix, Windows 10 and Metered Network Connections
Readers of our mini-PC reviews would have noticed that our routine involves detailed power consumption tests. Ensuring a level playing field for all the units involves turning off automatic...
35 by Ganesh T S on 10/8/2015The Seagate Game Drive For Xbox: Do You Need A Green Drive?
When Seagate first announced the Game Drive for Xbox, they chose Gamescon as a venue to launch the new product. With the prolific Xbox branding, this is not a...
41 by Brett Howse on 10/8/2015Synology Launches DSM 6.0 Long-Term Beta and New Hardware
We had the opportunity to attend the Synology 2016 Conference in San Francisco last month. The event gave us quite a bit of insight into what Synology has lined...
34 by Ganesh T S on 10/7/2015Synology's DS216play - A Transcoding NAS with ST Microelectronics STiH412
The Synology DS214play was one of the unique NAS units from Synology released last year. It used Intel's Evansport platform (the CE5300 Berryville set-top box (STB) platform re-launched for...
25 by Ganesh T S on 10/7/2015