CES 2021
As part of its CES 2021 announcements, Intel officially unveiled a number of NUCs based on their Tiger Lake SoCs. The NUC11 Performance lineup was covered earlier. This piece looks at another exciting NUC11 offering in the enthusiast category. As a refresher, Intel created the NUC Enthusiast category back in 2016 with the introduction of the Skull Canyon NUC (NUC6i7KYK). With a 4" x 5" motherboard, it had a slightly larger footprint compared to the traditional NUCs. However, the increased size allowed the incorporation of a 45W TDP processor with increased graphics flex. The second generation Hades Canyon moved to a slightly larger board (5.5" x 8"), while retaining the industrial design of the Skull Canyon NUC. It used the Kaby Lake-G processors with...
NVIDIA Announces GeForce RTX 30 Series for Laptops: Mobile Ampere Available Jan. 26th
As the cornerstone of their CES 2021 keynote, NVIDIA today has announced their GeForce RTX 30 series graphics adapters for laptops. Based on the same Ampere architecture and the...
24 by Ryan Smith on 1/12/2021AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su: Interview on 2021 Demand, Supply, Tariffs, Xilinx, and EPYC
Following the keynote press conference, AMD invited a number of key press partners for some Q&A time with Dr. Lisa Su. On the table, we were told, was any...
72 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/12/2021CES 2021: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 With Next Gen AMD Ryzen Mobile
During the new CES 2021 digital event, ASUS lifted the lid on its new updated Zephyrus G15. Designed for gaming, the ROG Zephyrus G15 includes multiple configurations, with a...
31 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/12/2021CES 2021: ASUS Unveils New ROG Flow X13 Convertable Gaming Notebook
At the all-digital CES 2021 event, ASUS has unveiled a brand new convertible 14" gaming laptop, the ROG Flow X13. The Flow X13 can harness the power of AMD's...
43 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/12/2021Razer Updates Blade 15 & Blade Pro 17 For 2021, Adds GeForce RTX 30 GPUs & More
Following NVIDIA’s announcement of their new GeForce RTX 30 series mobile GPUs, Razer is among several laptop vendors today announcing new and updated laptops using the new hardware. Overall...
31 by Ryan Smith on 1/12/2021Acer at CES 2021: Gaming Laptops Update With Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA Refreshes
Today at CES, Acer is announcing some refreshes of their gaming lineup as well as a brand-new compact gaming notebook. Acer has been a close partner with AMD over...
5 by Brett Howse on 1/12/2021AMD Opens Up Threadripper Pro: Three New WRX80 Motherboards
Stepping out of its supposed 'exclusivity deal' with Lenovo, who had the first rights to Threadripper Pro in the ThinkStation P620, motherboard vendors have started showing off some of...
27 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/12/2021AMD Previews 3rd Gen EPYC ‘Milan’ Performance
Since the announcement of AMD’s Zen 3 core microarchitecture, we’ve been expecting three series of products to be announced: desktop Ryzen, mobile Ryzen, and enterprise EPYC. So far the...
12 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/12/2021AMD to Launch Mid-Range RDNA 2 Desktop Graphics in First Half 2021
The recent launches of high-end graphics cards from both sides of the aisle has left a number of questions on the table about what will be offered for those...
12 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/12/2021AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 Mobile: Zen 3 and Cezanne for Notebooks
It has been a year since AMD launched its previous generation Ryzen Mobile processors. At the time, the update from Zen to Zen 2, as well as moving to...
117 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/12/2021The NVIDIA GeForce CES 2021 Live Blog: Game On
Kicking off in a few minutes is NVIDIA's keynote for CES 2021. Dubbed “GeForce RTX: Game On”, the keynote is going to be presented by Jeff Fisher, NVIDIA’s Senior...
21 by Ryan Smith & Andrei Frumusanu on 1/12/2021ADATA At CES2021: XPG GAMMIX S70 PCIe 4.0 SSD Now Available
A year ago at CES 2020, ADATA previewed three upcoming PCIe 4.0 consumer SSDs planned for release in 2020. As with many things last year, that didn't go exactly...
4 by Billy Tallis on 1/12/2021The AMD CES 2021 Keynote: A Live Blog from 11am ET / 8am PT
For the second year in a row, AMD has an official CES Keynote. A year on from the launch of Ryzen 4000 Mobile series processors, and after a recent...
16 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/12/2021Plugable Updates USB-C 7-in-1 Hub with Ethernet and 4Kp60 Display Support
A major issue faced by owners of notebooks and compact SFF PCs such as the NUCs is the paucity of USB ports or even the absence of often-needed functionality...
5 by Ganesh T S on 1/12/2021Lenovo CES 2021 ThinkPad X1 Lineup: New Designs, New Displays for Flagship Laptops
Today at CES, Lenovo is announcing updates to some of their most popular laptops in the ThinkPad X1 series. Lenovo is refreshing not just with the standard new CPUs...
23 by Brett Howse on 1/11/2021Intel at CES 2021: Ice, Tiger, Rocket, Jasper, and Alder Lake
Despite only having a 30 minute press event at this year’s annual CES trade show, Intel had a lot to discuss about its plans through the next 12 months...
45 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/11/2021An Interview with Intel CEO Bob Swan: Roundtable Q&A on Fabs and Future
Intel has a very complex year ahead. On the back of what should be strong revenue year for 2020 as well as a widened scope of markets in which...
34 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/11/2021Intel’s New H35 Series: Quad Core Tiger Lake now at 35 W for 5.0 GHz
Historically, both main x86 processor manufacturers have developed their mainstream mobile processors for a power target of 15 W, which in turn have been sold as their U-series chips...
15 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/11/2021Intel’s 8-Core Mobile Tiger Lake-H, at 45 W, to Ship in Q1
Ever since the launch of Intel’s 11th Gen Core mobile processors, known as Tiger Lake, back in September, the chips' limited core counts have not gone unnoticed. At a...
22 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/11/2021Intel Previews 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake: Core i9-11900K and Z590, Coming Q1
Spending five generations on the same base microarchitecture is a long time. Progress and excitement can be sustained through optimizing a process node, adding cores, and extracting every drop...
33 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/11/2021