eMMC Destined to Live a Bit Longer: KIOXIA Releases New Generation of eMMC Modules
While the tech industry as a whole is well in the middle of transitioning to UFS and NVMe storage for portable devices, it would seem that the sun won't...
11 by Anton Shilov on 9/27/2023Crucial Unveils X9 Portable SSD: QLC for the Cost-Conscious Consumer
Crucial entered the portable SSD market relatively late, with their X6 and X8 PSSDs being the mainstay for many years. Based on QLC NAND, they were marketed for read-intensive...
1 by Ganesh T S on 9/27/2023Corsair's Dominator Titanium Memory Now Available, Unveils Plans for Beyond 8000 MT/s
Corsair has started sales of its Dominator Titanium memory modules that were formally introduced this May. The new modules bring together luxurious look, customizable design, and extreme data transfer...
1 by Anton Shilov on 9/26/2023GlobalFoundries Applies for CHIPS Money to Expand U.S. Fabs
Update 9/30: Correcting the number of companies interested in receiving support from the CHIPS fund. GlobalFoundries has applied for financial support from the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act to expand...
3 by Anton Shilov on 9/26/2023Solidigm Introduces D7-P5810: 144L SLC NVMe Drive for Write-Intensive Workloads
Solidigm's datacenter SSD offerings have been clearly delineated into different categories - the D3- SATA offerings for legacy servers, the D5- QLC-based offerings (with different models offering different tradeoffs...
3 by Ganesh T S on 9/25/2023Sabrent Ships 8TB SSD for PlayStation 5: High Capacity for a High Price
Although Sony's PlayStation 5 game console fully supports off-the-shelf PCIe 4.0 solid-state drives, Sony initially limited the maximum capacity to 4 TB. Recently the company removed that cap as...
19 by Anton Shilov on 9/22/2023Asus Launches ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090: All a 4090 Can Be, For $3200
When Asus teased its ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card back at Computex, it was clear that the company's ambitions were to develop no less than the world's...
27 by Anton Shilov on 9/20/2023Intel High-NA Lithography Update: Dev Work On Intel 18A, Production On Future Node
As part of Intel’s suite of hardware announcements at this year’s Intel Innovation 2023 conference, the company offered a brief update on their plans for High-NA EUV machines, which...
24 by Ryan Smith on 9/20/2023Intel Announces Panther Lake Client Platform, Built on Intel 18A For 2025
While the primary focus has been on Intel's impending Meteor Lake SoC due by the end of the year, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger unveiled more about their current client...
8 by Gavin Bonshor on 9/20/2023Asus Quietly Begins to Sell Cheap ROG Ally Console with Non-Extreme CPU
With a plethora of news coming from Intel early this week, it went almost unnoticed that Asus has begun to sell an inexpensive version of its ROG Ally portable...
11 by Anton Shilov on 9/20/2023Intel Demos Lunar Lake Client Processor In Action, Silicon Pulled In To Intel 20A?
As part of Intel’s Innovation 2023 conference, the company is not only showing off their current and soon-to-be-current products like Meteor Lake, but the forward-looking keynote by CEO Pat...
9 by Ryan Smith on 9/19/2023Netgear Unveils Orbi 970 Wi-Fi 7 Quad-Band Mesh System
Wi-Fi has seen rapid advancements over the last decade, starting with the introduction of 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5). 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) came with significant improvements in total throughput. The Wi-Fi...
13 by Ganesh T S on 9/19/2023Intel Broadens FPGA Range with New Products Across All Six FPGA Platforms
Intel's Programmable Solutions Group (PSG) is broadening its FPGA product range with the introduction of six new programmable platforms aimed at different types of customers and workloads. In addition...
3 by Anton Shilov on 9/15/2023ASRock's Low-Profile Arc A310 Fits Every PC and Every Budget
ASRock this week has introduced an Intel Arc-based A310 Low Profile 4 GB graphics card. Aimed at the lower power/size/cost portion of the video card market, the entry-level A310...
15 by Anton Shilov on 9/14/2023Western Digital Releases WD_Black SN770M: M.2-2230 SSD for Consoles
Western Digital has unveiled a compact version of its WD_Black SN770 SSD, tailored mainly for handheld gaming consoles such as the Asus ROG Ally and Valve Steam Deck. The...
10 by Anton Shilov on 9/12/2023TSMC Buys 10% Stake in IMS Nano from Intel
Intel and TSMC have announced an agreement in which TSMC will acquire a 10% stake in IMS Nanofabrication. IMS, controlled by Intel, produces multi e-beam photomask writing tools, whose...
0 by Anton Shilov on 9/12/2023Intel Unveils Barlow Ridge Thunderbolt 5 Controllers - TB5 Launching In 2024
The USB-IF and VESA released the specifications of USB4 v2 and DisplayPort 2.1 in Q4 2022. At that time, Intel also announced that their next-gen Thunderbolt specifications would build...
22 by Ganesh T S on 9/12/2023Epos Winds Down Former Sennheiser Gaming Headphone Business
Epos has announced that it will be exiting the gaming headphone business and will instead focus on enterprise communications products. The company's gaming products division, which was formerly part...
8 by Anton Shilov on 9/11/2023Qualcomm Extends Deal To Supply 5G Modems for Apple Through 2026
Qualcomm just shot over a brief note this morning, announcing that the company has signed an extended agreement with Apple to supply 5G modem-RF chips for their smartphones and...
5 by Ryan Smith on 9/11/2023Minisforum Unveils Mini-ITX Motherboard with MXM Slot for… SSDs
Minisforum continues to diversify its business beyond compact PCs and this week it introduced a rather unusual Mini-ITX motherboard with an MXM slot. Typically used for graphics cards, Minisforum's...
15 by Anton Shilov on 9/8/2023