NVIDIA Announces GeForce RTX 3080 Ti & 3070 Ti: Upgraded Ampere Cards Coming in June
The second major keynote of the day for Computex comes from NVIDIA, who has taken to the virtual showfloor to discuss new products for both gamers and the enterprise...
50 by Ryan Smith on 6/1/2021AMD Demonstrates Stacked 3D V-Cache Technology: 192 MB at 2 TB/sec
The AMD team surprised us here. What seemed like a very par-for-the-course Computex keynote turned into an incredible demonstration of what AMD is testing in the lab with TSMC’s...
93 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/31/2021AMD Formally Unveils FidelityFX Super Resolution: Open Source Game Upscaling
Alongside announcing their new Radeon RX 6000M notebook GPUs, AMD this evening is also using Computex to formally unveil their FidelityFX Super Resolution technology. The game upscaling technology has...
81 by Ryan Smith on 5/31/2021AMD Announces Radeon RX 6000M Series: RDNA2 Makes Its Laptop Debut
Headlining a busy Computex for AMD – and a bit of return to form in that regard – this evening the company is making several graphics and CPU-related product...
9 by Ryan Smith on 5/31/2021AMD Ryzen 5000G: Zen 3 APUs for Desktop Coming August 5th
Back in April of this year, AMD announced its new series of Ryzen 5000G processors with integrated graphics. These processors were an upgrade over the previous generation of 4000G...
35 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/31/2021USB-C Power Delivery Hits 240W with Extended Power Range
The USB-IF released a couple of new specifications recently - R2.1 for Type-C and R3.1 for USB-PD. The main update is the 'Extended Power Range' aspect that allows for...
54 by Ganesh T S on 5/28/2021Sponsored Post: Now On Sale - MPG CORELIQUID K360 & MSI Z590 Gaming Force
Intel's 11th generation of Core processors have finally hit the market. If you're looking to upgrade your gaming rig, now is the perfect time to do so. And MSI...
2 by Sponsored Post on 5/28/2021Marvell Announces First PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD Controllers: Up To 14 GB/s
Today Marvell is announcing the first NVMe SSD controllers to support PCIe 5.0, and a new branding strategy for Marvell's storage controllers. The new SSD controllers are the first...
47 by Billy Tallis on 5/27/2021Western Digital Unveils Multimedia-Focused SanDisk Professional Portfolio
Western Digital's G-Technology brand is well-known in multimedia production circles with products ranging from portable SSDs to multi-HDD RAID enclosures. As part of its Flash Perspective event today, the...
13 by Ganesh T S on 5/26/2021Western Digital Introduces WD Black SN750 SE SSD: Entry-Level PCIe Gen4
Among several announcements today, Western Digital is introducing a new more affordable PCIe Gen4 SSD under their gaming-oriented WD Black brand (styled WD_BLACK). The new WD Black SN750 SE...
14 by Billy Tallis on 5/26/2021Western Digital Introduces WD Black D30 Game Drive External SSDs
Western Digital is adding a new external SSD to their WD_BLACK product line: the WD Black D30 Game Drive SSD. The D30 is a bus-powered USB SSD offering up...
5 by Billy Tallis on 5/26/2021Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 7c Gen 2: Entry-Level PC and Chromebook Refresh
As part of their Scaling the Mobile Compute Ecosystem presentation, Qualcomm this morning is announcing a refreshed version of their Snapdragon 7c for laptops. Aptly named Snapdragon 7c Gen...
33 by Ryan Smith on 5/24/2021Qualcomm Shows Off Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows on Arm Development
Alongside today’s Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 SoC announcement, Qualcomm is also unveiling a new Windows 10-focused development kit. Collaborating with Microsoft, the two companies have put together the Snapdragon...
27 by Ryan Smith on 5/24/2021NVIDIA To Extend Ethereum Throttle to GeForce RTX 3080, 3070, & 3060 Ti “LHR” Cards
Continuing their ongoing efforts to limit the Ethereum mining performance of their GeForce video cards – and thus make them less enticing for miners – NVIDIA today has announced...
47 by Ryan Smith on 5/18/2021Best SSDs: May 2021
A solid state drive is often the most important component for making a PC feel fast and responsive; any PC still using a mechanical hard drive as its primary...
21 by Billy Tallis on 5/14/2021AMD and GlobalFoundries Update Wafer Supply Agreement: Orders Through 2024, Now Non-Exclusive
In a brief Securities and Exchange Commission Form 8-K filing, AMD this afternoon has revealed that it has once again amended its wafer supply agreement with US fab (and...
41 by Ryan Smith on 5/13/2021ZTE Announces Global Launch of Axon 30 Ultra: Starting at $749
Today ZTE is announcing the global launch pricing of the Axon 30 Ultra – starting at $749, the Snapdragon 888, 144Hz OLED, 3x 64MP camera phone with a striking...
11 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/13/2021NVIDIA Launches GeForce RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti for Laptops
Coinciding with today’s launch of Intel’s Tiger Lake-H CPUs for high performance laptops, NVIDIA is also using the occasion to launch their latest lineup of laptop video cards, the...
30 by Ryan Smith on 5/11/2021Using a PCIe Slot to Install DRAM: New Samsung CXL.mem Expansion Module
In the computing industry, we’ve lived with PCIe as a standard for a long time. It is used to add any additional features to a system: graphics, storage, USB...
47 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/11/2021Supermicro: We Put Two 10nm Ice Lake Xeon LGA4189 Sockets on an ATX Motherboard
Usually, when vendors release dual-socket motherboards, this is typically done on larger form factors such as extended ATX (E-ATX) and even larger ones such as SSB-EEB for server form...
22 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/10/2021