Intel Xeon to get Crystal Well: E3-1284L v3
At both the Intel Haswell launch and the first shipping Haswell Xeon silicon, I lamented the lack of a Crystal Well Xeon part in the line-up. It would...
35 by on 3/10/2014Dell introduces the Precision M2800, Entry Level ISV-Certified Mobile Workstation
“Mobile Workstation” always triggers an ambivalent feeling in my brain. Workstation means performance and reliability, whereas a mobile part suggests compromise for the added benefit of portability. Both of...
31 by on 3/8/2014My First Mobile World Congress: Round Up and Impressions
The decision to send four editors to MWC this year meant that Anand, Brian, Joshua and I were thrust deep in the heart of Barcelona for the best part...
4 by on 3/7/2014MSI Launches the Nightblade Gaming Barebones, a mini-ITX with OC
Traditional PC component manufacturers are moving into other areas of interest. For MSI that means devices such as tablets and notebooks, as well as moving forward with their traditional...
30 by on 3/6/2014GIGABYTE Server to Offer a 1P LGA2011 Motherboard with 10GbE SFP+
While home networking is moving slowly forward in the march towards 10GBase-T, having high speed access in the enterprise arena can be a specific requirement for a mission critical...
19 by on 3/6/2014MSI Launches New Keyboard Tools for Upcoming Gaming Laptops
The march on gaming laptops from MSI has been relentless these past couple of years. At most PC component events I attend, there is usually one ultra-powerful model...
6 by on 3/6/2014ASUS’ AMD AM1 Approach: AM1I-A and AM1M-A Announced
Hot on the heels of the AMD announcement regarding socketed Kabini systems, ASUS has released information on two of their main contenders in this segment. While AMD are...
26 by on 3/5/2014AMD AM1 Platform Announced: Socketed Kabini
From the Consumer Electronics Show at the turn of the year, images were coming out of motherboards supporting the FS1b socket. This socket was a pin-grid-array, rather than...
38 by on 3/4/2014Bay Trail-D from ASUS: The J1800I-C
We previously reported on Bay Trail-D motherboards coming from ECS, GIGABYTE and Biostar, but today it is ASUS’ turn to add in a SKU to the mix. The...
28 by on 3/4/2014Intel's Haswell 4th Generation Processor Refresh: Prices Leaked
Most processor lines from Intel get an update mid-cadence, usually a few individual processors to fill up the product stack or another one on top for increased clock speeds...
38 by on 3/4/2014Twitch Plays Pokémon beats Pokémon
A departure from the normal tech news, but for those not keeping tabs on the phenomenon Twitch Plays Pokemon, it is an interesting social experiment via the Twitch platform...
12 by on 3/1/2014Modular Smartphone Project Ara from Google to Start Development Conferences
Joshua talked about Project Ara (from Motorola at the time) back in October as a campaign that focused on attracting OEM interest into a modular smartphone design. The...
28 by on 2/26/2014Elop to Lead Devices and Studios at Microsoft: This Means Xbox
News spreading online from a leaked memo point former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop to become the new lead at Microsoft’s Devices and Studios division. This appointment puts Elop...
41 by on 2/26/2014A3Cube develop Extreme Parallel Storage Fabric, 7x Infiniband
News from EETimes points towards a startup that claims to offer an extreme performance advantage over Infiniband. A3Cube Inc. has developed a variation of the PCIe Express on...
9 by on 2/26/2014Motorola Press Event at MWC: New Watch and Moto X Coming
Despite Motorola’s current state of flux regarding their acquisition by Lenovo, there are plenty of products in the pipeline. At the press event this evening, Rick Osterloh made...
7 by on 2/25/2014MWC 2014: Motorola Press Event Live Blog
Ian and I are currently sitting here waiting for the start of the event, stay tuned!
10 by on 2/25/2014MWC 2014: Wilocity brings WiGig 802.11ad to Smartphones with Wil6300 Chipset
News just dropped through from Wilocity about its new Wil6300 chipset announced at Mobile World Congress. The Wil6300 chipset is quoted as the world’s first 802.11ad ‘WiGig’ multi-gigabit...
7 by on 2/25/2014Nokia launches the X, X+, and XL at MWC
Nokia X Nokia has finally launched the long-rumored Nokia X running Android, and it's well worth going over Nokia's first Android phones. The first phone is the Nokia X, which...
14 by on 2/25/2014AMD Announces Embedded Radeon E8860 GPU
For the integrated market, there are several levels of capability that manufacturers need to consider. This is a market driven by sales, thus OEMs that require specific resources...
7 by on 2/25/2014GIGABYTE G1.Sniper Z87 Review
The G1 series from GIGABYTE has seen a recent expansion of late – from the previous socket to new chipset releases, GIGABYTE is now attempting to provide a model...
36 by on 2/24/2014