Xiaomi Unveils Its First Mechanical Keyboard with Configurable RGB Backlighting

In the recent years Xiaomi has expanded its product way beyond smartphones, moving into a wide field of consumer electronics and doodads, covering items like air purifiers, electric toothbrushes...

27 by Anton Shilov on 8/10/2018

Acer Spins-Off Gaming Peripherals & Smart Devices Into Premium Accesories Brand

Acer this week announced plans to spin off its gaming accessories and smart devices businesses into a new subsidiary. The new entity, tentatively called Gadget Technology Inc, will focus...

13 by Anton Shilov on 8/10/2018

ASUS Announces 27-Inch VP278QGL Entry-Level Gaming LCD: 1080p TN w/Freesync

ASUS this week is taking the wraps off of a new entry-level gaming monitor that is aimed at satisfying hardcore gamers without breaking the bank. Dubbed the VP278QGL, the...

17 by Anton Shilov on 8/10/2018

ASRock Confirms Eight-Core Coffee Lake CPUs, Adds Their Support to Intel 300-Series Boards

ASRock on Thursday became the fifth member to join the unofficial 9th Gen Core club, releasing BIOS updates to add support for Intel's unannounced CPUs. Like its fellow club...

23 by Anton Shilov on 8/10/2018

LR-Link Launches New Mass-Market 10GigE NIC Based on Tehuti Networks’ Tech

LR-Link, a maker of networking solutions from China, has announced its first 10 GbE NIC, the wordy-named LREC6860BT. The new NIC is the first such retail product we've seen...

49 by Anton Shilov on 8/9/2018

TSMC: Outbreak of Malware That Triggered Delays & Losses Caused by Software for New Tool

TSMC announced this week that it suffered a computer malware outbreak, resulting in a roughly 3 day outage for parts of the fab while systems were restored. As a...

42 by Anton Shilov on 8/9/2018

Intel 15 Watt Whiskey Lake CPU Specs Disclosed Early: i7-8565U, i5-8265U, & i3-8145U

As the formal launch of Intel’s new codenamed Whiskey Lake-U processors approaches, it is seemingly inevitable that their model numbers and specifications will get published by OEMs ahead of...

40 by Anton Shilov on 8/9/2018

Intel Preps New H310 Chipset Revision With Windows 7 Support For Coffee Lake

Based on some recent hardware releases from motherboard vendors, it would appear that Intel is prepping a new chipset and appropriate drivers to enable Coffee Lake processors to work...

25 by Anton Shilov on 8/9/2018

Shuttle Announces 1.3-Liter XPC Slim DH310: A Barebones PC for Coffee Lake CPUs

Shuttle has formally introduced its new entry-level ultra-compact form-factor PC, the XPC Slim DH310, a barebones PC for Intel’s Coffee Lake processors with up to six cores. The systems...

11 by Anton Shilov on 8/8/2018

Intel Server Roadmap: 14nm Cooper Lake in 2019, 10nm Ice Lake in 2020

At its Data-Centric Innovation Summit in Santa Clara today, Intel unveiled its official Xeon roadmap for 2018 – 2019. As expected, the company confirmed its upcoming Cascade Lake, Cooper...

55 by Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov on 8/8/2018

Intel’s Crimson Canyon NUCs with Cannon Lake CPU & Radeon dGPU Available for Pre-Order

SimplyNUC, a retailer specializing on SFF PCs, has started to take pre-orders for Intel’s NUC8i3CYSM and NUC8i3CYSN ultra-compact form-factor PCs (codenamed "Crimson Canyon"), which are based on Intel’s Cannon...

25 by Anton Shilov on 8/8/2018

ASUS Adds Support for 9th Gen Core CPUs to Their Intel 300-Series Motherboards

ASUS on Tuesday released new BIOS versions for Intel’s 300-series motherboards, adding support for Intel’s not-so-secret upcoming Core i3/i5/i7 9000-series processors. With the addition of ASUS, now all of...

7 by Anton Shilov on 8/8/2018

Lenovo Posts Specifications of AMD’s Ryzen 3 2300X & Ryzen 5 2500X

Proving once again that the only way to keep a secret is to not share it, Lenovo seems to have accidentally published the specifications of AMD’s yet-to-be announced Ryzen...

7 by Anton Shilov on 8/7/2018

Western Digital Announces OpenFlex Storage Architecture and NVMeoF Storage Devices

Western Digital on Tuesday introduced its new OpenFlex storage architecture and the first family of products supporting it. The OpenFlex architecture promises to enable operators of datacenters to independently...

3 by Anton Shilov on 8/7/2018

ASUS ZenBook Pro 15 UX550GE Laptop with Core i7 & 4K LCD Is Now Available

ASUS has started selling its 15-inch ZenBook Pro 15 UX550GE ultra-thin laptop featuring Intel’s six-core processor, NVIDIA’s discrete GPU as well as a factory-calibrated 15.6-inch display with a 4K...

13 by Anton Shilov on 8/7/2018

ASUS Unveils FX External HDDs with Aura Sync RGB & AES-256 Encryption

ASUS has introduced its new FX family of external storage devices, which are aimed at gamers and feature the company’s Aura Sync RGB lighting. The FX drives can store...

3 by Anton Shilov on 8/7/2018

JapanNext Launches 35-Inch "UWHD" Curved LCD: AMVA & 200Hz Refresh w/FreeSync

JapanNext this month has introduced its new 35-inch ultrawide curved gaming display. The tounge-twistingly named JN-35VCG200UWHD features a 2560x1080 "UWHD" resolution, a very low response time, as well as...

21 by Anton Shilov on 8/7/2018

Synaptics' Next-Gen Fingerprint Sensor Security: The FS7600 Match-In-Sensor

Synaptics last month introduced its second-generation match-in-sensor (MIS) solution designed for a wide range of fingerprint sensors including those in PCs and other devices. The new FS7600 MIS relies...

5 by Anton Shilov on 8/6/2018

Samsung Starts Mass Production of QLC V-NAND-Based SSDs

Samsung on Monday announced the industry’s first consumer SSDs based on QLC V-NAND memory. The drives will be available with capacities of up to 4 TB and will target...

6 by Anton Shilov on 8/6/2018

GIGABYTE Adds Support for Intel’s 9th Gen Core Processors to Existing Motherboards

GIGABYTE has released new BIOS versions for its motherboards based on Intel’s 300-series chipsets, which add support for the upcoming 9th Generation Core i3/i5/i7 processors. The release reaffirms that...

12 by Anton Shilov on 8/6/2018

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