MSI's New Threadripper 2 Motherboard on Steroids: X399 Creation
One of the most impressive motherboard designs coming out of Computex was MSI’s new X399 Creation motherboard. With Threadripper 2 around the corner, sporting support for up to 32...
19 by Ian Cutress on 7/2/2018Silicon Power Has a Host of USB-C Peripherals: MicroSD Card Reader, Dongles & Docks
The USB Type-C interface yet has to become as ubiquitous as USB Type-A, but as there are laptops that only have USB-C ports, a number of manufacturers already produce...
6 by Anton Shilov on 6/29/2018UMC Acquires Fujitsu’s Stake in Semiconductor Joint Venture
Fujitsu Semiconductor and UMC on Friday said that the latter will acquire 100% ownership of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor (MIFS), a joint venture between two companies. The move essentially ends...
2 by Anton Shilov on 6/29/2018Azio Expands Lineup of ‘Retro Classic’ Peripherals with Mice, Pads, Palm Rests
Azio’s eye-catching Retro Classic mechanical keyboards launched last year seem to be quite a success for the company, as it now plans to expand the family of ‘Retro Classic&rsquo...
9 by Anton Shilov on 6/29/2018Corsair Takes Over Gaming, Video Capture, & Docking Assets from Elgato
Corsair and Elgato this week have announced that the two companies have entered into an interesting agreement that will see Corsair acquire a significant chunk of Elgato's product families...
7 by Anton Shilov on 6/28/2018SD Association Announces SD 7.0 Spec & SD Express Interface: PCIe + NVMe, Up to 985 MB/s
The SD Association - the body responsible for defining the standards for Secure Digital cards - has made it no secret that the organization has been working on a...
24 by Anton Shilov on 6/28/2018Comino Crypto Mining Rigs: Liquid-Cooled 16 GPUs in a 4U Server
Cryptocurrency mining has made quite a dent in the hardware industry in the last couple of years. Motherboard manufacturers have built special platforms for mining rigs, video card vendors...
59 by Anton Shilov on 6/27/2018ADATA Readies XPG SX7100 Realtek RTS5763DL-Based SSD
While the number of companies participating in the SSD market is booming, ADATA ended up being only large SSD vendor that adopted Realtek’s first-generation RST5760 SSD controller for its...
3 by Anton Shilov on 6/27/2018Giveaway: Toshiba OCZ RC100 M.2 & XS700 USB-C 240GB SSDs
In the mood for some free hardware? Well then you're in luck: our awesome community team in conjunction with Toshiba is holding a giveaway for a quartet of the...
5 by Ryan Smith on 6/27/2018ASMedia Preps ASM2824 PCIe 3.0 Switch
Back in 2016 Avago/Broadcom greatly increased the prices of its PLX-branded PCIe switches, which caused many motherboard manufacturers to cease using them. Avago’s motivation was rather obvious — PCIe...
20 by Anton Shilov on 6/27/2018Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 2500 Wearable Platform For Kids Watches
Today among the announcements of then new mid- and low-end SoC lineup Qualcomm also announced a new wearable platform dubbed the Snapdragon Wear 2500. We don’t have many details on...
13 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/27/2018Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 - Expanding the Low-Mid-tier
A month ago we saw Qualcomm release a new “upper mid-range” SoC with the announcement of the Snapdragon 710 – the emphasis was on the fact that this was...
33 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/26/2018PNY Preps External Elite-X Portable SSD with USB-C 3.1 Interface: Up to 800 MB/s
PNY demonstrated its new external SSD at Computex earlier this month. The new Elite-X Portable SSD uses a USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface and a USB Type-C connector, thus...
22 by Anton Shilov on 6/26/2018Silverstone Launches NJ450-SXL Power Supply: Fanless SFX-L, 80Plus Platinum, 450W
Silverstone has expanded their Nightjar family of power supplies with the addition of a new SFX-L class sized silent PSU, the NJ450-SXL. The new PSU, according to Silverstone, is...
24 by Joe Shields on 6/26/2018Alphacool Eisblock GPX: A Waterblock with Vertical and Horizontal Connectors
One of the unexpected discoveries on the showfloor at Computex this year was a waterblock from Alphacool. As part of the Eis (‘Ice’) family, the Eisblock GPX is a...
12 by Ian Cutress on 6/25/2018An EpicGear Turnkey PC Gaming Café: Beam Me Up Scotty
One of the phrases I no longer hear in this industry is ‘Cyber Café’. A remnant of the past, at least here in the west, a gaming or cyber...
12 by Ian Cutress on 6/25/2018PLDS Readies EB1: A Slim External Ultra-HD Blu-Ray Player (and Burner)
In our world, Lite-On is known usually as the maker of Plextor-branded SSDs, but Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions Corp. (PLDS), a joint venture between Philips Electronics N.V. and...
15 by Anton Shilov on 6/25/2018AIC Shows Dual NF1 to U.2 SSD Adapter
After the official announcement last week of Samsung’s new 8TB NF1 drive, I went back through my Computex photo kit to dig out a couple of images I snapped...
3 by Ian Cutress on 6/25/2018New Realtek PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Controllers: RTS5762 & RTS5763DL up to 3.5 GB/s
The market of SSDs is expanding rather rapidly, which encourages new companies to enter the scene. Realtek introduced its first SSD controller two years ago targeting primarily entry-level PCIe...
12 by Anton Shilov on 6/25/2018AIC’s Grays Peak Server with Intel ‘EDSFF’ Ruler SSDs
In the consumer space, we get SATA drives, mSATA drives, M.2 drives, and for the high end, U.2 drives. By contrast, the enterprise space is expanding: U.2 is a...
7 by Ian Cutress on 6/25/2018