IFA 2017 Launch Press Conference Live Blog
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4 by Ian Cutress on 8/30/2017Dell Updates Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming Notebook: GeForce GTX 1060 and Thunderbolt 3
This morning at IFA, Dell is taking the wraps off of their updated Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming notebook. The entry-level gaming laptop is receiving a bump in specifications as...
17 by Joe Shields on 8/30/2017Dell Updates The XPS 13 With 8th Generation Quad-Core CPUs
Dell has announced it is updating the XPS 13 with the just announced 8th generation Kaby Lake refresh. While we’re still waiting for 10nm chips to launch, the latest...
41 by Brett Howse on 8/29/2017GIGABYTE Server Announces MW51-HP0 Motherboard: C422 for Intel Xeon-W
With Intel’s latest release of the Xeon-W processor line, they have bridged the gap between consumer and enterprise platforms once again making cross-compatibility easier. The Xeon Skylake-W CPU addresses...
15 by Joe Shields on 8/29/2017Dell Enters VR Arena With "Visor" HMD
This week, Dell is announcing its own version of a virtual reality head mounted display (VR HMD) at IFA, the Dell Visor. With their first VR product, Dell is...
16 by Ryan Smith on 8/29/2017Silverstone Announces Two New SFX Power Supplies: SX500-G & SX650-G
Small Form Factor (SFF) sized PCs have been around for many years and its popularity seems to be growing. Consumers have more choices today than just a few years...
4 by Joe Shields on 8/29/2017Intel Launches Xeon-W CPUs for Workstations: Skylake-SP & ECC for LGA2066
On the professional side of the CPU space, Intel’s new Xeon Scalable Processor family, based on the Skylake-SP architecture, is suiting up against the new EPYC processors from AMD...
50 by Ian Cutress on 8/29/2017Netgear Nighthawk X6S EX8000 Brings Orbi Tri-band Wi-Fi to Range Extenders
Netgear's Orbi system has proved to be one of the most popular kits in the emerging mesh / Wi-Fi system market. While Wi-Fi systems are not for everybody (for...
3 by Ganesh T S on 8/29/2017Intel Announces Movidius Myriad X VPU, Featuring ‘Neural Compute Engine’
Today, Intel subsidiary Movidius is announcing the Movidius Myriad X vision processing unit (VPU), a low-power system-on-chip (SoC) intended for deep learning and AI acceleration in vision-based devices such...
13 by Nate Oh on 8/28/2017MediaTek Unveils Helio P23 & Helio P30 SoCs: Premium Midrange for Q4'17 & Beyond
This morning MediaTek is taking the wraps off of their latest SoCs for the midrange phone market. Dubbed the Helio P30 and Helio P23, these are robust upgrades to...
30 by Ryan Smith on 8/28/2017HP Announces Omen X Laptop: 17.3” LCD, Core i7 + GeForce GTX with Overclocking
HP has announced its first Omen X gaming notebook targeting the most demanding segment of the market — customers seeking for maximum performance and not afraid of overclocking. The...
23 by Anton Shilov on 8/26/2017Lian-Li Reveals PC-V3000: Full-Tower Aluminum Chassis
Lian-Li has been rather busy over the past couple of months announcing and releasing new or updated computer chassis. Cases like the diminutive Mini-ITX tower in the PC-Q39, the...
15 by Joe Shields on 8/26/2017AOC to Launch Curved QHD Displays with 0.5 ms Response Time in 2018
In a surprising move, AOC has announced plans to launch a new series of AGON gaming displays with a 0.5 ms response time in Q2 of next year. The...
29 by Anton Shilov on 8/26/2017Intel Discontinues Xeon Phi 7200-Series ‘Knights Landing’ Coprocessor Cards
Intel has announced that it had discontinued its Xeon Phi 7200-series coprocessor cards codenamed Knights Landing. The PCIe cards have never became mass market products, so their EOL will...
13 by Anton Shilov on 8/25/2017NVIDIA Releases 385.41 WHQL Game Ready Driver: ShadowPlay Highlights for PUBG
After promising an August 24th Game Ready driver for Destiny 2, NVIDIA has delivered by releasing driver version 385.41, focused primarily on game updates. This edition brings Game Ready...
20 by Nate Oh on 8/25/2017Western Digital Launches New My Book Duo Storage Systems: 360 MB/s, USB-C, 20 TB
Western Digital has released its new My Book Duo external storage systems for consumers. The new devices run two 3.5” WD Red HDDs in RAID 0 or 1 mode...
7 by Anton Shilov on 8/25/2017Cryptomining Demand Drives Exceptionally High Graphics Card Shipments in Q2 2017
This week, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) reported significantly higher discrete GPU shipments for Q2 2017, attributing the historically unprecedented increase to cryptocurrency mining, specifically to Ethereum mining. As opposed...
48 by Nate Oh on 8/25/2017ASUS ROG Zephyrus with Core i7-7700HQ and GeForce GTX 1070 Available for $2299
ASUS has started to sell a more affordable version of its flagship ROG Zephyrus gaming laptop it launched earlier this year. The new model retains all the features of...
9 by Anton Shilov on 8/25/2017Lite-On SSDs At FMS: New Controllers And TSV NAND Packaging
Lite-On (including its consumer SSD brand Plextor) is one of the largest SSD vendors that is not vertically integrated. They don't manufacture NAND flash memory and don't design their...
1 by Billy Tallis on 8/25/2017AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2
This week, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2, quickly following up on this Monday’s 17.8.1 release and the last Monday’s launch of Radeon RX Vega64. This...
6 by Nate Oh on 8/25/2017