Samsung Starts Mass Production of Chips Using Its 7nm EUV Process Tech
Samsung Foundry on Wednesday said that it had started production of chips using its 7LPP manufacturing technology that uses extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) for select layers. The new fabrication...
42 by on 10/17/2018AKiTiO Thunderbolt 3 Dock Pro with Aquantia 10 GbE
AKiTiO has announced its new Thunderbolt 3 dock for high-end mobile workstations. AKiTiO’s Thunderbolt 3 Dock Pro features a 10 GbE port enabled by an Aquantia chip, along with...
14 by on 10/17/2018iBASE Launches MI995 Mini-ITX Intel CM246-Based Board for Xeon E
iBASE introduced one of the industry’s first Mini-ITX motherboards for Intel’s Xeon E processors on Tuesday. The MI995 is based on Intel’s mobile CM246 PCH and is aimed at...
7 by on 10/17/2018Samsung Begins Sales of 65-Inch Q900R 8K UHDTV in the UK
Samsung on Wednesday started sales of its Q900R QLED 8K Ultra-HD televisions in the UK. The device initially available in the UK is the smaller 65-inch model, rather than...
13 by on 10/17/2018Cadence & Micron DDR5 Update: 16 Gb Chips on Track for 2019
Earlier this year Cadence and Micron performed the industry’s first public demonstration of next-generation DDR5 memory. At a TSMC event earlier this month the two companies provided some updates...
18 by on 10/17/2018Paul Allen, Co-Founder of Microsoft, Passes Away
Paul Allen, the man who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, died on Monday, October 15, 2018. Mr. Allen left Microsoft in 1983, but remained in its Board of Directors...
11 by on 10/15/2018AMD Launches Radeon RX 580 with Reduced Number of Stream Processors
AMD has quietly launched a Radeon RX 580 GPU with a reduced number of stream processors. The new product is called the Radeon RX 580 2048SP and, as the...
38 by on 10/15/2018Dell U4919DW Curved Display Unveiled: 49 Inches, 5120x1440
Dell has introduced its ultra-wide display featuring a 49-inch diagonal. The large monitor with a 32:9 aspect ratio is aimed primarily at business clients who currently use two 24...
20 by on 10/15/2018HP Boosts ZBooks with Core i9, Quadro P2000/P5200, & Up to 128 GB DRAM
HP on Monday introduced improved versions of the ZBook mobile workstations it launched earlier this year. The new “Boosted” flavours of HP ZBook Studio, HP ZBook Studio x360, HP...
7 by on 10/15/2018G.Skill Announces DDR4-4800 and DDR4-4500 Kits for Z390 Boards
Every major CPU platform announcement brings a host of new motherboards and faster memory modules to the market. The launch of Intel’s 9th Gen Core processors and Z390 chipset...
30 by on 10/12/2018iBASE Unveils FWA8800: AMD EPYC Embedded-Based Network Appliance
iBASE this week introduced one of the industry’s first rackmount network appliances running AMD’s EPYC Embedded processors. The FWA8800 1U features eight cores, up to 128 GB of DDR4...
4 by on 10/12/2018Western Digital Unveils iNAND MC EU321: a UFS 2.1 Drive Based on 96L 3D NAND
Western Digital has announced its new lineup of UFS 2.1-based embedded storage devices for smartphones, tablets, PCs, and other mobile applications. The new iNAND MC EU321 drives are based...
5 by on 10/12/2018Apple Licenses PMIC Technologies & Hires Engineers from Dialog Semiconductor
Apple and Dialog Semiconductor on Wednesday signed an agreement that will see Apple buy part of their long-term power management IC supplier, while continuing to do regular business with...
8 by on 10/11/2018Intel Veteran Becomes Chairman of Toshiba Memory
Toshiba Memory Corp. (TMC) on Thursday disclosed that Stacy Smith, a former high-ranking exec of Intel, was appointed executive chairman, effective October 1. Mr. Smith brings a wealth of...
3 by on 10/11/2018G.Skill Unveils 32 GB Trident Z RGB DC DDR4: Double Height, Double Capacity Memory
G.Skill has announced its new 32 GB “Double Capacity” memory modules. The Trident Z RGB DC DIMMs are compatible only with select Z390 motherboards from ASUS, and while they...
7 by on 10/11/2018Intel Launches "Vision Accelerator Design" Products, Based On Movidius Accelerators & Arria FPGAs
Intel on Wednesday introduced a new series of computer vision accelerators powered by a combination of Movidius chips and Arria FPGAs. Dubbed the Vision Accelerator Design series, the new...
6 by on 10/10/2018Google Unveils 2018 Chromecast: 1080p at 60 fps, Chromecast Audio Support
Google on Tuesday introduced its newest Chromecast dongle for media streaming. The updated device adds support for 60 fps streaming at 1080p, but does not support a 4K resolution...
23 by on 10/9/2018TSMC: First 7nm EUV Chips Taped Out, 5nm Risk Production in Q2 2019
Last week, TSMC made two important announcements concerning its progress with extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL). First up, the company has successfully taped out its first customer chip using its...
50 by on 10/9/2018Google Announces the Pixel Slate: A 12.3-Inch x86-Based Chrome OS Tablet
Google on Tuesday introduced its first tablet PC based on its Chrome OS operating system, the Pixel Slate. Being based on Intel’s high-performance x86 SoCs and equipped with a...
40 by on 10/9/2018Intel’s New Core and Xeon W-3175X Processors: Spectre and Meltdown Security Update
Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities made quite a splash earlier this year forcing makers of hardware and software to release updates in order to tackle them. There are several ways...
11 by on 10/8/2018