GlobalFoundries and Synopsys Develop Automotive-Grade IP for 22FDX Process Tech
GloalFoundries and Synopsys announced this week that they have jointly developed a portfolio of automotive-gade IP solutions for GF’s 22FDX process technology. The various IP blocks are designed for...
4 by Anton Shilov on 2/22/2019Pentium Sans Graphics: Intel’s Pentium Gold G5600F Listed
Numerous retailers this week have started to list a rather odd microprocessor, the Intel Pentium Gold G5600F. The latest Pentium targets entry-level PCs, yet it does not feature an...
7 by Anton Shilov on 2/22/2019Logitech Re-Launches ‘Legendary’ MX518 Mouse with 16,000 DPI Sensor
Logitech this week introduced its all-new MX518 mouse, which incorporates its latest HERO sensor as well as a new SoC. The new mouse is designed to be better than...
43 by Anton Shilov on 2/21/2019Xilinx Announce New RFSoCs for 5G, Covering Sub-6 GHz and mmWave
More often than not, embedded wireless equipment, the infrastructure that powers it, and the systems that test the deployed hardware don’t just use off-the-shelf parts. As with 4G and...
6 by Ian Cutress on 2/21/2019NVIDIA Quietly Releases GeForce MX250 & MX230: Entry-Level Laptop GeForce
With the launch of their GeForce 20 Series parts already well underway, it was only a matter of time until NVIDIA updated their low-end parts as well, and that...
24 by Ryan Smith on 2/21/2019Arctic Preps Freezer 50 TR: A ‘0 dB’ Cooler for AMD’s Threadripper
At an event for gamers in Leipzig, Germany, Arctic demonstrated a prototype of one the industry’s first partially-passive cooling systems for AMD’s Threadripper processors. The Freezer 50 TR is...
11 by Anton Shilov on 2/20/2019Samsung Announces The Galaxy Fold: The First Folding Display Smartphone
Samsung has unveiled its first ever folding smartphone - the Galaxy Fold. Today’s at Samsung’s Unpacked launch event in San Francisco, alongside the much awaited Galaxy S10 line-up of phones...
68 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/20/2019BenQ Unveils PD3220U Professional Monitor with AQColor, TB3, HDR10, & KVM
BenQ has introduced a new professional-grade display aimed at designers. The BenQ DesignVue PD3220U monitor supports virtually all color gamuts currently used by professionals, and can even display images...
18 by Anton Shilov on 2/20/2019TSMC’s Fab 14B Photoresist Material Incident: $550 Million in Lost Revenue
TSMC on Friday revealed more details regarding an incident with a photoresist material at its Fab 14B earlier this year. The contaminated chemical damaged wafers on TSMC’s 12 nm...
29 by Anton Shilov on 2/20/2019Intel's First 4.0 GHz Pentium: Pentium Gold G5620 Listed At Retail
A number of European retailers have started listing new Celeron and the Pentium Gold-branded processors, which indicates that the world’s largest CPU supplier is about to formally announce the...
21 by Anton Shilov on 2/19/2019Alldocube X Android Tablet Quick Look: Low-Cost OLED
Back in August we first talked about the Alldocube X tablet, launching with Android 8.1. The company sent us one to check out, so I’ve run some tests on...
33 by Brett Howse on 2/19/2019Samsung to Cease Selling Blu-ray Players in the US
Surprisingly for the electronics titan, Samsung has not released any new Blu-ray or Ultra HD Blu-ray players for the US market since 2017. And now in 2019 it looks...
75 by Anton Shilov on 2/19/2019Qualcomm Announces X55 Modem: 5G Multi-mode & New Advanced ICs
It's been an eventful few months for Qualcomm – back in December the company had unveiled the first reference designs of the Snapdragon 855 and demonstrated integration with the...
20 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/19/2019Intel Details New 9th Gen CPUs for Notebooks: i9-9980HK to i5-9300H
Intel is yet has to announce its 9th Gen Core processors for laptops officially, but because the company needs to sort out all the things with authorities and regulators...
37 by Anton Shilov on 2/16/2019Newegg Lists ASUS ROG Dominus Extreme Motherboard, More Xeon CPUs Supported
One of the interesting elements to Intel’s unlocked 28-core Xeon W-3175 processor launch was that the motherboard options to support this processor were minimal. At present only ASUS and...
9 by Ian Cutress on 2/16/2019Samsung Unveils Galaxy Tab S5e: 10.5-Inch sAMOLED with USB-C
Samsung today introduced its new mid-range Google Android-based tablet. Despite its formal positioning for consumers, the Galaxy Tab S5e features a rather large 10.5-inch sAMOLED display, a decent SoC...
40 by Anton Shilov on 2/15/2019Playing Chicken: Kentucky Fried Intel Core i9-9900KFC Processor Listed
If every letter has a special meaning for a feature in a product, and a product portfolio offers a mix and match of those features, then eventually a combination...
32 by Ian Cutress on 2/15/2019Western Digital’s RISC-V "SweRV" Core Design Released For Free
Western Digital has published a register-transfer level (RTL) design abstraction of its in-house designed SweRV RISC-V core. The SweRV core is one of several RISC-V projects the company as...
14 by Anton Shilov on 2/15/2019ID Cooling Unveils IS-30 Low-Profile 30-mm Cooler for 100 Watt CPUs
ID Cooling has introduced its new CPU cooling system for ultra-thin computers, such as those that come in thin mini-ITX or mini-STX form-factors. The IS-30 cooler is only 30-mm...
13 by Anton Shilov on 2/15/2019NVIDIA Earnings Report Q4 2019: Crypto Pain But Full Year Gain
This afternoon, NVIDIA announced their earnings for the fourth quarter of their 2019 fiscal year, which ended January 27. As expected, revenues were sharply hit by the crash of...
31 by Brett Howse on 2/14/2019