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The stock of one million GTX 11 series cards should be sold directly by Nvidia on the official site. (Source: Nvidia)

Nvidia ready to ship over one million GTX 11 series cards

DigiTimes reports that Nvidia may be experiencing some problems with the current GTX 10 GPU overstock and might postpone the launch of the GTX 11 family for a few months, despite already being in possession of around one million n...

Bogdan Solca, 06 Jul 2018 19:44

The new Catalina 2 SSDs come in 2.5-inch and add-in-card form-factors. (Source: NGD)

NGD reveals 16/32 TB Catalina 2 programmable SSDs

AI, machine learning and computer vision application will be getting a boost via the new NGD Catalina 2 programmable SSDs. Coming in 2.5-inch / add-in-board form-factors, these solutions integrate Toshiba's 3D NAND memory chips an...

Bogdan Solca, 06 Jul 2018 17:52

The Surface Phone is apparently not yet ready for primetime. (Source: Phone Arena)

Microsoft's 'Andromeda' Surface Phone is going back to the drawing board

Prominent Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley has learnt that Microsoft is still working out the nitty-gritty of the long-rumored Surface Phone or 'Andromeda' device, whose leaks and renders have been doing the rounds on the Internet....

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 05 Jul 2018 16:01

Xiaomi set to enter the US by 2019

Xiaomi’s growth has been meteoric. The company made advances into Europe last year and is set to pay the US a visit in 2019, if company Vice President Wang Xiang’s words are anything to go by.

Ricci Rox, 05 Jul 2018 15:36

HTC headquarters, Hsintien, Taiwan. (Source: News4Europe)

HTC makes first step towards closure with workforce downsize in Taiwan

HTC is set to lay off 1500 workers from its Taiwan manufacturing unit by September. The company has seen a consistent drop in sales figures over the past year or so, and it’s about time we came to terms with the fact that the Taiw...

Ricci Rox, 05 Jul 2018 15:32

Baidu Kunlun processor for AI (Source: GlobeNewswire)

Baidu announces a new processor for AI

Baidu's new Kunlun processor is advertised as "China's first cloud-to-edge AI chip" that will be used in both cloud and edge scenarios, including data centers, autonomous vehicles, and public clouds. The chip uses 14 nm Samsung en...

Codrut Nistor, 05 Jul 2018 11:05

Dell will soon become a publicly-traded company once again

Dell is going public once again. In an announcement made earlier today, the U.S.-based computer manufacturer said it will begin trading its Class V common stock for Class C common stock as it seeks to re-enter the New York Stock E...

Sam Medley, 02 Jul 2018 22:35

Tachyum's Universal Processing Platform has the scalability to take the human brain. (Source: HPCWire)

Tachyum's Prodigy Universal Processor Platform aims to rewrite everything we know about CPUs and GPUs

Startup firm Tachyum's Prodigy is being billed as a Universal Processor Platform that claims to deliver over 10x performance over conventional CPUs in the Hyperscale Data Center market. The company claims that it can outperform th...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 01 Jul 2018 12:01

Lenovo ThinkPad P1: First picture of the potential Dell XPS 15 competitor

Since a few months, the name "ThinkPad P1" has been a mystery. Today, a first picture emerged, which shows a ThinkPad with a 15.6-inch screen without a numpad. Potentially, this could be Lenovo's competitor to the Dell XPS 15 and ...

Benjamin Herzig, 29 Jun 2018 12:26

Intel CPU roadmap delays purportedly causing headaches for major OEMs

Manufacturers may have to milk existing notebook designs even further for this Holiday season since Intel's next generation CPUs are not expected to come anytime soon. Global notebook shipments will almost surely be slower YoY as ...

Allen Ngo, 29 Jun 2018 08:38

The Redmi Note 5 Pro. (Source: XDA-Developers)

The Redmi Note 5 has shipped five million units in four months

According to Xiaomi, the Redmi Note 5 devices have sold five million units in the four months following their launch back on Valentine's day. For some perspective, it took the Redmi Note 4 six months to achieve this.

Ricci Rox, 29 Jun 2018 05:48

The Huawei Mate 10 Pro. (Source: AnandTech)

Purported Kirin 980-powered Huawei mate X coming with 40 + 20 MP rear cameras and no notch

According to certain sources, Huawei has an unexpected Mate device in the works. This device will, like the Mate 20, feature the upcoming Kirin 980. It will also forego a notch in favor of a more traditional bezel-less design.

Ricci Rox, 29 Jun 2018 05:45

ASRock Phantom Gaming X RX 580 8G OC Edition GPU. (Source: ASRock)

ASRock Phantom Gaming RX 570 and RX 580 cards set to hit Europe on July 1

ASRock's foray into the GPU market started with the Radeon RX 570 and RX 580-based GPUs when they became available in the Asian market a few months ago. Now, ASRock is making these GPUs available for the European market starting J...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 28 Jun 2018 14:36

Both Pixels side by side. (Source: MySmartPrice)

Images and videos of the upcoming Pixel 3 devices paint a completely uninteresting picture

High-res factory-based CAD renders of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have surfaced. The latter sports an egregious notch, and both feature dual selfie cameras, a single rear camera, and a traditional fingerprint sensor at the back. It...

Ricci Rox, 28 Jun 2018 10:07

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 officially confirmed for August 9 launch

Samsung has officially confirmed the launch date of its upcoming Galaxy Note 9 phablet. The device will be launched on August 9 at a currently unspecified venue.

Ricci Rox, 28 Jun 2018 10:00

The Alcatel 1 is an Android Go device that costs just US$89

Alcatel has unveiled its newest device, the Android Go Alcatel 1. The device features a 5-inch 480x960 display, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, an MT6739, and a US$89 price tag.

Ricci Rox, 28 Jun 2018 09:49

Dell XPS 15 9570 perfrormance notebook (Source: Dell)

The Dell XPS 15 9570 with Intel Core i9-8950HK processor finally available in the US, XPS 15 9580 not in the cards yet

The Intel Core i9-8950HK processor option is finally available for the full HD variant of the Dell XPS 15 9570 performance laptop. However, Frank Azor also unveiled that the Dell XPS 15 9580 is not in the cards yet when asked abou...

Codrut Nistor, 28 Jun 2018 09:21

Shuttle's DH02U mini PC series now feature GTX 1050 discrete graphics. (Source: Shuttle)

Shuttle announces DH02U/DH02U5 mini PCs with GTX 1050 GPUs

Shuttle's mini PC lineup just got upgraded with GTX 1050 discrete GPUs from Nvidia. The new DH02U is powered by the Celeron 3865U dual-core CPU, while the more advanced DH02U model features the i5-7200U dual core. Both models are ...

Bogdan Solca, 27 Jun 2018 20:50

OPPO Find X apparently not coming to the US after all

There was word last week that OPPO's new Find X was billed to be sold in the US. Unfortunately, that is unlikely to be the case, as OPPO isn't interested in going through the hurdles of selling the device in the US just yet. The F...

Ricci Rox, 27 Jun 2018 10:43

The WPA3 security protocol is now official. (Source: Phone Year)

Wi-Fi gets its biggest update in 14 years — WPA3 security protocol now official

The ubiquitous and all-pervasive Wi-Fi is receiving its first major update in 14 years with the announcement of the WPA3 authentication protocol by the Wi-Fi Alliance. WPA3 is the successor to WPA2, which was the target of many ha...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 26 Jun 2018 17:11

The Samsung Galaxy S9+. (Source: Android Central)

Development plans for the Samsung Galaxy S10 revealed

The Samsung Galaxy S10 may still be nine months away but word from reputable sources have given us a better understanding of what to expect from Samsung’s milestone device. The S10 is expected to come in three models, the cheapest...

Ricci Rox, 26 Jun 2018 16:24

Nokia 3.1 to go on sale in the US on July 2 with $159 MSRP

HMD has announced that its new entry-level device, the Nokia 3.1, is coming to the US on July 2. The device will be on sale on Amazon and BestBuy and will come with 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of storage, and a US$159 price tag.

Ricci Rox, 26 Jun 2018 16:17

NVIDIA 'Turing' is expected to be seeded to AIBs soon. (Source: SegmentNext)

AIBs expected to receive first NVIDIA 'Turing' GPUs by early September, likely to be called the GeForce GTX 1180

NVIDIA's Add-in Board (AIB) partners are expected to receive the first shipments of NVIDIA's next generation 'Turing' architecture GPUs sometime in between late August to early September. The official nomenclature is yet to be mad...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 26 Jun 2018 08:21

Micron now mass producing GDDR6 VRAM modules for next generation Nvidia Turing

The manufacturer is promising 64 GB/s from a single GDDR6 package for future applications in artificial intelligence, networking, automotive, and of course, graphics. Example modules will be on display this week at the ISC 2018 co...

Allen Ngo, 25 Jun 2018 17:58

Xiaomi introduces the Mi Pad 4, Snapdragon 660 in tow

Xiaomi has announced the launch of its new Mi Pad 4 tablet. The device comes with a base price tag of US$170, which makes it the cheapest device powered by a Snapdragon 660.

Ricci Rox, 25 Jun 2018 12:06

Xiaomi sold over a million Mi 8 devices in just eighteen days

Xiaomi has announced that it sold a million units of the Mi 8 devices in just 18 days. Considering how many devices the company has in its portfolio, and the fact that its talents lie in the mid-range and budget market, this numbe...

Ricci Rox, 25 Jun 2018 11:57

Dell XPS 15 9570 performance laptop (Source: Dell)

The Dell XPS 15 9570 with Intel Core i5 could get the 97 WHr battery option in the US

In addition to the noticeable price bump from US$999.99 to US$1,059.99 that has been already applied to the Dell XPS 15 9570 with Intel Core i5-8300H processor, the most affordable hardware setup of this performance laptop is also...

Codrut Nistor, 24 Jun 2018 10:55

Now former Intel CEO, Brian Krzanich has been forced to resign. (Source: Intel)

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich forced to resign over inappropriate relationship

Intel CEO Brian Kraznich has been forced to resign over after it was revealed that he had been involved in a relationship with an Intel employee. Although the relationship was consensual, the relationship violated a company non-fr...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 24 Jun 2018 02:54

Purported Kirin 1020 to end the current Snapdragon dominance

Huawei is said to be working on an SoC that will end Qualcomm's reign over the Android SoC market. The chipset, supposedly the Kiirin 1020, is touted to offer twice the performance of the current Kirin 970.

Ricci Rox, 23 Jun 2018 10:23

The Blackberry KEY2. (Source: Evan Blass)

The Blackberry KEY2 goes on sale in the US on June 29

Blackberry's new device, the KEY2, was launched a short while ago. The device will be go on presale in the US on June 29, and will hit shop shelves on July 13–with a base price tag of US$649.99.

Ricci Rox, 23 Jun 2018 10:17

Qualcomm may be turning to TSMC instead of Samsung for its 7 nm Snapdragon series (Source: DigiTimes)

Qualcomm may be turning to TSMC instead of Samsung for its upcoming 7 nm Snapdragon series

The race for smaller and more efficient semiconductor processes continues with 7 nm being the next magic number. Qualcomm is apparently ready to contract TSMC to manufacture the next generation of Snapdragon SoCs for the first tim...

Allen Ngo, 23 Jun 2018 08:53

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon prototype: Current model was planned with 3:2 display and as MacBook-competitor (picture-source: pc.watch.impress.co.jp)

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon prototype: Current model was initially planned with a 3:2 display and as a MacBook-competitor

Getting an inside view into the notebook industry is a rare thing and seeing actual prototypes even rarer still. A few days ago, Lenovo showcased such a prototype to Japanese journalists – the prototype of its current ThinkPad X1 ...

Benjamin Herzig, 21 Jun 2018 21:53

Bonsai team to join Microsoft (Source: The Official Microsoft Blog)

Microsoft acquires AI firm Bonsai

The Californian AI firm Bonsai achieved a few major breakthroughs in the field of industrial machine learning over the last years and will be joining Microsoft to help the latter in building better autonomous systems. As it usuall...

Codrut Nistor, 21 Jun 2018 12:15

Dell XPS 15 9570 not available in India yet due to supply shortages reveals Frank Azor (Source: Dell)

The Dell XPS 15 9570 was delayed in India due to supply shortages

Although Frank Azor said that the Dell XPS 15 9570 would become available in India on June 19, he has just confirmed that the company is facing supply shortages. A Twitter user also claims that Dell India removed the product page ...

Codrut Nistor, 21 Jun 2018 11:02

Samsung 8 TB NF1 NVMe SSD for business applications now official (Source: Samsung Newsroom)

Samsung intros the first NF1 NVMe SSD

The industry's first NF1 NVMe SSD that has just been introduced by Samsung is optimized for data-intensive analytics and virtualization applications, targeting next-gen data centers and enterprise servers. This drive provides twic...

Codrut Nistor, 21 Jun 2018 09:35

This device is likely based on the LG Q7. (Source: LG)

LG Android One device in the works, could be exclusive to T-Mobile

The LG Stylo 4's kernel source code has revealed the existence of an Android One device made by the company. This will be the first of its kind from LG, and could very well be a T-Mobile exclusive.

Ricci Rox, 21 Jun 2018 08:18

Samsung's Exynos SoCs offer fine performance. (Source: The Verge)

Samsung said to be working on producing its own mobile GPUs

Samsung is said to be working on producing its own in-house GPUs. Till now, Exynos chipsets have been paired with ARM's Mali GPUs. This move will bring Samsung one step closer to challenging Qualcomm in the SoC market.

Ricci Rox, 21 Jun 2018 08:13

Huawei sold over 6 million P20 devices in three months

According to an official statement, Huawei has sold six million P20 smartphones. The device became available for purchase about three months ago, so this is surprisingly good returns for the company.

Ricci Rox, 21 Jun 2018 08:07

Asus will be the first to offer 144 Hz/3 ms narrow-bezel panels from AUO this year

Want the fastest black-white and gray-to-gray response times on your next gaming laptop purchase? Then Asus will be the only option for now. The manufacturer has partnered with AU Optronics to develop 144 Hz/3 ms panels for Asus n...

Allen Ngo, 21 Jun 2018 07:30

Power Logic CEO Hsu Wen-feng expects increased GPU cooler shipments in the second half of 2018. (Source: DigiTimes)

New Nvidia GTX 11xx series essentially confirmed to launch in Q3 2018 as revealed by GPU cooler maker Power Logic

Nvidia may deny the imminent release of their next gen gaming GPUs all they want, however, more evidence for a Q3 2018 GTX 11xx release has recently been unveiled by Power Logic's CEO. The largest GPU air cooling provider on the m...

Bogdan Solca, 20 Jun 2018 19:09

The AMD Radeon Pro V340 will be based on a dual Vega 10 setup. (Source: HardwareLuxx.de)

AMD Radeon PRO V340 spotted — dual Vega 10 multi-GPU with 32 GB HBM2 memory

AMD has discretely revealed the Radeon PRO V340 — a dual Vega 10 multi-GPU card with 32 GB HBM2 memory. The Radeon PRO V340 is being targeted for virtualization applications with support for up to 32 concurrent users and hardware...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 20 Jun 2018 16:19

OnePlus is apparently offering separate cashback vouchers of varying amounts instead of a single voucher. (Source: PiunikaWeb)

OnePlus 6 trade-in program throws up an unpleasant surprise

Buyers who have opted for the OnePlus 6 trade-in program were seen getting multiple voucher breakups instead of a single voucher for the exchange amount. This is causing problems as the trade-in program allows using only one vouch...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 20 Jun 2018 14:59

The Meizu 15 Plus featured an Exynos 8895. (Source: Gizchina)

The Meizu 16 devices are coming, Snapdragon 845 in tow

Meizu CEO Jack Wong has confirmed that the company will build on the success of the recently released Meizu 15 devices with a pair of direct successors in the Meizu 16 and 16 Plus. One of the devices will feature a Snapdragon 845.

Ricci Rox, 20 Jun 2018 11:31