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Starting with this year's Prestige lineup, MSI offers the stunning 4K displays on the 15-inch, as well as on the 14-inch models. (Source: MSI)

MSI's new Prestige 14 / 15 laptops feature up to 6-core Intel Comet Lake-U CPUs

Usually reserved for 15-inch models and up, MSI now offers 4K display options for the 14-inch Prestige models, as well, plus all screens are factory-calibrated. Users can also opt to equip the laptops with quad-core or six-core Co...

Bogdan Solca, 23 Aug 2019 15:11

A Minecraft scene with and without ray tracing. (Source: NVIDIA)

Gamescom 2019 | Minecraft, Dying Light 2 and other titles to get ray tracing soon

Mojang, the makers of Minecraft, has announced that its hit game will become able to use real-time ray tracing in early 2020. Furthermore, NVIDIA has broken the news that a number of other titles will get these features. They incl...

Deirdre O Donnell, 19 Aug 2019 19:07

SK Hynix' new memory is high-bandwidth indeed. (Source: SK Hynix)

SK Hynix announces its next-generation, "world's fastest" high-bandwidth memory

The chip-maker SK Hynix has released HBM2E, its new storage standard. It is described as having up to 50% higher bandwidth at double the size compared to the previous generation. This new chip is aimed at uses in machine learning,...

Deirdre O Donnell, 12 Aug 2019 19:54

The Quartz Canyon NUCs feature a heftier case. (Source: Softline)

Intel plans to release Quartz Canyon workstation NUCs with replaceable GPUs

The Quartz Canyon series will feature the first NUCs that allow users to add high-end GPUs. The systems are advertised as workstation kits due to the inclusion of Xeon E and Core i7 vPro CPUs. Other features include dual Thunderbo...

Bogdan Solca, 08 Aug 2019 14:55

Samsung's first 6th-gen 3D V-NAND SSD is now in production. (Source: Samsung)

Samsung's 6th-gen 3D V-NAND SSDs have a groundbreaking design for faster 256Gb data-transfers

Samsung claims that its upcoming vertically-stacked NAND (or V-NAND) for SATA-based SSDs confers improved read- and write-speeds on the resulting drives. They are composed of 100 or more layers of stacked flash cells, whereas prev...

Deirdre O Donnell, 07 Aug 2019 00:05

System76 announces Adder WS Linux workstation with 4K OLED display

Linux laptop seller System76 recently announced a new workstation. The Adder WS, which is set to release on August 8, is the retailer's first laptop with a 15.6-inch 4K OLED display. The laptop will also pack a power Core i7 or Co...

Sam Medley, 05 Aug 2019 23:32

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X performs comparatively better in Ubuntu, but Windows 10 has finally caught up. (Source: Nsane Forums)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X cross-platform benchmarking shows the Windows 10 scheduler finally catching up to that of Linux

Comparative benchmarks between AMD Ryzen 9 3900X systems running Windows 10 1903 and Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS show that Microsoft's work in optimizing the OS for MCM CPUs such as Ryzen has paid off. Although Linux does have an overall l...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 03 Aug 2019 16:13

Intel's upcoming GPU may offer HBM VRAM at $200

UPDATE 8/2: Intel has responded with a clarification of Raja Koduri's statement. See below. In a recent interview with a Russian YouTube tech channel, Raja Koduri (chief architect at Intel) stated that Intel's upcoming Xe GPU w...

Sam Medley, 02 Aug 2019 22:59

The Asus ROG Strix X570-E motherboard. (Source: Asus)

Asus working on AMD X590 and X599 motherboards to cater to the Ryzen 9 3950X and Threadripper 3000 series

Internal Asus documents point to at least two AMD X590 boards in development. This was confirmed by an Asus source to Videocardz. Not much is known about the X590 chipset at the moment apart from the fact that AMD could be alignin...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 02 Aug 2019 09:40

Dell's XPS 15 series of notebooks have often struggled with various forms of throttling since 2015.

Dell pushes out BIOS update for XPS 15 7590 to fix GPU throttling issue

The XPS 15 7590 has suffered from a severe GPU throttling issue under sustained load since it's release over a month ago, but Dell has finally pushed out a BIOS update to help fix the issue.

Douglas Black, 31 Jul 2019 13:21

Intel Cascade Lake-X shows up on UserBench. (Source: TweakTown)

10C/20T Intel Cascade Lake-X 'Glacier Falls' HEDT processor shows up on UserBench

A 10-core 20-thread Intel Cascade Lake-X CPU belonging to the Glacier Falls platform has surfaced on UserBench. Not much information is gained from the listing itself, but we do see the CPU being listed with low base and boost clo...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 25 Jul 2019 13:54

CEO Lisa Su has already promised that AMD will bring more Threadripper CPUs to market. (Image source: Digital Trends)

Feasible 16 core AMD Threadripper 3000 series CPU crushes the Ryzen 9 3900X and Threadripper 2950X in multi-core workloads

Well, well, well. We might have just got our first sight of an AMD Threadripper 3000 series processor, courtesy of a posting on UserBenchmark. The processor, which we expect to see before the end of the year, is compatible with th...

Alex Alderson, 24 Jul 2019 23:04

The Lenovo ThinkPad P53 will be one of the most powerful ThinkPads ever courtesy of Nvidia RTX 5000 Max-Q graphics and octa-core Intel CPU.

Full specifications of Lenovo's new ThinkPad P53 workstation unveiled for all configurations

The full specifications for Lenovo's latest P53 mobile workstation ThinkPad, revealing a variety of configurations for CPU, GPU, and display. Unfortunately, the removable battery of the P52 has become a casualty of the 2019 update...

Douglas Black, 23 Jul 2019 14:36

The Apollo 11 hatch replica. (Source: Microsoft)

Microsoft celebrates the first moon landing's 50th anniversary by making an Apollo 11 hatch replica

Microsoft has marked an important NASA anniversary by taking part in Project Egress, in which engineering teams were challenged to re-make a component of the Apollo 11's landing module. The Redmond cohort were charged with making ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 22 Jul 2019 19:43

Arcturus could be announced at SIGGRAPH in late July, but it may actually launch in early 2020. (Source: PCGamesN)

New Linux driver leak suggests AMD Arcturus will be a Vega-based professional GPU

Everybody was expecting Arcturus to be the high-end version of Navi and a true competitor for Nvidia's RTX 2080 / Ti gaming GPUs, but the latest Linux AMDGPU shader compiler code update suggests that Arcturus is more of a professi...

Bogdan Solca, 18 Jul 2019 15:37

The external, expanded battery of the Lenovo ThinkPad T480

Lenovo ThinkPad laptops: Online backlash over the removal of external battery options

With the 2019 generation of ThinkPad laptops, the PC manufacturer Lenovo has stopped offering any models with external, hot-swappable batteries. Instead, all ThinkPads feature a single internal battery now – a development that is ...

Benjamin Herzig, 14 Jul 2019 23:26

GPU as a Service could make an increasingly strong market. (Source: ZDNet)

The GPU-as-a-Service market is projected to grow to 10x its current value by 2025

GPU as a Service involves offering access to the functions of an advanced, dedicated or powerful GPU set-up from a remote location. It is increasingly prominent in cloud and AI applications. The latest market research indicates th...

Deirdre O Donnell, 09 Jul 2019 20:24

Intel Core i7 10th generation "The Power of 10" teaser

Intel's upcoming "Comet Lake" processor family leaks online, prices could start at US$129 for a quad-core

The Intel Core "Comet Lake" processor family has leaked out along specifications of no less than 13 different SKUs, alongside most of their prices and rumors concerning the LGA 1159 platform. The quad-core i3-10100 will apparently...

Codrut Nistor, 09 Jul 2019 20:00

The Radeon Pro WX3200 is designed to fit the latest compact workstations. (Source: AMD)

AMD announces affordable Radeon Pro WX3200 professional GPU

The new entry-level card will be replacing the WX3100 launched 2 years ago. It comes with the same low-profile, single slot design and a 50 W TDP, but the updated 14 nm Polaris core coupled with 4 GB of GDDR5 VRAM is able to crunc...

Bogdan Solca, 04 Jul 2019 16:03

Single microcontroller Shakti CPUs ready to be tested. (Source: Fossbytes)

India is ready to test its own line of RISC-V desktop CPUs

India now joins China and the European Union in the race to break away from U.S. hardware reliance. Developed since early 2016, the Shakti CPU family based on the open-source RISC-V microarchitecture offers multiple classes of chi...

Bogdan Solca, 02 Jul 2019 16:22

We probably won't be seeing photos of Cook and Ive together like this in future. (Source: Apple)

Opinion: Jony Ive leaves Apple, but it's not on a design high

Apple fans were shocked by news that legendary design guru Jony Ive is leaving the company. While Ive has undoubtedly contributed significantly to numerous iconic Apple designs in the past, he is not, however, leaving Apple on a d...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 29 Jun 2019 11:56

Dell Prime Day slashes $200 off the XPS 15 9570 and $700 off the Alienware m15 with Core i7 CPU

Starting July 1st, Dell will be rolling out deals for its Inspiron, XPS, Alienware, Vostro, Precision, and G Series of PCs to piggy back on the success of Amazon Prime Day. Many of the price cuts are for older models in order to m...

Allen Ngo, 27 Jun 2019 20:50

Canon has a 120MP sensor to show off. (Source: Canon)

Canon unveils a new CMOS sensor with super-powered 120MP resolution

Canon is attending the 2019 Sensors Expo & Conference in San Jose, California to showcase its new 120MXSI sensor. This CMOS is rated for 120MP imaging, and can operate in visible and near-infra-red (NIR) light spectra at a maximal...

Deirdre O Donnell, 23 Jun 2019 18:06

The Noctua NA-HC5 chromax cooler cover. (Source: Noctua)

Noctua releases its new chromax cooler and fan inserts

Noctua makes some well-known CPU coolers and fans. It has also recently released its new series of inserts and alternate parts, which can change a PC's look without needing to resort to RGB. They include the new NA-HC5 chromax coo...

Deirdre O Donnell, 21 Jun 2019 20:42

Microsoft 365 for Campaigns is a new suite for political campaign security. (Source: Microsoft)

New Microsoft 365 suite offers enterprise-level security for political campaigns

Microsoft 365 for Campaigns is a new service intended to safeguard election campaigns from bad actors of various kinds. It is part of the Redmond company's Defending Democracy Program, and offers enterprise-level security to those...

Deirdre O Donnell, 20 Jun 2019 20:55

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang has announced it is making its GPUs compatible with ARM. (Source: Nvidia)

Nvidia partnering with ARM on exascale supercomputers

Nvidia is once again partnering with ARM, however this time around it plans to further its plans to support the rise of exascale computing. The two companies have partnered on Nvidia's Tegra chips and on the custom processor power...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 18 Jun 2019 13:39

We could be seeing AMD X590 motherboards soon. (Source: @1usmus on Twitter)

Rumored AMD X590 chipset touted to offer even more PCIe 4.0 lanes for premium Ryzen 3000 CPUs

References to AMD X590 chipset were spotted in the BIOS code of a Gigabyte motherboard by a user on the Computerbase.de forums. This follows the tease of X590 by known Ryzen enthusiast Yuri Bubly on Twitter. Not much is known abou...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 15 Jun 2019 18:57

The new Innodisk Fire Shield SSD is supposedly based on aviation-grade data recorders. (Source: Aviation Jobs)

Innodisk claims its new Fire Shield SSD can withstand temperatures of 1500 degrees Fahrenheit

Innodisk's Fire Shield SSD(TM) has reportedly been developed to withstand extreme temperatures. It is apparently based on black-box technology in order to maintain 100% accuracy and integrity for the data on its NAND storage. So f...

Deirdre O Donnell, 15 Jun 2019 14:29

The 'new power semiconductor' market's latest projections. (Source: Global Market Insight)

Alternative semiconductors for charging and power could make a billion-USD industry by the next decade

Semiconductors are commonly used in energy transfer for electronics and other related fields. The current state of the art are applications of gallium nitride or silicon carbide rather than conventional markets. The potential impr...

Deirdre O Donnell, 14 Jun 2019 18:16

The HP ProOne 600 G4 AiO can be fitted with an i7-8700. (Image source: HP)

HP ProOne 600 G5 21.5-in All-in-One with Intel Core i9-9900T manages fierce single-core and multi-core results on UserBenchmark

A system record apparently for an HP ProOne 600 G5 21.5-inch All-in-One enjoying the company of Intel’s Core i9-9900T processor has been discovered on UserBenchmark. The focus of the benchmark is clearly on the processor as the re...

Daniel R Deakin, 14 Jun 2019 00:56

The Huntkey X2471C monitor. (Source: Huntkey)

Huntkey breaks into the gaming market with its X-series curved monitors

Huntkey is known as a maker of power bricks and other similar accessories. However, it also makes other devices, monitors included. Its latest model is the X2471C, which is a 1080p, 144-hertz (Hz) 23.6-inch 1800R-curved panel. Thi...

Deirdre O Donnell, 13 Jun 2019 21:12

Thought the Threadripper W2290X had enough cores? AMD thinks otherwise. (Image source: Wccftech)

Mysterious AMD X599 64 core and 128 thread behemoth to land in Q4 2019

AMD is looking to shake up the processor market once again with a new 64 core and 128 thread chip, which it is planning to bring to market in Q4 2019. The HEDT processor will be based on the upcoming X599 platform and looks set to...

Alex Alderson, 13 Jun 2019 19:07

Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 2 will be even thinner than last year's model, sport up to 4K OLED touchscreen and Quadro T2000 graphics

The second generation refresh is set to be the thinnest and lightest 15.6-inch workstation Lenovo has ever offered when it launches later this month for $1950. Nvidia Quadro Turing will replace last year's Pascal offerings.

Allen Ngo, 11 Jun 2019 06:01

Lenovo ThinkPad P53 and P73 looking to be huge graphical upgrades over the previous generation

Launching before the end of Summer, both the 15.6-inch ThinkPad P53 and 17.3-inch ThinkPad P73 can each be configured with Quadro RTX 5000 graphics for desktop-class performance. NVMe SSDs and three-year manufacturer warranty will...

Allen Ngo, 11 Jun 2019 06:01

Entry-level Lenovo ThinkPad P43s and P53s coming this Summer with refreshed hardware and a new look

The 14-inch ThinkPad P43s and 15.6-inch ThinkPad P53s balance performance with both mobility and price in contrast to the "world's fastest" ThinkPad P53 and P73 alternatives. The P53s will be both thinner and lighter than its 2018...

Allen Ngo, 11 Jun 2019 06:01

Two heads are better than one: The AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo combines two Vega 20 GPUs on a single PCB. (Source: AMD)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo displaces the NVIDIA Titan RTX to become the "world's most powerful GPU", but don't expect to game on it anytime soon

Shortly after Apple announced the Mac Pro desktop earlier this week, AMD said that it is introducing two new Vega 20 cards for workstation users — the Radeon Pro Vega II and the Radeon Pro Vega II Duo targeted at high-compute work...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 07 Jun 2019 10:32

The massive custom heatsink found in the new Mac Pro. (Source: Apple)

WWDC19 | Some notable aspects of the new Mac Pro design include a dual-sided mobo

Apple's long-awaited Mac Pro has finally been revealed ahead of its fall launch. Apple initially promised it would arrive in 2018, but it appears that the design team got quite creative and developed several innovative design solu...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 05 Jun 2019 15:20

The 16TB Seagate Exos X16. (Source: Seagate)

Seagate introduces world-first 16TB Exos HDD and IronWolf NAS drives

Seagate announces that it is now prepared to market enterprise- and server-grade hard-drives with capacities of 16TB for the first time. The Exos X16 is a helium-based 7200rpm drive, whereas the IronWolf 16TB and IronWolf Pro 16TB...

Deirdre O Donnell, 04 Jun 2019 18:22

Apple pictures the Pro XDR display with its companion stand, although it is actually a US$999 option. (Source: Apple)

WWDC19 | Apple's pricey US$4,999 Pro XDR display may actually be a good value

Apple has taken off the covers of its both its long-anticipated all-new Mac Pro and companion 32-inch Pro XDR 6K display. At US$4,999 it is far from cheap, but for what it offers it is arguably a good value proposition.

Sanjiv Sathiah, 04 Jun 2019 13:37

Apple's state-of-the-art Pro XDR monitor stand is priced at US$999. (Source: Apple)

WWDC19 | Apple wants US$1,000 for the 'optional' stand for it's new high-tech 32-inch 6K Pro XDR display

Apple revealed a lot of interesting new technology at WWDC 19, but the one thing that almost everyone is talking about is the insane price it is charging for its fancy new Pro XDR monitor stand. The monitor is already eye-watering...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 04 Jun 2019 11:18

The XPS 13 7390 2-in-1 was just announced at Computex to both fanfare and criticism due to its design choices.

Frank Azor confirms XPS 13 7390 will have soldered SSD, "not very different from smartphones today"

Dell and Alienware VP Frank Azor has confirmed in a tweet that the recently announced XPS 13 7390 2-in-1 will indeed have all its components — particularly its SSD — soldered on, citing the "extremely tight form factor" and compar...

Douglas Black, 04 Jun 2019 06:52

Nvidia RTX Studio could spell trouble for the long-running HP ZBook, Dell Precision, and Lenovo ThinkPad P series

Why can't professional workstations look more like ultra-thin gaming laptops? RTX Studio will kick-off a new generation of sleek professional laptops that are expected to appeal to younger CAD users and digital artists who may not...

Allen Ngo, 04 Jun 2019 05:41

WWDC19 | Return of the Cheese Grater: Apple announces new Mac Pro desktop

Announced today, the new 2019 Mac Pro looks like an updated "cheese grater" Mac Pro. Featuring a massive spec bump over the current Mac Pro, the new desktop features 8 PCIe slots and Apple's new Mac Pro Expansion (MPX) Module syst...

Sam Medley, 03 Jun 2019 22:00

Lenovo ThinkPad P53 mobile workstation leaks with Quadro RTX 5000 & OLED screen

The newest generation of mobile workstations from Lenovo, the Lenovo ThinkPad P73 and ThinkPad P53, have leaked ahead of their official announcement. The smaller Lenovo ThinkPad P53 receives a lot of upgrades, including an OLED sc...

Benjamin Herzig, 01 Jun 2019 01:07

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88% Lenovo ThinkPad P1 2019 Laptop Review: Slim workstation with stronger GPU and weaker CPU

MSI's new Prestige 14 / 15 laptops feature up to 6-core Intel Comet Lake-U CPUs

In review: Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 2 is slower than its predecessor

Gamescom 2019 | Minecraft, Dying Light 2 and other titles to get ray tracing soon

SK Hynix announces its next-generation, "world's fastest" high-bandwidth memory

Intel plans to release Quartz Canyon workstation NUCs with replaceable GPUs

Samsung's 6th-gen 3D V-NAND SSDs have a groundbreaking design for faster 256Gb data-transfers

System76 announces Adder WS Linux workstation with 4K OLED display

Battle of the 15.6-inch laptops | Currently in review: Dell XPS 15 7590 & Lenovo ThinkPad P1 2019

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X cross-platform benchmarking shows the Windows 10 scheduler finally catching up to that of Linux

Intel's upcoming GPU may offer HBM VRAM at $200

Asus working on AMD X590 and X599 motherboards to cater to the Ryzen 9 3950X and Threadripper 3000 series

Dell pushes out BIOS update for XPS 15 7590 to fix GPU throttling issue

10C/20T Intel Cascade Lake-X 'Glacier Falls' HEDT processor shows up on UserBench

Feasible 16 core AMD Threadripper 3000 series CPU crushes the Ryzen 9 3900X and Threadripper 2950X in multi-core workloads

Full specifications of Lenovo's new ThinkPad P53 workstation unveiled for all configurations

Microsoft celebrates the first moon landing's 50th anniversary by making an Apollo 11 hatch replica

New Linux driver leak suggests AMD Arcturus will be a Vega-based professional GPU

Lenovo ThinkPad laptops: Online backlash over the removal of external battery options

The GPU-as-a-Service market is projected to grow to 10x its current value by 2025

Intel's upcoming "Comet Lake" processor family leaks online, prices could start at US$129 for a quad-core

AMD announces affordable Radeon Pro WX3200 professional GPU

India is ready to test its own line of RISC-V desktop CPUs

The best display we have tested so far: DreamColor in the HP ZBook 15 G5

Opinion: Jony Ive leaves Apple, but it's not on a design high

Dell Prime Day slashes $200 off the XPS 15 9570 and $700 off the Alienware m15 with Core i7 CPU

84% MSI WS75 Review: Thin 17-inch workstation with powerful GPU

Canon unveils a new CMOS sensor with super-powered 120MP resolution

Noctua releases its new chromax cooler and fan inserts

New Microsoft 365 suite offers enterprise-level security for political campaigns

Nvidia partnering with ARM on exascale supercomputers

Rumored AMD X590 chipset touted to offer even more PCIe 4.0 lanes for premium Ryzen 3000 CPUs

Innodisk claims its new Fire Shield SSD can withstand temperatures of 1500 degrees Fahrenheit

Alternative semiconductors for charging and power could make a billion-USD industry by the next decade

HP ProOne 600 G5 21.5-in All-in-One with Intel Core i9-9900T manages fierce single-core and multi-core results on UserBenchmark

Huntkey breaks into the gaming market with its X-series curved monitors

Mysterious AMD X599 64 core and 128 thread behemoth to land in Q4 2019

Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 2 will be even thinner than last year's model, sport up to 4K OLED touchscreen and Quadro T2000 graphics

Lenovo ThinkPad P53 and P73 looking to be huge graphical upgrades over the previous generation

Entry-level Lenovo ThinkPad P43s and P53s coming this Summer with refreshed hardware and a new look

AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo displaces the NVIDIA Titan RTX to become the "world's most powerful GPU", but don't expect to game on it anytime soon

WWDC19 | Some notable aspects of the new Mac Pro design include a dual-sided mobo

91% Apple MacBook Pro 15 2018 (2.9 GHz i9, Vega 20) Laptop Review

Seagate introduces world-first 16TB Exos HDD and IronWolf NAS drives

WWDC19 | Apple's pricey US$4,999 Pro XDR display may actually be a good value

WWDC19 | Apple wants US$1,000 for the 'optional' stand for it's new high-tech 32-inch 6K Pro XDR display

Frank Azor confirms XPS 13 7390 will have soldered SSD, "not very different from smartphones today"

Nvidia RTX Studio could spell trouble for the long-running HP ZBook, Dell Precision, and Lenovo ThinkPad P series

WWDC19 | Return of the Cheese Grater: Apple announces new Mac Pro desktop

Lenovo ThinkPad P53 mobile workstation leaks with Quadro RTX 5000 & OLED screen

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