SanDisk, owned by Western Digital, has introduced the external secure SSD Professional Pro-G40. The novelty uses a high-speed Thunderbolt 3 connector as the interface for the connection. Image source: SanDisk The external drive SanDisk Professional...
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Intel has updated the system requirements for Arc Alchemist graphics cards, originally published back in June of this year. Where previously it was stated that only Intel processors must be used and no older than the Core 10 series (Comet Lake), AMD...
Profile posts that received the GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards for review unpacked the graphics cards and shared their photos. The accelerators turned out to be really huge. Even huge ones! Image source: TechPowerUp The publication of reviews of...
The path of the Intel Arc A7 graphics cards to the market was long. The company originally planned to release them in the first half of the year, but something went wrong. As a result, in a week, on October 12, Intel will start selling its most...
Fractal Design announced the discovery of a manufacturing defect in Lumen liquid cooling systems. The manufacturer drew attention to the problem after complaining to technical support from several owners of LSS data. All reported excessively high...
The GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card is still a month away, but the flagship GeForce RTX 4090 will go on sale next week. On this occasion, NVIDIA has decided to share the performance data of its most powerful card in the Overwatch 2 game. We’ve...
Two years of the pandemic have fueled demand for semiconductor components, but this year a number of segments of the industry are facing an overproduction crisis as demand slows on less-than-favorable macroeconomic factors. Morgan Stanley experts...
Last month, the CEO of SoftBank, which now owns the Arm assets, agreed to talk with Samsung Electronics management about forming a strategic alliance on behalf of the British processor architecture developer. The Seoul meeting took place in early...
The tenth generation Intel Core processors, launched in the second quarter of 2020, are already obsolete, so in anticipation of the thirteenth generation of processors (Raptor Lake) on the market, the company decided to clean up the range of desktop...
NZXT has announced the N7 B650E motherboard, which is based on the older of two mid-range AMD chipsets for AMD Ryzen 7000 processors. The new product will be available in both white and all-black versions. Image source: NZXT The N7 B650E board uses...
ASUS introduces ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, Pro Art and Prime series motherboards based on AMD B650E and B650 chipsets for Ryzen 7000 processors. ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi, as well as TUF Gaming B650, ProArt B650-Creator and Prime B650 in different...
By the end of 2024, all electronic mobile devices sold in the European Union must be equipped with a USB Type-C charging port, and from spring 2026 this regulation will also apply to laptops. Such a requirement is introduced in connection with the...
Gigabyte has introduced Aorus and Aero series motherboards based on AMD B650 and B650E chipsets. All new products support DDR5 memory, some models support PCIe 5.0 interface for solid state drives and graphics cards. Image source: gigabytes B650E...
Japanese Canon is developing a new generation of lithography devices for semiconductor production that can compete with the products of Dutch ASML, which is a virtual monopolist on the market for such solutions. The construction of a new plant in...
MSI has officially announced motherboards based on AMD B650 chipsets designed for Ryzen 7000 processors. The new products join the ranks of the MPG, MAG and PRO series brands. All boards support DDR5 RAM up to 6600 MHz (overclocked). Image source:...
Ildar Rakhmatulin from Heriot-Watt University (Scotland) together with colleagues built A low cost laser system that uses a vision system to detect and repel or eliminate cockroaches and works effectively at a distance of up to 1.2 metres. Image...
When Japanese group SoftBank bought the assets of British processor architecture developer Arm in 2016, local authorities made it a condition that the number of British employees double over the next five years. The Japanese owners have managed to...
Initially, the young American company Rivian expected to produce 50,000 electric vehicles this year, but in March this plan was halved and the cost of newly ordered cars increased significantly to offset the manufacturer’s increased costs...
The GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card has become the most popular on the Steam platform – in September its share was 7.52%, follows from a fresh one report Steam Hardware Survey. However, there is one important nuance: we are talking about the...
The EU is underfunding its semiconductor industry, said Kurt Sievers, chief executive officer of NXP Semiconductors. This will hamper the region’s ambitious goals of gaining a significant share of the global semiconductor market. Image source:...
