Market Trends Q2 2016: SSD Shipments Up 41.2% YoY, PC Sales Up on Q1
Sales of SSDs in the first quarter of 2016 were up 41.2% year-over-year, based on findings from TrendFocus*, a storage market tracking company. Shipments of all types of SSDs...
24 by on 10/5/2016
GlobalFoundries Updates Roadmap: 7 nm in 2H 2018, EUV Sooner Than Later?
GlobalFoundries recently announced the first details about its next generation 7 nm manufacturing technology, which is being developed in-house, and revealed plans to start production of chips using the...
76 by on 10/3/2016
USB-IF Publishes Audio over USB Type-C Specifications
The USB Implementers Forum this week published the USB Audio Device Class 3.0 specification, which standardizes audio over USB Type-C interface. The new spec enables hardware makers to eliminate...
93 by on 9/30/2016
Roku Unveils 2016 Streaming Media Players with 4Kp60 and HDR Support
Roku this week introduced a new family of five streaming media players for various needs and customers. The new affordable players support 1080p HD video streaming and some of...
34 by on 9/30/2016
ADATA Launches XPG SX8000: High-End M.2 NVMe SSD Featuring 3D MLC NAND
ADATA on Thursday introduced its first lineup of SSDs powered by 3D MLC NAND flash memory. The XPG SX8000 drives promise up to 2.4 GB/s read speed as well...
14 by on 9/29/2016
BlackBerry Stops Development of Smartphones, Set to Outsource Hardware Development
BlackBerry on Wednesday said it would cease internal development of its hardware and will transfer that function to its partners. While the BlackBerry-branded devices will remain on the market...
37 by on 9/28/2016
New Chrome OS Update Enables Google Play on Acer’s and ASUS' Chromebooks
Google has released an update for its Chrome OS that enables select Chromebooks to run apps designed for Google Android and access Google Play Store. Right now, only two...
23 by on 9/24/2016
NZXT Unveils Fully Customizable Aer RGB LED Fans
For system builders looking for a bit of extra flair, NZXT has announced a new family of computer fans with RGB LEDs, whose lighting can be customized using the...
32 by on 9/21/2016
Enermax D.F. Vegas: Self-Cleaning Fans with LEDs
Enermax has announced that they have expanded their lineup of fans with its DFR (dust free rotation) technology, which can clean themselves up from dust, with two new models...
6 by on 9/19/2016
Logitech Acquires Saitek Brand and Product Lines, Expands Its Sim Controllers Biz
Logitech this week announced that it has taken over the Saitek brand as well as the family of flight and space simulation game controllers from Mad Catz for $13...
18 by on 9/16/2016
Dell Updates XPS 13 with Intel’s Kaby Lake, Killer Wi-Fi, Now Also in Rose Gold
Dell on Thursday upgraded its XPS 13 ultra-thin laptop with Intel’s recently introduced Kaby Lake-U processors. The new notebooks keep the chassis and display panel options, but sport faster...
67 by on 9/15/2016
HP to Acquire Printer Business from Samsung Amid Shrinking Market
Nowadays printers are no longer supplied with the vast majority of PCs, and the total available market (TAM) of hardcopy peripherals is shrinking. As is the case with these...
37 by on 9/15/2016
Dell Unveils UltraSharp U3417W: Makes Its Curved Display More Curved
Dell has unveiled its new top-of-the-range 34” curved monitor for consumers. The new UltraSharp U3417W display has the same WHQD resolution as the U3415W introduced a year ago, but...
36 by on 9/14/2016
Discrete Desktop GPU Market Trends Q2 2016: AMD Grabs Market Share, But NVIDIA Remains on Top
We're back once again with our periodic series looking at computer hardware market trends, this time taking a look at GPU sales for Q2 2016. Broadly speaking, unit sales...
72 by on 9/13/2016
Dell Introduces UltraSharp UP3017 30-Inch Professional Display with 16:10 Aspect Ratio and DCI-P3 Color Space
Nowadays, the vast majority of displays for desktop computers have 16:9 aspect ratio for various reasons (e.g., content, manufacturing aspects, etc.). However, there are a lot of professionals, who...
52 by on 9/9/2016
LG Announces the 34UC79G: 34-Inch Curved 21:9 Display with 2560 × 1080 Resolution, 144 Hz Refresh Rate for $700
LG was one of the first suppliers to bring displays with 21:9 aspect ratio to consumers a couple of years ago, and at IFA 2016 the company introduced its...
33 by on 9/9/2016
Google Cans Project Ara: No Modular Smartphones Incoming
Word comes this week that Google has given up its plans to build modular smartphones with interchangeable parts, having cancelled all ongoing Project Ara efforts. According to reports by...
51 by on 9/2/2016
LG 38UC99 Announced: 37.5-Inch Curved 21:9 Display with 3840×1600 Resolution
This week at IFA in Berlin LG introduced a new flagship UltraWide display. The new monitor is called the LG 38UC99 and it's LG's largest UltraWide display to date...
43 by on 9/2/2016
Lenovo Reveals Yoga 910 Convertible: Intel’s Kaby Lake Meets 4K Display and Ultra-Thin Form-Factor
Lenovo this week took the wraps of its new Yoga 910 convertible, an aluminium 2-in-1 equipped with a 4K UHD display and is based on Intel’s upcoming 7th generation...
39 by on 9/2/2016
ASUS ZenWatch 3 Announced: Round Display, Snapdragon Wear 2100, Long Battery Life
ASUS introduced its third generation ZenWatch at the IFA trade show on Wednesday. The ZenWatch 3 wearable features a new case design with round display and uses a more...
17 by on 9/2/2016
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
