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IBM unveils world’s first functional 7nm chip
When it comes to chip fabrication and emergent process nodes for silicon, Intel is almost always the company on the forefront of people’s minds: as the largest player in the semiconductor space, their tick-tock microarchitectural change model has set the pace in which ever-smaller transistor sizes are adopted by industry. It came as a bit …
Logitech rebrands, launches Logi label
Perhaps one of the largest manufacturers of computer accessories and peripherals, Logitech today announced a full rebrand of the company, replete with a new logo and some bright and bold styling. They’ve also announced a new label, Logi, for some of their “newest product categories”, which the (potentially seizure-inducing) video below suggests will include wireless keyboards, …
AMD updates Q2 guidance, projects 8% decline in revenues
In a press release today, AMD announced that revenues for Q2 2015 are expected to be lower than originally projected. In its now-revised estimates, AMD anticipates revenues to decrease by around 8% sequentially, compared to the 3% decline previously estimated. Although disappointing, this isn’t entirely unexpected: AMD itself cites weak PC sales causing a reduction in shipments of …
EK releases AMD Radeon R9 FURY X Full-Cover water block
The single-slot IO and short PCB of the Fury X combined with these new single-slot blocks and bracket would make for an awesome SFF build if we ever get a proper enthusiast-grade Mini-DTX motherboard. “July 7th – EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium computer liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is excited to launch the true single-slot …
Hardware Canucks reviews the Node 202
Them northern beavers have reviewed the Fractal Design Node 202 and it looks like a good option for a Steam Machine style build. One interesting detail about the case that wasn’t apparent in the photos from Computex is that the bottom and top halves of the exterior shell are each removable. This gives easy access to the …
Samsung launches 2TB 850 Pro and 850 EVO SSDs
2TB consumer SSDs! Great news for SFF builds with limited drive mounts. No word on price but hopefully they won’t have a price premium for the density and will be in line with the price/gigabyte of the rest of the 850 series. Edit: PCPer has a review up already and MSRP is $1000 for the Pro and …
Gelid launches Polar 27mm tall CPU cooler for LGA 115x
Gelid has released a very low profile heatsink for the mainstream Intel sockets. TDP of only up to 65W so no overclocked 4770K’s with this but it looks to be a good option for a budget HTPC or something similar. Press release below: “Hong Kong, July 3rd – Thermal Solutions specialist GELID Solutions unveils the latest …
GIGABYTE Announces Full Support of the New Intel Xeon Processor E3-1200 V4 Product Family
Gigabyte has release BIOS updated to support the latest line of Intel Xeon processors – a boon for those of us who demand workstation or server reliability and accuracy. Read Gigabyte’s Press Release below: “Taipei, Taiwan, June 2nd – GIGABYTE Technology, a leading creator of high performance server hardware, is happy to announce today, in coordination with …