ASMedias ASM1352R USB 3.1 Host Controller is the first USB-IF licensed USB 3.1 Host Controller chip and it was on display today at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The ASMedia ASM1352R is a Continue reading “ASMedia ASM1352R USB 3.1 Host Controller Sports Near 750 MB/s Speeds”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 19, 2015 at 6:20pm
Corsair, Crucial, G.SKILL and Kingston are all are demonstrating their latest dual-channel DDR4 memory kits for the Intel Z170 platform at the IDF2015. Not all the companies were showing off their fastest kit, but G.SKILL Continue reading “G.SKILL Prepares TridentZ DDR4 4266MHz and DDR4 4133MHz Memory Kits”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 19, 2015 at 4:33pm
Earlier today on their official Facebook page, CoolerMaster announced that the cases shown off previously at Computex 2015 that generated lots of interest, the MasterCase 5 and MasterCase 5 Pro, have been released and are Continue reading “Cooler Master Releases MasterCase 5 and MasterCase 5 Pro Modular Cases”. …more
By Sean Sinha •
Aug. 19, 2015 at 2:23pm
Earlier this summer our friends over at FanlessTech leaked out a slide that showing that Intel was going to be releasing a pair of Skylake-U power NUCs in the second half of 2015. Other than Continue reading “Intel Swift Canyon NUC Shown At IDF with Skylake-U CPU and DDR4 Memory!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 19, 2015 at 1:58pm
OCZ looks like they are getting pretty close to releasing the RevoDrive 400 NVMe PCIe SSD as it was spotted on the Intel Developer Forum exhibitors floor looking nearly done. From what we were told Continue reading “OCZ RevoDrive 400 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Displayed at IDF15”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 19, 2015 at 1:12pm
Earlier this week at the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco, California, Razer announced that it is actively working with Intel to deliver a cutting-edge desktop and VR-enabled camera system based on Intel’s new RealSense Continue reading “Razer Announces Partnership with Intel for RealSense Technology”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Aug. 19, 2015 at 10:15am
Legit Reviews had the opportunity to review the Kingston HyperX Predator M.2 PCIe SSD earlier this year and found it to be a very capable AHCI device that used the Marvell 88SS9293 controller. That drive Continue reading “HyperX Predator M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Spotted At IDF 2015”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 19, 2015 at 6:05am
Today at IDF 2015 it was clear that Intel RealSense cameras are going to be a pretty big deal for Intel and it appears that the developer community is already embracing the new technology. This Continue reading “Intel RealSense Cameras Could Make Twitch Broadcasting Easy!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 19, 2015 at 1:23am
At this morning IDF 2015 opening keynote presentation Intel announced Optane Technology using 3D XPoint non-volatile memory media as being the next breakthrough for the storage industry. Intel Optane technology will be coming to market Continue reading “Intel Optane SSDs Coming in 2016 w/ 3D XPoint – Shown to Be Over 5x Faster Than Current SSDs”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 18, 2015 at 6:36pm
The Intel 6th Generation Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K ‘Skylake’ processors feature Intel HD Graphics 530, but when the processors were released little was said about the Intel HD 530 Graphics. We knew that Intel Continue reading “Intel HD Graphics 530 Has 24 Execution Units – Intel gen9 Graphics Architecture Detailed”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 17, 2015 at 4:43pm
CPUID released version 1.73 of their popular freeware utility called CPU-Z that gathers the most critical system information on your PC. This new version features a new validation system, a new built-in CPU benchmark, the Continue reading “CPU-Z 1.73 Now Available with New Benchmark Tool”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 14, 2015 at 2:18pm
The ATTO Disk Benchmark Tool is one of the most popular storage drive benchmarks as it is widely used by both the storage drive manufacturers to get their peak sequential read/write ratings and consumers to Continue reading “ATTO Disk Benchmark Tool V3.05 Released”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 13, 2015 at 3:13pm
NVIDIA has released GeForce 355.60 WHQL drivers that are the Game Ready driver for the DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 preview edition of Ashes of the Singularity. Ashes of the Singularity is a massive-scale Real Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce 355.60 WHQL Video Card Driver Released”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 13, 2015 at 2:55pm
Toshiba Highlights Industry Firsts at Flash Media Summit This week at the 10th Anniversary Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, California, Toshiba will be showcasing its latest memory and storage solutions including two world firsts: Continue reading “Toshiba Highlights Industry Firsts at Flash Media Summit”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Aug. 12, 2015 at 10:47am
Word on the street is that NVIDIA is getting ready to release a new mainstream graphics card sometime this month called the GeForce GTX 950. The folks over at Expreview have posted up a GPU-Z Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card Pictured”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 11, 2015 at 6:04pm