ASRock Industrial has been a key player in the ultra-compact form-factor PC space over the last few years. They have managed to release 4″x4″ systems based on the latest AMD and Intel platforms well ahead of other vendors. The company’s NUC BOX-1300 series was launched along with Intel’s introduction of Raptor Lake-P in January 2023. […]
Currently, only two foundries offer their customers 3 nm and 4 nm-class process technologies: TSMC and Samsung Foundry. But business media sometimes blames Samsung Foundry for mediocre yields on leading-edge nodes, which cannot be verified. But a set of recent reports claim that Samsung is now at a point where they are shipping their first […]
One of design perks of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4060 is its relatively low power consumption, which has allowed graphics cards makers to produce compact add-in-boards without the massive heatsink and VRM setups required by higher-end cards. At 115 Watts, the power consumption of the card is low enough that it makes even Mini-ITX-sized cards practical, […]
Corsair on Monday said that it had agreed to buy Drop, a leading maker of personalized peripherals, such as keyboards. The market for bespoke hardware is growing these days as many gamers want to have peripherals with distinctive looks and be able to modify their parts themselves. Corsair is particularly interested in keyboard-related assets of […]
Intel Foundry Services (IFS) this week soft-launched their new Intel 16 process technology, a 16nm-class node that will be used for the production of low-power chips for everyday workloads. The updated legacy node, derived from Intel’s existing 22FFL process tech, is aimed at cost-conscientious customers who are producing simpler chips that don’t require the performance […]