When the USB4 specification emerged several years ago, it was quickly positioned as a less expensive alternative to the Thunderbolt 3 technology which ruled the market of high-performance direct-attached storage (DAS) devices and docking stations. Since then, we’ve seen multiple USB4 docks hit the market, but USB4 DASes and SSDs are still rare. Thankfully, the […]
With AMD’s recent launch of their Zen 4 architecture-based Threadripper 7000 series CPUs, the company and its OEM partners have unleashed a new wave of high-end PCs and workstations based on the considerable-core-count processors. Though not a massive market in and of itself, the workstation market is by most respects the pinnacle of the PC […]
Minisforum has launched a new high-performance Mini-ITX motherboard that’s based on Intel’s 13th Generation Core HX mobile parts. The upsized, highly integrated AR900i platform promises to bring together the power efficiency benefits of a mobile platform with desktop-class performance and features – and all at a rather moderate price. Minisforum itself calls its AR900i platform an […]
Ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) desktops have gained significant market share over the last decade. Processors with TDPs ranging from 6 – 15W formed the backbone of this segment in the initial years. With CPU vendors allowing configurable TDPs for their notebook processors, UCFF systems with regular notebook processors (operating in cTDP-down mode) have become common. GEEKOM, […]
CES 2024 is a few weeks away, so Phison shared its plans for the consumer electronics industry’s biggest trade show this week. Among the headliners of the event will be the company’s latest PS5026-E26 Max14um platform for top-of-the-range PCIe Gen5 SSDs, as well as the PS2251-21 (U21) single-chip platform for USB4 drives that brings together […]