It’s a couple of weeks later than originally planned, but this week NVIDIA is finally amping up the last of its high-end video card lineup with the release of the GeForce RTX 3070. Based on the Ampere architecture first launched back in September for the GeForce …
Silicon Motion has announced the official launch of their first generation of PCIe 4.0-capable NVMe SSD controllers. These controllers have been on the roadmap for quite a while and have been previewed at trade shows, but the first models are now shipping. The high-end SM2264 and …
Bus-powered portable flash-based storage solutions are one of the growing segments in the consumer-focused direct-attached storage market. The emergence of 3D NAND with TLC and QLC has brought down the cost of such drives. NAND manufacturers like Western Digital, Samsung, and Crucial/Micron who also market portable …
In the realm of processor and product design, having the right series of tools to actually build and simulate a product has been a key driver in minimizing time to market. Cadence is one of the more prolific companies in the electronic design automation (EDA) software …
Corsair is one of the oldest and most reputable PC component manufacturers in the PC market. The company’s origins lie with memory-related products but, nearly two decades ago, the company slowly began diversifying into other segments of the market. While their initial attempts were reluctant, releasing …
During a time of increased competitor activity, Intel has decided to disclose some of the high level details surrounding its next generation consumer processor, known as Rocket Lake or Intel’s 11th Gen Core. The new processor family is due in the market in the first quarter …
The Microsoft Tips app has leaked more evidence that Microsoft is working on rounded corners for Windows 10 windows. For some time, Microsoft has been adding rounded corners to dialog boxes in Windows 10 apps such as Photos, Maps, Calculator, and the new Microsoft Edge. The …
Oracle issued an out-of-band security update over the weekend to address a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability impacting multiple Oracle WebLogic Server versions. The security vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-14750 received a 9.8 severity base score from Oracle, out of a maximum rating of 10. Oracle …
Over the years, the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation’s SPECviewperf benchmark has become the industry standard for workstation GPU benchmarking. Owing to the fact that, unlike video games, there’s little concept of a “standard” workload for CAD, content creation, and visual data analysis tools, as well as …
