ASUS Press Event Computex 2014 Live Blog
I am here at the ASUS press event at Computex, waiting for the event to start. Just me on text and photos today, stay tuned!
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ARM Announces CPU Design Center in Taiwan
As
part of Computex 2014, ARM has announced their first CPU Design Center
in Taiwan, focusing on the next generation of Cortex-M class cores for
IoT and wearables. Initially this will mean 40-50 individuals within
the talent pool in 2014 before scaling based on demand. A large part of
the press event has been geared towards demand for ARM processors and
the segmentation therein, focusing on the uses of Cortex-M within an
ecosystem that counts sixteen billion processors shipped into embedded
to date.
ARM
will be working with research institutes to grow and scale, with the
aim to produce important engineers with experience in the field. ARM
sees Taiwan as a focal point of the industry with respect to the large
number of ARM’s semiconductor partners in the region, hence the choice
of the region for their fourth CPU design center. One of the outputs of
the new design center, due to the increase of interest in wearables,
ARM sees the segment as two main parts – the low end sensor based
wearables, and the high power models requiring sensor calculation
relating to features such as HUDs, particularly in the professional and
medical markets.
ARM also mentioned it is developing MBED, a
platform for embedded developers incorporating an OS and a system of
tools to help bring ideas to fruition. THe platform will be open
source, with libraries and web based tools allowing developers to mix
and match microcontrollers, radios, sensors and software stacks.
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Computex 2014: Be Quiet!’s New Case and Power Supplies
Our
first meeting this week at Computex is with Be Quiet! and we were shown
a new case aimed at low noise output, due for the market in September.
The Case With No Name (they are still deciding) will be around $130 and
in orange, silver and black. Both of the side panels and the front fan
grill is lined with a sound absorbent foam, and the case comes with
four fans preinstalled.
The
side panels use a latch mechanism so users who want more air flow can
open them up by about 1cm, and the case also provides room for cable
management. The extra space at the bottom is to aid airflow through the
power supply which is also fitted with a rubberized shim to reduce
vibrations. Interestingly enough one of the hard drive combination bays
can also migrate to the set of ODD bays depending on the user. There
is space for a dual radiator cooler at the top, with space in the top
segment to also equip the fans. The power button and USB ports are on
the top, along with special vents to minimize the fan noise out of the
top of the case.
On
the power supply front Be Quiet! has two new models, the Straight Power
10 and the Straight Power 10 CM (cable management), featuring their new
135mm Silent Wings 3 fan. The fan has an upgraded motor to reduce the
noise, and Be Quiet are working on a consumer model aside from their
power supply designs. For the PSUs, they will be rated at 80 PLUS Gold
and offered in 400W-700W for the Straight Power 10 and 500-800W for the
Straight Power 10 CM. The later should be coming to North America,
whereas the former has focus in other markets.
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Quick Note: HP Officially Announces 14” Android Laptop, 11” Chromebook
HP's 14" Android notebook gets official
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