(PR) OCZ Unveils Latest Enterprise PCIe 3.0 NVMe and SATA SSD Series at IDF
OCZ Storage Solutions -- a Toshiba Group Company and leading provider of high-performance solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, will unveil its latest storage solutions at the 2014 Intel Developer Forum (IDF), September 9-11 at Moscone West, San Francisco. New drives to be showcased include the upcoming Saber 1000 SATA III Series which is designed to deliver the best cost per GB for hyperscale data center customers, and the innovative Z-Drive 6000 2.5-inch PCIe 3.0 NVMe series that provides industry-leading IOPS per dollar.
OCZ has long been a major supplier to customers in the hyperscale and cloud markets, and the new Saber 1000 SATA III SSD was conceptualized and designed with key input from customers within this space to offer the best of both worlds with an enterprise-optimized feature-set, high capacity, and exceptional price point. Because these massive scalable infrastructures require premium yet practical storage, Saber 1000 is designed to be a more cost-effective solution than traditional enterprise-grade SSDs, effectively eliminating I/O bottlenecks and maximizing storage efficiency to meet the evolving demands of the fast growing hyperscale and cloud computing markets. Based off the proven OCZ Barefoot 3 platform which delivers superior and sustainable performance, Saber 1000 also provides enhanced data integrity with the addition of features like partial power fail protection and will also leverage the latest generation A19 NAND flash from Toshiba.
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(PR) ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces G20 Compact Gaming PC
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the G20 compact gaming desktop, a stylish gaming PC designed to dominate the small-form-factor gaming desktop segment. The G20 features a compact 12.5-liter case and is powered by a 4th-generation Intel Core i7 processor matched with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 graphics card for unstoppable gaming and home entertainment in WQHD 2560 x 1440 resolution.
ROG G20 delivers incredible energy efficiency as well, drawing just 10 W in Eco Energy mode. On the outside, G20 sports a bold and distinctively-ROG design, with a matte-black finish, aggressive lines, Mayan-inspired markings, and customizable lighting effects. ROG G20 has already received critical acclaim, winning the Best Choice of the Year and Golden Awards at Computex 2014.
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Inter-Tech Outs SY-139 ATX Mid-Tower Cases
German peripherals maker Inter-Tech rolled out the SY-139 line of ATX mid-tower cases. Available in two color options, dark gray (SY-139-GR) and black (SY-139-BKL), the case features a unique monolithic front panel design, with a single 5.25-inch optical drive tray pop-out, and a bulged out side-panel with two fan mounts. The case measures 195 mm x 430 mm x 413 mm (WxDxH), and is made of SECC steel and ABS plastic.
Although its front panel has just one 5.25-inch bay, internally, it features four (we wonder why). Other bays include two 3.5-inch, and one 2.5-inch. The case features a top-oriented PSU bay. Cooling system includes an 80 mm rear spinner, a 120 mm front-intake, and two 140 mm side intakes. Front panel connectivity includes an SD/microSD card reader, two USB 3.0 ports (standard header), and HDA front-panel audio jacks.
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(PR) Toshiba and SanDisk Celebrate the Opening of the Second Phase of Fab 5
Toshiba Corporation and SanDisk Corporation today celebrated the opening of the second phase of the No. 5 semiconductor fabrication facility (Fab 5) and the start of construction of the new No. 2 fabrication facility (Fab 2) at Yokkaichi Operations, Toshiba's NAND Flash memory plant in Mie prefecture, Japan.
Toshiba started construction of the second phase of Fab 5 in August 2013, and Toshiba and SanDisk have overseen installation of production equipment in the expanded facility since July this year. Production in phase 2 began at the start of this month, with 15 nm NAND flash memory process technology, the world's smallest and most advanced node. Toshiba and SanDisk announced deployment of this jointly developed 15 nm NAND flash process in April this year, with initial production in part of Fab 5 phase 1, and now target conversion of the remaining capacity in phase 1 to the new process technology.
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AUOptronics Develops 144 Hz WQHD IPS Panel
Display panel OEM AU Optronics announced development of a new 27-inch AHVA panel. AHVA, or advanced hyper-viewing angle, is AU Optronics' equivalent of LG's IPS panel technology, and is not to be confused with AMVA (advanced multidomain vertical alignment). Codenamed M270DAN02.3, the panel offers stellar refresh rates of 144 Hz, and native resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. Other vitals include 1000:1 contrast ratio, 350 cd/m² maximum brightness, sRGB gamut, and of course, 178°/178° viewing angles. Its introduction could spur growth of "gaming" grade monitors, which come with technologies specific to gaming PCs, such as AMD FreeSync and NVIDIA G-Sync support, that dynamically sync the display's refresh-rate with the frame-rate of the graphics card, to minimize stuttering, and produce a fluid display output.
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(PR) ADATA DDR4 Memory Modules Ready for Intel Haswell-EP
ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, is pleased to announce its full line of DDR4 extreme performance memory modules already support Intel Haswell-EP series processors. All ADATA DDR4 memory modules will be on display in Booth #379 at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF 2014). ADATA's DDR4 memory supports server, consumer workstation and gaming PC applications. ADATA's lightning-fast DDR4 products deliver superior scalability, power-saving capability, and ultimate reliability for consumer, enterprise and industrial applications across the globe.
Intel Haswell-EP Compatible: Power for Big Data and Cloud
All of ADATA's DDR4 DRAM memory solutions are Intel Haswell-EP compatible to leverage the best in performance, scalability, power efficiency, and reliability. Further benefits such as accessibility and serviceability offer top-to-bottom transparency that factors significantly with the Internet of Things (IoT). ADATA's DDR4 DRAM memory solutions range from 4-16 GB to meet the high-volume demands of Big Data and Cloud applications.
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Dell Introduces Its Most Advanced Server Portfolio
Dell today unveiled its most advanced and easy-to-manage portfolio of PowerEdge servers, designed to help customers worldwide address and optimize the evolving spectrum of application and workload requirements. The Dell PowerEdge 13th generation server portfolio features customer-inspired engineering built to optimize price performance for the widest range of web, enterprise and hyperscale applications, and features state-of-the-art advancements in storage, processing and memory technology coupled with industry-leading systems management capabilities.
The new Dell PowerEdge portfolio - which begins with five form-factors across blade, rack and tower servers - provides customers with choice in how they address industry trends including cloud computing, mobility, big data, and software-defined. More than 80 percent of IT decision-makers report these factors as investment priorities for the next 12 months, according to the Future Ready IT survey, recent worldwide research commissioned by Dell and Intel.
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(PR) DisplayLink Demonstrating Dual 4K Displays Using 60 GHz WiGig at IDF
DisplayLink, the leading provider of USB graphics technology, today announced the industry's first demonstration of Dual 4K monitors over a 60 GHz WiGig connection. The demonstration features a WiGig integrated notebook, WiGig docking station connected to two 4K DisplayLink USB Graphics adapters, enabling two 4K monitors showcasing "wired-quality" latency and image quality. The demonstration is being shown September 9th-11th at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco at DisplayLink booth #750.
"This is truly an exciting time for DisplayLink, with interest pouring in for our latest DL-5000 family of 4K enabled chipsets," said John Cummins, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing. "Since the first announcement at CES 2014 we've launched the DL-5500, DL-5700 and DL-5900 products capable of providing a 4K workspace on non-4k capable notebooks and computers, extending flexibility to the workspace and increasing productivity. We're proud to show how this capability extends further into the wireless space when combined with a 60 GHz WiGig 4K dock, enabling dual 4K 3098x2160 resolution displays at IDF '14 in San Francisco. Latency and image quality are preserved for a no compromise 'wired-quality' user experience."
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(PR) GIGABYTE Presents Its New C612 Series Server & Workstation Motherboards
GIGABYTE Technology, a leading creator of high performance server hardware, is happy to introduce today its new lineup of motherboards based on the new Intel C612 chipset. Supporting the brand new Intel Xeon processor E5-2600/1600 V3 product families (former codename Haswell-EP) and the also brand new DDR4 server memory, this new lineup initially consists of one workstation motherboard and six server motherboards.
On Intel's previous server platforms, by design the maximum supported memory frequency has always been automatically downgraded the more DIMMs were being added on a server motherboard. As this trade-off between performance and capacity represents a dilemma to many memory-hungry server applications, GIGABYTE offers a unique solution. All our motherboards based on the LGA 2011-3 socket support by default a maximum frequency of 2133 MHz in any memory configuration.
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(PR) SanDisk DAS Cache Software Now Available for Next Generation Dell PowerEdge
SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, today announced that SanDisk DAS Cache software will be offered by Dell for use in its next generation Dell PowerEdge servers with direct-attached storage (DAS). This all-software solution will allow customers to benefit from the high performance of solid state drives (SSDs), while maintaining data on direct-attached, disk-based storage. SanDisk DAS Cache software works with SSDs from any manufacturer, empowering customers to select the SSD capacity and performance that is appropriate to their data center needs.
"We have been working very closely with Dell to provide a complete solution for their customers that provides the performance and cost benefits of solid-state storage technology," said John Scaramuzzo, senior vice president and general manager, Enterprise Storage Solutions, SanDisk. "Combining innovations in both hardware and software enables customers to realize the full potential of enterprise storage solutions. We are excited that Dell is able to offer the benefits of our SanDisk DAS Cache software to customers with its new PowerEdge servers."
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(PR) Intel Debuts the Xeon E5-2600/1600 v3 Processor Family
Intel Corporation today introduced the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600/1600 v3 product families to address the requirements of diverse workloads and the rapidly evolving needs of data centers. The new processor families include numerous enhancements that provide performance increases of up to 3x over the previous generation, world-class energy efficiency and enhanced security. To facilitate the explosive demand for software defined infrastructure (SDI), the processors expose key metrics, through telemetry, which enable the infrastructure to deliver services with the best performance, resilience and optimized total cost of ownership.
The processors will be used in servers, workstations, storage and networking infrastructure to power a broad set of workloads such as data analytics, high-performance computing, telecommunications and cloud-based services, as well as back-end processing for the Internet of Things.
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(PR) HP Unveils Its New Line of Desktop and Mobile Workstations
HP today introduced its most powerful Z Workstations, combining increased system expandability, higher-speed memory and multicore updates, as well as access to the latest technologies to help customers future-proof their investment in HP's broadest workstation portfolio.
HP Z Desktops and HP ZBook Mobile Workstations are built to address the constraints of compute-intensive industries, including media and entertainment, graphic design, CAD, architecture, photography, manufacturing, finance, healthcare, scientific imaging, and oil and gas exploration. The new additions to the portfolio include:
- The new HP Z840, Z640 and Z440 desktop workstations feature the latest Intel Xeon processor product family, and NVIDIA and AMD professional graphics options.
- The new HP ZBook 15 G2 and 17 G2 Mobile Workstations take advantage of powerful processing, including optional Intel quad-core processors and NVIDIA Quadro and AMD FirePro professional graphics that are ISV-certified.
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(PR) JEDEC Publishes Wide IO 2 Mobile DRAM Standard
JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry, today announced the publication of JESD229-2 Wide I/O 2. Wide I/O 2 offers a significant speed increase over Wide I/O, while retaining Wide I/O's vertically stacked through silicon via (TSV) architecture and optimized packaging. Combined, these characteristics position Wide I/O 2 to deliver the ever-increasing speed, capacity, and power efficiency demanded by mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and handheld gaming consoles. JESD229-2 may be downloaded free of charge from the JEDEC website here.
Wide I/O 2 provides four times the memory bandwidth (up to 68GBps) of the previous version of the standard, but at lower power consumption (better bandwidth/Watt) with the change to 1.1V supply voltage. From a packaging standpoint, the Wide I/O 2 die is optimized to stack on top of a system on chip (SOC) to minimize power consumption and footprint.
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(PR) EK Releases 180 mm Series Coolstream WE Radiator
EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium computer liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is proud to introduce company's first 180mm form-factor, high-performance computer liquid-cooling radiator. This radiator combines EK's unique CSQ design with latest radiator core engine construction.
EK-CoolStream WE is a high-performance computer water-cooling radiator which combines EK's unique CSQ design with latest radiator core engine. Built for 180mm fans, these radiators are optimized for maximum heat dissipation across entire fan operational range thus delivering exceptional performance at both low- and high airflow operation. EK assured quality level, optimal price-performance ratio and unique minimalistic design make these EK-CoolStream WE series radiators a perfect choice for any computer water cooled system.
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ELSA Announces Single-slot GeForce GTX 750 Ti Graphics Card
ELSA announced the GeForce GTX 750 Ti SP, a single slot, air-cooled graphics card based on NVIDIA's first "Maxwell" based GPU. Sticking to single-slot dimensions, the card is 18.4 cm long, featuring a full-length metal shroud covering a nickel-plated copper channel heatsink, which is ventilated by a 70 mm spinner. The card draws all its power from the PCI-Express 3.0 bus interface. Display outputs include two dual-link DVI, and one mini-HDMI. That's not all, it also comes with a tiny factory-overclock. The core runs at 1045 MHz (vs. 1020 MHz reference), and memory at 4.40 GHz (vs. 4.34 GHz reference). The card will release in the Japanese market first, on the 23rd of September
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(PR) Wi-Fi Alliance Celebrates 15 Years of Wi-Fi
This year, Wi-Fi Alliance celebrates 15 years of connecting people and improving everyday lives with Wi-Fi. Interoperability, ease of use, and innovation have made Wi-Fi one of the greatest success stories of the last century, and Wi-Fi Alliance has an extensive roadmap to carry the technology well into the future. Since its founding in 1999, the industry organization has been delivering on its vision of seamless connectivity -- evolving its technologies and certification programs to keep pace with the requirements of today's connected world.
Founded by six companies to develop and validate multi-vendor interoperability, Wi-Fi Alliance has grown into an organization of nearly 650 companies and a driving force in Wi-Fi's ascent to one of the world's most-loved and widely used technologies. With billions of devices in use today, Wi-Fi exemplifies the value of industry-wide standards and multi-vendor collaboration to support technology adoption.
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(PR) HighPoint Unveils the RocketStor 6351A Thunderbolt IO Dock
HighPoint Technologies, a pioneering force in the storage industry for over 19 years, delivers the industry's most comprehensive range of high-performance, versatile and cost effective storage solutions for Mac and PC platforms. We have drawn upon our years of storage RAID and connectivity expertise to create a extensive selection of Thunderbolt 2 Solutions designed to streamline storage upgrade and expansion projects. We will be showcasing the Industry's 1st Thunderbolt 2 IO Dock, Industry's 1st Thunderbolt Drive Dock, and our Thunderbolt 2 Storage and Expansion Adapters Series at IBC 2014 in Amsterdam.
We will be proudly unveiling the RocketStor 6351A, the industry's first and fastest I/O dock at the HighPoint and Intel Showcase at IBC this year. Unlike I/O docks already on the market, the RocketStor 6351A moves far beyond simple; each of the dual 5Gb/s USB 3.0 ports and 6Gb/s eSATA port is powered by dedicated controller, and deliver uncompromised transfer performance for external drives and I/O devices. In addition, each 5Gb/s USB 3.0 port can be used as a charging station, and supports Rapid Charging Modes for Apple iOS devices such as iPads, iPhones, and SuperDrive's. The RocketStor 6351A is also the ideal solution for customers with multiple high-resolution display devices. Either Thunderbolt 2 port can be used as a dedicated video output for Thunderbolt 2 monitors from LG, and the Apple Thunderbolt Display. In addition, each of the dedicated 5Gb/s USB ports can easily host USB 3.0/HDMI adapters for additional display devices such as LCD TV's or monitors.
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