AMD's Carrizo brings power savings to mainstream laptops
The Carrizo processor is AMD's follow-on to Kaveri and a direct competitor to Intel's Broadwell CPUs. After a lengthy prelude, AMD is officially taking the wraps off of Carrizo today at the Computex trade show in Taipei. The firm expects laptops based on Carrizo to be available near the end of this month, and now that the chip is official, we know a number of juicy details about it that had previously been murky.
The long and short of it is that Carrizo is a quad-core processor with integrated Radeon graphics. Unlike prior "big-core" CPUs from AMD, this one is a true system on a chip (SoC), with an integrated south bridge I/O section and no need for ...
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Watch this astonishing thermal footage of Cryorig's hybrid CPU cooler
Water coolers typically don't generate any airflow around the CPU socket, leaving the VRMs and memory to rely on ambient airflow within the chassis. Cryorig's A Series hybrid is different, though. Its water block has an angled 70-mm fan that can be configured to blow toward or away from different regions of the socket.
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Don't throw stones inside Lian-Li's PC-O8
The wave of new cases from Computex continues. The latest eye-catcher is Lian-Li's PC-O8, a fancy dual-chamber enclosure wrapped in sheets of aluminum and tempered glass:
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Fractal Design's Node 202 case takes low-key approach to living room
Looking to build a living-room gaming PC that blends in rather than stands out? Check out Fractal Design's new Node 202 enclosure, which applies the firm's understated sensibilities to a low-profile chassis that should fit inside most entertainment units.
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MSI's Godlike X99 motherboard brings RGB LEDs to mortals
MSI introduced its top-of-the-line X99A Godlike Gaming motherboard at Computex today. The most eye-catching feature is the collection of the RGB LEDs, which MSI claims is a world's first for mobos. Users ...
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Thunderbolt 3 pushes 40Gbps through USB Type-C port
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Intel's next-gen Thunderbolt interface has adopted the reversible Type-C connector familiar from the latest USB spec.
The new hotness is called Thunderbolt 3, and the integration with USB 3.1 is tighter than one might expect. Intel's new "Alpine ...
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Killer slays wires with its Wireless-AC 1535 NIC
Killer Networking is taking to the airwaves. Its new wireless adapter, the Killer Wireless-AC 1535, brings the company's suite of gaming-focused features to those who want to cut the cord while fragging noobs. Those features include packet prioritization, multiple interface management, and latency reduction tech.
Killer's smorgasbord of gaming-oriented goodies aside, the Wireless-AC 1535 seems like a solid wireless card. It features dual amplifiers for better performance at long distances from an access point, plus support for ...
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Here's the first desktop display based on quantum dots
Philips claims to have the world's first desktop monitor based on quantum dot technology. The display was created in cooperation with QD Vision, an MIT spin-off that's been working on quantum dots for years. It takes advantage of the technology's purer colors to deliver an impressive 99% of the Adobe RGB spectrum.
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Intel's Broadwell goes broad with new desktop, mobile, server variants
As expected, Intel widened the reach of its 14-nm Broadwell CPU architecture across more of its product lines this morning with the introduction of a whole raft of new CPU models for desktops, laptops, and even servers. These CPUs promise improved power efficiency, higher per-clock performance, and faster graphics than the Haswell-based products that came before them.
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Nanotube-infused NRAM promises DRAM speeds with unlimited endurance
Since
2001, a company called Nantero has been working on making non-volatile
storage with carbon nanotubes. The technology is called NRAM, and it's
designed to deliver DRAM-like speeds with unlimited endurance and low
power consumption.That combination sounds too good to be true, but it's not just a pipe dream. Nantero CEO Greg Schmergel told us the firm has been working with two ...
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