Tesoro Excalibur Spectrum RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review
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BIOSTAR Announces New Motherboard and Video Card
BIOSTAR has announced a pair of new products with the Gaming H170T motherboard and Gaming GeForce GTX980Ti video card. The Gaming H170T uses the latest Intel H170 socket with support for sixth generation socket 1151 Core processors. Puro Hi-Fi audio technology has a built-in amplifier and utilizes an independent power delivery system for audio components, resulting in "significant reduction in electronic noise producing superb sound quality." A "moistureproof" PCB design provides for excellent performance in high humidity environments while eXtreme Durable Capacitors provide stable power supply with a lifespan up to 6.25 times that of liquid capacitors. It can support up to 32GB of DDR3 in four slots, PCIe M.2, and SATA Express.
The GeForce GTX980Ti is based on the NVIDIA Titan X GPU and features 2816 CUDA cores, just shy of the Titan X's 3072. It features 6GB of GDDR5 at a speed of 7GHz on a 384-bit bus. The card uses the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface with DVI, three DisplayPort, and HDMI output support.
Source: Press Release
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Western Digital Agrees to Purchase SanDisk
Earlier this week rumors began to circulate that Western Digital was in talks to buy flash storage maker SanDisk. Today the company announced that it has agreed to a $19 billion valuation, placing a value of $86.50 in cash and stock per share within the estimated range of $80 to $90 per share. The deal is contingent upon regulatory approval of a $3.78 billion deal to purchase 15% of Western Digital by Chinese company Unisplendour Corp Ltd. That deal is "likely to face regulatory scrutiny amid national security concerns," but Western Digital CEO Steve Milligan believes the deal will go through as the "Sandisk acquisition will ultimately dilute Unisplendor's stake." He added that "There's always a risk and you're not done until you're done, but we were careful and consulted with U.S. government experts."
Source: Reuters
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Graphene-Based Ink Created for Printed Electronics
Just as there is a push to shrink the size of electronics, there is also a push to create flexible electronics, which would find new applications and potentially also be cheaper. Graphene has been getting a significant amount of attention since its discovery, because it is highly conductive, strong, transparent, and flexible. Now researchers at the University of Cambridge have successfully created a graphene ink that could be used to print flexible electronics.
Graphene is an atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms with very desirable properties. By creating an ink from it, those properties can be easily brought to printed products to build in various electronic devices. To create the ink, the researchers first suspend particles of graphene in a carrier solvent mixture, which is combined with a conductive water-based ink. By varying the amounts of the ingredients, the properties of the ink can be controlled and potentially other materials than graphene could also be used. This ink can then be used in conventional roll-to-roll printers like what print newspapers, without modification. Previously, conductive inks like this relied on silver and are 25 times more expensive than this solution.
Potential applications for this ink include printing disposable biosensors, energy harvesters, and RFID tags directly onto paper products and packaging. As current roll-to-roll printers are able to use this ink without modification and it can be printed at over 100 meters a minute, it should be easy for many graphics printing companies to start making products with this ink.
Source: University of Cambridge
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Hardware Roundup: Wednesday, October 21, 2015, Edition
The middle of another week has arrived, with a couple of items along the way to help. There is a review of the Thermaltake Suppressor F51 case, a mid-tower model loaded with sound dampening foam to keep your PC nice and quiet. We also have the Logitech G920 and G29 driving wheels, with the former supporting the PC, PS3, and PS4, and the latter the PC and XBO.
Cases
Thermaltake Suppressor F51 @ Neoseeker
Input Devices
Logitech G920 & G29 Driving Force @ TechSpot
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Black Phosphorus Components Could Feature Improved Cooling
The days of silicon-based electronics are numbered and we are quickly approaching the end of this ubiquitous material in our devices. Exactly what will replace it is still a matter of debate though, with some intriguing contenders. Among these is black phosphorus, a natural semiconductor, which also appears to have some interesting thermal properties, according to researchers at Berkeley Lab.
One of the reasons researchers have been looking into black phosphorus is that it can be made into 2D sheets, like graphene which has also received great interest for future electronics, but is not a natural semiconductor. When in its 2D form, it has been predicted that the heat flow in black phosphorus nanoribbons could have an opposite anisotropy to its electric flow. This means that heat would flow most easily in a direction the electricity faces resistance in. After creating the nanoribbons and carefully isolating them from the heat of their environment, the researchers tested this and found that while thermal conductivity varied with thickness, the anisotropy ratio remained constant at two.
By designing and controlling the orientation of black phosphorus structures in an electronic device, this discovery could be used to improve the cooling of the device, by directing the flow of heat. Next the researchers want to investigate various scenarios, such as physical conditions as well as different interfaces, phase transitions, and domain boundaries.
Source: Berkeley Lab
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CableMod Launches Store for European Residents
CableMod, a company that creates premium cables that can turn ordinary systems into works of art, has announced that it has opened a new store for PC enthusiasts that reside in Europe. The store, which is known simply as the CableMod EU Store, features a familiar user interface that includes a smart search function, sports inexpensive shipping by GLS, and allows customers to pay with major credit cards or PayPal. Shipping will initially be offered to countries that include Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Interested consumers can visit the latest store from CableMod by visiting the official storefront website.
Source: Press Release
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