Qualcomm scales 5G to Snapdragon 8, 7 and 6 series
Published in Mobiles


By 2020

Qualcomm’s President Cristiano Amon has announced that way beyong its Snapdragon 800 series with 5G support, Qualcomm will announce Snapdragon 7 and 6 generations with 5G support in 2020.

How AMD gained market share
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 03 September 2019 12:05

How AMD gained market share


Not Navi, with Polaris 570 and 580

We managed to get on top how AMD managed to gain market share in Q2 2019, and it was selling the old 570 and 580 with incredibly attractive and low pricing.

Mate 30 launches on September 19
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 02 September 2019 11:53

Mate 30 launches on September 19


Global launch in Munich

Huawei Mate 30 will come earlier than most expected. The company has sent out invitations for a global launch on September 19, just slightly more than two weeks from now.

Intel GM of desktop slams Ryzen 5Ghz claim
Published in PC Hardware
Saturday, 31 August 2019 13:38

Intel GM of desktop slams Ryzen 5Ghz claim


Core i9-9900K at 5GHz is Regular Nitrogen

John Bonini, a Vice President, General Manager Desktop, Workstations, Gaming at Intel came out with a great tweet.

Apple sends out iPhone 2019 invites
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 30 August 2019 10:24

Apple sends out iPhone 2019 invites


September 10, 10 AM PST / 7 PM CET / 6PM BST

Companies like launching new products on Tuesdays and Apple traditionally launches its new iPhone in the September timeframe.

Xilinx introduces world’s biggest FPGA
Published in AI
Thursday, 29 August 2019 18:17

Xilinx introduces world’s biggest FPGA


35 billion transistors in 16nm

The master of FPGAs has launched the world’s highest capacity FPGA ever designed. For those who didn’t pay attention in computer science class, FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) is the hardware programmable chip that is used for chip emulation, test, measurement, compute, networking, aerospace and defense and many other tasks including AI.

Tronsmart Element Mega SoundPulse Speaker reviewed
Published in Reviews


Review: Great Bluetooth 5 speaker for a reasonable price

Tronsmart is a company that made its name with power elements for smartphones, including external batteries and charges (Quick Charge), but the company has also made quite a few portable speakers.

TSMC jumps in to save Moore’s Law
Published in AI
Thursday, 15 August 2019 22:37

TSMC jumps in to save Moore’s Law


2500 mm2 interposer and 5nm N5P EUV to the rescue

Usually, it is Intel which talks about Moore’s Law, but this time our long-time industry friend Godfrey Cheng at TSMC talked about potential and the future of the world’s finest manufacturing facility.

Nvidia driver 431.60 can fail installation
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 07 August 2019 14:06

Nvidia driver 431.60 can fail installation


Disconnect the internet to make it work

Finally finding the time to update a PC is not easy but finally, a Core i9 9900K found its way into the Asus ROG Maximus XI Extreme motherboard. Installation went well until Geforce 2080 Ti installation using the official driver from website kept failing to install the control panel. Here is how to fix it.

Is AMD Rome burning?
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 07 August 2019 10:18

Is AMD Rome burning?


Updated: Will High voltages on AMD's 7nm Ryzen 3000 plague Rome launch?

Today is the day when AMD plans to launch its 7nm datacenter CPU with up to 64 cores, codenamed Rome. As AMD gets ready for it’s most important launch ever today, there is a lot of anticipation and excitement for newfound competition with Intel. Still, well-informed sources are confirming that the Rome default voltages are exceeding TSMC’s 7nm maximum voltage.