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Silicon Motion (SMI) introduced first PCIe Gen4 controller for NVMe SSDs

Silicon Motion (SMI) has introduced the first PCIe Gen4 controller for NVMe SSDs. The chips with the names SM 2267 and SM 2267 XT have already been installed in upcoming SSDs by well-known manufacturers. The series production of the top model SM 2264 has already started. Manufacturers who rely on the PCIe Gen4 controller solutions… Read more

AMD wants to prevent bottlenecks in Zen 3 and Radeon RX 6000

Apparently AMD wants to prevent possible bottlenecks in the run-up to the start of sales of the new processors and graphics cards – or at least they want to try this. A document sent to the partners contains specific guidelines for the sale of the Ryzen 5000 processors based on the Zen 3 architecture and… Read more

Xbox Series X: First practical test on performance, volume and heat development surfaced

After some content creators were able to inspect the new PlayStation 5, the first hands-on reports are now appearing Xbox Series X on the Internet. Among other things, there is a video review on the Digital Foundry YouTube channel, in which, in addition to the temperature development of the new Microsoft console, the power consumption… Read more

Quarterly report: Netflix aims to reach 200 million subscribers

If there are winners of the global corona pandemic, then the US streaming provider Netflix should be one of them. In March of the current year, the demand was so great that the service had to lower the bit rate of its streams in order not to overload the Internet due to the high traffic…. Read more

iOS 14.1 Update: More than just bug fixes

The new iOS 14. 1 and iPadOS 12. 1 were released last night released to the public. The updates come with the new iPhone 11 – generation and should also be preinstalled there. IPhone users 10 and below can use the updates function in the settings of Get iOS. In addition to some bug fixes,… Read more

Fujitsu LifeBook UH-X: New laptop weighs only 638 g

The Fujitsu LifeBook series is known for being very light and mobile. The new Fujitsu LifeBook UH-X follows this path and comes with only 638 g , at a 13, 3 inch display. The thickness is 15, 5 mm. Overall, the dimensions are 307 mm x 197 mm x 15, 5 mm. Unfortunately, this information… Read more

Microsoft released the Windows 10 October 2020 update

Microsoft announced yesterday in its Windows Experience Blog that the new Windows 10 20 H2 update is now available for download. The update can be downloaded by users of the versions 1903 and higher as usual via the Windows update function. The update comes with many new features and design changes. The most important changes… Read more

Soundcore presents new Life Q30 over-ear headphones with noise canceling

Soundcore, which belongs to the well-known charging equipment manufacturer Anker, presented a new one with the Life Q 30 Over-ear headphones with active noise canceling and a battery life of up to 40 hours before. The new headphones are the next generation of the Soundcore Life Q 20 – model, which also already has active… Read more

LG Signature OLED R: roll-up TV now available in stores

At the beginning of the year, LG introduced its new, rollable television called Signature OLED R (Model RX). Now the 65 inch screen is on the market, but initially only in South Korea and at a handsome price. The television is in the Able to disappear completely at the push of a button. Regardless of… Read more

DeepCool launches the CPU air cooler AS500 & AS500 PLUS

The manufacturer DeepCool now presents with the AS 500 and the AS 500 PLUS two new CPU coolers. Said coolers have five 6 mm heat pipes in a single tower design. The AS 500 also has a DeepCool TF 140 S-PWM fan (140 mm) with a fluid dynamic bearing and a speed setting between 500… Read more

Raspberry Pi Foundation publishes Compute Module 4

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has published the Compute Module 4. The new compact single-board computer has the same processor (Broadcom BCM 2711 Quad-Core Cortex-A 72 at 1.5GHz) like the one from the year 2019 originating from Raspberry Pi 4 and was primarily developed for use in industrial applications. “More than half of the seven million… Read more

Intel sells its NAND memory division to SK hynix

Intel is separating from its NAND memory division. The South Korean company SK hynix is taking over the Intel division for a total of 7.7 billion euros. This is the largest takeover by the South Koreans to date. Both manufacturers intend to have completed the transfer of business by year 2025. The Optane flash memory… Read more

Apple announces new prices for iPhone 12 repairs

After Apple with his iPhone 12 has presented four models to the public, the company is now publishing the cost of repairing the smartphones. As can be seen from the updated price list, the costs for changing the battery are both for the iPhone 12 as well as the iPhone 12 Pro currently on around… Read more

First notebook with discrete Intel Xe GPU shows up (update)

So far, Intel has only used the first Xe GPU based on the economical Xe LP architecture in the mobile Tiger Lake processors. The GPU benchmarks show a doubling of the performance compared to the predecessor. As with AMD’s Renoir processors, such a powerful integrated graphics unit means that the slow, discrete combination solutions are… Read more

Halloween sale started in PlayStation Store

Sony has already published its Halloween offers in the PlayStation Store. Console gamers can again expect a large number of reduced games. Among other things, there is the open world game Death Stranding for around 30 Euros and the first-person shooter Doom Eternal for just under 35 euros. If you prefer to go hunting for… Read more