AMD's Ryzen PRO desktop processors were released earlier this week and not long after, MSI announced that its 500-series motherboards support the new CPUs from AMD. In a recent announcement, MSI said that “of course, MSI 500-series motherboards including X570 and B550 platform are perfectly compatible for the Ryzen PRO …

Earlier this week, Kingston announced a new trio of secure, encrypted USB keys. Now, we are seeing more hardware-encryption security keys hitting the market, with the latest being the Aegis Secure Key 3NXC USB drive from Apricorn. The main selling point for this one is “on-the-fly 100% hardware-based encryption”.  One …

It has been a while since AMD and GlobalFoundries split up and now, new tech giants may be looking to get a piece of the Foundry. According to recent rumours, Samsung is looking to invest into GloFlo in an effort to gain a better foothold in the western semiconductor market.  …

Zotac has another mini PC hitting the market this month. This latest tiny desktop is designed with creators in mind, featuring an Intel Core i7 CPU, 2TB HDD Storage, and a Zotac gaming GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER graphics card. The somewhat awkwardly named Inspire Studio SCF72060S comes equipped with an Intel Core i7-9700, …

The University of Florida and NVIDIA have announced a plan to build the “world’s fastest AI supercomputer in academia” – capable of delivering 700 petaflops of compute performance. The project is made possible by $25 million donation from alumnus and NVIDIA co-founder Chris Malachowsky, in addition to a $25 million …

Could Nvidia's next big acquisition be ARM?

Foxconn has reportedly begun construction on a new advanced semiconductor assembly and test plant this week. Located in Qingdao, northeast China, this facility is expected to be used to manufacture “solutions for 5G and AI related” devices.  When looking into investments made in the semiconductor sector, it's easy to stumble across hefty sums …

Super Flower has succeeded in designing a PSU can deliver 1000W while only being 130mm long. The Super Flower Leadex V Gold  launches this week, complete with highly rated Japanese capacitors and a ton of safety features to keep your system protected.  The Leadex V Gold 1000W has a fully modular …

This week, Creative announced the Creative Aurvana Trio, sporting a triple-driver system, including a ‘balanced armature super tweeter' for what promises to be a ‘rich and detailed' wireless audio experience.  Creative's Aurvana Trio Wireless headphones features three drivers, as implied by the name. The “Balanced Armature Super Tweeter” is designed to …

Mad Catz has been back in the peripheral market for about two years now, and this week, the company may have launched its best gaming mouse yet. Today marks the arrival of the Mad Catz R.A.T. PRO X3 Supreme.  Mad Catz returned back in 2018 after clawing its way back …

This week, ASUS has launched the ROG Falchion wireless mechanical gaming keyboard, featuring a compact, 60% design. Impressively, it is also rated for up to 400 hours of battery life.  ASUS introduced the ROG Falchion wireless gaming keyboard. The small keyboard from ASUS sports an Interactive touch panel that make it possible …

TSMC is now officially the biggest semiconductor manufacturer in the world. This week, the company's market cap grew once again, hitting a total value of $313 billion USD.  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, better known as TSMC, has passed its competition and grabbed the number one spot in the world as …

A couple of months ago, it was reported that TSMC would soon stop shipping wafers to Huawei following new rule changes in the US. New orders were halted at the time and now, new information indicates that Huawei will no longer receive shipments from TSMC in September.  Back in May …

Xiaomi is looking to break into the western gaming monitor market, this time with a new 34-inch ultra-wide display. It ticks a lot of the right boxes for gaming, with a 3440×1440 resolution and 144Hz refresh rate, in addition to a 1500R curve in the panel.  Xiaomi's new monitor comes …

The Science and technology innovation board, part of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, has recently added Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) to the stock market. Currently, SMIC is expected to raise as much as $6.6 billion through this new endeavour, further funding China's ambition to fabricate its own technology to lessen its …

Seagate has introduced the Nytro 3032 SAS SSD and Nytro 1360 SATA SSD- two new enterprise SSDs with massive capacities and speeds on offer.  The Nytro 3032 SAS SSD has an SAS 12 Gb/s interface and also offers dual ports for speeds up to 2,200 MB/s. In spite of its small form …

The Intel owned company, Mobileye, has received a testing permit to perform AV testing anywhere in Germany with a driving speed of up to 130 kilometres per hour or about 80 miles per hour. Back in 2017 Intel acquired the Mobileye’s self-driving car firm for $15 billion with the aim to push the …

Montech, a gaming brand from Telon, has recently upgraded its Gamma series of PC power supplies. The new Gamma II Gold series, as the name suggests, comes with 80 Plus Gold efficiency certification, as well as Japanese capacitors.  Montech is a gaming brand from Telon – a company that has …

Silicon Power has announced a brand new series of NVMe SSDs this week. The new UD70 series uses a PCIe Gen 3×4 interface and is rated for read/write speeds of up to 3400 MB/S and 3000 MB/s respectively. The UD70 SSD is available in three storage capacity options: 500GB, 1TB, and …

This week, GIGAIPC announced the QBiX-Pro-KBLB7100HD-A1, A new IoT device from the subsidiary of Gigabyte, which is said to be the “industry’s first 5G enabled embedded computing system”.  GIGAIPC, a GIGABYTE subsidiary, has introduced a 5G industrial embedded PC, called the QBiX-Pro-KBLB7100HD-A1. The company hopes that the system will aide “Machine Vision, Automated …

Earlier this year, we reviewed the Sharkoon Light² 200 , which won our worth buying award. Now, Sharkoon is back with another ultra-lightweight mouse, the Light² 100, weighing in at only 78g.  The Light² 100 is equipped with adjustable RGB illumination and has an optical sensor that is capable of up to 5,000 DPI. …

After several weeks of leaks and rumours, last night, AMD officially announced the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3000WX series of desktop processors. As expected, there are four SKUs in the launch lineup, ranging from 12-cores all the way up to 64-cores.  These four SKUs specifically are the Threadripper PRO 3995WX (64 …

HP is back in the SSD arena, this time with a new S750 2.5″ SATA model coming in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB options. All three models were announced this week, produced in a partnership with BiWin, the same company that has made other SSDs for HP in the past.  In …

Thermaltake is expanding its lineup of power supplies this week with the new Smart BM2 PSU series. These are 80Plus Bronze certified units, hitting wattages from 450W all the way up to 750W.  The new Smart BM2 line-up consists of four semi-modular PSUs – having a capacity of 450W, 550W, …

Nowadays, a lot of PC gamers are gravitating towards larger mouse pads that can cover their whole desk. This week, Thermaltake is looking to serve that exact market, with a new M900 XXL RGB mousepad, complete with colourful LEDs around the entire edge.  Thermaltake's new M900 XXL RGB mouse pad …

This week, Analog Devices, a leading data technology company, has announced that it will be acquiring one of its rivals, Maxim Integrated, for a whopping $21 billion USD.  Analog Devices (ADI) has a strong grip on the worldwide data converter market, with some analyst firms putting the company's market share at around …

ID-Cooling is back with a new 240mm all-in-one CPU liquid cooler- the IceFlow 240. This particular AIO comes with a patented pump design and addressable RGB lighting to bring an extra dash of colour to your gaming rig.  The ID-Cooling IceFlow 240's ARGB lighting is applied on both the frame …

While there have been plenty of reports of doom and gloom in the PC market over the years, time and again, these have been countered with reports of growth. This time around, two analytic firms have observed growth in the PC market, with shipments rising by more than 10 percent …

Recently Apple has been expanding its supply chain to include more factories outside of China. As one of Apple's biggest partners, Foxconn is looking to also expand to suit those needs, with the company expected to invest around $1 billion to expand its presence in southern India.  According to a …

A big area of focus for China in recent years has been growing the semiconductor industry, with a goal to be able to develop and manufacture CPUs and GPUs within the country without needing to rely on companies from other regions of the world. We've seen plenty of progress here …