Trade Shows
As Intel looks to streamline its business operations and get back to profitability in the face of weak revenues and other business struggles, nothing is off the table as the company looks to cut costs into 2025 – not even Intel’s trade shows. In an unexpected announcement this afternoon, Intel has begun informing attendees of its fall Innovation 2024 trade show that the event has been postponed. Previously scheduled for September of this year, Innovation is now slated to take place at some point in 2025. Innovation is Intel’s regular technical showcase for developers, customers, and the public, and is the successor to the company’s legendary IDF show. In recent years the show has been used to deliver status updates on Intel’s fabs, introduce new...
Sony Launches Xperia XZ Premium and Xperia XZs Phones For US Market
Sony announced today at MWC 2017 that it’s bringing two new premium phones to the US market: the Xperia XZ Premium and Xperia XZs. Both models employ classic Sony...
28 by Matt Humrick on 2/27/2017Samsung Launch the Galaxy Book 10.6-inch and 12-inch: Windows Tablets with Kaby Lake
The announcements this year from Samsung are notably muted without the launch of a new Galaxy smartphone, but despite this being a mobile-focused conference in Barcelona this week, there...
39 by Ian Cutress on 2/26/2017Huawei Launches the P10 and P10 Plus, in Green
Today Huawei is unwrapping their latest mainstream device, evolving from the P8 and P9 into the P10. The yearly cadence regularly brings high-level design features from their Mate series...
17 by Ian Cutress, Brandon Chester & Anton Shilov on 2/26/2017Synology at CES 2017 - RT2600ac Wi-Fi Router, DSM Value Additions, and New Business NAS Units
As part of my usual CES vendor visits, I caught up with Synology and took a look at the new products and DSM features that had been announced around...
28 by Ganesh T S on 1/31/2017Mushkin Announces Helix SSDs: 2.5 GB/s, 3D MLC NAND, SM2260, 2 TB Capacity
Mushkin introduced its new lineup of high-performance SSDs at CES. The Helix drives use 3D MLC NAND flash memory as well as Silicon Motion’s SM2260 controller. The M.2 SSDs...
3 by Anton Shilov on 1/30/2017QNAP at CES 2017 - Thunderbolt 3 and Xeon D NAS Units, Residential Gateways, and More
As part of my usual CES vendor visits, I caught up with QNAP and took a look at the new products and QTS features slated to enter the market...
21 by Ganesh T S on 1/27/2017SanDisk Launches A1-Class microSDXC Card
At CES 2017, we had the chance to catch up with Western Digital to check out the updates from their end in the direct-attached storage space. After the acquisition...
23 by Ganesh T S on 1/23/2017Edge Memory Announces Video Speed Class SD Cards`
As part of our CES 2017 vendor visits, we talked to Mushkin and Edge Memory about their upcoming products. For those unaware, both Mushkin and Edge Memory are brands...
16 by Ganesh T S on 1/23/2017ASRock Shows DeskMini GTX/RX, using Micro-STX Motherboard with MXM Support
One of the recurring themes in my discussions with motherboard manufacturers over the past several years is one of introducing differentiation to products and through that, new form factors...
33 by Ian Cutress on 1/18/2017ADATA Demonstrates 256 GB microSDXC Card
At CES, ADATA showcased its first microSDXC memory card with 256 GB capacity. The card is qualified for up to 275 MB/s transfer speed and can be used to...
15 by Anton Shilov on 1/18/2017Intel Officially Launches Baby Canyon NUCs with Kaby Lake: Thunderbolt Makes a Re-entry
The Baby Canyon NUCs were leaked in July 2016, and Intel officially launched the units at CES 2017. The first-generation NUCs based on Ivy Bridge had a SKU with...
70 by Ganesh T S on 1/17/2017GIGABYTE Server Shows Two-Phase Immersion Liquid Cooling on a 2U GPU G250-S88 using 3M Novec
In the land of immersed systems, there are many ways of doing things. A few intrepid users have gone with oil, still using a CPU cooler but relying on...
28 by Ian Cutress on 1/17/2017Synaptics at CES 2017: Advanced Touch and DDIC
To some extent, Synaptics is not nearly as visible to consumers as a company like Intel or Qualcomm, but their role in touch interfaces and display driver ICs is...
22 by Joshua Ho on 1/17/2017The AnandTech Podcast, Episode 40: CES 2017
The annual CES show is always a mélange of announcements and sneak peeks for what is to come through the year. At the show we had most of our...
14 by Ian Cutress on 1/17/2017Mushkin Launches Reactor Armor 3D and Triactor 3D 2TB SATA SSDs: 3D NAND, SM2258
Mushkin at CES demonstrated its new SSDs in 2.5”/7 mm form-factor aimed at mainstream PCs with a SATA interface. The new Reactor Armor 3D and Triactor 3D use 3D...
36 by Anton Shilov on 1/16/2017Zotac Updates ZBOX mini-PCs with Kaby Lake: vPro, Thunderbolt, and More
As part of their pre-CES teaser, Zotac had talked about their mini-ITX GTX 1080 and their external Thunderbolt 3 graphics dock. They had also hinted about some updates to...
10 by Ganesh T S & Anton Shilov on 1/16/2017Kingston Launches DataTraveler Ultimate GT USB Flash Drive with 2 TB Capacity
Kingston this week introduced its new DataTraveler Ultimate GT USB flash drive with a re-freshed design and up to 2 TB capacity. The new devices are designed for those...
21 by Anton Shilov on 1/12/2017ASUS Announces Designo Curve MX38VQ: 37.5 Inch Curved Display with Qi Charging
ASUS has introduced its largest Designo Curve display to date that weds style with a sophisticated feature set. The new MX38VQ uses a UWQHD-class (3840x1600) IPS panel and is...
17 by Anton Shilov on 1/12/2017DEEPCOOL Showcase the GamerStorm Quadstellar: One Big Metal Shuriken Chassis
While we haven’t talked much about Deepcool over the years, every show I always ended up scheduling a meeting with them and they always seem receptive to ideas regarding...
14 by Ian Cutress on 1/12/2017CES 2017: GIGABYTE’s Thunderbolt 3 to 8x USB 3 Dock
In some ways, Thunderbolt 3 is opening up a new world of connectivity. Having 40 Gbps of bandwidth to play with, along with a number of key mobile devices...
15 by Ian Cutress on 1/12/2017