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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 …

Today, Google and AMD announced a new partnership, delivering beta availability of Confidential Virtual Machines for the Google Compute Engine platform. This platform is powered by 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors, taking advantage of the CPU's advanced security features.  Confidential VMs is the first product of Google Confidential Computing portfolio. …

This week, Synaptics announced that it will acquire Broadcom's wireless IoT business – including assets and manufacturing rights – for approximately $250 million in an all-cash transaction. The $250 million agreement between the two companies lets Synaptics acquire certain rights to Broadcom’s existing IoT technology as well as “future roadmap devices …

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Supermicro has launched a new X12 generation 4-socket SuperServer designed to accommodate the new 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors. The new SuperServer is capable of supporting “four 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, up to 18TB of System Memory Capacity, 24 Hot-swap NVM-e drives, and Enhanced Security”. Last week, Intel …

Following the announcement of Copper Lake 3rd generation Xeon Scalable processors by Intel just a few days ago, Gigabyte has now unveiled a new range of serves featuring the Xeon Scalable CPUs. Gigabyte’s R292 server series is equipped with four of the new Xeon’s. The R292 series comprises of two …

EK Water Blocks has expanded its professional range this week with a host of new workstation/server-grade water blocks for powerful workstation graphics cards from both Nvidia and AMD, including Quadro, Tesla and Radeon Pro WX GPUs. The company claims that this is just the beginning of its push into the …

Data management specialist Synology has announced the launch of a new generation of two and four-bay Plus series NAS enclosures, designed for home or business deployment. New additions to the Plus series include two new four-bay and two-bay enclosures equipped with Intel quad-core and dual-core processors. New additions to the …

Xilinx has unveiled new “purpose-built video transcoding appliances” based on a new “Xilinx Real-Time Server reference architecture”. The device is designed to deliver good video quality at lower cost and high channel density per rack.  Just a year ago, few could have predicted the massive upswing in video conferencing that …

ASUS' new ZenWiFi AX Mini is designed to bring faster speeds and better coverage for your home Wi-Fi network. This trio networking devices from ASUS are capable of streaming 8K video and can cover an area of 4800 square feet (ca. 446 square metres). The ZenWiFi AX Mini system consists …

On May 28, Cisco announced its intent to acquire the privately-held ThousandEyes, known for its software-as-a-service (SaaS) product capable of measuring network performance.  ThousandEyes was founded back in 2010 and its headquarter is located in San Francisco – the company also has offices in Dublin, London, New York and Tokyo. ThousandEyes has seen a …

In April this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FFC) set the standards for Wi-Fi 6E, and now Qualcomm has announced its FastConnect 6900 and 6700 chips that feature support for Wi-Fi 6E, with speeds of up to 3.6 Gbps. FastConnect 6900 is the faster of the two chips with speeds of up …

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The Internet is growing at an exponential rate, and with such growth comes the need for faster speeds. To meet that need, researchers work hard on finding faster ways of transmitting data from one point to another. Now, a team based in Australia report that they have reached a speed of …

Tensions between the US and Huawei can be traced back to at least early 2018, and resulted in the company being blacklisted in the US. However, the UK allowed Huawei to continue to sell its 5G infrastructure domestically, albeit with some limitations. Now it looks like the UK is preparing …

Intel has announced that it is acquiring Rivet Networks – a company mainly known for its network solutions, with its Killer series often used in various gaming machines. Intel said that the acquisition will boost “Intel's Wi-Fi offerings for PC Platforms”. The world is growing ever more dependent on Wi-Fi …

QNAP has just released the new stylish TS-230 NAS for your home media consumption needs. Available in baby blue, the TS-230 aims to be the perfect NAS for a living environment, working as your “daily central storage, back up, photo and video sharing” solution. With the TS-230, your data is …

NoenMaker software from Thermaltake allows users of certain Thermaltake components to create personalised PC builds with advanced RGB lighting customisation providing stunning visual displays. Currently, the NeonMaker Software supports a range of Thermaltake components such as Riing Quad, Riing Trio and Floe DX series products, with the company aiming to …

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This week, QNAP launched its TS-x31K series high-performance quad-core NAS with an understated compact white appearance to seamlessly blend in with any home décor. The TS-x31K series is designed to provide centralised data management and backup, as well as easy access to files and simple file sharing. To provide the …

AMD is expanding its arsenal of EPYC powered data centre systems with a new venture in partnership with Oracle that equips the company’s latest Cloud Infrastructure Compute E3 platform with 2nd generation EPYC processors, to bring a new level of performance to Oracle Cloud. The Oracle Cloud “E3 Standard” leverages …

QNAP has announced the launch of two new multi-platform USB 3.2 Gen 2 JBOD storage enclosures including an 8-bay desktop model and a 12-bay 3U rackmount redundant power model designed for NAS, PCs and servers. The new TL series USB JBOD enclosures from QNAP could be used to expand QNAP …

Ethernet Technology Consortium is the new name for the group previously known as ‘The 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium'. While the original name clearly reflected the group's aim, the rebranding of the consortium is to “reflect a new focus on higher-speed Ethernet technologies”. Now, Ethernet Technology Consortium – or ETC for …

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Users who spend long hours at the desk working can often find that an uncomfortable chair makes the hours drag on and potentially unearths all kinds of aches and pains in the back, neck and even the wrists. Thermaltake has an answer to this problem with its new CyberChair E500 …

Rivet Networks’ Killer series has forged a niche in the networking market, aimed at gamers that want to obtain better performance with faster networking. The latest addition to the Rivet Networks product line is the Killer E3100 Ethernet controller. Rivet Networks has introduced many technologies over the last few years, with the aim …

The Federal Communications Commission – or FFC for short – is perhaps best known this side of the pond for its controversial stand in regard to net neutrality – with the FCC wanting to eliminate said net neutrality. However, the FCC is now working hard on improving Wi-Fi standards and has published a …

Memblaze has announced its new PBlaze5 920 series of NVMe SSDs for enterprise systems. Adopting 96-layer 3D eTLC NAND, the PBlaze5 920 series is available in both 2.5-inch U.2 and HHHL add-in card form factors with maximum capacity of up to 7.68 TB. There are a total of four SKUs …

Intel is focusing its 3rd generation of AI on neuromorphic computing, which is the idea of emulating the neural structure and operation of the human brain. The key challenge Intel faces with neuromorphic computing is matching a human's flexibility, and ability to learn with the energy efficiency of the human …