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Intel Gemini Lake Has Updated Goldmont Plus CPU and GPU
Starting with Silvermont, Intel started serious investments into their Atom lineup. Historically, the Atom lineup lagged behind the mainstream Core series by a large margin. Due to the lack of investment, Intel missed the mobile train due to a lack of competitive performance. Even AMD was able to secure a…
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Intel Launches Atom C3000 Series System-on-Chip Processors
Intel is due to announce their latest Coffee Lake desktop processors on Monday, August 21, but they are also announcing their new C3000 processors over the weekend. The Atom C3000 processors represent Intel’s 3rd generation Atom System-on-Chip based CPU, manufactured on Intel’s 14nm process technology. They are ideal solutions for…
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Synology Releases DS1517+ and DS1817+ 5 and 8-Bay NAS Models
Synology announced two new NAS units in the Plus-series and launched the new DiskStation DS1517+ and DS1817+ NAS. The DS1517+ is a 5-bay NAS while the DS1817+ is an 8-bay NAS. The powerful and scalable tower servers offer a high-performance, reliable, and versatile network-attached storage solution for tech enthusiasts and small/medium-sized…
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Intel Launches 16 Core Atom C3000 CPU Lineup
Whenever Intel’s maligned Atom lineup is mentioned, it always brings to mind the poor old netbooks. With a purposefully slow architecture, the Atoms were often underpowered for the tasks demanded of them. Since then, Intel has put in the work to make Atom great again and with the new C3000…
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Harvard Engineers Create World’s Tiniest Radio
A team of researchers the John A. Paulson School of Engineering at Harvard have announced that they have created the world’s smallest radio receiver whose building blocks are the size of two atoms and made with pink diamonds. Radios essentially have five basic components: power source, receiver, transducer (for converting…
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SolidRun’s Braswell-Based SoM Feature True Potential
We’ve got a whole generation of makers and builders thanks to the likes of the Raspberry Pi, BBC Micro, and Atmel devices – and they are great for those kinds of things. But they lack a few things which are connectivity and horsepower for anything graphical. Even small tasks such…
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New Hard Drive Tech Could Significantly Boost Storage Space
When it comes to computers, storage space and speed are becoming more and more of a selling point thanks to the uptake in SSD’s. Now researchers in the Netherlands have developed something that stores massive amounts of data into very tiny spaces. The new hard drive could pack 500 terabits…
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Intel Scraps Broxton SoC
Following lower-than-projected earnings last quarter, which marked a huge drop from its record 2015 Q4 revenues, Intel has announced that it is pulling the plug on its Broxton Atom SoC processor family. Broxton was pitched by Intel as its entry into the high-end mobile processor market, competing against the likes…
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Intel Sheds PC Company Definition
With the decline in the PC market over the last couple of years, it’s no surprise that some companies have decided to bail out. Even for those staying the market, the choices are to either double down and secure more of the declining market or diversify away to reduce risk. The…
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Intel Windows HDMI Compute Stick Review
Introduction There is a portable “USB-powered-HDMI-displayed-AIO-device” war going on since the arrival of low-cost Android boxes which in turn brought us Windows boxes of the same form factor. The next generation of these devices came and shrunk the form factor even more, bringing the full-fat Windows experience to the System…
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GitHub’s Text Editor Finally Receives Its First Stable Release
A great development text editor comes from the guys over at GitHub. Its name is Atom and if you’ve never heard of it, I suggest you download it and give it a try. I’ve been using it for some time now and for what it has to offer, I don’t…
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Lenovo’s ThinkPad 10 Is the First Windows 10 Tablet
Lenovo held its own event in Beijing where they announced the new ThinkPad 10 and this is the second generation. It isn’t just a new tablet, it is also the first tablet to be officially presented with Windows 10 as a feature. The development of Windows 10 comes along great…
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The Tiny Intel Compute Stick Is Now Available
The tiny and pocket-sized Intel Compute Stick, based on an Intel atom quad-core processor, is available now. The tiny computer plugs directly into your HDMI port and the current version is running Windows 8.1 with Bing, although Linux versions are planned as well. The pocket computer can now be bought from authorized dealers…
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Microsoft Is Planning to Release $149 Laptops Running Windows 10
Microsoft is said to be working on delivering record low-priced laptops running Windows 10 which are due to launch this summer. The company is aiming for a $149 price tag for the cheap laptops, which are intended to target the educational markets. The laptops are expected to feature a 11.6-inch…
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Microsoft Planning to Build an Intel-Powered Non-Pro Surface Tablet
Microsoft seems to be moving away from the ARM-powered Surface tablets and getting rid of its Windows RT operating system in the process. A report from WinBeta indicates that the company is planning to switch the Surface Pro series to the x86-powered CPU running on Windows 8.1 (and possibly Windows…
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