Intel officially launched its 10nm Ice Lake-U family back in August, and there have been a handful of systems shipping with the power-sipping processors. Among the first OEMs to jump onboard was Dell with the XPS 13 2-in-1 (2019) we recently evaluated. When that refreshed convertible launched, it was available with one of three processors: Intel Core i3-1005 G1 […]
Monthly Archives: November 2019
MSI is dishing up boot-shortening BIOS updates for its X570 motherboards
As the company previously promised, it has begun rolling out firmware updates based on AMD’s latest microcode (AGESA 1.0.0.4), for its X570 motherboards, some of which are on our list of the best gaming motherboards. According to MSI, these BIOS updates bring with them over 100 improvements and fixes, and can shorten boot times as well. […]
Phantek Evolv Shift: A living room PC case?
The Phantek Evolv Shift is a Mini-ITX PC case that could easily fit like a piece in your living room and here’s why it a very matte black case, so it doesn’t draw too much attention to itself, and it is stylish because of the more verticle rather than the horizontal design of the case. […]
Aorus’ New PCIe 4 SSD Gobbles Up 16 Lanes of PCIe, Might Make Your GPU Jealous
Even though it’s not really a secret anymore, Gigabyte now formally announced this week the Aorus Gen4 AIC SSD 8TB. This is a PCIe add-in-card which houses four 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSDs, which turns it into, for lack of better words, an absolute storage monster. Add those numbers up, and you’ve got an 8TB NVMe SSD that runs over the […]
CameraX: Google’s New Weapon in the Photography Wars
Ever since it introduced Android, Google has struggled to provide a camera framework for developers that allows them to both build camera-enabled apps quickly and take advantage of the advanced capabilities being offered by phone makers. Its first Camera API was limited, and the second version is complicated. Neither has a vendor-independent way to activate […]
Motorola’s foldable display RAZR leaks in first official-looking images
Perennial leaker Evan Blass has shared what looks like our first offical look at Motorola’s upcoming foldable display RAZR phone. In contrast to the fan render Motorola used to tease the phone back May, the image Blass shared appears to be an official marketing image. Unsurprisingly, the device looks a lot like the original RAZR, complete with a […]
Canon Has ‘Moved On to HEIF,’ But Won’t Ditch JPEG Completely… Yet
A report by Digital Camera World earlier this week initially claimed that Canon was ditching JPEGs, replacing them with 10-bit HEIF files in the upcoming Canon 1D X Mark III, and possibly beyond. And while Canon eventually clarified that they are not getting rid of JEPG, the format may be (ought to be?) on its last legs. The so-called “High Efficiency […]
AMD’s comments on CPU design reflect it is in a very different place than Intel right now
While Intel is making investments to recapture process leadership, AMD says it’s more focused on architecture. AMD just wrapped up a quarter in which it generated the highest revenue since 2005, and that in and of itself is impressive. The real story is not in the sales numbers, though. What I find more interesting than […]