Archive for March 2020

Khronos Group Adds Vulkan Ray Tracing

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The Khronos Group announces the ratification and public release of the Vulkan Ray Tracing provisional extensions, creating the industry's first open, cross-vendor, cross-platform standard for ray tracing acceleration. 


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Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Master review

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We check out the TRX40 Aorus Master with that mega-core Threadripper 3990X processor. This is Gigabyte's more affordable T-Rex, aka TRX40 solution. It is still jam-packed with features though.


Introducing the Abkoncore H600X

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ABKONCORE is officially announcing the release and direct availability of the H600X PC gaming enclosure. The H600X is an ATX chassis that supports RGB SYNC and a great choice for your next build.


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Samsung Begins Mass Production 512GB eUFS 3.1 for Flagship Smartphones

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Samsung announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first 512-gigabyte (GB) eUFS (embedded Universal Flash Storage) 3.1 for use in flagship smartphones. Delivering three times the write speed of the previous 512GB eUFS 3.0 mobile memory, Samsung’s new eUFS 3.1 breaks the 1GB/s performance threshold in smartphone storage.


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Intel Says its Loihi Computer Chip Can Smell Without a Nose

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A joint paper published in Nature Machine Intelligence, researchers from Intel Labs and Cornell University demonstrated the ability of Intel’s neuromorphic research chip, Loihi, to learn and recognize hazardous chemicals in the presence of significant noise and occlusion.


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Microsoft Shuts Down Necurs Botnet

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Microsoft, in collaboration with its industry partners worldwide, announced Tuesday it has taken legal and technical action to take down the infamous Necurs Botnet, one of the biggest spam email and malware distributors to date.


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NVIDIA Postpones GTC announcements

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Probably it is the right thing to do, as there is a right time and place for everything. Nvidia just send word that they are postponing their GTC announcements.


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ECS launches SF110-Q370 / B360 barebone kits that are 33mm-thick

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Elitegroup (ECS) announced a new bare bone kit "SF110-Q370 / B360" that uses a 33mm-thick ultra-slim housing. The units are socket LGA1151, the CPU is compatible with the 9/8th generation Core series up to TDP 35W, and there are two models  named SF110-Q370, based on Q370 and ' SF110-B360, Intel B360 based.


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Steam breaks record of 20 million concurrent users

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So yes, most people are at home these days due to COVID-19, and what do you do with all that time to spare? That's right, gaming on that fancy game PC of yours. Steam noticed that as a new record for simultaneous logged in users has been set. 


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