AMD-Based Finnish Supercomputer Will Be One of World's Most Powerful in Mid-2021 By Anton Shilov LUMI supercomputer to use AMD's next-generation EPYC CPUs & Instinct GPUs.
SSDs Based on Phison's PS5018-E18 Controller to Hit 7.4 GB/s Sequential Read Speed By Anton Shilov Phison E18-based SSDs could leave Samsung's 980 Pro behind.
Intel's Xe-HPG GPU Shows Up in Game Requirements By Anton Shilov The Amnesia Rebirth listing of Intel's future Xe-HPG GPU may point to a broad Xe-HPG family.
OWC Unveils World’s First Thunderbolt 4 Hub: Three Extra Thunderbolt Ports & USB-A By Anton Shilov OWC’s Thunderbolt 4 hub splits one Thunderbolt 4 port into Three, Adds USB Type-A connector.
HPE to Build Intel Sapphire Rapids-Based Crossroads Supercomputer for NNSA By Anton Shilov Intel Sapphire Rapids-Powered Crossroads Supercomputer Due in Early 2022.
Vivify Launches UHS HDMI 2.1 48G Cables: 8K Monitors Era Comes Closer By Anton Shilov Gaming brand brings UHS HDMI cables for GeForce RTX 3090 and 8K monitors.
HDD Makers Speed Up Development of Higher-Capacity Drives: More Disks, HAMR, MAMR By Anton Shilov Hard drive makers may launch HDDs with more than nine platters sooner than expected.
Icy Box ‘Big Block’ Cooler for Tiny M.2-2280 SSDs: Heatsink, Heat Pipes, Fan By Anton Shilov Weird and Wonderful: The Icy Box IB-M2HSF-702 ultimate cooler for M.2-2280 SSDs.
Western Digital Announces 16 TB and 18 TB HDDs for NAS By Anton Shilov The WD Red Pro 16 TB and 18 TB HDDs use CMR and feature a 7200-RPM motor.
Western Digital Has 1TB microSD Card for Surveillance: 16 Years Lifespan By Anton Shilov The WD Purple SC QD101 1TB microSD Card can survive extreme temperatures.
Ethernet SSDs Come to the Fore as Kioxia Starts Sampling By Anton Shilov The first Ethernet SSDs promise storage disaggregation and lower costs, but not high performance.
Western Digital Reorganizes: Establishes Flash and HDD Business Units By Anton Shilov HDDs and SSDs will be handled by different business units at Western Digital after reorganisation.
Western Digital, Seagate Differ on Selling Hard Drives to Huawei By Anton Shilov Western Digital believes it needs a license to sell HDDs to Huawei; Seagate has a different view.
Seagate Reveals Its Exos X18 HDDs: 18 TB for Exascalers and Datacenters By Anton Shilov Seagate uses PMR and TDMR to hit 18 TB.
Sharp Unveils New 120-Inch 8K Display: Up To 120Hz, HDMI 2.1, 2048 Dimming Zones By Anton Shilov Sharp’s latest ultra-large 8K display features higher brightness and better contrasts
Arm’s New Cortex-R82 Core Targets Advanced SSDs and In-Storage Processing Applications By Anton Shilov Arm’s Cortex-R82 is designed for traditional and computational storage devices
Asus and Zotac Massively Slash GeForce RTX 2000-Series Pricing By Anton Shilov GeForce RTX 20-series graphics cards are now 50% cheaper
VirtualLink Is Dead: GeForce RTX 30-Series Skips the VR Connector, Website Gone By Anton Shilov Nvidia drops VirtualLink connector as consortium’s website goes offline
Microsoft to Bring DirectStorage API to Windows in 2021: Speeding Up Gaming With NVMe SSDs By Anton Shilov Microsoft to speed up game loading times and improve game performance with DirectStorage API.
Micron Produces GDDR6X Memory for Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 and 3090 Graphics Cards By Anton Shilov Micron’s GDDR6X uses PAM4 signaling to increase data transfer rate to 21 Gbps per pin.
