Report: ASRock Revenue Surge Coming, Thanks to Bigger Bets on AMD By Lucian Armasu published 31 January 20 Dedicating more shipments to AMD-based motherboards is reportedly expected to help boost ASRock revenue in 2020.
Western Digital's BiCS5 112-Layer Tech Comes to TLC, QLC SSDs By Lucian Armasu published 31 January 20 Western Digital completed development of its BiCS5 112-layer flash memory technology. We should see both consumer and enterprise-level products launch in volume this year.
Most Antivirus Vendors Will Support Windows 7 Until 2022, but Should You? By Lucian Armasu published 30 January 20 AV-Test.org revealed that most antivirus vendors have not announced an official end date for supporting Windows 7.
Kaspersky: Fake Flash Updates Are Macs' Biggest Malware Threat By Lucian Armasu published 24 January 20 A Kaspersky report said that Shlayer, malware pretending to be a Flash update on streaming sites, is the most common malware on Apple macOS.
Broadcom's Making $15 Billion Off New Deals With Apple By Lucian Armasu published 24 January 20 Broadcom said in its SEC filing that it has entered two new agreements with Apple to provide the iPhone maker with wireless components through 2023.
Intel NUC 8 Pro Available for Pre-Order By Lucian Armasu published 23 January 20 Intel's NUC 8 Pro targets the enterprise market with vPro support on Intel Core i5 and Core i7 models.
UltraRAM Is 'Universal Memory' That Brings RAM-Like Speed to Non-Volatile Storage By Lucian Armasu published 21 January 20 UK researchers from the Lancaster University invented a form of "universal memory" that promises 100 times lower power consumption than RAM with non-volatile storage.
Toshiba Claims New Algorithm Runs Faster on Desktop PCs than Similar Algorithms on Supercomputers By Lucian Armasu published 18 January 20 Toshiba's senior research scientist Hayato Goto invented a quantum computing-inspired algorithm that outperforms other combinatorial optimization algorithms running on supercomputers.
Report: AMD Laptop CPU Market Share Expected to Jump to 20% in Q1 By Lucian Armasu published 17 January 20 Intel CPU shortages are reportedly convincing more laptop vendors to switch to AMD chips, which could help AMD reach 20% market share in the notebook market in Q1 2020.
Intel to Reduce Gen7 Performance Hit With Final Version of Graphics Driver Security Fix By Lucian Armasu published 17 January 20 Intel said it will reduce the performance loss seen by the Gen7 graphics driver after it patched a security vulnerability.
New Bill Seeks to Ban Intelligence Sharing With Countries Using Huawei 5G Equipment By Lucian Armasu published 13 January 20 The U.S. bill seeks to prohibit any kind of intelligence sharing with countries that adopt Huawei's 5G networking gear.
UK Intelligence: Stop Banking With Windows 7 By Lucian Armasu published 13 January 20 Windows 7 stops receiving security patches tomorrow.
IBM Boasts 100 Clients for Its Quantum Computing Service By Lucian Armasu published 8 January 20 Although a symbolic milestone, it proves that quantum computing is here to stay.
Attackers Could Have Made Private TikTok Videos Public By Lucian Armasu published 8 January 20 Multiple vulnerabilities would have allowed attackers to take over user accounts on the popular social media video site.
U.S. Government Pressured Dutch Officials Against Giving Chinese Access to 7nm EUV Technology By Lucian Armasu published 6 January 20 Reuters reported that the U.S. government started a campaign in 2018 to pressure the Dutch officials against allowing ASML to give a large Chinese semiconductor company access to EUV technology.
Microsoft Inserts Non-Removable Ads Into Mail and Calendar Apps By Lucian Armasu published 18 December 19 Microsoft has started to include banner ads in two of its most popular Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications: Mail and Calendar. It seems that there's no way for users to get rid of the ads.
Kioxia Unveils Potential Successor to QLC NAND Flash By Lucian Armasu published 17 December 19 Kioxia, formerly known as Toshiba Memory, announced Twin BiCS Flash, which promises more bits per cell, smaller cells and higher NAND flash density than QLC NAND.
Intel NUCs Hit With Five New Security Flaws By Lucian Armasu published 11 December 19 Security researchers have found five new security flaws in the Intel NUC firmware, after multiple other NUC vulnerability disclosures were made earlier this year.
Apple Sues Former Chip Architect And Co-Founder Of Nuvia By Lucian Armasu published 11 December 19 But Apple's argument may find itself on shaky legal grounds.
Intel Now Content To 'Match' TSMC's Process Technology By Lucian Armasu published 10 December 19 Intel's CEO Bob Swan said in a fireside chat with Credit Suisse that its 7nm process is expected to be equivalent to TSMC's 5nm process, even though it will arrive a year later.
Arm China Will Make Chips With ‘State-Approved’ Cryptography By Lucian Armasu published 10 December 19 According to Nikkei Asian Review
Chinese Government Phasing Out Foreign Hardware, Software By Lucian Armasu published 9 December 19 A secret directive earlier this year called for the removal of foreign hardware and software from Chinese government and public institutions within three years.
Report: TSMC To Start 3nm Volume Production In 2022 By Lucian Armasu published 6 December 19 According to JK Wang, the TSMC's senior vice president for fab operations, the company is on track to begin volume production of 3nm chips in 2022.
CXMT Becomes First Chinese DRAM Maker to Complete Fab By Lucian Armasu published 4 December 19 ChangXin Memory is the only Chinese DRAM maker to complete its production facility. Its competitor, Tsinghua, is years away from production.
AWS Braket Cloud Service Provides Access to Quantum Computers by D-Wave and More By Lucian Armasu published 4 December 19 AWS' Braket quantum computing cloud service gives researchers, developers and businesses access to quantum computers built by D-Wave and more.