Latest Components Articles
- 17 September 2013
-
News: Cheaper storage is leading businesses to take on too much capacity: Oracle
The explosion of demand for capacity, as well as managing it, is creating challenges for today's organisation.
- 16 September 2013
-
News: NAND flash use is up, but Apple's buying binge slows
While overall use of NAND flash is up, Apples consumption waned over the past quarter. At the same time, 3D NAND flash, which offers far greater capacity than todays flash drives, is expected to dominate the future.
- 13 September 2013
-
News: Intel successfully demos SSD overclocking, but will it come to market?
Intel successfully managed to overclock an SSD by 10 percent at its Intel Developer Forum, but it's unclear whether or not the company will ever formally release the technology to market.
-
News: The legend of Jack Kilby: 55 years of the integrated circuit
The tech industry thrives on legends. Here's a good one.
-
News: Samsung to use 64-bit processor for Galaxy S5
Samsung has confirmed its next generation of smartphones, including the Galaxy S5 we assume, will use a 64-bit processor.
-
News: SK Hynix shifting more production to DRAM after price jump
SK Hynix will increase DRAM production at its headquarters, the company said Friday, following a price spike in memory chips after a fire at a company factory in China.
- 12 September 2013
-
News: Five benchmarking world records bite the dust at the Intel Developer Forum
Some of the world's preeminent overclockers pushed Intel's fastest CPU, Corsair's best memory and power supplies, Asus's top motherboard, and Nvidia's most powerful graphics processors to their limits--and all it took was prodigious quantities of electricity and liquid nitrogen.
-
News: Promise preps for Mac Pro with new Thunderbolt 2 peripherals
When Apple wanted to showcase its first Thunderbolt-enabled Macs, it turned to Promise Technology and the storage company's Pegasus multiple-drive RAID enclosures to highlight the finer points of the nascent peripheral connection technology. Now that the next version of Thunderbolt is upon us, Promise thinks it will be the first to enter the market with a RAID 5 storage product for Thunderbolt 2.
-
News: Wine-powered microprocessor fermenting in Intel labs
In a new twist on strange brew, an Intel engineer Thursday showed off a project using wine to power a microprocessor.
-
News: Why Bay Trail makes more sense for Chromebooks than Haswell chips
More Chromebooks are coming from companies like HP, Acer, and Toshiba, but they might not be the ultra-cheap, browser-based laptops we've gotten used to seeing over the last year.
-
News: DRAM prices up over 27% since China FAB fire
Prices of DRAM chips have continued to climb after a major Hynix FAB plant was damaged by fire last week.
-
News: SSDs do die, as Linus Torvalds just discovered
Linux coder Linus Torvalds wrote this week about how the SSD in his workstation suddenly stopped working, forcing him to delay work on the Linux 3.12 kernel.
-
News: Future Samsung smartphones will have 64-bit processors, too
Apple set off a torrent of speculation on Tuesday after announcing theiPhone 5s would come packed with a desktop-like 64-bit processor. As we reported, Apple has little reason to switch iOS devices away from 32-bit processors right now, so this is clearly a play for the future. The most likely scenario, analysts say, is that Apple is laying the groundwork for a unified operating system that covers everything the company makes, drawing together Macs and iOS devices.
-
News: Schneider Electric releases new UPS servers
Schneider Electric has released two new UPS aimed at powering entry level servers.
-
News: Google's Chromebook enters adulthood, thanks to Intel
Intel's decision to bring its Haswell chips to Google's Chromebook might make it the system it was meant to be.
-
News: Windows 8.1 tablets with 64-bit Atom chips not coming until Q1
Buyers looking for a tablet with Intel's new Bay Trail Atom chip and a 64-bit version of Windows 8.1 will have to wait until early next year.
- 11 September 2013
-
News: IDF 2013 keynote: Intel announces Bay Trail tablet CPU, slew of Haswell Chromebooks
Intel on Wednesday ended weeks of speculation by launching "Bay Trail," the next-generation Atom Z3000Â chip that pushes tablets towards PC-esque levels of performance.
-
News: Intel, Google show 'next-generation' Chromebooks
Intel and Google showed off the next generation of Chromebooks from Hewlett-Packard, Acer and Toshiba, which will be faster and more power-efficient than predecessors.
-
News: Intel Bay Trail Atom chips: specs, details
Intel has unveiled powerful new Bay Trail Atom processors which are set to power upcoming Android and Windows 8 tablets. We take a look at what they have to offer and why you should be interested.
-
News: New wave of tablets with Intel Bay Trail chip will start at $99
Dozens of tablets, some priced as low as US$99, are expected out by year's end running on new Intel Atom processors, which began shipping Wednesday.
-
1:
iPhone 5S vs Galaxy Note 3 smartphone comparison review - how does Apple's latest iPhone compare to the Galaxy Note 3?
-
2:
iOS 7 release date, new features, which iPhones, iPods, iPads get it
-
3:
GTA 5 release date in UK: Brand new GTA 5 Map, midnight launch store locator and online gameplay video and screenshots
-
4:
HTC One vs iPhone 5s comparison review: We compare both smartphone's specs
-
5:
11 best smartphones: The best phone you can buy in 2013?
-
1:
Nexus 5 release date, price, photos and specs rumours
-
2:
Apple iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 to launch in September
-
3:
New Amazon Kindle Fire 2 tablet leaks online
-
4:
iPhone 5S release date in UK, specs and features: What’s new in the iPhone 5S
-
5:
HTC One Max leaked with fingerprint scanner to rival iPhone 5S
-
1:
iPhone 5S vs Galaxy Note 3 smartphone comparison review - how does Apple's latest iPhone compare to the Galaxy Note 3?
-
2:
HTC One vs iPhone 5s comparison review: We compare both smartphone's specs
-
3:
HTC One vs iPhone 5 comparison review
-
4:
Apple iPhone 5S vs iPhone 5 comparison review: What's the new iPhone got?
-
5:
Xbox One vs PS4 games console comparison review
Latest Videos
Video: Medion LifeTab E10310 review - £167 Android is decent cheap tablet
Medion's LifeTab is a 10-inch Android tablet which costs well under £200. Most of its big-name rivals cost more or have smaller screens, so if you're after a 10-inch Android tablet, let's see how the LifeTab stacks up.
-
Video: BlackBerry Q10 review - physical qwerty keyboard phone is far from cheap
-
Video: Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom review - Android phone, superzoom camera - a truly niche device
-
Video: Huawei Ascend P6 review - desirable smartphone offers real value for money
-
Video: Archos 97b Titanium review - £200 9-inch Android tablet lacks performance
Latest Reviews
-
HP Pavilion 11 Touchsmart notebook reveiw: this 'mini' notebook has good features
HP's AMD based 'mini' notebook has good features and is useful if you're after something small…
-
Dell B1265dfw review - mono laser printer offers good speed, quality, but pricey toner
The Dell B1265dfw is a reasonably capable monochrome laser multifunction printer but its…
-
Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB review - powerful graphics card for serious gamers is expensive
A powerful graphics card that costs around £540 inc VAT, the Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB is a great…
Latest How-To
-
How to prevent your identity being stolen on Facebook
8 steps to staying safe and secure on Facebook
-
How to get US Netflix in the UK
American friends get much more from Netflix that we do Britain. Find out how you can see shows like Mad Men and American Horror Story here.
-
How to protect your PC against devious security traps
From phishers to hackers to all sorts of attackers, here's what you need to know to stay safe on the Web.