Right after announcing their 16nm TLC plans, Micron has acquired an SSD controller firm. Tidal Systems, made up of engineers from Link-A-Media Devices (LAMD) and SandForce was ...
October 4, 2015 at 1:27 pm by Samuel Wan
Micron Technologies is finally moving into the TLC (Triple-Level Cell) NAND market, with shipments of consumer SDDs starting in Q4 this year. TLC is generally cheaper than ...
October 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm by Samuel Wan
Microsoft today is announcing their acquisition of Havok Physics from long time owner Intel. Used in a large number of AAA games as middleware and psysics engine, Havok is ...
October 3, 2015 at 1:00 pm by Samuel Wan
In a controversial move, Amazon will no longer be carrying competing video streaming devices that cannot serve Prime Video. Set to start October 29th, Amazon and its ...
October 2, 2015 at 9:28 am by Samuel Wan
When the Silver Lake investment talks broke down, AMD spoke of exploring other strategic options. Today, we’re finding out that one of these options being adopted is a ...
October 2, 2015 at 8:52 am by Samuel Wan
Those who set Windows 7 to automatic update may have experienced an unpleasant surprise yesterday. According to multiple reports, the update would cause the system-wide error, ...
October 1, 2015 at 8:00 pm by Samuel Wan
Intel has long limited the mainstream platform to 4 physical cores, with 8 threads due only to Hyper-Threading. This has held true for the longest time, with power users who ...
October 1, 2015 at 7:00 pm by Samuel Wan
In a move that is sure to surprise some, Unisplendour Corporation Limited (Unis), a Chinese firm, is taking up a 15% stake in Western Digital. With an investment of $3.775 ...
October 1, 2015 at 6:00 pm by Samuel Wan
Remember that rumour about AMD getting a major investment from Silver Lake? It turns out now that talks between the two parties have broken down and are going nowhere right ...
September 30, 2015 at 9:09 am by Samuel Wan
With Google set to drop their new 2015 Nexus phones in just several hours, we’re getting word now on the expected pricing. According to the latest leaks, Google will be ...
September 29, 2015 at 9:27 am by Samuel Wan
Dual GPU graphics card have been common over the [ast few generations and it looks like Nvidia is about to launch another one. Set to use the Maxwell architecture, the new ...
September 28, 2015 at 9:36 am by Samuel Wan
With just over a month until the expected launch, more information on AMD’s Radeon R9 380X have surfaced. Last time around, we got a glimpse of the XFX Double ...
September 26, 2015 at 9:34 am by Samuel Wan
TSMC has just scored a major CPU customer as AMD is allegedly moving their Zen CPUs over to the fab. Originally meant for GlobalFoundries 14nm process, delays at the once AMD ...
September 25, 2015 at 9:26 am by Samuel Wan
While PC sales have been slower over the past few years, it looks like Intel had been planning for such an occurrence. According to market data, Intel withheld processor ...
September 25, 2015 at 9:04 am by Samuel Wan
Ever since the first AOTS DX12 benchmark showed major gains for AMD, many have been waiting for another benchmark. Today, Microsoft released a DX12 benchmark for their new ...
September 24, 2015 at 10:12 pm by Samuel Wan
