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ThyssenKrupp Reveals MULTI Elevators That Would Make Wonka Proud
We love a good bit of tech here at eTeknix. Much of that tech is for gaming systems, PCs, mobiles and much more, but every now and then we see something a little bigger that stands out from the crowd. The common elevator hasn’t changed in terms of functionality for…
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Wales Has First ‘Energy Positive’ House in Britain
Wales has become home to Britain’s first ‘energy positive’ house, so-called because it can generate a surplus of electricity which its owner can then sell on. The three-bedroom detached property in Cenin, South Wales, cost £125,000 to build, according to its designers from Cardiff University. The house is lined with…
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Helio X20 Shows More Gaming Performance and Power Improvements
MediaTek has just revealed what the Helio X10 successor, Helio X20, packs under the hood and it is just amazing. The major highlights of its improvements are reflected in 40% more gaming and multimedia power and up to 40% power improvement compared to the X10. First of all, the Helio…
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AMD’s Official Roadmaps Reveals the Company’s Plans for the next 5 Years
AMD has revealed what the company plans to do with its GPUs and CPUs in the next 5 years at the PC Cluster Consortium event in Osaka Japan, where AMD’s Junji Hayashi revealed the company’s roadmap. During the event, AMD has focused on its graphics IP and the products that…
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Intel Skylake Said to Have Support for Both DDR3 and DDR4
Some leaked pictures of Intel’s Skylake mini-ITX boards have indicated a significant feature. The board might have support for both DDR3 and DDR4 memory modules. First spotted by Bits ‘n Chips, Intel’s board might be a good option for easing the transition between the cheaper DDR3 and the “soon-to-be-cheaper” DDR4…
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Apple’s Latest Store Has a Floor That Floats in Mid-Air
Apple’s latest store, one in Hangzhou, China, has a first floor that appears to float, with no visible supports. The store was co-designed by British architecture firm Foster + Partners, founded by legendary architect Norman Foster – the same people who worked alongside Steve Jobs to design the new ‘spaceship’…
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Intel Announce 10nm Chips Capabilities and Release Plans
We reported early in 2014 of Intel’s 14nm “Fab 42” plant remaining closed and the rumors surrounding 10nm chip manufacturing that came with it – from recent reports it now seems like it’s a a reality. As IBM and NVIDIA have teamed up to win the next generation of top-level…
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No New CPU Architectures From AMD Until 2016?
It looks like AMD have been taking the easy route as far as R&D is concerned, as the company doesn’t plan on releasing any new CPU architectures until at least 2016! This flys right in the face of Intel who are forever pushing new architectures, having just released their ultra…
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DARPA Working on Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel
DARPA is said to be working on an Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program, which is said to be the first robotic autonomous vessel designed to locate and track even the most quiet diesel submarines at the most extreme depths. The national security, health and engineering company, Leidos,…
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Samsung Rolls Out its Exynos ModAP SoC with Integrated LTE
South Korean smartphone manufacturer, Samsung, has just announced its latest SoC addition, the ModAP chip, which features an integrated 4G LTE radio. While the company was mostly focusing on their handsets in the past, it looks like it now wants a big piece of the SoC market as well. The…
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Apple’s A8 Processor Rumoured To Hit the 2 GHz Clock Speed for The First Time
While Android devices have been passing the 2 GHz clock speeds for some time now, Apple’s gear and its latest 64-bit A7 has been steadily hanging at the 1.3 – 1.4 GHz speeds. Rumour now has it that the company’s latest SoC, the A8, will change all of this. It…
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Qualcomm To Launch the Adreno 420 GPU Dedicated towards Android Gaming
Qualcomm is said to be launching the latest high-performance Adreno 420 GPU along with the Snapdragon 805 on Wednesday at Google’s annual I/O developer conference, having it be the first addition to Qualcomm’s next-gen SoC GPU series to actually become a final product. It is said that the Adreno 420…
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Rumor: Nexus 6 To Feature 64-bit 8-core Processor
Whether or not it is true, rumors still remain and they point to the next (Google) Nexus 6 handset having a high-end 64-bit Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset. It is still too early to make presumptions at this time, though Digitimes cites an article from China’s Economic Daily News. Reports…
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Rockstar Games Pointing Hints Towards Upcoming Grand Theft Auto PC Release
Rockstar Games had kept it quite when referring to “GTA V” on PC by not answering any queries and refusing to even acknowledge the fact that a decision about GTA V PC might be in the works. Now however they have suddenly started replying to everyone with the following message…
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