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AMD Ryzen CPUs with 3D V-Cache Could Bring Big Performance Boosts by Q1 2022
Earlier this year, AMD announced its intention to bring its 3D V-Cache technology, currently only seen on its EPYC processors, over to its desktop Ryzen CPUs. Now, what is this exactly? Well, this is rather honestly a bit of a complicated thing to explain, but keeping things in their simplest…
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Intel Optane 32GB M.2 Memory Module Review
Intel has a history of caching technologies, all made to improve the performance of your systems slowest points. Their newest technology in this area is the Intel Optane which is designed as a cache accelerator for modern systems. Today, we’ll have a look at the first consumer model in the M.2…
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Threadripper TDP and Cache Confirmed by AMD
Threadripper TDP The latest AMD Threadripper CPUs are almost upon us, but one or two pretty significant details have eluded us this whole time. For some reason, we’ve been unable to find out the TDP of the latest processors, which was a little concerning. Of course, we knew it was…
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MSI Introduces OPT BOOST Motherboards with Included Optane
Now that Intel has released its new Optane modules, it’s time for system builders and component manufacturers to include it with their products. As such, MSI announced three new motherboards that come bundled with an Intel Optane 16GB drive. The three new motherboards are the Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST, B250M BAZOOKA…
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Intel Optane Memory Accelerator Now Available for Purchase
Intel announced the lower-cost variant of its fresh new Optane Memory technology last month, promising a significant performance boost that is a lot more affordable than the DC P4800X SSD (which costs $1520 USD for the 375GB model). The new Optane Memory accelerator is available in 16GB or 32GB single-sided…
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Drobo 5N2 5-Bay Self-Managing NAS Review
Introduction Drobo only just released their newest NAS device and I already have the pleasure to have one of them in the office for a review and some benchmarking. The new Drobo 5N2 brings double the network connectivity and an improved processor when compared to the predecessor, the Drobo 5N.…
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Drobo Launches New Drobo 5N2 NAS
Drobo launched a new NAS unit and it is the fastest 5-Bay Drobo to date. The new NAS is fittingly named the 5N2 as it comes with double the network connectivity and an improved processor for increased speed and throughput. The 5N2 is built with Drobo’s patented BeyondRAID technology to…
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Intel Kaby Lake Systems With Optane SSDs Just Over Horizon
One of the most watched developments of the year has been Intel and Mircon’s new 3D XPoint technology. With its new innovative design, the memory technology bridges the gap between DRAM and NAND, sitting somewhere in between in terms of both cost and performance. While some products have been announced, the…
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AMD Raven Ridge APUs May Combine Zen and Polaris With HBM
One of the first applications that came to mind with HBM was pairing it up with an AMD APU. Proven to work as VRAM with the Fiji GPUs last year, HBM also has possible applications to act as a high-speed cache for other applications where density is important. While we’ve…
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AMD Patch Reveals Zen Cache Changes
With AMD CPU market share down in the pits, everyone is looking towards Zen to give Intel some competition in the high-end segment. Even with DX12 reducing the need for a strong single threaded CPU, there is nothing like a good architecture that can compete with Intel, especially in non-gaming…
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Further AMD Zeppelin and Zen Details Leaked – Up to 32 Cores!
With Zen set to arrive within the year, AMD is starting to get software ready for their revolutionary CPU architecture. According to a new Linux patch, AMD not only has Zen planned for this year but also a previously rumoured but never confirmed Zepplin CPU. Most interestingly is the connection…
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AMD Zen APU with Insane Memory Bandwidth Spotted
Ever since Llano launched back in 2011, AMD has been pushing their APUs as being the next big thing. Combining a powerful CPU and GPU on one die, the APU allows even budget users to enjoy strong graphics to play games or use it for compute. In 2016, AMD is…
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Don’t Expect Socketed Intel Skylake with eDRAM
When Intel frist revealed that the eDRAM cache introduced with Iris Pro could be accessed by the CPU, many users were elated. CPU performance had long been relatively stagnant and extra faster cache would help improve performance. With up to 50GB/s in each direction, the relatively massive 128MB eDRAM L4…
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Crucial Releases New SSD Software With Momentum Cache
A good toolbox for your storage drive is something that’s worth just as much as the drive itself and Crucial has just released an upgrade to their software, the Storage Executive tool. The new version is 3.20 and it now features Momentum Cache, an intelligent caching feature that can enhance…
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Intel Launches Braswell Entry-level SoCs
Intel has launched the brand new Braswell SoCs that will take the place of the current Bay Trail-D SoCs. The four new SoCs are built on the same 14nm process as Broadwell CPUs, with two dual-core and two quad-core models. The two new dual-core Braswell parts that are in the…
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