Trade Shows
As Intel looks to streamline its business operations and get back to profitability in the face of weak revenues and other business struggles, nothing is off the table as the company looks to cut costs into 2025 – not even Intel’s trade shows. In an unexpected announcement this afternoon, Intel has begun informing attendees of its fall Innovation 2024 trade show that the event has been postponed. Previously scheduled for September of this year, Innovation is now slated to take place at some point in 2025. Innovation is Intel’s regular technical showcase for developers, customers, and the public, and is the successor to the company’s legendary IDF show. In recent years the show has been used to deliver status updates on Intel’s fabs, introduce new...
Hot Chips 2018: NVIDIA Xavier SoC Live Blog (5pm PT, Midnight UTC)
NVIDIA has a couple of talks during Hot Chips, with this first one going into the Xavier SoC.
5 by Ian Cutress on 8/20/2018Hot Chips 2018: SMIV DNN SoC for IoT Live Blog (4pm PT, 11pm UTC)
A slightly different talk from Hot Chips this time: here's a neural network processor aimed at IoT devices based in 16nm. The slides look interesting, so we're covering this...
5 by Ian Cutress on 8/20/2018Hot Chips 2018: AMD APU Optimization Live Blog (Noon PT, 7pm UTC)
AMD is also at Hot Chips, speaking about Raven Ridge and its APUs. The key elements to this talk will be the optimizations made for Raven Ridge, specifically around...
10 by Ian Cutress on 8/20/2018Hot Chips 2018: Intel on Graphics Live Blog (11:30am PT, 6:30pm UTC)
Intel is talking graphics! We're expecting a lot of discussion about Kaby Lake G, with Radeon graphics, however the slide deck is going to talk a lot about power...
8 by Ian Cutress on 8/20/2018Hot Chips 2018: The Google Pixel Visual Core Live Blog (10am PT, 5pm UTC)
Hot Chips has started! One of the first talks today is from Google, detailing the Pixel Visual Core processor found in the latest Pixel smartphones. The talk is called...
14 by Ian Cutress on 8/20/2018Intel Datacenter Summit 2018 Live Blog
We're live here at Intel HQ in Santa Clara for the company's 2018 Datacenter Summit. The most lucrative part of Intel's business, the company is looking to pivot entirely...
19 by Ian Cutress on 8/8/2018Flash Memory Summit 2018, Yangtze Memory Technology Keynote Live Blog: Unleashing 3D NAND
The final talk of this session is from Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC). We published their announcement this week, but they have set a very interesting talk for the show...
5 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018Flash Memory Summit 2018, SK Hynix Keynote Live Blog: NAND Development
Second keynote of the session is SK Hynix
1 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018Flash Memory Summit 2018, Micron Keynote Live Blog: QLC Flash
The afternoon keynote session has talks from Micron, SK Hynix, and YMTC, speaking all about future Flash products. This first talk is titled 'QLC Flash: Metting the Challenges of...
0 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018Flash Memory Summit, Western Digital Keynote Live Blog
Second Keynote for us: Western Digital
0 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018Flash Memory Summit, Toshiba Keynote Live Blog
We're here at Flash Memory Summit! One of the first keynotes of the event is Toshiba, speaking about their use of Flash.
1 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018MRAM Developer Day, IBM Keynote Live Blog
Third Keynote in this session is from IBM Research: STT-MRAM is Ready for Applications Today.
0 by Ian Cutress on 8/6/2018MRAM Developer Day, GlobalFoundries Keynote Live Blog
Second Keynote today is from GlobalFoundries, Everspin's MRAM partner.
1 by Ian Cutress on 8/6/2018MRAM Developer Day, Everspin Keynote: The MRAM Revolution (9:15am PT, 4:15pm UTC)
Prior to Flash Memory Summit, the first order of business is the MRAM Developer Day. The key talks today revolve around Everspin, a leader in MRAM Technology, GlobalFoundries, and...
3 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 8/6/2018NVIDIA Teases “GeForce Gaming Celebration” For August 20th At Gamescom 2018
This afternoon NVIDIA announced their plans for a public “GeForce Gaming Celebration” later this month, taking place amidst the Gamescom expo in Cologne, Germany. Promising talk of games and...
42 by Ryan Smith on 7/30/2018MSI's New Threadripper 2 Motherboard on Steroids: X399 Creation
One of the most impressive motherboard designs coming out of Computex was MSI’s new X399 Creation motherboard. With Threadripper 2 around the corner, sporting support for up to 32...
19 by Ian Cutress on 7/2/2018Azio Expands Lineup of ‘Retro Classic’ Peripherals with Mice, Pads, Palm Rests
Azio’s eye-catching Retro Classic mechanical keyboards launched last year seem to be quite a success for the company, as it now plans to expand the family of ‘Retro Classic&rsquo...
9 by Anton Shilov on 6/29/2018ASMedia Preps ASM2824 PCIe 3.0 Switch
Back in 2016 Avago/Broadcom greatly increased the prices of its PLX-branded PCIe switches, which caused many motherboard manufacturers to cease using them. Avago’s motivation was rather obvious — PCIe...
20 by Anton Shilov on 6/27/2018PNY Preps External Elite-X Portable SSD with USB-C 3.1 Interface: Up to 800 MB/s
PNY demonstrated its new external SSD at Computex earlier this month. The new Elite-X Portable SSD uses a USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface and a USB Type-C connector, thus...
22 by Anton Shilov on 6/26/2018Alphacool Eisblock GPX: A Waterblock with Vertical and Horizontal Connectors
One of the unexpected discoveries on the showfloor at Computex this year was a waterblock from Alphacool. As part of the Eis (‘Ice’) family, the Eisblock GPX is a...
12 by Ian Cutress on 6/25/2018