ECS LIVA Z5 PLUS mini-PC Review: A Different Take on Raptor Lake

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The trend towards miniaturization of desktop systems was kickstarted by the Intel NUCs in the early 2010s. The increasing popularity of compact PCs also led to the introduction of a variety of slightly larger form-factors. Custom boards falling in size between the NUC’s 4″ x 4″ ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) and industrial-applications oriented 3.5″ SBC have…

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Western Digital: We Are Sampling 32TB SMR Hard Drives

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In an unexpected announcement during their quarterly earnings call this week, Western Digital revealed that it has begun sampling an upcoming 32TB hard drive. The nearline HDD is aimed at hyperscalers, and relies on a combination of Westen Digital’s EAMR technology, as well as shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology to hit their highest capacity figures…

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Samsung Shrinks LPDDR5X Chips by 9%, Now Just 0.65mm Thick

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Samsung is announcing today that it has begun mass production of 12 GB and 16 GB LPDDR5X modules in the industry’s thinnest package. Samsung’s shrunken memory packages measure approximately 0.65 mm in thickness, making them 0.06 mm (~9%) thinner than standard LPDDR5X packages. The company expects the new DRAM devices to be used to make…

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Update: Intel Extends 13th & 14th Gen Core Retail CPU Warranties By 2 Years In Response to Chip Instability Issues

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Update 08/06: Intel published an additional note on Monday, confirming which SKUs are covered by the program. The full list of SKUs has been added to the article below, but it’s essentially the 13600K/14600K and above – all of Intel’s high-TDP desktop parts using the Raptor Lake B0 die. Capping off an extensive (and expensive)…

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Solidigm D7-PS1010 and D7-PS1030: PCIe 5.0 and 176L TLC Datacenter SSD Performance Play

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Solidigm’s datacenter SSD lineup includes models targeting different performance, endurance, and cost tradeoffs. Last year, the company had introduced the D5-P5336 QLC drive as a low-cost high-capacity drive for read-heavy workloads, while also preparing the SLC-based D7-P5810 for extremely write-intensive workloads requiring high endurance. The D7-P5520 / D7-P5620 Gen 4 drives with Solidigm’s own 144L…

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iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 beta 6 now available with these improvements

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Following the release of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 beta 5, Apple has now seeded beta 6 of these upcoming operating system updates. In around a month, Cupertino will make iOS 18 available to iPhone and iPad users, so the company is starting to wrap up the features it plans to release.With beta 5, Apple…

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Intel 18A Status Update: First Chips Booting, First External Customer Tape-Out in H1’25

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Following Intel’s painful Q2 earnings call and the announcement of their 2025 cost reduction plan last week, it has become increasingly evident that Intel’s future is in the hands of their foundry group. Between Intel’s IDM 2.0 initiative and their internal chip production plans, all roads lead back to Intel retaking – and retaining –…

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Intel’s next desktop CPU will reportedly be Nova Lake, leaving Panther Lake to mobile

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There have been plenty of rumors surrounding the upcoming Intel Panther Lake processor launch, including that it’s set to arrive in 2025. But now new rumors are painting a different story — one that confirms prior whisperings of Panther Lake being mobile-only and that a new series, the Nova Lake, will be Arrow Lake’s true…

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iOS 18.1 beta 2 now available with Apple Intelligence and two other features

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In a rare movement, Apple is simultaneously testing iOS 18 and iOS 18.1. The latter is only available for iPhone 15 Pro users and offers Apple Intelligence features. That said, the company has finally seeded iOS 18.1 beta 2 with features first available with iOS 18 beta 5.The first one made the news as the…

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New version of Nvidia RTX 4070 graphics card spotted with slower VRAM – here’s why that might just be a good thing

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Nvidia’s previously rumored new spin on the RTX 4070 – with slightly slower video memory – is apparently real, as a graphics card maker appears to have such a variant in the works.This is Galax which has a new RTX 4070 OC 2X version incoming, or at least that’s what leaked materials obtained by VideoCardz…

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