The USB-IF and VESA released the specifications of USB4 v2 and DisplayPort 2.1 in Q4 2022. At that time, Intel also announced that their next-gen Thunderbolt specifications would build upon these standards. However, concrete details were not divulged. Today, the company is unveiling Thunderbolt 5 officially with discrete controllers in tow for both hosts and…
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It’s that time of the year again – Apple’s fall iPhone event, where the Cupertino company to unveil its newest generation family of iPhones. This year’s theme is “Wonderlust,” and will be the backdrop for the launch of iOS 17 as well as what should be the iPhone 15 series. This year is widely expected…
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Intel and TSMC have announced an agreement in which TSMC will acquire a 10% stake in IMS Nanofabrication. IMS, controlled by Intel, produces multi e-beam photomask writing tools, whose significance is on the rise. TSMC has collaborated with IMS Nano since 2012, and this investment is expected to deepen their partnership. TSMC’s acquisition of a…
BMW’s new factory for the electric mini in Oxford is using SAP S/4 Hana. The Mini plant in Cowley, Oxford is the first of BMW Group’s connected factories based on a digitised cloud architecture. BMW recently announced £600m investment in developing the plant to support the production of electric cars. The Mini Plant Oxford currently…
Western Digital has unveiled a compact version of its WD_Black SN770 SSD, tailored mainly for handheld gaming consoles such as the Asus ROG Ally and Valve Steam Deck. The WD_Black SN770M delivers the performance typical of a midrange PCIe 4.0 SSD, with support for features like Microsoft’s DirectStorage. As implied by its name, the WD_Black…
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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. September 2023 A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to developer experience The better the working conditions of a software developer, the better the results. In this 15-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at how to improve productivity, the tools required to build success and the value of…
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US leisure and hospitality giant MGM Resorts is battling through an IT outage after a cyber attack forced it to take multiple systems down across its properties, leaving front desk and concierge services to fall back on pen and paper, rendering slot machines on its gaming floors inoperable, and supposedly locking guests out of their…
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A leaker on the Chinese discussion forum Zhihu has published a detailed performance analysis of AMD’s Ryzen Z1 processor – the little brother of the Z1 Extreme chip revealed earlier this year and seen in action in PC gaming handhelds such as the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go.David Huang posted his findings on Zhihu, giving us…
The oft-rumored but unreleased Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Super appears to have been revealed in all its black-shrouded glory, thanks to a seller on a second-hand marketplace in China.The Nvidia RTX 3090 Super, which (as VideoCardz points out) we have seen previously in some online leaks, has never been officially confirmed by Nvidia, but there…
Epos has announced that it will be exiting the gaming headphone business and will instead focus on enterprise communications products. The company’s gaming products division, which was formerly part of the legendary Sennheiser, was responsible for shipping a number of notable gaming headsets over the past decade. However, the continuing weakness of the wired consumer audio market –…
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