Kioxia this morning is rolling out its next-generation of full-size client SSDs, the XG8 family. Like its predecessors, the XG8 is aimed at the OEM market, for customers who are after a full M.2 2280-sized drive and are looking for better performance than the company’s more integrated and compact BG-series drives. Notable features for the […]
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has solid plans for the next few years, but the foundry’s manufacturing technology design cycles are getting longer. As a result, to address all of its clients’ needs, the company will have to keep offering half-nodes, enhanced, and specialized versions of its fabrication processes. TSMC’s success in the last 20 years […]
Continuing our initial forray into the world of UPSes, today we’re taking a look at our second UPS – and our first lithium-ion based unit – Vertiv’s Edge Lithium-Ion. The rackmount-capable UPS comes with a focus on high quality and high efficiency, allowing the 1500 VA unit we’re reviewing today to power loads as high as […]
Today we are having a look at one of the best PSUs FSP has to offer, the Hydro PTM Pro 1200W. FSP is an OEM who usually builds PSU platforms for other companies, however the Hydro PTM Pro is a PSU that they design and produce themselves, making it interesting to see what the company […]
What would you do if you were in an accident and couldn’t communicate with first responders? Some people wear medical ID bracelets or tags that provides health related information to emergency workers. Medical IDs communicate vital health information to emergency workers in instances where you may be unable to communicate. Now we can input our medical […]
Editor’s Note: Today we’re kicking off a new review category for AnandTech: Uninterruptible Power Supplies. These devices are becoming increasingly common as desktop users are looking for laptop-like reliability. All the while, it’s also an area that we feel is lacking in good, EE-enlightened systematic reviews. So our multi-talented power guru, E. Fylladitakis, is applying […]
If you are like me, well, then you probably spend too much time on your phone. Between texting, emailing, and Tik Tok my screen time seems to increase every week. The average consumer spends about 4.5 hours on their phone every day. This means every week we spend over a day just on our phone…imagine how […]
The last few years have seen heightened consumer focus on wireless networking. The industry has also been quite busy, enabling the operation of Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) in the 6GHz band with Wi-Fi 6E. In parallel, the 802.11 Working Group had started work on 802.11be with a focus on extremely high throughput (EHT). Wi-Fi 7 is […]
Intel for the last few years has been undergoing a major period of manufacturing expansion for the company. While the more recent announcements of new facilities in Ohio and Germany have understandably taken a lot of the spotlight – especially given their importance to Intel’s Foundry Services plans – Intel has been working even longer […]
The hottest advancement in memory technology for desktop computers in recent years is undoubtedly the release of DDR5 memory and Intel’s 12th Gen Core series of processors. Not only does DDR5 memory yield higher memory bandwidth for many different use cases, but DDR5 also offers a generational increase in memory capacity, allowing for higher capacity […]