Alleged Apple M1X Processor Specifications Leaked Again

Alleged Apple M1X Processor Specifications Leaked Again

Apple impressed everyone with the launch of their M1 processor last year and it would appear they are preparing to do it again with an upgraded version named the M1X for the 2021 Mac lineup. The Apple M1X will reportedly include an upgraded 12-core CPU consisting of eight Firestorm performance...

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Toshiba Announces 18TB MG09 Series Hard Disk Drives

Toshiba Announces 18TB MG09 Series Hard Disk Drives

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (Toshiba) announces the 18 TB MG09 Series HDD, Toshiba’s first HDD models with energy-assisted magnetic recording. The MG09 Series features Toshiba’s third-generation, 9-disk helium-sealed design and Toshiba’s innovative Flux Control – Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (FC-MAMR) technology, to advance Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) density...

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Microsoft Announces FPS Boost Mode for Xbox Series X|S Consoles

Microsoft Announces FPS Boost Mode for Xbox Series X|S Consoles

Microsoft today has announce,d via its Xbox Division, an update to a starting lineup of five backwards-compatibility games that are being qualified for its FPS Boost mode. This mode is an internal Microsoft solution that requires no work from developers, being a system-level optimization at the Direct3D level that lifts...

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ZOTAC Promotes Cryptocurrency Mining Farm via Twitter

ZOTAC Promotes Cryptocurrency Mining Farm via Twitter

ZOTAC’s official Twitter channel has posted an image that promotes the usage of its graphics cards in mining environments. Under the caption “An army of #ZOTACGAMING GPU’s hungry for coin!”, the company posted an image of a cryptocurrency mining farm populated with its graphics cards. The usage of a gaming...

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Manufacturing: Samsung Semiconductor Fabs in Texas Shut Down Following State-wide Power Shortages

Manufacturing: Samsung Semiconductor Fabs in Texas Shut Down Following State-wide Power Shortages

News just keep flowing that are bound to have impact on pricing for components users of this website know and love. The Austin-American Statesman reports that Samsung has been ordered to shutter its Texas factories in wake of recent power shortages that have impacted the state. The order, which came...

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