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It was recently brought to our attention that three new Ice Lake CPUs were listed on Intel’s online ARK database of products: the Core i7-1060NG7, the Core i5-1030NG7, and the Core i3-1000NG4. These differ from the ‘consumer’ released products by having an ‘N’ in them, and specification-wise these CPUs have a slightly higher TDP along with a slightly higher base clock, as well as being in a smaller package. We reached out to Intel, but in the meantime we also noticed that the CPUs line up perfectly with what Apple is providing in its latest Macbook Air. Intel’s Ice Lake family is the first generation of 10nm processors that the company has made widely available. We’ve covered Intel’s ups and downs with the 10nm process...
Preferred Networks: A 500 W Custom PCIe Card using 3000 mm2 Silicon
Pushing the physical limits of hardware is always a fun story, but I was positively blown away when I saw this poster at Supercomputing. Preferred Networks, seemingly a spin-out...
17 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/6/2019A Quick Look at the Subor Z+ Console/PC Hybrid: A Custom AMD SoC Called FireFlight
One of the most interesting things in August (there were a lot) was that a company in China invested the best part of 400 million RMB / $60 million...
42 by Ian Cutress on 9/19/2018Colorful Announces a Bay Trail Mining Motherboard with 8+1 PCIe Slots
This week Colorful has introduced a uniquely designed motherboard, created specifically for the professional miner. One of the first things most will notice is this doesn’t look like most...
31 by Joe Shields on 11/10/2017