AT&T to acquire Straight Path for $1.6 billion
After the 5G, 24 GHz and 39 GHz bands
AT&T has announced a plan to spend $1.6 billion to Straight Path Communications in an all-stock deal aimed at bulking up the carrier’s portfolio of millimeter wave spectrum. As you can imagine, you will need these bands for the 5G millimeter waves.
EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition is ready
As a limited pre-order
EVGA's GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition has been added to EVGA's own shop and it is currently available as a limited pre-order.
ADATA announces Ultimate SU700 series SSDs
Based on 3D NAND
ADATA revealed its new Ultimate SU700 2.5-inch SATA 6Gpbs SSD series that will use 3D NAND, paired up with a new Maxiotek controller.
EKWB launches new EK-CryoFuel coolants
In concentrate and premix options
EK Water Blocks, a well known liquid cooling specialist from Slovenia, has introduced its new EK-CryoFuel coolant.
K|ngp|n breaks 3GHz on EVGA GTX 1080 Ti
Might squeeze even more
Just a week after he managed to break some world records with EVGA GTX 1080 Ti clocked at over 2.5GHz, Vince K|ngp|n Lucido, a well-known overclocker, managed to push the same GPU over 3GHz.
MSI announces A-XMP technology for AMD Ryzen
To bring better Ryzen memory compatibility
MSI has announced the new A-XMP technology for its AM4 motherboards that promises to bring better memory compatibility as well as allow higher frequency DDR4 memory kits to work with new Ryzen CPUs.
Nvidia teams up with Bosch for self-driving cars
Smallest AI car supercomputer based on Xavier SoC
Nvidia and Bosch have announced a partnership and unveiled the new AI platform for self-driving cars based on Nvidia's Drive PX platform with upcoming Xavier SoC during the Bosch Connected World conference held in Berlin.
Xiaomi Mi 6 could be delayed to May
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC to blame
It appears that LG has chosen well to go with Snapdragon 821 SoC as the latest reports suggests that Xiaomi's next flagship, the Mi 6, will also be delayed to May due to Samsung's exclusive deal with Qualcomm on its initial supply of the Snapdragon 835 SoC.
Gigabyte working on mini-ITX AM4 motherboard
Based on B350 chipset
While there were plenty of mATX and ATX socket AM4 motherboards, the mini-ITX motherboards for Ryzen CPUs have been pretty rare but it appears that this will change as Gigabyte is also working on such a motherboard based on AMD's B350 chipset.
LG gets gongs for its G6
Impressive smartphone
LG was quite keen to brag about all the credit its flagship LG G6 smartphone managed to get at the MWC 2017 show and it is quite an impressive list.