The Book S is Xiaomi's take on a Windows-based 2-in-1 tablet. In many ways, it's a lot like Microsoft's own Surface Pro X, or the newly released Surface Pro 9 5G, which both utilise ARM processors and feature a similar form factor. What makes the Xiaomi Book S so interesting, though, is its pricing. It's significantly cheaper than Microsoft's offerings and promises a similar … [Read more...] about Xiaomi Book S review: Promising hardware in need of a speed boost
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Intel Demos Sapphire Rapids Hardware Accelerator Blocks In Action At Innovation 2022
With Intel’s annual Innovation event taking place this week in San Jose, the company is looking to recapture a lot of technical momentum that has slowly been lost over the past couple of years. While Intel has remained hard at work releasing new products over the time, the combination of schedule slips and an inability to show off their wares to in-person audiences has taken … [Read more...] about Intel Demos Sapphire Rapids Hardware Accelerator Blocks In Action At Innovation 2022
Intel Demos Sapphire Rapids Hardware Accelerator Blocks In Action At Innovation 2022
With Intel’s annual Innovation event taking place this week in San Jose, the company is looking to recapture a lot of technical momentum that has slowly been lost over the past couple of years. While Intel has remained hard at work releasing new products over the time, the combination of schedule slips and an inability to show off their wares to in-person audiences has taken … [Read more...] about Intel Demos Sapphire Rapids Hardware Accelerator Blocks In Action At Innovation 2022
Ubuntu 20.04.5 Released with New Hardware Enablement Stacks
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS just got a new point release with hardware enablement stacks for use on newer hardware. The new Ubuntu 20.04.5 features Kernel 5.15 backported from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, which enables newer hardware support. It also updates the NVIDIA 390, 470, 510 driver series, as well adds initial support of NVIDIA 515 driver. For HP machines, it adds mic mute key support … [Read more...] about Ubuntu 20.04.5 Released with New Hardware Enablement Stacks
Windows did not detect any networking hardware
After upgrading the system from an older Windows version, say Windows 8 to a new Windows version, say Windows 10 or Windows 11, some users receive the “Windows did not detect any networking hardware” error message. On the other hand, some users received this error message after installing a Windows update. If Windows does not detect networking hardware, you will not be able to … [Read more...] about Windows did not detect any networking hardware
Google Pixel Buds Pro Review: Amazing hardware with terrible out-of-the-box tuning
Google’s been in the audio game for quite a while now, and the Pixel Buds Pro is the latest addition to the company’s portfolio. We’ve had Pixel Buds before, and the company has launched the Buds-A series in the past as a complement of sorts to the likes of the Google Pixel 6a. The Pixel Buds Pro is the first all-out attempt from Google, and while it’s an admirable effort, the … [Read more...] about Google Pixel Buds Pro Review: Amazing hardware with terrible out-of-the-box tuning
CPU-X – Gather PC Hardware Specs in Linux with CPU-Z Style User Interface
For those want to check PC hardware specs in Linux, CPU-X is a good choice for user switching from Microsoft Windows. It’s a free open-source system profiling and monitoring application, that looks quite similar to CPU-Z for Windows. With it, you can check your CPU specification, vendor, codename, clocks, and L1/L2/L3 caches. It also shows the motherboard … [Read more...] about CPU-X – Gather PC Hardware Specs in Linux with CPU-Z Style User Interface
Apple iPads will support new external hardware thanks to iPadOS 16 DriverKit update
This week, Apple held its WWDC event, ushering in a new era of software for its iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 9, and macOS 13 devices. While there were plenty of highlights, iPadOS 16 might be the most curious, as the new update blurs the lines even further between Apple’s tablet and computing products. Furthermore, iPadOS 16 will allow manufacturers to create drivers for iPad, … [Read more...] about Apple iPads will support new external hardware thanks to iPadOS 16 DriverKit update
What is ray tracing and what hardware and games support it?
If you're a gamer, then the chances are you've heard of ray tracing, but you might not know exactly what it means or why it's a big deal. We're here to help you find out. Nvidia has been pushing ray tracing since it first announced its RTX 20-series graphics cards in 2018, but ray tracing is much more than just a marketing ploy to help sell graphics cards for high-end gaming … [Read more...] about What is ray tracing and what hardware and games support it?
Enable Hardware Video Acceleration (VA-API) For Firefox in Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04 & Higher
This tutorial shows how to enable hardware video acceleration (VA-API) for Firefox, so it uses the video card to decode/encode video to save power. Hardware video acceleration is a computer technology to make the graphics card to encode and decode video, thus offloading the CPU to save power. And compared to CPU, GPU are normally more efficient at the job. There are a few … [Read more...] about Enable Hardware Video Acceleration (VA-API) For Firefox in Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04 & Higher