Nvidia and AMD haven't stopped pushing 8GB VRAM GPUs to the masses, but at least there's more awareness than before about the pitfalls of insufficient VRAM. While many users might know what running ...

Seeed Studio has launched a new HAT for the Raspberry Pi 5 that allows makers to add a ton of high-bandwidth storage to their creations. The PCIe 3.0 to Dual M.2 HAT adds a pair of slots that can each ...

It's a well-known fact that solid-state drives (SSDs) are faster and superior to old mechanical hard drive disks, which are more commonly called HDDs (via Enterprise Storage Platform). An archaic ...

Microsoft's DirectStorage is based on development done for the "Velocity Architecture" in the Xbox Series family of consoles. The intention is to drastically improve performance under a "sustained ...

You might’ve come across terms like PCI or PCIe when looking into computer components, especially if you’re in the market for a new computer or trying to upgrade ...

Onboard audio has gotten decent over the past decade. Motherboard manufacturers have been quietly dropping better Realtek ...

The PI7C9X3G1224GP PCIe 3.0 packet switch from Diodes accommodates 24 lanes of Gen3 SerDes in 3-port to 12-port configurations. For fan-out purposes, any port of the packet switch can be configured as ...

The PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) has finalized version 6.0 of the PCI Express standard, the communication bus that lets all the stuff inside your computer communicate. The new version of the ...

It’s probably been a while since you’ve dealt with your computer’s motherboard. You don’t have to, as long as you simply sit at your PC or notebook and carry out everyday tasks. However, if you want ...

A trio of automotive PCIe 3.0 packet switches from Diodes enables flexible port configuration with upstream, downstream, and cross-domain endpoint connections. The AEC-Q100 Grade 3 switches can be ...