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With the rise of the handheld gaming PC market, we've seen PC vendors and their partners toy with a number of tricks and tweaks to improve improve framerates in games, with some of their latest efforts on display at this year's Computex trade show. Perhaps the most interesting find thus far comes from ADATA sub-brand XPG, who is demoing their prototype "Nia" handheld PC, which uses eye tracking and dynamic foveated rendering to further improve their rendering performance. For those unfamiliar, dynamic foveated rendering is a graphics technique that is sometimes used to boost performance in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications by taking advantage of how human vision works. Typically, humans can only perceive detailed imagery in the relatively small central area...
CES 2020: ADATA Preparing Three PCIe 4.0 Consumer SSDs
Among a mountain of new product announcements at CES, ADATA previewed three upcoming high-end consumer SSDs supporting PCIe 4.0. These will launch under their XPG gaming-oriented brand, and will...
29 by Billy Tallis on 1/17/2020CES 2020: Innogrit SSD Controllers Score Multiple Design Wins
Innogrit is one of the latest SSD controller designers to enter the market, having come out of stealth mode and announced their roadmap last August at Flash Memory Summit...
7 by Billy Tallis on 1/17/2020Got a Spare $10,000? Here’s Your Keyboard: ADATA’s 24K Gold Design
RGB has been the main ‘feature’ of the gaming PC market of late, with all the fancy lights adding to the ‘bling’ of a standard machine. But what if...
41 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/10/2020The ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 1TB SSD Review: Realtek's Entry-level NVMe Solution
Realtek's second-generation NVMe SSD controllers are ready for prime time, and ADATA decided to try them out. The XPG SX6000 Pro is an entry-level DRAMless NVMe SSD with competitive...
36 by Billy Tallis on 12/18/2019ADATA Reveals XPG Hunter SO-DIMMs: Up to DDR4-3000, Up to 32 GB
ADATA has introduced its new family of SO-DIMMs for laptops and small form-factor desktops. The XPG Hunter DDR4 SO-DIMMs offer data transfer rates of up to 3000 MT/s and...
6 by Anton Shilov on 12/17/2019The ADATA Ultimate SU750 1TB SSD Review: Realtek Does Storage, Part 1
Realtek has entered the SSD controller market and scored several design wins with ADATA for retail SSDs. The ADATA SU750 entry-level SATA drive is not as important to their...
54 by Billy Tallis on 12/6/2019ADATA Releases the XPG SX8100 SSD: Make It Fast & Hold the Bling
While many gaming-branded components come adorned in RGB LEDs, there is thankfully still a market for plainer and saner products. To that end, ADATA has introduced its new family...
4 by Anton Shilov on 9/20/2019ADATA Expands XPG SX8200 Pro Range with 2 TB Model
Over the past few months we have seen a number of companies announcing high-end 2 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2-2280 SSDs, which was not particularly surprising given positioning of...
19 by Anton Shilov on 8/12/2019ADATA Launches XPG Gammix S50: A PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD
ADATA has introduced its first PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD, which is aimed at the latest AMD Ryzen-based PCs using the AMD X570 platform. The ADATA XPG Gammix S50...
13 by Anton Shilov on 7/31/201932 GB Unbuffered DIMMs Listed from Ten Brands: DDR4-2400 to DDR4-4000
Now that both Samsung and Micron are shipping their 16 Gb DDR4 memory chips to third parties, we're seeing wider availability of 32 GB unbuffered memory modules (UDIMMs). To...
12 by Anton Shilov on 7/31/2019ADATA’s HM800 DAS: Up to 8 TB, Up to 250 MB/s, Smart TV Recording
ADATA has introduced a new external hard drive that combines high capacities, high performance, as well as advanced functionality. The ADATA HM800 DAS supports Smart TV recording capability, one-touch...
12 by Anton Shilov on 6/28/2019ADATA Demonstrates HD830 Ultra-Rugged HDDs
There are many reasons why external storage devices are gaining traction these days, so storage vendors have been aiming to expand their product lineups and offer storage solutions that...
12 by Anton Shilov on 6/21/2019ADATA Demonstrates 32 GB DDR4 Modules, Built on Micron 16 Gb
Earlier this year Intel enabled support of high-capacity 32 GB memory modules based on 16 Gb memory chips on select client platforms for enthusiasts and prosumers, but until recently...
3 by Anton Shilov on 6/4/2019ADATA Shows Off SMI’s Prototype PCIe 4.0 x4 512GB SSD: An SM2267 SSD
One of the world’s largest suppliers of memory modules and SSDs, ADATA is a company to watch when it comes to the latest technologies. This is certainly the case...
6 by Anton Shilov on 5/30/2019ADATA Launches XPG Spectrix S40G RGB SSD: Up to 3.5 GB/s and Loads of RGB
When high performance alone is not enough to impress, RGB lights are here to help. ADATA has officially introduced its XPG Spectrix S40G RGB SSD, which offer's the company’s...
10 by Anton Shilov on 5/24/2019ADATA Launches microSD Cards Based on SLC NAND Memory
ADATA has introduced a new lineup of microSD cards that use SLC NAND and are aimed at industrial applications. By incorporating the lower-density and higher-reliability memory type, ADATA's IUDD362...
28 by Anton Shilov on 4/25/2019Comparing Two 1TB NVMe Drives with Same NAND, Same Controller: XPG SX8200 Pro vs HP EX950
Retail drives based on the Silicon Motion SM2262EN controller have arrived. The ADATA SX8200 Pro and HP EX950 are nearly identical drives that are replacing last year's flagship models...
43 by Billy Tallis on 2/6/2019CES 2019: The Quintessential ADATA HC770 External HDD, with RGB
There is a wide choice of RGB-lit components and accessories to suit all tastes. There is also plethora or RGB-lit keyboards, mice, and even displays. Even despite (in spite?...
7 by Anton Shilov on 1/23/2019CES 2019: ADATA Spectrix Memory & SSDs Get More RGB
RGB lighting has become a major selling point for hardware aimed at gamers and performance enthusiasts. After all, since modern CPUs, GPUs, DRAMs, SSDs, and other components offer plenty...
4 by Anton Shilov on 1/14/2019ADATA Reveals XPG SX6000 Lite: An Entry-Level NVMe SSD
ADATA has introduced a new lineup of PCIe SSDs aimed at the entry-level market. The XPG SX6000 Lite drives are based on the same controller as the XPG SX6000...
16 by Anton Shilov on 12/18/2018