News & Reviews:   Intel

If you thought Google cutting business ties with Huawei wasn’t brutal enough, Qualcomm and Intel have now hopped on the bandwagon as well. The two companies will be cutting chip supplies to the Chinese manufacturer under orders by the Trump administration.

MSI, along with popular personalities Pindapanda, as well as MasterRamen will be hosting a live stream launch of MSI’s new GS65 gaming laptop on 23 April 2019 starting from 7PM onwards. In conjunction with the launch, the live stream will also be giving away various prizes worth more than RM8000 with products such as MSI Gaming Keyboard, Gaming Mouse, and more.

Another week has gone by, another week of tech news. #Next@Acer Global Press Conference just happened to announce several new laptops for working professionals and gamers, the big four telcos showcased their 5G capabilities in Putrajaya, so did vivo Malaysia but with a futuristic APEX 2019 concept smartphone, and the grand launching of them all, the new Samsung Galaxy A80 which has a motorized sliding rotating triple camera setup!

It wasn't too long ago that we reported that Samsung is already mass producing its latest 512GB eUFS 3.0 storage chip. At this moment, there is another new member and it's not by Samsung, but rather the standard organization USB-IF for announcing USB 4 (not 4.0, just 4) and get this, it's able to reach up to 40Gbps (dual-channel) in transferring speed!

ASUS has recently announced the launch of several gamer-centric laptops such as the ASUS ROG Zephyrus S, new TUF Gaming series lineup as well as the desktop-replacement gaming laptop called the ASUS ROG Mothership during CES 2019 held in Las Vegas.

Intel is one of the big boys when it comes to the annual CES conference. During the event, the company made several announcements from PCs to new devices on artificial intelligence (AI), 5G and autonomous driving (AD). The Intel conference was presented by Gregory Bryant, senior vice president, Client Computing Group; Navin Shenoy, executive vice president, Data Center Group; and Professor Amnon Shashua, president and CEO of Mobileye, an Intel company.

The ASUS TUF Gaming FX504G priced at RM3149 for the cheapest variant by ASUS is part of the ASUS TUF series laptops which is marketed towards mobile gaming enthusiasts who are keen on getting their hands on an immersive and durable (TUF for Tough, get it?) gaming laptop. Check out our TUF Gaming FX504G review below to see if it fits the description.

Are you excited for CES 2017? We know we are, for those who aren't familiar with it, CES stands for Consumer Electronics Show and this year marks the 50th anniversary for all tech geeks and nerds alike. As one of the largest shows on the planet, this year will be held in Las Vegas and several key players are set to present something awesome.

If you think that deca-core processor in your smartphone is the best in the market – researchers at UC Davis has recently trumped it with a 1000 core processor that leaves others in the dust. 

A global tour by Intel are currently in Malaysia for two weeks until 1st March before they continue their journey elsewhere of showcasing Intel's technology and innovations. Known as the Intel InsideOut Experience (IOE), the tour covers 28 sites in 11 countries celebrating the people behind amazing inventions.