Samsung Electronics has launched the highest capacity mobile DRAM for smartphones promising it will power next-gen experiences for devices. Samsung’s new memory tech is the industry’s first 12GB low-power double data rate 4X, or LPDDR4X, package that is optimized for premium smartphones. The new chips provide higher capacity than most ultra-thin

Respawn Entertainment developed one of the hottest games of recent memory, that being Apex Legends, a free-to-play battle royale shooter that is presumably proving to be a lucrative franchise for publisher Electronic Arts. Popular streamers such as Tyler “Ninja” Blevins deserve a tip of the hat for hopping on board, and it appears they were

If you’re looking for high-speed internal storage that won’t break the bank, Western Digital has announced that its WD Blue SSD family is making a performance leap with the introduction of a new NVMe model. The company says that it is aiming these new SSDs at content creators and budget gamers who want a bit more performance than what SATA

It looks as though Intel is readying a new round of processors with up to 10 cores and 20 threads, based on a breakdown of a recent graphics drivers patches for Linux. The driver code references unreleased Comet Lake desktop CPUs, including dual-core, quad-core, hexa-core, octa-core, and deca-core models.

This is not the first we have heard

In a relatively short period of time, we’ve gone from relatively thick bezels at the top and bottom of our smartphones, to increased real estate courtesy of a central notch, to punch hole displays. Samsung’s most recent Galaxy S10 family of smartphones (read our review here), which were announced last month, fully embrace their punch hole

Understandably, Sony and Microsoft are not divulging too many details about each one’s future game console plans—any statements about upcoming hardware are typically vague in nature and reflect a general ethos, rather than specifics about the actual hardware. That said, there is information out there, hidden not just in leaks and rumors, but

Few things stink more than installing a Windows update and then discovering that it broke something. Sometimes it’s a minor thing, like reduced game performance, other times you could find yourself in a dreaded reboot loop. Windows 10 Pro users have the option of pausing updates for up to 35 days, which in essence allows them to sit back and

When it comes to folding smartphones, there are two entries that have been brought to the tablet by mainstream OEMs: the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X. The devices pack large folding s and are powered by burly octa-core processors; the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 on the former, and the Kirin 980 on the latter.
However, each of those smartphones

Facebook’s privacy practices and the amount of data it shares with other apps and device makers are a big problem for lots of people. Facebook has been in trouble with the FCC over privacy issues and faces a fine that could be in the billion dollar range. While losing a big chunk of cash to fines is certainly not something the social networking

In this episode of HotHardware’s Two And Half Geeks, Marco, Chris, and Dave will be diving in deep on NVIDIA’s beastly Titan RTX 24GB GPU, Samsung’s hot new Galaxy S10+, AMD 7nm Navi GPU rumors, Alienware’s beastly Area-51m desktop replacement laptop, Intel CPU shortages and more!

Show Notes:
08:40 – NVIDIA Titan RTX Review: A Pro Viz,