In the world of custom water cooling, just when you thought no new trends could be summoned, the latest craze appears to be distribution plates. Now, Fractal Design's cases are getting the distribution plate treatment, offering a welcome addition to EKWB's lineup. Meet the EK-Quantum Reflection Fractal ATX D5 PWM D-RGB.

That mouthful of a product name also offers a handful of features. Distribution plates are essentially fancy reservoirs, except with one key difference: they

A Redditor managed to obtained a purported series of marketing materials for HP's upcoming Spectre x360 15-inch laptops from the company's marketing database. The unverified documents reveal the possible specifications for the unreleased mobile Core i7-10750H (codename Comet Lake-H ) processor.

The Core i7-10750H will continue to feature six cores, 12 threads and 12

TrendForce today said that it expects foundry revenues to grow 30% year-over-year for the first quarter of 2020. That increase might be short-lived, however, as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to reduce demand throughout the rest of the year.

The research firm said that Q1 2020's growth resulted from "the comparatively lower" base period in Q1 2019, meaning hings look good this year because they were so

Chipmaker TSMC has confirmed its first coronavirus patient at a Taiwan facility, as reported by Reuters Wednesday. The employee in question is currently in hospital care and will not return to work until fully recovered.

To ensure the safety of its other employees, TSMC has sent 30 other employees who were in touch with the patient home for a 14-day quarantine period. Reuters reported that TSMC isn't expecting an impact on operations.

“This employee is receiving appropriate care at a hospital

In a Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2020 presentation, Intel discussed the possibility of offloading work from a discrete graphics card to a CPU’s integrated graphics with Direct3D 12 (D3D12), the 3D graphics API powering Direct X. Using a multi-adapter involving asynchronous workloads, Intel simulated  particles by using Intel HD 530 integrated graphics with AMD’s Radeon RX 480 graphics card.

With the decision to delay

The EU has warned that broadband connections are being strained, as millions are working from home or seeking entertainment digitally whilst practicing social distancing to fight coronavirus as reported by Financial Times . today.

One of the first steps the EU is taking to manage the situation is requesting Netflix to reduce its data traffic, along with YouTube and other streaming services. Entertainment is clearly in high demand currently, but simply limiting image quality could reduce broadband traffic significantly.

These steps are meant to ensure that those working

Global PC sales could fall 30% year-over-year in the first half of 2020 as COVID-19 threatens both supply and demand worldwide, DigiTimes reported today, citing unnnamed "industry sources."

The supply problem could actually ease up in Q2 2020, DigiTimes said, as China recovers from the outbreak. China said Wednesday that it recorded no new cases of COVID-19 in the prior seven days, and production might resume

As the coronavirus outbreak and its consequences progress through Europe, the demand for internet traffic is on the rise. DE-CIX , a German internet exchange operator, is witnessing increased traffic and its B2B customers are ordering higher data caps in light of the outbreak.

Dr. Thomas King, CTO of DE-CIX,  pointed to the importance of a secure and reliable internet infrastructure amid the "exceptional situation people are currently experiencing with the COVID-19 virus," King said

MSI announced two 27-inch gaming monitors geared towards eSports gamers, the MSI Optix MAG273 and MAG273R. Both are equipped with fast IPS panels that boast a 144Hz refresh rate and a quick 1ms response time. However, they’re only 1080p , so they look like a more budget-oriented offering.

Very little seems to separate the two monitors, which share the same panel and sleek, slim-