Adobe Acrobat remains the gold standard for PDF editors—as well as the most expensive. Given the cost of upgrading from Adobe’s free Acrobat Reader, it’s worth familiarizing yourself with the differences between […]
For years, the PC industry has embraced the mixing and matching of processors, expansion cards, memory, and more, all to create a modular, expandable platform. Now, a group of companies wants to […]
PC power supplies haven’t seen a whole lot of change in the last decade or two. We’ve gotten modular cables for easier routing, smaller standards for itty-bitty builds, and that’s about it. […]
Industry display group VESA said Monday that the organization has released an “AdaptiveSync Display” standard as well as a logo program for establishing that, yes, those buttery-smooth gaming monitors can actually meet […]
Until now, USB4 matched Thunderbolt in terms of bandwidth. Now, it’s leapt ahead, with USB4 Version 2.0. The USB Promoter Group announced USB4 Version 2.0 on Thursday, a specification that will allow […]
A Wi-Fi standard is like a blueprint for technology companies. It defines the specifications according to which Wi-Fi routers and networking gear transmit wireless data to PCs, smartphones, and more. Each standard […]
The SD Association is responsible for the further development of the SD memory card format. With a new SD Express standard, the transfer speeds for reading and writing to the small cards […]
The DDR5 memory standard, which was officially finalized in July 2020 with AMD Ryzen 7000 (“Raphael”) and Intel Core 13000 (“Alder Lake”), only really started to slowly replace its DDR4 predecessor in […]
As CPU makers push microprocessors even faster, a PC’s memory must keep up as well. JEDEC, a key chip standards body, has responded by issuing a new DDR5 memory standard that pushes […]
CAMM2, short for Compression Attached Memory Module (and also 2), is one of the few truly exciting bits of hardware innovation to come out in the last few years. It’s poised to […]
