Intel teases MXC: a 1.6Tbps optical interconnect for servers

Intel teases MXC a 16Tbps, optical interconnect for servers

While we think of optical connections as cutting edge, they’re positively decrepit in server rooms; current fiber interconnect technology got its start in the 1980s. Intel may soon drag servers into the modern era with its just-teased MXC format, however. The standard (not pictured here) will combine both silicon photonics and a new form of Corning fiber to link servers at 1.6Tbps — more than quick enough to eliminate many data bottlenecks. The connectors themselves are smaller, too. Intel won’t say more about MXC until the Intel Developer Forum next month in San Francisco, but we already suspect that supercomputer operators will be happy with all that extra bandwidth.

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Source: Intel

Daily Roundup: Aspire S7 (2013) review, Ultrabooks buyer’s guide, Ixi-play robot owl, and more!

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You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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Acer S7 Ultrabook reboot brings Haswell, battery life, and a new keyboard

In June, Acer‘s Aspire S7 Ultrabook reboot was unveiled, bringing with it fourth-generation Intel Core processors and some other new features. At the time, Acer stated the laptops would be shipping out in the third quarter of this year, with pricing and some additional details surfacing around the same time. Such was the case this […]

Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus hits USA with SideSync this month

Perhaps you’ve heard of the Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus before – it was originally announced in a flurry of device drops back in June at an event that also unveiled desktop machines like the Samsung ATIV One 5 Style. This next-generation ATIV notebook is now being ushered in for its USA-based release this morning […]

Dell Latitude 7000 ultrabooks unveiled with Intel Haswell inside

Dell has done as anticipated and rolled out the carpet for a couple of new laptops, the Dell Latitude 7000 12.5- and 14-inch ultrabooks. Inside, users will find Intel Haswell processors, with the laptops themselves looking very similar to many older models from Dell’s Latitude lineup. Both models of the 7000 series are available now, […]

Samsung touts Tizen for “internet of things” convergence glue

Samsung may not have made much of Tizen so far, but sees the little-known OS as being the key to its multi-platform convergence strategy, not Google’s Android. The platform, building on MeeGo in partnership with Intel and other OEMs, may not have produced its first commercial Samsung phone, Samsung Electronics CEO J.K. Shin conceded to […]

Intel targets schools with Atom-powered Android tablets, mad scientist apps

Intel pushes Atompowered Android tablets for schools

Intel’s new education-focused tablets won’t stir much envy among the iPad-toting kids of L.A., but they may suit more budget-conscious school districts. There are 10-inch and 7-inch versions, both simply branded “Education Tablets” and both running Atom Z2460 processors with low-end specs (laid out at the source link) and either Android 4.0 or 4.1. The hardware should just about cope with the bundled software, which includes titles like Kno Textbooks, Intellisense’s camera app that works with a snap-on magnification lens and PASCO’s SPARKvue science app that hooks up to thermal probes and other sensors that will likely require careful teacher supervision. We wish we had clear prices for these things, but there’s a whole step-by-step consultation process to wade through before Intel talks money.

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MSI unveils lightweight GS70 gaming laptop, hopes to take Razer’s crown

MSI unveils GS70 gaming laptop, hopes to claim Razer's lightweight crown

MSI tentatively entered the world of thin and light gaming laptops with the GE40. With the newly launched GS70, the company is leaping in with both feet. The 17.3-inch portable is clearly built to take on the Razer Blade Pro, mating a big screen with a chassis that’s even lighter — at 5.7 pounds, the GS70 is a flyweight next to its 6.6-pound rival. While the system’s quad-core, Haswell-based Core i7 CPU, GeForce GTX 765M graphics and 128GB SSD match what Razer offers, MSI doubles the RAM to 16GB and complements its storage with a 750GB hard drive. That makes the GS70’s $1,800 base price a potential bargain — if you don’t mind losing the Blade Pro’s touchscreen trackpad, you’ll get more PC for the money.

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MSI GS70 brings GeForce GTX 765M as new world’s thinnest and lightest gaming laptop

Inside the MSI GS70 you’ll find a rather surprising assortment of top-level features considering the entire notebook is less than an inch thick. That’s the point, though, as MSI suggests that the GS70 is the new world’s thinnest and world’s lightest in gaming laptop technology, the entire package weighting in at 5.7 pounds. This device […]

USB Is Getting a 10Gbps Shot in the Arm

USB Is Getting a 10Gbps Shot in the Arm

The USB 3.0 Promoter Group—honestly, there is such a thing—has finalized the next iteration of Universal Serial Bus, and it’s going to run at a lightning fast 10Gbps.

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