Intel has confirmed it stopped investing in the Next Unit of Compute business. After years of innovating and experimenting with the form factor, the company is nuking its NUC brand.
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AMD's partners have launched the AMD RX 6400, a low-profile graphics card with an RDNA2 GPU that was meant for laptops. The new card is priced at $159.99 and could be ideal for SFF PCs.
At its Computex 2015 keynote address Microsoft talked about Windows 10 in many form factors, and showed off two new ultra-small PCs designed for connecting to TVs without being noticable
Xigmatek's Nebula Mini-ITX Case looks great. From its removable aluminum doors to its orange activity light, it's clear that the company focused on aesthetics.
Intel's Next Unit of Computing is a cool idea that has been hamstrung by poor hardware choices and unattractive prices, a trend that Gigabyte hopes to buck with its new NUC offerings.
This is what our finished system should look like: extremely compact, powerful, and near silent operation, as in no-moving-parts silent.
This idea of shrinking hardware hasn't been overlooked by manufacturers as several now feature space-saving designs based on mobile hardware. Such is the case with Sapphire's new Edge VS8 mini-PC...
The Small Form Factor system that we'll be reviewing today, part of Gateway's SX desktop series, is nearly identical in form and fit to the Acer Aspire X1200 we looked at nearly two years ago....