Intel
Intel's Meteor Lake series of processors was launched in September 2023 with a focus on mobile platforms. Multiple mini-PC vendors have utilized these processors to market offerings in the SFF / UCFF desktop market. ACEMAGIC is an Asian manufacturer with products in multiple categories including micro-PCs, UCFF (ultra-compact form-factor) and SFF (small form-factor) PCs, and notebooks. They were one of the first to market with Meteor Lake-based desktop systems. The ACEMAGIC F2A 125H is the entry-level version of the F2A line, equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor. It is a bit larger than the traditional NUCs, slotting it in the SFF category. However, that allows for the processor to be operated at 65W (compared to the 28 - 40W adopted in the...
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34 by Ian Cutress, Anton Shilov & Joe Shields on 4/3/2018
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124 by Ian Cutress on 4/3/2018
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126 by Ganesh T S on 3/29/2018
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19 by Joe Shields on 3/29/2018
Intel’s Last Atom in Smartphones: A 2018 Benchmark
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56 by Ian Cutress on 3/28/2018
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21 by Anton Shilov on 3/22/2018
Intel Previews Optane Enterprise M.2 SSD
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15 by Billy Tallis on 3/21/2018
Intel Publishes Spectre & Meltdown Hardware Plans: Fixed Gear Later This Year
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31 by Ryan Smith on 3/15/2018
NZXT Expands Kraken AIO Lineup: Their First 360mm AIO, New Kraken M Series
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8 by Joe Shields on 3/9/2018
Intel to Discontinue Itanium 9500 ‘Poulson’ CPUs
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27 by Anton Shilov on 3/8/2018
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116 by Billy Tallis on 3/8/2018
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33 by Nate Oh on 3/7/2018
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15 by Joe Shields on 2/27/2018
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7 by Ian Cutress on 2/26/2018
Matebook X Pro (2018): Huawei’s Flagship Laptop Upgrade
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16 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2018
MWC 2018: Intel Press Event Live Blog (10:45am UTC, 5:45am ET)
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8 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2018
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14 by Anton Shilov on 2/24/2018
Passive Compulab Airtop2 SFF Workstation Launched, with Xeon E3 and Quadro
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8 by Anton Shilov on 2/20/2018
Intel's 10nm Briefly Appears: Dual Core Cannon Lake in Official Documents
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20 by Anton Shilov on 2/16/2018
The Intel SSD DC P4510 SSD Review Part 1: Virtual RAID On CPU (VROC) Scalability
Today, Intel is introducing their 64-layer 3D TLC NAND to the enterprise SSD market with the new Intel SSD DC P4510 NVMe drive. They are also finally giving us...
21 by Billy Tallis on 2/15/2018
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