For the first time in 2 years, Intel Corp has raised its quarterly revenue forecast as one of the premiere supplier for personal computer parts. This improvement in revenue forecast comes amidst improving PC demands with shares rising from as much as 4.1 percent to a 15 year high of $38.05 just this past Friday. As tech users have been gradually shifting away from PCS to mobile phones, Intel has been experiencing a decline in the demand for PC sales. Sales were estimated to have declined as much as 3 percent to $7.3 billion in the latest quarter across the industry and this includes the sales of chips for mobile phones/tablets. However recently revenue has rose as much as 7.5 percent in the third quarter for HP Inc. and Shebly Seyrafi, FBN Securities analyst believes that Intel and HP are spearheading a resurgence in PC sales and PC sales are expected to decline less than the high-single-digit decline consensus in 2017. Intel has publicly announced they expect the third quarter to yield $15.6 billion with a standard deviation of about $300 million, this is compared to the prior forecast of $14.9 billion with a standard deviation of $500 million which would make it the highest-ever quarterly revenue for Intel according to analysts at Thomson Reuters data. Shares of rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc also rose about 1 percent and shares of Intel were up 2.6 percent at $37.53 according to afternoon trading. Read more >>

There are many kinds of SSDs, many companies own and operate a lot of different kinds of then. Patriot came up with a new Helfire SSD, this new SSD serves as a new chip on the competitive side. It is known to be less expensive than upper tier NVMe SSDs. It is also a little bit more expensive compared to the low performing SSDs out there. So, this new hellfire is serving a lot of people justice. It is a reliable, high quality piece that is very affordable compared to the other high priced SSD. Read more >>

Corsair has created a multi storage device that allows for different files or storage be saved and placed in different compartments within the device its self. This Device is known as the Dominator Platinum and was not only created for daily use but was created as a collectable item. The item is an exclusive device with only 1000 of these Platinum’s being made. Every Dominator is given a specific number to differentiate it from the rest. The storage is split In between to levels of storage with a total of 1000 GB in each kit. Read more >>

Printed electronics are starting to become reality and many people are starting to take use of it in many ways even though 3D printing dates back into the 1980s where they used UV light and photo sensitive reigns it still wasn’t that popular and there wasn’t a necessity in using it. In recent years, around 2000 is when 3D printing started becoming a reality. The use of 3D printing technologies is much more successful and more cost efficient that is why they are starting to become reality. Read more >>

IBM and Samsung teamed up and have announced the recent development of a breakthrough product. The new Magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) is manufactured to outlast and work 100,000 times faster than NAND flash. The collaboration was issued to produce next generation MRAM that does not ware out. The product is intended for products that use NAND flash for data storing, such as low-capacity memory chips, wearables, and mobile devices. Read more >>

On August 18th 2016, Matthew Lambert wrote an article for Bit Tech talking about the release of the newest graphics card: the GTX 1060. This new graphics card will have a price of £189.99 including VAT. It was only one month ago when Nvidia released a 6GB version of the GTX 1060. During this time, AMD (it’s competitor) released its own version of these graphics cards but in a 4GB and 8GB variant dubbed the RX 480 and RX 470 respectively. AMD’s graphics card has been well received by consumers as the price to performance ratio make AMD a solid choice. The AMD has the GDDR5 which allows the company to produce graphics cards at the same level of performance as Nvidia’s but has a lower price. Here’s what Lambert has to say about the differences between the 3GB and 6GB GTX 1060. Read more >>

The tech giant Microsoft Corp. announced that it will be cutting 7,800 jobs, nearly 7-percent of its workforce, and write down approximately $7.6 billion related to its Nokia phone business. The job cuts will be primarily in the company’s phone hardware business, accentuating its change in focus to software and cloud technology. About 2,600 layoffs will occur in Finland, a third of the total layoffs, as a product development unit there will be shut down. Read more >>