In May this year, Lenovo, HP, along with being the largest manufacturer of branded PCs, has announced plans to release 14-inch ultrabook premium-level ThinkPad X1 Carbon. In order to attract affluent buyers who are in search of a fashion mini-PC, the frame and lid are made of CFRP (carbon fiber) — lightweight and durable material that is used, including in the aerospace industry, and expensive cars. Due to this, the thickness of the laptop is reduced to 17.7 mm, and weights — up to 1.36 kg.



Screen of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon has a resolution of 1600x900 pixels, a maximum brightness of 300 and wide viewing angles. Graphic system is presented by built Adapter Intel HD 4000 into the processor Ivy Bridge. RAM is 4 GB and can be expanded up to 8 GB. Keyboard ThinkPad Precision doesn’t have numeric keypad, but it has an LED backlight.


In addition, the novelty has a webcam 720p, battery with a resource of battery life of up to 6 h 20 min., fingerprint scanner, connectors …

Patriot is glad to announce a new series of RAM modules. The Viper LED is an innovative lineup of dual-channel units, encased in bright clothing with white or red LED backlight. The white-designed models are introduced in 16 GB kits (2x 8 GB) with clock frequencies ranging from 2400 MHz up to 3600 MHz. In their turn, the red-designed modules are represented by 8 GB or 16 GB kits with 2400/2666/3000 MHz clock frequencies.




All Viper LED new-comers are based on 10-layer PCBs, employing top-standard memory chips. The modules are cooled down with the help of a low-profile aluminum heatsink. It should be noted that these items are targeted motherboards on Intel 100/200/300 & AMD 300 chipsets; thus, they are compatible with Intel Skylake/CoffeLake/KabyLake & AMD Ryzen processor families.


Moreover, the Viper LED come equipped with Intel XMP 2.0 technology which enables an instant activation of BIOS work settings without the need to custom timings or additional parameters.

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Plextor, an award-winning Japanese SSD designer, launches its another M.2 solution, codenamed 6G. This drive features 42 mm length only, fulfilling space requirements of small-sized but high-performance cases. The new-comer is available in two capacity variations: 64 GB (PX-64M6G-2242) and 128 GB (PX-128M6G-2242). Their retail price makes up $50 and $90 respectively.



Both Plextor M.2 6G solid-state drives come with PCI Express 2.0 interface. They are based on Marvell 88SS9188 controller and 19 nm MLC NAND flash-memory with Toggle interface (by Toshiba). The models support TRIM and NCQ technologies as well as DEVSLP power-efficient mode that reduces power consumption to 0.2 mW.


As far as speed characteristics are concerned, M.2 6G accelerate up to 520 Mb/sec on sequential Read operations; sequential Write index depends on the model: 160 Mb/sec for 64 GB model and 210 Mb/sec for 128 GB one. At the same time, random Read/Write operational index (4K blocks) makes up …