Lately Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled its financial results report for the present year’s first quarter. The Ryzen processors release let the vendor raise its proceeds figure up to $984 mln, which surpasses the previous year’s corresponding sum by 18%. Simultaneously, the manufacturer’s net loss ratio has decreased from $109 mln in Q1 2016 to $73 mln at present.



The Computing and Graphics subdivision, being responsible for processors and graphics solutions retail, made the company richer by $593 mln. Comparing to the relevant period last year, profit of this business has got bigger by 29%, which is mostly due to high level of desktop processors and discrete graphics cards sales.


Semicustom SoC products realization brought the company $391 mln of gain and $9 mln of operating earnings. The vendor marks, that expenses for specialties design enlarged, so we are to expect the announce of novelties (namely Zen architecture based server processors) in the second half of …

Computer mouse truly belongs to the line of universal and integral peripheral devices in the computer layout. This is not an exaggeration as practically any PC activity involves the work of a mouse. With the progress of computer layout and emergence of laptops and netbooks, traditional mouse has outlived major transformations and enabled the work with those gadgets by means of wireless connection. The popularity of portative mouse pieces grows each and every day due to their compact size and handiness in usage. Developers of Microsoft Arc Touch put the design, handiness in usage and technical peculiarities of a mouse in the limelight, allowing the targeted customer groups to admire their product.


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Microsoft Arc Touch integration is rather modest but contains all necessary elements for effective utilization. The initial package embraces the user manual and USB radio module. USB radio module should be given a special attention. It is very small and can be …

Synology, a renowned manufacturer of network solutions, has launched yet another NAS, tailored to business-oriented customers with thirst for a comprehensive data storage, synchronization and backup processes. The heart of DiskStation DS1515 is Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 platform with 1.4 GHz processor and 2 GB of DDR3 RAM. The greenhorn is equipped with a couple of USB 3.0 ports, a pair of eSATA ports, and a single 4-port gigabit Ethernet controller.



Synology DiskStation 1515 features five screwless bays for 3.5-/2.5-inch HDDs which support hot swapping option. The total capacity of all drives might not exceed 40 TB (5x 8 TB). This storage supports the creation of varied RAID configurations (0, 1, 5, 6, 10) as well as JBOD. The possibility to exert an entire control over power consumption is thought to be one of the key advantages of this model. Moreover, the chassis involves anti-vibration pads which reduce vibration and noise level.


To continue, the storage runs under …