Apple has recently conducted the WWDC 2017 conference. The corporation introduced the latest devices and upgrades, one of which is the iMac Pro monoblock computer. This specialty is a professional solution, satisfying the greatest demands of highend users.


Key features


iMac Pro has the most impressive configuration among all Mac products. It obtained up to 42 MB of cash mem, 18(!) cores and 4.5 GHz in the Turbo Boost mode, thus, providing effective multithread data processing, as well as high single-threaded applications operational velocity. The Hyper Threading technology lets easily perform particle systems modelling and rendering (static and animated) in 2D and 3D.



The novelty by Apple got the 8/10/18 cores Intel Xeon CPU, Radeon Pro Vega graphics processor, which ensures frame overfrequency in VR apps, real-time 3D-rendering support and ultimate gaming adjustments. The HBM2 module has replaced external VRAM memory, so the data import speed is 400 GB/sec. The …

Last week Intel announced a new instrumentality for upgrading desktop PC, called Thunderbolt Ready. This tool will help in incorporating Thunderbolt interface into the motherboards which initially do not have the support for it. However, only the motherboards with ‘Thunderbolt Ready’ marking and an inbuilt General-purpose I/O (GPIO) socket might fall under the upgrade. In addition to this feature, the user will have to acquire a dedicated card to enable the interface.



This card is installed into an appropriate PCI Express slot and is then connected to GPIO, as well as DisplayPort socket of the integrated/discrete GPU controller, due to the cables that go in batch. After this, the customer needs to upload dedicated software in order to activate the Thunderbolt. According to Intel, there are currently more than 100 alike products with Thunderbolt support; the majority of them are certified for the usage with PCs on Windows or Mac OS X platforms.


To continue, Asus is one …

SSD market segment boasts hundreds of products supplied by hundreds of companies. That is why, it's quite difficult for a start-up manufacturer to storm into this industry and offer really unique, worthy and high-end item. Despite such conjuncture, Chinese company CoreRise Electronics Corp. has developed and released its own SSD which can rival the renowned products in performance and design. With the aim to attract as much attention to its Comay Venus Pro 3, the manufacturer took care of the product's design and technical peculiarities. Comay Venus Pro 3 is a flagship line which is represented by models of 60 GB to 480 GB volume capacities.



Design and Specifications


Comay Venus Pro 3 is delivered in a small card box which contains SSD itself, brief user manual, and SATA cable. The manufacturer did not provide for SSD installation into 3.5 inch bay due to the lack of sliding components. The casing is made of thick aluminum alloy. The cover hides planar high-end capacitor …