This year at Consumer Electronics Show 2018, which is to take place in Las Vegas during Jan 9 –12, Lenovo is expected to introduce the ThinkVision trade mark, under which the vendor will demonstrate its latest progress in monitors construction practice.

 

New Lenovo samples possess the remarkable exterior with their minimal bezels and a slender stand. The company plans to show the ThinkVision X24 model in operation. This refers to a high-end general purpose type monitor, equipped with the 23.8″ (1920 × 1080) IPS panel and WLED backlighting. The specialty features the standard 250 cd/m2 brightness, 1000:1 contrast, 170/178 degrees viewing angles and the 99 % sRGB colour gamma. The frequency span is 47‒63 Hz, so the novelty is supposed to support the FreeSync technology. ThinkVision X24 has HDMI 1.4 + DisplayPort ports, thin edges (1.1 mm thick only except for the lower one, which is somewhat wider and bears a logo).

 

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Xigmatek, a renowned Taiwanese designer of prime-class PC hardware, has launched a follower of the well-known Midgard case series – the Midgard III. It features 409(d)x515(h)x260(w) mm dimensions, always ready to accommodate mini-ITX, micro-ATX, and standard ATX motherboards. The case has got a sleek stern design, though is peculiar by the availability of a unique wireless charger station (Qi standard), leaving all competitors way behind (in terms of connectivity).



Xigmatek Midgard III comes with three external 5.25-inch bays, eight internal 3.5/2.5-inch bays, and seven expansion slots for add-ons. The framework is predestined to accommodate standard ATX/EPS power supply units, CPU coolers of 160 mm in height, graphics cards of 330 mm in length, and heatsinks of 300x50 mm dimensional type. The hidden in the top-front facet I/O panel houses Reset button, a pair of USB 3.0 ports, the same number of USB 2.0 ports, and two audio in/out sockets.


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While prices for RAM memory rise, Chinese semiconductor makers are forced to intensify at producing their own DRAM chipsets. A short while ago the Xi’an UniIC Semiconductors company began to accept orders for certain DDR4 mem modules and microchips, which made this vendor the first Chinese chipset manufacturer, producing DRAM of this type in its home country.



Among its products Xi’an UniIC Semiconductors offers 4 GB and 8 GB DDR4 memory modules, performed in the DIMM and SO-DIMM form factors, as well as DIMM modules of 4 GB capacity, supporting ECC. All the devices are aimed at operation at the 1.2 V voltage in the DDR4-2133 mode, and feature CL15 delay time.

 

One ought to remember, though, these DDR4 modules are destined for internal market and currently it’s not clear if they will go further. Anyway, a new entrant at the DDR4 memory market should improve the situation with the RAM kits and modules retail pricing.