At CES 2018 Lenovo demonstrated its Thunderbolt 3 Graphics Dock solution, which is an external docking station for a graphics accelerator.The specialty is performed in a relatively thin case, possessing such dimensions: 248 × 130 × 22.6 mm. The computer can be connected via the Thunderbolt 3 (on the base of the USB Type-C port) interface, providing the 40 Gbps throughput capacity. Thunderbolt 3 Graphics Dock is powered by the 170 W network adapter, while up to 65 W of energy may go to the laptop connected. Hardware peripherals can be attached through one USB 2.0 and two USB 3.0 ports. Besides, there are such interfaces as DisplayPort 1.3 (×2), HDMI 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet.
The station houses the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 MXM accelerator, offering 4 GB of the GDDR5 memory. This solution ensures the mainstream-class effectiveness, so one should not expect to get top-level graphics experience. However, the main …
Area, a Japanese hardware retail company, has voiced its intentions to release four new expansion cards with SATA III interface and USB 3.0 ports. The announced products are called to present additional expansion facilities to PC systems. According to the present-day data, the release will include four models: PE4U3E-3E1 Sport Quattro, D-EP34U3R-S3, SD-PEU3R-2T2IL, and S-PESA3ES2L.
27-inch monitors were supposed to be quite an expensive solution several months ago, but today they are becoming more affordable due to the switch to LED technology. To say more, the army of displays with WQHD resolution (2560x1440) has grown from a few rare models to a line of products designed by a series of vendors. Asus joined this army with the introduction of monitor PB278Q. Its launch aroused great interest from the part of Asus devotees, as well as of all 'WQHD-targeted' customers.