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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The Western Digital Co. announced the replenishment of its Gold HDDs family. What is meant here is a flagship sample under the WD121KRYZ model name, which is able to store 12 TB of data.



Enterprise-class Gold line drives are constructed for really severe workload, overcoming desktop drives’ rates by ten times. From the very beginning Gold solutions have been designed with reference to capacity, reliability, productivity and energy efficiency factors. For instance, the novelty offers 2.5 million hours of MTBF, which is one of the highest figures among analogous WD products.


The manufacturer applied its 4th gen HelioSeal technology, when drives are sealed with helium for extra service security. The refined RAFF feature presupposes the usage of complex electronics, ensuring drive operation control, as well as linear and angular vibration alignment in the real time mode, and, thus, increasing overall efficiency. The time-bounded error recovery function precludes cases of idle …

AMD has replenished its product line with a new hybrid processor with appreciably low power consumption. G-T16R belongs to the Embedded G-Series line and is a part of AMD Brazos 2.0 platform. This APU is primarily destined for the embedded systems employment. AMD representatives stress out that G-T16R is an appropriate solution to be used in transport equipment, trade and cash desk stations, medical electronics, as well as in industrial administrative systems.



The company has managed to design its hybrid processor in a way to make it more saving than any other product of the same line. Thus, the average power consumption level equals to 2.3 W with Thermal Design Profile (TDP) of 4.5 W. Despite such low-power index, G-T16R is able to secure high performance showings which exceed the showings of the predecessor Geode LX three times as much. To continue the comparison, the new model consumes 7% less power than Geode LX but, at the same time, takes 58% less space on the motherboard …