This week in the tech news: GDDR 6, Samsung SSD's and is Microsoft buying EA
New SSD's, new GDDR 6 and Microsoft is looking to spend its cash reserves.
Links to the stories:
Microsoft and EA: https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/there-are-some-wild-microsoft-acquisition-rumors-going-around/
Microsoft pulls back intel spectre patch: https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-news/matthew-wilson/microsofts-latest-windows-patch-disables-intels-buggy-spectre-2-fix/
New spectre proof Intel CPUs:
https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/damien-cox/intel-set-to-release-new-processors-immune-to-meltdown-spectre-later-this-year/
GDDR 6: https://www.tweaktown.com/articles/8488/nvidias-next-gen-titan-rock-16gb-gddr6-14gbps/index.html
and
https://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/3216-hw-news-gddr6-mass-production-msft-telemetry-amd-newhires
Samsung 860 pro: https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/simon-crisp/samsung-ssd860-pro-4tb-ssd-review/
Samsung Z-nand: https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/matthew-wilson/samsung-launches-800gb-nvme-z-ssd-to-combat-intel-3d-xpoint-memory/