CES 2021 went all digital this year, as several other shows have in the past ten months or so. While we covered some of the larger stories our readers would be interested in from Dell, Lenovo (here and here as well), NETGEAR, Kingston, Phison, and Supermicro, there were other stories we wanted to touch on here. These stories come from Plugable, OWC, NETGEAR, KIOXIA, AMD, and Adata.
CES 2021 went all digital this year, as several other shows have in the past ten months or so. While we covered some of the larger stories our readers would be interested in from Dell, Lenovo (here and here as well), NETGEAR, Kingston, Phison, and Supermicro, there were other stories we wanted to touch on here. These stories come from Plugable, OWC, NETGEAR, KIOXIA, AMD, and Adata.
OWC released several new products as CES 2021. I’ll list each one here along with a handful of their features:
A new OWC Thunderbolt Dock for Mac and PC. The new dock is all about the new Intel 11th Gen Core and Evo PCs that have Thunderbolt 4 as well as Macs. Highlights include:
The OWC U2 Shuttle, a U.2 carrier shuttle for 3.5” drive bays that allows user to add four NVMe M.2 SSDs that gives users more RAID options. Highlights include:
OWC 6 port USB-C Travel Dock E for Macs, PCs, iPads, Tablets, or Phones announced. This small dock is ideal for the new thin laptops that lack ports. Highlights include:
The OWC Envoy Pro FX portable SSD announced. This is OWC’s version of a rugged drive and works with most computers and tablets like the iPad Pro, Chromebook, and Surface with speeds up to 2.8GB/s. Highlights include:
NETGEAR released the latest version of its Remote Cloud management solution, NETGEAR Insight 6.0. The big news is that the solution now offers new network topology maps. Insight Features for High-Density WiFi management include:
KIOXIA Showcases Its 2020 Products
Model | Cores/Threads | Boost/Base Frequency (GHz) | Cache (MB) | TDP (Watts) | Architecture |
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX | 8C/16T | Up to 4.8 / 3.3 GHz | 20 | 45+ | “Zen 3” |
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS | 8C/16T | Up to 4.8 / 3.0 GHz | 20 | 35 | “Zen 3” |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX | 8C/16T | Up to 4.6 / 3.3 GHz | 20 | 45+ | “Zen 3” |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS | 8C/16T | Up to 4.6 / 3.0 GHz | 20 | 35 | “Zen 3” |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 8C/16T | Up to 4.4 / 3.2 GHz | 20 | 45 | “Zen 3” |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS | 8C/16T | Up to 4.4 / 2.8 GHz | 20 | 35 | “Zen 3” |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 6C/12T | Up to 4.2 / 3.3 GHz | 19 | 45 | “Zen 3” |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS | 6C/12T | Up to 4.2 / 3.0 GHz | 19 | 35 | “Zen 3” |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U | 8C/16T | Up to 4.4 / 1.9 GHz | 20 | 15 | “Zen 3” |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U | 8C/16T | Up to 4.3 /1.8 GHz | 12 | 15 | “Zen 2” |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | 6C/12T | Up to 4.2 / 2.3 GHz | 19 | 15 | “Zen 3” |
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U | 6C/12T | Up to 4.0 / 2.1G Hz | 11 | 15 | “Zen 2” |
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U | 4C/8T | Up to 3.8 / 2.6 GHz | 6 | 15 | “Zen 2” |
For Desktops, the company announced the following:
Model | Cores/Threads | Boost/Base Frequency (GHz) | Cache (MB) | TDP (Watts) |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | 12C/24T | Up to 4.7 / 3.0 GHz | 70 | 65 |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 | 8C/16T | Up to 4.6 / 3.4 GHz | 36 | 65 |
While AMD Ryzen Threadripper PROs were announced some time ago, AMD announced that there are a few directly available to consumers including the following:
Model | Cores/ Threads | Boost/Base Frequency (GHz) | Total Cache (MB) | TDP (Watts) |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX | 64C/128T | Up to 4.2 / 2.7 GHz | 288 | 280 |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX | 32C/64T | Up to 4.2 / 3.5 GHz | 144 | 280 |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX | 16C/32T | Up to 4.3 / 3.9 GH | 72 | 280 |
AMD also teases the third generation of the popular AMD EPYC server processors, codenamed Milan. While they did a demo showing a 32-core Milan CPU outperforming competitor’s dual-socket processors. There weren’t many other details given out. We do know that they will launch the new product in the first quarter of 2021.
ADATA, and their XPG gaming line, made several announcements and showcased a lot of products at CES 2021. While they released some interesting things like gaming gum, gaming chassis, and a CPU cooler, we’re going to focus on their storage announcements. These include:
XPG GAMMIX S70 PCIe Gen4 M.2 2280 SSD: aimed at gamers, the PCIe Gen4 drive has quoted speeds of 7.4GB/s read and 6.4GB/s write with random performance of 650K IOPS read and 740K IOPS write. The drive comes with a terraced heatsink to keep it cool and running hard.
ADTA DDR5 DRAM Module: This drive is said to deliver faster speeds (8400MT/s), higher capacities (up to four times higher), and reduced power consumption to 1.1V.
ADATA SD Express Card: Aiming for a second-quarter 2021 release, the new card leverages the new SD7.0 specification and PCIe Gen3x1, the card will offer read/write speeds of up to 880/400MB/s. ADATA claims that this card will be looked at as a mini SSD.
ADATA SE900G RGB External SDD: The metal shell works as both a protective cover and for heat dissipation. The drive supports USB 3.2 Gen2x2 with transfer speeds up to 2GB/s ADATA states that this means 50GB of 4K video can be transferred in about 50 seconds.
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