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The Peripheral Component Interconnect Express or PCIe as it is usually known is the most powerful interface for installing additional components on a motherboard. Offering higher data transfer rates than any other serial bus, PCIe ports are the preferred means for attaching expansion cards like a GPU or a Wi-Fi card. And like any other […]

Full-fledged desk computers are rarely found in medical settings, and with good reason. They take up space that could be better used for diagnostic devices, and serve as distractions due to their noisy fans. Even if you install terminals powered by slim fanless systems, input devices like keyboards and mice accumulate germs and are not […]

Panel PCs are the natural choice for most commercial applications thanks to their ease of usage, and MACTRON GROUP’s WMP2157 is the perfect option for that. Using a touch-based interface in favor of the standard keyboard and mouse, panel PCs are accessible to everyone. This is especially the case for medical PCs, where convenience and […]

Using a computer outdoors can be tricky. The screens aren’t really built to be visible in direct sunlight, making it hard to see anything on the display. This is especially a problem for embedded computers with LCD screens deployed in outdoor locations.  Computers meant to be deployed in outdoor scenarios need a different feature set […]

In desktop computers, picking the PC enclosure material is mostly an aesthetic choice. With industrial PCs though, this factor has to be considered carefully. There is no one perfect material that does well in every scenario – different situations call for different types of PC enclosures. Here is an overview of the pros and cons […]

There has been a movement toward Solid State Drives (SSD) in the last few years. The reasons are obvious – an SSD operates much faster than a traditional hard drive and isn’t susceptible to mechanical faults. And while they used to sport very little storage capacity and were prohibitively expensive in the early days of […]

The semiconductor industry has been reeling for quite a while now. In the beginning, it was Covid, shutting down manufacturing and shipping lines across the globe. Then came the drought in Taiwan, home to TSMC, the biggest supplier of computer chips in the world. After more than two years of chip shortages and worsening product […]

ECC memory or Error-Correcting Code memory has been a buzzword in the enterprise space for years. Experts recommend this memory type for most industrial and commercial applications, and many business owners just go with the flow. But what exactly is different about ECC memory? When is it actually needed? And are there any disadvantages to […]