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PCIe Gen 5.0-supported motherboards have just started hitting the shelves, and it won’t be long before graphic cards and SSDs taking advantage of the speed boost follow suit. An Introduction to PCI-Express Peripheral Component Interchange Express or PCIe is the technology that enables you to extend the functionality of the motherboard. Be it a hard […]

End-of-Life (EOL) is probably the most dreaded word for any business owner. No one wants to suffer delays in their work when their setup is rendered obsolete by an EOL declaration by the manufacturer. But what exactly does EOL mean? Do you really have to switch technologies? How can you plan ahead to avoid losses? […]

It may not seem like it, but a digital signage system is one of the most demanding applications for an embedded computer. Apart from requiring powerful video processing capabilities, these systems are often mounted at higher elevations and must keep working for long periods of time without maintenance. Because of this, only a few specialized […]

Embedded computers come in various form factors. Most commercial and industrial applications pair these PCs with touch displays to make them more intuitive to use. But the manner in which the display is integrated is important as well. You can go for a Panel PC, which combines the computer with a touch screen display in […]

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 […]

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 […]