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The last couple of years have been quite interesting for the microprocessor industry. AMD shook up the market with the announcement of their groundbreaking Ryzen processors, ending half a decade of unchallenged dominance by Intel. With its combination of power and affordability, the Ryzen series upended the competition, and suddenly, everyone was swearing by AMD. […]

Of late, Intel has been aggressively pruning its product lines. Pushed into a corner by AMD’s spectacular success with its Ryzen series of chips, Intel has been forced to reassess its strategy. And the latest casualty in this microprocessor war is the tried and tested line of Lynx Point chipsets. Used as a core for […]

Solid State Drives (SSD) have long been touted as the new age replacement for traditional disk drives. But while the drives themselves have been getting smaller and faster, the interface for using them remains ponderously slow, dragging down the performance of SSDs. Well, no more. Thanks to the development of M.2, or the Next Generation […]

There was a time when a strong password and good antivirus software were all you needed to keep your computer safe. Nowadays, hackers can break into the most secure systems, using viruses to infect even the Master Boot Record itself. Enter: Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT) and Trusted Platform Module (TPM). While hacking prevention might […]

With the advent of machine learning based developments like image recognition and speech-to-text in everyday technologies, the need for powerful embedded PCs capable of GPU processing is steadily rising. To meet this demand, Global has joined hands with MiTAC, a well-known name in the field of industrial computers. As one of the first US distributors […]

2020 is proving a particularly bad year for the global economy, thanks to the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic that has shut down cities around the world. Regardless of how many people are actually being infected, the impact of the coronavirus is being felt across industries ranging from hospitality to electronics. But not all economic activities have […]

As of this year, Cisco estimates that over 30 billion devices are connected to the internet, the cloud and to each other. That number is expected to balloon to over 75 million within the next five years. As this number rises, it opens new possibilities for pre-Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as CAN bus. […]

Last month, Microsoft ceased updating or providing support for their very popular Windows 7 Operating System. While Microsoft and its partners like Global American had enough notice, it’s still been a difficult pill to swallow for Embedded PC users. Launched in 2009, Netmarketshare reports suggest that Windows 7 may still be used on 39% of […]