The HDMI Forum has added a new feature to the HDMI 2.1a specification called HDMI Cable Power (opens in new tab). In a nutshell, HDMI Cable Power allows active HDMI cables to draw power directly from the source rather than requiring a separate power cable. Distance is the biggest enemy for HDMI cables, so you…
Researchers at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan have achieved greater than 1 Petabit per second (Pb/s) data transfers using 4-core fiber with standard cladding. The key advance, facilitating this new transfer speed record, is the transmission system’s support for optical bandwidth exceeding 20 THz. This beefy bandwidth comes largely…
The idea of a USB Type-C cables charging just about anything has been limited by the amount of power they can deliver. Club3D, a small retailer, has launched a new cable which can deliver up to 240W of power. The company has three cables ready to choose; two which are fully featured for transmission of…
(Image credit: Secretlab) Secretlab today announced that it’s expanding beyond gaming chairs with the Secretlab Magnus Metal Desk, which it designed specifically with PC gamers in mind. Before you ask, yes, that does mean the desk features RGB lighting. But that isn’t the only way Secretlab tried to make the Magnus Metal Desk differ from…