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Facebook is apparently building its own server chips

By Mayank Sharma published

Social network is reportedly designing custom silicon to optimize the handling of certain types of workloads.

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Google has designed a new chip to help load YouTube videos faster

By Mayank Sharma last updated

The in-house silicon is purpose built to efficiently compress and serve high-quality YouTube videos.

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QNAP HS-251

QNAP HS-251 review

By Alan Stevens published

The QNAP HS-251 is a two-bay NAS which makes for a near silent set-top box for home cinema enthusiasts.

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Synology DS415play

Synology DiskStation DS415play review

By Alan Stevens published

It adds capacity and a bit more besides to the media transcoding and streaming capabilities of its smaller brother, the DS214play.

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