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Two hardware news:

 

USB 3.2 Specification Published and Announced
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/usb-3-2-specification-published-and-announced.html
A while ago there was already word out on the street that the USB Focus group would be announcing a new draft for upcoming USB 3.2, that has now been finalized and published. To keep things really simple, we're doubling thing up once again.

Where USB 3.0 aka 3.1 Gen1 was capable of 5 Gbps connectivity, USB 3.1 Gen2 did 10 Gbps. USB 3.2 will double that up-towards 20 Gbps. Divide it by 8 bits and that would be 2500 MB/sec from which you need to deduct encoding and errors. There is a distinction though as it is based up-on two-lane operation as tweakers.net spotted today.

 

USB version	Speed	Encoding	Connectors
USB 2.0 (incl usb 1.0 and 1.1)	up to 480 Mbps	8 / 10bit	Type a, b (mini, micro), c
USB 3.1 Gen 1 (SuperSpeed Usb)	up to 5 Gbps	8 / 10bit	Type a, b (mini, micro), c
USB 3.1 Gen 2 (SuperSpeed usb Gbps)	up to 10 Gbps	128 / 130bit	Type a, b (micro), c
USB 3.2 (SuperSpeed usb 20 Gbps)	up to 2 lanes 5 Gbps up to 2 lanes 10 Gbps	128 / 130bit	Type a, b (micro), c

 

>>I think we can say that, with USB, industry standards are long ahead of consumer needs. I haven't seen any case with an USB Type C connector nor motherboards with more than one or two.

 

AMD to launch 12nm Ryzen in February
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-to-launch-12nm-ryzen-in-february.html
AMD spoke with its partners and plans to launch in February 2018 an upgrade version of its Ryzen series processors built using a 12nm low-power (12LP) process at Globalfoundries.

This claim has been made based on sources at motherboard makers, states digitimes from who this news reaches us today. According to their info, AMD would release the CPUs codenamed Pinnacle 7 first, followed by mid-range Pinnacle 5 and entry-level Pinnacle 3 processors in March 2018, the sources disclosed.

The corresponding chipsets, the 400 series, will also become available in March 2018 with X470- or B450-based motherboards to be the first to hit the store shelves. The chipsets are still designed by ASMedia and its orders for the chipsets are expected to grow dramatically starting January 2018.

 

>>What do you think, 4.5GHz Ryzen chips next year?