The Yoga A940 is a Lenovo PC with a perhaps slight resemblance to the Microsoft Surface Studio-- after all, it is a All-in-One PC with a 27-inch display sitting on an adjustable hinge aimed primarily at creative customers.

Available in either QHD (2560 x 1440) or 4K resolutions, the Yoga A940 supports stylus inputs, and customers can a "precision dial" to either side of side of the display for further control on applications such as Adobe Creative Cloud suite. The display can tilt to a 25-degree drafting mode, and supports Dolby Vision HDR.

Customers with a penchant for flight simulators might be interested in the Honeycomb by Maingear-- a desktop PC built by Maingear in collaboration with Honeycomb, maker of professional-grade flight simulators.

While a niche interest, flight simulators maintain an active community, despite the perhaps untimely death of Microsoft Flight Simulator. The more complex sims even find use in actual pilot training! The Honeycomb by Maingear appears ideal for such purposes, since it features triple monitor support and a built-in USB hub for the connection of multiple peripherals, such as a yoke, throttle, rudder pedals and panels.

According to IDC, 2018 shipments of personal computing devices (bringing together both traditional PCs and tablets) are down by -3.9%, and are set to continue dropping at a CAGR of -1.8% to reach 378.3 million units by 2022.

The latest forecast updates a number of assumptions to reflect areas of both growth and concern. For instance tablets, once seen as the biggest threat to notebooks, see "disappointing" numbers in Q3 2018. Slate tablets are expected to shrink over the 5-year forecast with a CAGR of -5.8%, while detachables see slightly better numbers thanks to interest from verticals such as education and finance.

Customers wanting a motherboard complete with water cooling can get the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Xtreme Waterforce, an enthusiast motherboard with an integrated all-in-one monoblock covering both the CPU and Platform Controller Hub (PCH) areas.

The monoblock in question is in perspex, and complete with RGB LED lighting to match the rest of the motherboard. It promises to "ensure stability and low temperature under full load." Underneath is an array of sensors (x10) and x8 fan headers to further monitor and cool down components, with included Smart Fan 5 allowing for fan header control.

The Q3 2018 GPU market is down by -2.2% Y-o-Y in terms of shipments, Jon Peddie Research reports, with desktop graphics falling by -16% Y-o-Y while notebook GPUs are up by 7% Y-o-Y.

That said, on a Q-o-Q basis GPU shipments show a 10.64% increase, far above the 10-year average of -1.33%. AMD, Nvidia and Intel shipments are up by 6.5%, 4.3% and 10.64% Q-o-Q respectively. The Intel growth is most noteworthy, since it is due by Chipzilla catching up on backlog.

Gigabyte announces a water cooled version of the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card-- the Aorus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme WaterForce 11G (model (GV-N208TAORUSX W-11GC), featuring an all-in-one (AIO) liquid cooling solution.

Technically Gigabyte already has a water cooled version of the same card, if in the shape of a full-coverage waterblock for use with DIY cooling kits. the WaterForce 11G, on the other hand, ships ready to use with a 240mm radiator and two 120mm RGB fans. Lighting also comes included through not only the fans, but also on the front, side and back of the card. A sturdy FEP tube minimises water loss and has both high thermal stability and high pressure tolerance, increasing product life and durability.

Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) announces the Strix Radeon RX 590-- a gaming graphics card based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 GPU promising advanced cooling, ultrafast performance and, as demanded by gamer customers, customisable lighting.

ROG Strix cards feature what the company calls MaxContact technology, a means to create a heatspreader surface making up to x2 more contact with the GPU chip, improving thermal contact. As heat passes the heatsink, 3 fans start spinning when GPU temperatures exceed 55°C. The fans feature a patented wing design promising up to 105% more static pressure compared to traditional axial designs, while the internals are sealed to IP5X standards to ensure operation in dusty environments.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation announces what is essentially a smaller and lower-cost version of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ micro-PC-- the Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+, a Raspberry Pi on a smaller printed circuit board and some cut features.

The Model A+ runs on the same quad-core 1.4GHz Broadcom processor as the Model B+, and also features Bluetooth 4.2 and 2.4/5GHz wifi. However it lacks an ethernet port, RAM is down from 1GB to 512MB and it has just x1 USB 2.0 port instead of x4. That said, the Model A+ still promises improved thermal management, and the board is certified as a radio module under FCC rules.