GIGABYTE, a global leader in all things PC related, recently announced that their BRIX Pro was selected and awarded a Best of CES award. Considering the form factor, I believe these will be a hit when the Steam Machine version hits the living room!
Taipei, Taiwan, January 17th, 2014 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards today is pleased to announce the GIGABYTE BRIX Pro was awarded the prestigious Tom’s Hardware Best of CES 2014 award.
Taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 7th – 10th, CES 2014 was the largest show in history with over 150,000 attendees and more than 3,200 exhibitors. With thousands of products being introduced, the BRIX Pro caught the attention of the editors of Tom’s Hardware, who named it as one of 12 of the “most exciting products from CES 2014”. http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/648-10-best-of-ces-2014-award.html
In addition to being named Best of CES 2014 award, the BRIX Pro was also featured during Intel CEO Brian Krzanich’s CES keynote address http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/events/intel-ces-keynote.html. Introduced on stage with the help of Valve Chief Executive Officer Gabe Newell, the BRIX Pro was unveiled as an official Steam Machine™. Bundled with an innovative Steam Controller and powered by the SteamOS, a custom OS build atop Linux, the BRIX Pro Steam Machine™ will help to drive small form factor PC gaming in the living room while connected to large screen televisions. Demonstrating the power of the new Intel® Iris™ Pro graphics core, the BRIX pro device was demoed live running Steam’s latest game, Defense of the Ancients 2 (DOTA 2).
Source: GIGABYTE
