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AMD FSR Redstone press roundtable CES 2026 transcript — company speaks out on why AI 400 lacks RDNA 4 GPU
We attend a roundtable interview with AMD to discuss their graphics technologies like FSR Redstone, and more at CES 2026.
Microsoft built a ‘Community-First AI Infrastructure’ framework for its data center projects — new policy may be the blueprint for U.S hyperscalers to follow
Microsoft argues against unchecked AI infrastructure expansion, noting that these buildouts must support the community surrounding it. The move may be a blueprint for other AI hyperscalers to follow.
Nvidia China market share to drastically decrease from 66% to 8%, analysts claim — export curbs and homegrown success to blame
A new report says Nvidia's presence is about to shrink drastically in China.
be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 650W power supply review: Balanced performance and reliability
The Be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 650W delivers exceptional efficiency, comprehensive ATX 3.1 compliance, and refined acoustic performance, making it a compelling choice for users seeking reliability with a 10-year warranty.
Newegg bucks the trend by offering a $50 discount on 16GB of DDR5-6000 RAM — limited time deal on the cheapest kit you can buy
Newegg is offering 16GB of TeamGroup DDR5-6000 RAM with a $50 discount code.
U.S. slashes Taiwan tariffs in new semiconductor trade deal — Washington to reduce tariffs to 15% in exchange for $500 billion stateside manufacturing investment
The U.S. and Taiwan trade deal will reduce tariffs to 15% from 20%. It will also pour $250 billion in direct investments in U.S. chip manufacturing, as well as another $250 billion in credit guarantees to Taiwanese tech companies
Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim
New research indicates that hard drive prices are now pushing an average increase of nearly 50% in the last four months.
At 30% off, this remarkable $14 USB-rechargeable flashlight is an indispensable PC building tool — Olight lights up the dark corners of any DIY project
Grab the best EDC flashlight that you never have to think about. It just works, no fancy buttons or proprietary chargers. Clip it on your keys and light up your path, then magnetically attach it to your PC case and light up those dark and dusty corners.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $252 million for brain computer interface venture — but Merge Labs is still in an early research phase
OpenAI has signaled its intentions to become a major player in brain computer interfaces (BCIs) with a $252 million investment in Merge Labs.
Many high-capacity NVMe SSDs are now as expensive as gold by weight as shortage intensifies — we ran the numbers, here's what we found
High-capacity NVMe SSDs are quickly becoming pricier than their gold weight
Gigabyte CEO explains Nvidia's potential GPU supply strategy amid crushing memory shortages — gross revenue per gigabyte of GDDR7 memory could decide what products thrive
Gigabyte CEO Eddie Lin says the revenue contributed per gigabyte of GDDR7 on Nvidia graphics cards will be the key measure for which products thrive and which will be in short supply in 2026.
Glass cloth could be the next great AI shortage, as major manufacturers scramble to secure critical material — Japanese manufacturer courted by Apple, Nvidia, Google, and Amazon
One Japanese manufacturer has found itself at the center of a new AI-driven supply shortage. Glass cloth is a crucial component for many components, and with dwindling supplies, companies are looking for alternatives.
Asus denies RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti discontinuation after conflicting end-of-life claims — says it has no plans to stop selling these models, but confirms memory supply has impacted producti
Asus says the RTX 5070 Ti is still being sold, but inconsistent messaging and supply constraints suggest availability may remain uneven
Analyzing Washington's new AI accelerator export rules — smaller manufacturers suffer while Nvidia and AMD will reap the rewards
U.S. introduces new export rules for AI and HPC accelerators developed in America that allow shipments of AMD's MI325X and Nvidia's H200 GPUs to Chinese entities, but only if their developers meet demand of American customers and meet other requirements of the Department of Commerce.
Grab a Steelseries Apex 9 TKL with hot-swappable optical switches for $90.99 — lowest price in over a year for this quality aluminum-frame keyboard
Grab a Steelseries Apex 9 TKL with hot-swappable optical switches for $90.99
GlobalFoundries acquires ARC and RISC-V IP from Synopsys — company gains critical CPU IP as it grows beyond being a mere chipmaker
GlobalFoundries acquires more CPU IP as it is reshaping its role in the semiconductor supply chain and becomes an IP and manufacturing partner rather than just a chipmaker.
Gamers face another crushing blow as Nvidia allegedly slashes GPU supply by 20%, leaker claims — no new GeForce gaming GPU until 2027
Hardware leaker MEGAsizeGPU claims Nvidia has reportedly slashed graphics card supply to its AIC partners by 15% to 20%, and there won't be any new GeForce graphics cards until 2027.
TSMC 'very nervous' about AI bubble concerns despite another record-setting quarter, but assured of demand — CEO says careless investment 'would be a disaster for TSMC for sure,' company will in
TSMC executive team expects continuous revenue growth in 2026, and onwards as rich AI companies will keep buying AI accelerators for years to come.
Trump introduces 25% tariff on export of chips, including Nvidia H200, AMD MI325X — figure could increase in the future
Trump allows exports of Nvidia H200 and AMD MI325X chips with 25% tariff
Examining DDR4 PC build options in 2026 — With high DDR5 prices, a PC build with DDR4 is worth considering, especially if you have RAM you can carry over from a previous build
If you've been looking to build a PC but have been put off by the high price of DDR5, it might be worth considering a DDR4 system. You can get great performance and save some money - especially if you already own a RAM kit that you can carry over to a new build.
AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI Max+ 392 hot on the heels of 9800X3D in early benchmarks — New Strix Halo APU almost matches Ryzen 7 beast in multi-core performance
The new Ryzen AI Max+ 392 has popped up on Geekbench with a single-core score of 2,917 points and a multi-core score of 18,071 points, posting impressive results across the board that match high-end desktop SKUs. The test stems from an Asus TUF Gaming A14 laptop that we checked out at CES 2026.
Dell's mega award-winning 34-inch Alienware QD-OLED gaming monitor drops to $499 all-time low pricing — grab yours in today's clearance sale
One of our favorite monitors, the Dell Alienware AW3423DWF, is back down to last year's Black Friday prices.
HP Series 5 Pro 514PN Portable Monitor Review: Premium performance and price
HP is targeting the upper echelon of portable monitors with the $299 Series 5 Pro 514PN.
Buying all DLC for Monster Hunter Wilds unlocks twice the FPS performance — higher FPS accidentally paywalled by resource-hogging background check for paid content
A performance-crushing bug in Monster Hunter Wilds appears to vanish as more DLC is purchased and added to the game.
Amazon buys first American-mined copper in a decade — Arizona mine to fuel AWS AI data centers in seismic two-year deal
Amazon has struck a two-year deal to receive copper from an Arizona mine, for use in its AWS data centers in the U.S.
Shareholders sue Oracle over misleading statements related to $300 billion OpenAI data center build-out — disgruntled plaintiffs say the company lied about how much money it needed to borrow
A group of investors have filed a class action lawsuit against Oracle, contending that it made misleading statements during its initial $18 billion bond drive, resulting in potential losses of $1.3 billion.
Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 Review: The brains and the brawn
Raspberry Pis latest AI accessory brings a more powerful Hailo NPU, capable of LLMs and image inference, but the price tag is a key deciding factor.
Beijing blocks Chinese entities from using U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software — VMWare and Fortinet among the affected vendors
China tells entities to ditch U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software
New York State takes steps to ban 3D-printed guns — proposal requires 3D printer manufacturers to prevent weapon printing
NY State Governor Kathy Hochul wants 3D printer manufacturers to make it impossible to 3D print guns.
Troublesome 16-pin connector sidelines $30,000 H200 Hopper GPU — repair technician saves the data center day by fixing power port
Technician repairs 16-pin power connector on a $30,000 H200 PCIe Hopper graphics card. Connector's sense pins were damaged and had to be fixed by soldering new pins to the card.
Intel’s comeback weapon to fight AMD reportedly drops this spring — Core Ultra 200K Plus and 200HX Plus CPUs set for March or April launch
Hardware insider shares launch and embargo information for Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake Refresh and Panther Lake processors.
SK hynix to spend $13 billion on the world's largest HBM memory assembly plant amid the worst shortage on record — South Korea facility to handle packaging and testing for AI memory campus
SK hynix is investing $12.9 billion to build a campus-scale, HBM-only advanced packaging and test facility in Cheongju, South Korea, designed for the next generation of HBM memory and intended to ensure SK hynix's leadership in the booming market.
U.S. posts official H200 and MI325X AI GPU export rules to China, but with plenty of caveats — a string of requirments greatly limits the total number of GPUs that can be shipped to China
The U.S. may allow shipments of rather powerful AI processors to China on a case-by-case basis, but with the U.S. supply priority, do not expect AMD or Nvidia ship a ton of AI GPUs to the People's Republic.
AI chip design is pushing advanced chip packaging to its limits – workarounds exist for limits of 2.5D packaging, but are years away from viability
As AI accelerators and HPC devices grow larger and more complex, advanced chip design continues to move away from the transistor and toward the package.
Asus's recently released ROG Xbox Ally handheld gets a $100 price drop - get the Ryzen Z2 A-powered version with 16GB of RAM for under $500
Powered by AMD's Ryzen Z2 A chip and featuring a 120Hz display, the ROG Xbox Ally is now cheaper than ever
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Steam Machine to have fewer 'Verified' badge constraints — Valve says Verified on Steam Deck titles expected to run smoothly on upcoming PC console
Valve designer Lawrence Yang confirmed that 'Verified on Steam Deck' games will also work well on the Steam Machine, giving gamers a ton of titles that will work well with the console right on launch.
Nvidia DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution leaves beta, available now to Nvidia app users — update includes support for over 400 titles with new presets
Nvidia's DSLL 4.5 Super Resolution feature is now available to all users of the Nvidia app, having left beta.
Phison demos 10X faster AI inference on consumer PCs with software and hardware combo that enables 3x larger AI models — Nvidia, AMD, MSI, and Acer systems demoed with aiDAPTIV+
Phison's aiDAPTIV+ stack enables large Mixture of Experts AI models and agentic AI workloads to run on client systems with limited memory capacity.
Bambu Lab H2C review: It saves plastic…but it's not quite a Tool Changer
Bambu Lab's H2C saves plastic, but not time.
Trump's cryptic remark states Apple has invested in Intel — tells press 'Apple went in, Nvidia went in, a lot of smart people went in'
Trump said during a short interview with the press that "Apple went in" Intel. However, it's unclear what the president meant by this - or if he simply misspoke himself.
This HP Omen 45L gaming PC at $1,245 off is the cheapest way to bag an RTX 5090 graphics card — massive New Year code saving makes the whole PC cheaper than buying the card by itself
Configure this HP Omen 45L gaming desktop to include an RTX 5090 graphics card to grab the GPU at its lowest price.
Seagate launches three new 32 TB hard drives across its product lines, all using CMR tech — SkyHawk AI drive starts from $699, flagship Exos at $849
After launching 32-terabyte HAMR drives, Seagate has achieved the same feat with CMR tech, releasing three new drives across its iconic product families. Starting at $699.99 and going all the way up to $849.99, these 32 TB hard drives spin at 7200 RPM, have transfer speeds of up to 285 MB/s, and five-year warranties.
Chinese customs told to block H200 imports, report claims — directive would effectively ban the Nvidia AI chip from China
Chinese customs officers were allegedly told to disallow the entry of Nvidia H200 chips, effectively banning the entry of these AI processors into the country. The command comes as other sources say that Beijing will only allow the import of these AI GPUs for 'special circumstances.'
SK hynix shows 16-Hi HBM4 memory for AI accelerators — 48 GB at 10 GT/s over a 2,048 interface
SK Hynix demonstrates 48 GB HBM4 memory with a 2,048-bit interface over at up to10 GT/s
Report estimates $17 billion worth of bitcoin was stolen in 2025 alone —massive haul arises from impersonation tactics and the use of AI for scams
2025 saw the largest revenue generated through crypto scams to date with an estimated $17 billion stolen from victims worldwide.
Beijing reportedly limiting H200 purchases to those with ‘special circumstances’ — sources suggest only university R&D labs can acquire Nvidia GPUs in China
After weeks of deliberation, sources suggest that China will only allow companies to purchase H200 GPUs for "special circumstances," although Beijing has yet to define exactly what that means.
Qwen boss says Chinese AI models have 'less than 20%' chance of leapfrogging Western counterparts — despite China's $1 billion AI IPO week, capital can't close the gap alone
China's AI sector made a splash this month as a cluster of domestic AI firms raised more than $1 billion through IPOs in Hong Kong.
AMD's next-gen Ryzen AI 400 laptops could launch on January 22, five days ahead of Panther Lake — Gorgon Point release date leaks through early Asus listing in China
AMD announced the Ryzen AI 400 series at CES with a Q1 2026 launch window, but apparently the first laptops in China to feature Gorgon Point are coming as soon as January 22, 2026. An official Asus listing in the region has shown off a new laptop with the Ryzen AI 7 445 inside set to drop in just a few days.
Deepseek research touts memory breakthrough, decoupling compute power and RAM pools to bypass GPU & HBM constraints — Engram conditional memory module commits static knowledge to system RAM
A new Deepseek whitepaper has outlined a new form of long-term memory for AI models, named Engram. Engram-based models are more performant than their MoE counterparts, and decouple compute power from system RAM pools to improve results.
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