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We sat down with AMD at CES 2026 for a roundtable Q&A all about consumer products for gaming. We cover the full transcript of the press-only session right here.
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| Updated | 2026-01-29 22:15 |
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The ongoing trade war puts Taiwan and TSMC in a difficult position. As negotiations continue, the country risks giving up its most precious commodity, the might of TSMC.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#736P0)
Nvidia's Huang claims that Taiwan will not lose its silicon shield as TSMC expands overseas because demand for leading-edge semiconductor production is so high that a global chipmaking footprint is essential to meet it.
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There's a huge discount on two of Elegoo's most popular 3D printers right now, with a price drop of up to 27%. Both the Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro and Neptune 4 Plus offer features ready for both beginners and enthusiasts.
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The Ryzen 7 9850X3D hits retail for $499, while the Ryzen 7 9800X3D's price has gone down to $443.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#736K3)
A Russian cargo vessel loitering near transatlantic data cables was chased away by the Royal Navy.
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Save $100 on this 4K Alienware QD-OLED gaming monitor with high 166 PPI pixel density.
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Lenovo's original Legion Go is at an excellent new price at Lenovo's Outlet store.
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The TeamGroup NV5000 is a storage device first and an SSD second. It fulfills the function that older SSDs did and without using any truly new hardware.
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You don't need to throw out that old Android smartphone; you can recycle it into a backup webcam or create a multi-camera setup for your streaming platform. And we show you how to do that, for free!
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The Cooler Master Elite NEX W600 offers an outdated design with minimal features that struggle to justify its existence in the modern PSU market.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#736CV)
ASML is on track to boost its annual sales to up to $71 billion by 2030 as demand for EUV tools set records.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#736CW)
Google says that a WinRAR exploit that has been patched six months ago remain a popular attack vector, especially for state-sponsored threat actors. The vulnerability allows malicious archives to install malware on critical Windows folders.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#736CX)
In one of the first official updates into the H200 China saga, CEO Jensen Huang has confirmed Beijing hasn't decided whether to allow imports of the chip, and that the company ahs received no new orders from Chinese companies as a result.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#736A5)
OpenSSL is a security standard that protects most of the internet, and cybersecurity researchers have recently discovered vulnerabilities in the standard that have been lying undetected for decades.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#736A6)
Aside from being weirdly malevolent, printer cartridges are quite wasteful in most situations because they're designed to be thrown away once empty. Los Angeles is trying to fix that by banning any single-use ink or toner that can't be properly recycled or that doesn't have a take-back program from the vendor. The new ordinance still needs to be fully approved by the City Council.
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The Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor is AMD's latest CPU release. Here's where you can pick one up.
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Cooler Master showcases its upcoming 360^2 (360x360mm) AIO liquid cooler for workstations at an event in China.
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Benchmarking CPUs for Tom's Hardware requires more than just running a few tests. Here's how I get through our 10-hour benchmarking gauntlet for each chip efficiently.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#736AA)
Samsung's Fab in Taylor, Texas, set to start trial production sometimes in the second half of 2026 with mass production slated for 2027. With pellicles finally implemented for 2nm-class flows, Samsung could finally offer consistent yields and performance.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#735XB)
Thermalright's Peerless Assassin 120 SE is on sale for $33. Get one of the best air coolers on the market right now for even cheaper.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#735QP)
With DRAM prices still inflated, this Newegg combo delivers fast memory, a capable Zen 4 CPU, and liquid cooling in one value-focused package
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#735MS)
Thanks to the AI boom, RAM is worth its weight in gold - actually more if you count the price hikes it's received in the past few months - so even a large retailer like Costco is now guarding it. A customer at their local store spotted that Costco has removed RAM sticks from all PCs on display, with some removing GPUs as well.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#735MT)
ASML announced that it's cutting around 1,700 positions - mostly at the leadership level - to streamline its operations. Its Technology and IT & Data organizations will be hardest hit by the planned layoffs.
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The Ryzen 7 9850X3D was never set up for success, but our testing reveals the ugly side of AMD's latest X3D CPU: higher power consumption for minuscule performance gains.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#735HF)
Apple and Nvidia are reportedly working with Intel to produce some of their products in the U.S., but it is an open question which of their products Intel can actually make.
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Newegg's latest combo deal pairs an X870 motherboard with 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, saving you $239.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#735HH)
A bug report on the Chromium Issue Tracker accidentally revealed the desktop interface of a device supposedly running on Aluminum OS, Google's upcoming replacement for ChromeOS that will unify it with Android.
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Memory maker SK hynix has announced plans to invest $10 billion into a new AI solutions company, with the huge fund set to benefit the AI industry at large. The move follows similar investments made by other companies, such as Nvidia, to keep AI demand and growth steady.
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Linux kernel community draws up contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#735CF)
Chinese researchers said that Starlink reduced the altitude for a big part of its satellite constellation because of the near-miss incident it had with a Chinese satellite launch in December 2025.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#735CG)
New research claims that thermodynamic computing could drastically reduce the energy used by AI to create images.
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Finland creates a maritime surveillance center to prevent undersea cable cutting shenanigans
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Upgrading your case now, while other parts are unaffordable, freshens up the look, and adds new features that carry over into future builds.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#735CK)
Micron's Fab 10B, now under construction in Singapore, promises to more than double the company's 3D NAND output from the region when it is fully operational in about 10 years.
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Retro gaming handheld firm Anbernic has announced the tri-mode RG G01 controller with built-in IPS screen, and heart rate sensor.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#735CN)
Razer's new Synapse Web utility will let users customize their Huntsman V3 gaming keyboards without needing to install the Synapse 4 application on their PCs, and support for more devices is coming soon.
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Nvidia's FrameView game performance measurement utility has been updated to deliver more accurate results at 800+ FPS alongside a more customizable in-game overlay.
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Check the best prices on DDR5 and DDR4 memory kits of different capacities.
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Zotac Korea has expressed concerns about the current market situation for graphics cards and how the shortage poses a threat to the survival of graphics card manufacturers and distributors across the industry.
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Updated daily, this list shows the lowest US prices on major SSD models.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#734SN)
Intel's AI strategy begins to take shape as the company announces mysterious x86 CPU with AI acceleration and programmable logic.
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Chinese chip designer Shanghai Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor has unveiled a multi-year GPU architecture roadmap that explicitly targets Nvidia's next-gen Rubin platform as its main competition.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#734SQ)
UK activist hits Valve with a lawsuit for charging gamers too much commission on the games they buy from the Steam store.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#734SR)
With DDR5 costs still climbing, this combo offers one of the most cost-effective ways to build a high-end gaming PC using AMD's top gaming CPU
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SoftBank has paused talks to acquire U.S. data center operator Switch, stepping back from what would have been one of its largest deals to date.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#734P4)
Pricing trends show a slowing or tapering off of memory pricing, but some high-end DDR5 kits still show continued increases.
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Nvidia's DGX Spark brings a slice of Grace Blackwell power to the desktop for AI developers and enthusiasts. With a 20-core Arm CPU, a Blackwell GPU with 6144 CUDA cores, and 128GB of unified memory, the DGX Spark can run a wide range of AI models and workflows with solid performance and the reliability of the proven CUDA software ecosystem.
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A software engineer has developed a fully functional Linux scheduler that takes its cues from the popular pseudoscience of astrology.
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Can a $70 AIO compete with the best coolers on the market? We've tested SAMA's L70 with AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X CPU, and the results surprised us.
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