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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z6V8)
The Taiwanese government wants to get to the bottom of this industrial espionage case.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Z6V9)
Samsung is reviving its Z-NAND memory technology with a next-generation version that could be up to 15x faster than today's PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 NVMe SSDs, aimed at AI applications.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z6RJ)
LG has just launched its 540 Hz OLED gaming monitor featuring 4th Gen Tandem OLED technology that results in a brighter picture. As such, this monitor has a peak brightness of 1,500 nits, along with 99.5% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space. And did we mention it can actually go up to 720 Hz if ran at 720p?
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z6RK)
AMD's FSR 3.1.4 update sharpens image quality, streamlines future upgrades, and adds the hooks for its upcoming Redstone suite. Launching later this year, Redstone will bring ML-powered upscaling, ray tracing, and frame generation to RDNA 4 GPUs, targeting parity with Nvidia's DLSS 4.
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MSI's Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card is now $529 in this Newegg deal, $20 below MSRP.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z6RN)
Microsoft really wants you to sign up for an account.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z6NN)
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan defended his record and pledged cooperation with the U.S. government in a letter to employees after President Trump called for his resignation citing conflict of interests.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z6NP)
Google is discontinuing Steam on Chromebook by 2026, with devices losing installed games.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z6KD)
At FMS 2025, Silicon Motion unveiled PCIe 6.0 SSD controllers, including the 512 TB MonTitan SM8466 with a new 16 KiB CoCo LDPC for reliability. Silicon Motion also previewed its PCIe 6.0 Neptune SSD controller for client PCs, and added 256 TB support to the SM8366.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z6KE)
Tesla is shutting down its Dojo supercomputer program, reassigning staff and leaning more on AMD and Nvidia. Tesla's eventual designs expected to rely on a unified architecture spanning from edge devices to data centers.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#6Z6HF)
Asus' new 32-inch ROG OLED monitors feature ultra-fast refresh rates, anti-glare glossy panels, and burn-in prevention features.
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The proposed 100% semiconductor tariff sounds devastating to chipmakers. But many major players remain unaffected, leaving smaller manufacturers vulnerable to the steep proposal.
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Thermalright has launched the company's new HR-10 2280 Pro Digital M.2 SSD cooler in both white and black colors.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Z61Y)
gpt-oss-120b and 20b are the first open-model LMs since GPT-3
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z61Z)
Doug MacDowell built a PC that's cooled by hot coffee.
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The Framework Desktop is 4.5 liters of charm with a powerful AMD Strix Halo APU, but it's pricey compared to other systems.'
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z5Y8)
Silicon Motion previews its next-gen Neptune SSD controller for client PCs, featuring a PCIe 6.0 x4 interface and over 25 GB/s read speeds, but mass production is only set for 2028.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z5Y9)
Intel is retiring 16x MSAA support in its Xe3 GPUs, citing limited vendor adoption and the rise of more efficient upscaling methods like XeSS, FSR, and DLSS. The change begins with Mesa 25.3 and aligns with Xe3's launch in upcoming Panther Lake SoCs.
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President Donald Trump called for Intel's CEO to resign in a Truth Social post, claiming that Lip-Bu Tan is "conflicted."
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Dropping to an all-time low on Amazon, Zotac's RTX 5090 Gaming Solid OC GPU is available for Amazon Prime members.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z5TN)
Sandisk and SK hynix have announced they're collaborating on High Bandwidth Flash (HBF)-a potential alternative to traditional, DRAM-based HBM for AI GPUs. Instead of only relying on DRAM, HBF adds NAND to the memory stack, allowing for non-volatility that can cut energy (and thermal) costs, along with upping the storage capacity.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z5R8)
President Donald Trump says that he will apply a 100% tariff on chip imports, but exempts companies that build in the U.S.
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The best back-to-school deals on peripherals - mice, keyboards, headsets, and speakers - for schoolwork and gaming.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z5AZ)
TSMC is probing an alleged leak of 2nm process integration images to Japan's Rapidus, though the data's content, impact, and Rapidus's involvement remain uncertain.
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Someone has benchmarked Nvidia's RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell Laptop GPU with Geekbench 6.
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Activision will require 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7' players to use TPM 2.0 and enable Windows Secure Boot as part of its anti-cheat initiative.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z58H)
Ebuyer, the U.K.'s second biggest PC retailer, is facing a compulsory liquidation case as it allegedly cannot pay its lessor.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Z561)
YouTuber Better Gaming tested a MicroSD Express adapter to see if they could expand the Switch 2's storage with a 1TB NVMe SSD. The test failed, but further development of the adapter suggests this method of storage expansion will work in the future.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z52R)
Apple will reportedly invest an extra $100 billion in U.S. manufacturing -raising its total domestic commitment to $600 billion - in an effort to avoid steep iPhone tariffs.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z52S)
Senator Tom Cotton is pressing Intel's board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan's past China investments and whether he knew about subpoenas tied to Cadence, his former company, which recently pleaded guilty to selling chip design tools to a Chinese military university during his tenure.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z4ZE)
Despite China's push to consolidate its semiconductor sector into a few strong players, efforts have largely stalled due to valuation conflicts, political obstacles, and technological gaps.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z4ZF)
Major DRAM makers are phasing out DDR4 production from late 2025, as they shift to DDR5, but supply will remain available for niche applications for years to come.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z4ZG)
Nvidia has denied backdoors or kill switches in its GPUs amid U.S. proposals for location tracking to enforce export controls. The company calls such features a security risk and permanent flaw," warning they could undermine trust. Nvidia lost $8B in sales from recent export restrictions.
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Wondering why parts of Tom's Hardware now have a paywall? You can find all your questions answered right here.
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The same Tom's Hardware you know, with deeper insights and a new tool
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Windows XP was a significant moment in the operating system's history. While it suffered from security problems, it also brought forth a slew of new features.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#6Z4ZN)
Wi-Fi 7 brings some noticeable performance and reliability benefits over preceding standards, but not everyone should upgrade.
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Here are the fundamental requirements for powering the Nvidia RTX 5090, a notoriously difficult card to satisfy.
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Is the desktop PC dying? In 2025, things might seem worse than before. But hope yet remains.
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Original Apple employee, Daniel Kottke, was spotted at a recent Computer History Museum event where he was demoing a unique project: An original Apple 1 replica with a modern Wi-Fi module, running a version of ChatGPT.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#6Z4V0)
Two Chinese nationals have been arrested in the U.S. over allegations they shipped tens of millions of dollars' worth of AI GPUs to China in exchange for cash.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z4V1)
AMD posted record Q2 2025 revenue of $7.685 billion, driven by strong client and data center processor sales, though profitability was partially offset by an $800 million charge related to Instinct MI308 GPU export restrictions to China.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z4V2)
PCI-SIG has officially begun developing PCIe 8.0, doubling bandwidth to 256 GT/s while tackling signal integrity limits over copper with protocol upgrades.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Z4CC)
Huawei is planning to open-source its Ascend AI GPU toolkit in efforts to accelerate development and compete with Nvidia's CUDA software ecosystem.
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China's courts take tech secret pilfering seriously, if one of its homegrown companies appears to be the victim.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#6Z48S)
There are excellent back to school deals to be had on portable monitors from Arzopa and Feelworld
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z48T)
Raja Koduri's Oxmiq Labs develops RISC-V-based GPU IP and a hardware-agnostic software stack.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z44Q)
U.S. officials are weighing chip-level location tracking to curb AI hardware smuggling to China, according to Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. But the plan faces technical hurdles, industry pushback, and geopolitical risks.
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3D printing is tipped to have a pivotal part to play in 'a new era of nuclear construction.'
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Save 46% on this 8BitDo keyboard deal at Woot and add a splash of nostalgic color to your setup.
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