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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#709WN)
Intel's Raptor Lake Refresh processors are expected to become more expensive because of increasing demand, despite being one generation behind the company's latest chips.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#709WP)
Intel is reportedly in early talks with Apple about a potential investment and closer collaboration.
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on (#709RY)
Raspberry Pi has released an updated version of the Raspberry Pi 500 and this time the omitted NVMe storage is present, as is an RGB mechanical keyboard.
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on (#709EZ)
Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite SoCs, and is making big claims about improvements over last gen.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#709C2)
Alibaba is partnering with Nvidia for its Physical AI software stack, while also announcing plans to expand the global footprint of its data centers.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#70994)
OpenAI is in advanced talks to lease high-performance GPUs from Nvidia, rather than purchase them outright, as part of its plan to build out custom AI data centers over the next several years.
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on (#70995)
It is notoriously easy to own more games than you have time to play on Steam, but one user has taken this phenomenon to the extreme.
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on (#70996)
The SMI SM2504XT ES is a capable, power-efficient PCIe 5.0 SSD on a platform that should offer a more affordable high-end experience. It takes the competing Phison E31T to task in all the right ways.
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on (#70997)
Hardware leaker momomo_us has shared a photograph of the Ryzen 3 5100, a Zen 3 processor from the Cezanne days.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#7095N)
Valve has just added the ability to check your Secure Boot and TPM status in the latest Steam beta update. Secure Boot and TPM are required for most modern online games, and pretty much every anti-cheat software relies on them. Now, all you need to do is open Steam to check if they're enabled or not.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#7095P)
Microsoft has proposed a breakthrough cooling method using microfluidic channels etched directly into the silicon die, which cuts peak chip temperatures by up to 65% and outperforms cold plates by up to 3 times.
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on (#7095Q)
Solidigm's D7-PS1010 is the industry's first dual-sided liquid-cooled enterprise SSD.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#70921)
Pricing for Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs finally seems to be stabilizing.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#70922)
Thermaltake has just unveiled a new feature coming to its MagFloe Ultra lineup of AIO liquid coolers, called "AI Forge." This will allow you to whip up custom backgrounds for the screen on these coolers with just a prompt, right from within the TT Plus ARGB 3.0 software, without the need for any third-party apps.
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on (#70923)
The iBuyPower Y40 Pro is competitively priced for its performance, though its priority on form over function introduces compromises that make it hard to recommend.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#708ZD)
This web app tracks the locations of issued parking tickets in real time using the City of San Francisco's own parking ticket payment portal.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#708ZE)
Intel might be working on its own multi-frame generation to combat Nvidia and AMD. Buried within the latest Arc graphics fiver, someone on Reddit found mentions of "Multi-Frame Generation (XeSS)" along with a potential logo - all hinting at Intel's own multi-frame gen tech.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#708ZF)
AMD's APUs now rival entry GPUs, but Intel and NVIDIA aim higher: RTX chiplets, NVLink and Foveros promise scalable SoCs beyond what AMD can easily match.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#708XJ)
More content creators have benchmarked GPD's bleeding-edge Win 5 handheld sporting AMD's flagship Strix Halo APU. The high-end SoC produces twice the frame rate of Ryzen AI 9 HX 370-powered handhelds, even at the same power levels.
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on (#708DN)
Innosilicon has announced its latest flagship GPU on board the Fenghua No.3 graphics card.
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on (#708A5)
There's finally an RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB for a historic low of $379. PNY has one on sale, which is welcome when GPU prices have been so high.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#7086N)
Nvidia's planned $100 billion investment in OpenAI represents a historic alliance between the dominant AI GPU developer and a leading AI model developer, but it raises serious antitrust concerns over potential market favoritism, supply chain imbalances, and regulatory scrutiny.
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on (#7086P)
Valve's original gaming handheld is still a great performer for thousands and thousands of Steam games, and $320 is the cheapest it's been in a while.
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on (#7083P)
The plague of cookie consent alerts, banners, and pop-ups that have added a sliver of sandpaper to web surfing since 2009 might be eradicated in December.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#7083Q)
A new report by Bain & Company says AI's compute appetite will require more than $500 billion per year in global data center investment by 2030.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#7083R)
Intel essentially said that the integrated GPUs on its 11th- to 14th-generation Intel Core CPUs are obsolete.
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on (#7083S)
For those still using physical media, this $12 budget CD/DVD drive is the perfect solution to the modern problem of disk-driveless computers.
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on (#7083T)
The Sandisk WD Blue SN5100 is the fastest QLC SSD we've seen so far, and it's power-efficient, too.
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on (#7083V)
OpenAI is making major moves to secure future GPUs and accelerate its hardware plans in a flurry of major deals worth billions of dollars, though questions remain about its future funding.
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on (#7083W)
Nvidia has released a statement to make it clear that, no matter what deals it does with companies to provide hardware or take an equity stake in their business, it will ensure all companies have equal access to next-generation GPU hardware.
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on (#7080X)
The king of gaming processors used to be almost impossible to get your hands on, but now you can get it for $50 off its MSRP.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#7080Y)
Lenovo has canceled some Legion Go 2 pre-orders due to supply issues, with other customers' deliveries delayed by five to ten weeks.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#707KZ)
MediaTek is in talks with TSMC to manufacture certain chips at its Arizona fab to satisfy U.S. customer demands and potentially avoid tariffs.
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on (#707H6)
OpenAI and Nvidia partner for 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#707H7)
TSMC's upcoming 2nm-class node has attracted around 15 customers - mostly in high-performance computing - making it the company's most widely adopted leading-edge process at this stage, with Apple, AMD, Intel, and MediaTek among the early adopters.
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on (#707EK)
Get the complete color-3D printing setup in this colossal combo saving deal at Bambu Lab
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on (#707EM)
Afghanistan's fiber networks are being disconnected by the governing Taliban to 'prevent immorality.'
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#707BV)
FSR 4 is supposed to only work on RX 9000 series GPUs, but modders were quick to figure out how to run it on older RDNA graphics cards when AMD accidentally published the entire source code on GitHub. Several users have since tested their GPUs with tweaked DLLs, with all results pointing toward improved visuals at the cost of worse FPS.
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on (#707BW)
Samsung's HBM3E finally got the coveted Nvidia certification for use in its AI accelerators.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#707BX)
U.S. pressure has cut China off from ASML's EUV tools, forcing SMIC and peers to stretch DUV and build local scanners. It may be costly now, but it could be key to the country's road to self-reliance in semiconductor manufacturing.
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on (#7078R)
A draft ordinance, proposing a limit of two hours of recreational smartphone use, passed a vote in Toyoaki City, Japan.
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Twitch streamer "RastalandTV" had $32,000 worth of cryptocurrency stolen via malware hidden in a Steam game.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#70766)
China is building its own Stargate in the Wuhu region, where an island is being converted from farmland into massive data centers for a bunch of companies. These servers are close to upper-class urban centers on purpose; they will speed up inference in these regions, while China works to link together remote data centers otherwise.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#70767)
A new Pursa mobile slicer update brings support for competitor 3D printers, including Bambu.
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on (#70745)
A very rare Apple-1 computer sold for a significant amount more money than auctioneer estimates, in Boston this weekend.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#70746)
DDR5 continues to evolve with higher speeds, larger capacities, and new technologies like CUDIMMs and MRDIMMs, solidifying its dominance through the decade as DDR6 remains years away.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#70747)
Nvidia's newly announced $5 billion partnership with Intel hinges not on fab capacity, but advanced packaging. By tapping Intel's Foveros and EMIB technologies, Nvidia can accelerate the rollout of next-gen AI SoCs.
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on (#706N7)
The Asus TUF Gaming monitor (VG27AQM1A) is available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices ever-$229 instead of its usual $329.
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on (#706KB)
We cast a glance back at Windows' forebears, as it was 31 years ago today that Windows NT 3.5 released to the public.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#706KC)
SoftBank successfully delivered end-to-end 5G connectivity to standard smartphones using an airborne base station, in a live field trial conducted in June, above Hachij Island, Japan.
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