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D7VK reaches version 1.1 and adds new frontend and experimental Direct3D 6 support — Direct3D 7-to-Vulkan translation layer runs old games with native performance

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 13:47 EDT

D7VK has added experimental Direct3D 6 support, opening up near-native performance for older PC games without emulation. Read more ›

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Asus teaser video outs upcoming 'Neo' motherboards for AM5 — updates could include new AIO connector, M.2 upgrades, and NitroPath DRAM for ultra-fast DDR5

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 13:12 EDT

Asus teases forthcoming Neo AM5 motherboards supporting AMD's Ryzen processors, to be officially announced at CES 2026. Read more ›

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Cinebench 2026 out and ready to hammer CPUs and graphics cards six times as hard — updated benchmark includes an SMT core test

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 12:45 EDT

Cinebench 2026 out and ready to hammer CPUs and graphics cards six times as hard Read more ›

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Lisuan's G100 series has reportedly begun shipping out to customers in first batch of deliveries — China's first homegrown 6nm GPUs are no longer a show-floor exclusive

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 12:34 EDT

China's first 6nm-class discrete GPUs, the G100 series from Lisuan, has apparently started to ship out to customers, months after their initial announcement. These GPUs, if as performant as claimed, hold the potential to fuel China's self-reliance ambitions in producing homegrown alternatives to Nvidia and AMD. Read more ›

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TSMC begins quietly volume production of 2nm-class chips — first GAA transistor for TSMC claims up to 15% improvement at ISO power

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 12:25 EDT

TSMC has quietly begun volume production of its 2nm-class N2 process in Q4 2025 as planned, marking the company’s first GAA nanosheet node that will be ramping production at two new fabs to meet strong demand from various customers. Read more ›

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Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game — Ubisoft rolling back free ultra-rare skins and billions of credits

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 12:11 EDT

Rainbow Six Siege has recovered from yesterday's attack, with servers now fully operational once again. The only issues players will experience re-entering the game are a possible wait queue. Read more ›

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TSMC's average wafer prices increased by over 15% each year since 2019, report suggests — gross profit margins increase by 3.3x in 2025 alone, facing no real challengers

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 10:37 EDT

EUV lithography era in chipmaking began in 2019 and there are no signs that this is going to stop as process technologies are getting more complex. However, there are fundamental reasons why TSMC's quotes are rising quicker than its costs and its customers are not leaving for other foundries. Read more ›

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Nvidia gives Intel a lifeline with $5 billion common stock deal — September deal gets FTC approval for more than 217.4 million Intel shares at $23.28 per share

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 10:26 EDT

Intel has officially sold over 217 million of its common stock to Nvidia in a historic equity investment worth $5 billion. The stake was originally announced in September, after the U.S. government had invested its own $8.9 billion into Intel. Following FTC approvals in early December, the sale has now been completed. Read more ›

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Former Samsung engineer accused of giving 10nm DRAM data to China's CXMT, handwritten notes detailed over 600 process steps — gas flow ratios, photoresist settings and more critical stages detailed

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 10:00 EDT

A former Samsung Engineer accused of offering the secrets behind the company's 10nm DRAM data to China's ChangXin Memory Technologies has been accused of making hundreds of handwritten notes on detailed process steps. Read more ›

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Nvidia's $20 billion Groq IP deal bolsters AI market domination — hardware stack and key engineer behind Google TPUs included in bombshell agreement

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 09:27 EDT

Nvidia has announced a $20 billion deal to acquire Groq’s intellectual property, though not the company itself, and absorb key members of its engineering team. Read more ›

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IDC warns PC market could shrink up to 9% in 2026 due to skyrocketing RAM pricing — even moderate forecast hits 5% drop as AI-driven shortages slam into PC market

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 08:37 EDT

An IDC report revises earlier guidance, warning of a shrink in the PC market that could approach 9%. Read more ›

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Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD Review: A monster in the tiny M.2 2242 form factor

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 08:00 EDT

The Corsair MP700 Micro is everything you want from a drive with high performance and power efficiency in a small form factor. Read more ›

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Fujifilm to begin shipping 40TB Ultrium tape cartridges in January 2026 — updated LTO Ultrium 10 archival storage can hold 100TB of compressed data in 0.8-inch thick cartridge

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 07:20 EDT

Fujifilm has confirmed that its new LTO Ultrium 10 data cartridges with 40TB native capacity will begin shipping in January 2026. Read more ›

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Grab this RTX 4050 HP Victus gaming laptop for just $599.99 — save $300 on budget-friendly 15.6-inch laptop featuring AMD Ryzen CPU and 16GB of RAM

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 07:04 EDT

This sub-$600 HP Victus 15 is a budget-friendly 1080p gaming laptops featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 7445HS CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. Read more ›

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FBI issues wanted notice for alleged North Korean remote IT workers accused of $900,000 crypto theft — $5 million reward up for grabs for information on DPRK-linked suspects

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 07:00 EDT

The FBI has published a public wanted notice naming four individuals accused of operating as fraudulent remote IT workers on behalf of North Korea. Read more ›

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Thermaltake's new AIO cooler uses Dall-E 3 to generate custom backgrounds for $0.04 per prompt, requires paid OpenAI subscription — "AI Forge" feature taps into OpenAI's platform and JiMeng

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 06:40 EDT

AI has run havoc through the entire industry and as we suffer the drying inventories of RAM and storage, we might as well see what it's all going to, right? Well, some of it is being used to generate custom backgrounds for Thermaltake's "AI Forge" feature present on its latest MagFloe AIOs and screens, which uses Dall-E and/or JiMeng. Read more ›

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Micro Center puts up 8TB WD_Black SSD at $2,419 MSRP, real price tag up 50% since October — pricing surges on high-capacity SSDs in response to AI demand

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 06:20 EDT

A mismarked 8TB SSD at Micro Center is sounding the alarm on surging SSD prices in response to demand from AI data centers. Read more ›

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Motorized aim assist system uses a moving mousepad for laser-accurate headshots — a cannibalized GRBL drawing system and computer vision software deliver perfect shots

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 06:00 EDT

Boost your targeting skills with a mechanized mousepad-driven aim assist system Read more ›

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Louis Gerstner, the man who saved IBM, dies at 83 — industry mourns the passing of transformative CEO

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 17:46 EDT

Louis Gerstner, who took over IBM in 1993 as it stood on the brink of breakup and bankruptcy, died at 83, leaving behind a legacy defined by preserving IBM as an integrated company and changing its direction nearly entirely. Read more ›

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Anycubic promises its Kobra X high-speed multi-filament printer can print over twice as fast and with half the material for $259 — redesigned head keeps the cutter close to the nozzle

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 16:28 EDT

Anycubic's upcoming Kobra X 3D printer boasts impressive capabilities, and you can lock in an early adopter price right now. Read more ›

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