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'$100 Steam Machine' uses a cut-down PS5 APU with Bazzite — DIY console offers 60 FPS at 1080p with 16GB of GDDR6

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Tom's Hardware · 12/18/2025 06:00 EDT

A YouTuber built "$100 Steam Machine" using an ASRock mining blade featuring a B-grade AMD SoC from the base PlayStation 5 with disabled cores. The neutered PS5 chip can run games at 1080p and 60 FPS. Read more ›

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Micron outlines grim outlook for DRAM supply in first earnings call since killing Crucial memory and SSD brand — CEO says it can only meet half to two-thirds of demand

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 17:51 EDT

Micron posted record revenues in its first earnings call since killing the consumer Crucial brand, though it admits that supply shortages will persist. Read more ›

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Evidence of Intel's 'Big Battlemage' GPU continues to mount, as BMG-G31 chip gets another official confirmation

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 16:19 EDT

The XPU Manager tool is for monitoring Intel's datacenter GPUs, meaning it's very likely these parts are coming soon. Read more ›

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Sales of chip production equipment to reach $156 billion by 2027 — China, Taiwan, and Korea lead intense demand

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 14:29 EDT

Driven by demand for AI and HPC accelerators, sales of chip production equipment are projected to increase through 2027. Asian countries are expected to lead the pack, according to SEMI. Read more ›

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AMD's rumored Ryzen 7 9850X3D spotted at Swiss and U.S. retailers — listings reveal preliminary price of ~$550-600, significantly higher than 9800X3D's $449 MSRP

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 11:58 EDT

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D has been spotted at two retailers with slightly different prices, suggesting it would cost between $550 to $600, which is quickly coming up with CES 2026 right around the corner. These early listings are likely inaccurate and should be taken with a huge grain of salt, especially considering that the 9800X3D launched at a $479 MSRP. Read more ›

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Rapidus explores panel-level packaging on glass substrates for next-generation processors — aggressive plan would help it leapfrog rivals

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 09:41 EDT

Rapidus plans to outline its early-stage work on panel-level packaging using 600 × 600 mm glass substrates at SEMICON Japan, highlighting an aggressive plan to leapfrog rivals by combining glass-core substrates and PLP for future AI and HPC chiplet packages. Read more ›

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How to choose a CPU – A guide to picking the right processor for your PC

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 09:20 EDT

Choosing the right CPU is one of the first decisions you need to make when building a PC. Here's how to make that tough choice. Read more ›

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Engineer turns E-ink tablet into computer monitor in Linux — perfect secondary reading screen to reduce eye strain over the network

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 09:00 EDT

A software engineer and E-ink enthusiast recently set up a remote E-ink secondary display, upcycling an old E-ink tablet and setting up an awesome Linux DIY project for all those with the need to read on bespoke screen hardware. Read more ›

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Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL review: Pretty, bright, and mechanical

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 08:45 EDT

Turtle Beach's Vulcan II TKL is an attractive hot-swappable gaming keyboard with a slim, well-built chassis and hot-swappable linear mechanical switches. Read more ›

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Intel details progress on fabbing 2D transistors a few atoms thick in standard high volume fab production environment — chipmaker outlines 300-mm fab compatible with integration of 2D transistor contacts and gate stacks

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 08:20 EDT

Intel and imec demonstrate the first 300-mm, fab-compatible integration of contacts and gate stacks for 2D transistors, marking a critical step in turning long-studied 2D materials from lab experiments into a realistic future option for high-volume logic manufacturing. Read more ›

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Corsair MP700 Pro XT 2TB SSD review: the fastest SSD ever has landed with a record 3.3 million IOPS and nearly 15 GB/s

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 08:00 EDT

The Corsair MP700 Pro XT is fashionably late, delivering solid numbers across the board to usher in a true high-end SSD contender. Read more ›

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Intel installs industry's first commercial High-NA EUV lithography tool — ASML Twinscan EXE:5200B sets the stage for 14A

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 07:25 EDT

Intel has installed and qualified ASML's TWINSCAN EXE:5200B, the first High-NA EUV lithography tool designed for commercial production, reiterating Intel's plans to use High-NA EUV patterning for 14A process technology and onwards. Read more ›

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Score an RTX 5080 and 9800X3D pre-built for under £2,300 with this CyberPowerPC deal — save £200 on this 4K gaming PC with 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 07:12 EDT

EE have slashed the price of this powerful CyberPowerPC gaming rig to just £2,299, featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080. Read more ›

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These 16 gadgets under $100 are must-haves for hobbyists and PC builders — these last-minute tech gifts are our personal picks for the tech savvy on your gift list

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 07:10 EDT

Struggle no more for budget-friendly tech gifts during this holiday season, with everything from screwdrivers to M.2 SSD enclosures ready to wrap up and share. Read more ›

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Newegg's triple component combo deal for $459 pairs an Asus X870 motherboard with 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, and a 240mm AIO cooler — $780 worth of parts if purchased individually

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 07:04 EDT

Pay $780 for these parts separately, or take advantage of Newegg's bundle price and get them all for just $459 Read more ›

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Anycubic’s ‘Dual’ Resin Printer, Photon P1 is out — Supports double the color, double the material

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 07:00 EDT

The P1 is the latest addition to Anycubic's Photon lineup. Read more ›

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Kioxia's next-gen 3D NAND production gets expedited to 2026, report claims — high-capacity 332-layer BiCS10 devices to sate growing demand from AI data centers

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 07:00 EDT

Kioxia is reportedly pulling in mass production of high-capacity BiCS10 3D NAND devices with a 4.8 GT/s interface from 2027 to 2026, possibly to meet demand from AI, cloud, and enterprise storage sectors. Read more ›

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Bernie Sanders calls for halt on AI data center construction — wants to ensure that the technology benefits ‘all of us, not just the 1%’

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 12/17/2025 06:55 EDT

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wants to delay AI data center projects to slow down progress, to ensure that AI will benefit the largest number of people and not just the richest few. Read more ›

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Nearly 7,000 of the world’s 8,808 data centers are built in the wrong climate, analysis find — vast majority located outside optimal temperature range for cooling, 600 in locations considered too hot

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 12/17/2025 06:40 EDT

Nearly 7,000 of the world’s operational data centers are located in climates that fall outside the temperature range recommended for efficient operation, according to a new analysis. Read more ›

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Enthusiast modder stuffs an entire gaming PC inside a gutted Commodore PET 2001 — replaced the screen with an iPad Retina LCD, but the original keyboard still works

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Tom's Hardware · 12/17/2025 06:20 EDT

A Redditor found a "pre-gutted" Commodore PET 2001 that they repurposed as a fully-fledged gaming PC, while keeping the Commodore's keyboard intact and functional. The internals are relatively modest, but they can still play most modern games on the retrofitted screen, which is a Retina LCD from an iPad. Read more ›

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