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‘Still, you’re paying for dinner’ Nvidia CEO shoots back, after TSMC CEO jokes about his billionaire status

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Tom's Hardware · 08/24/2025 07:45 EDT

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is back in Taiwan for weighty negotiations with contract chipmaker TSMC, but still had some fun. Read more ›

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AMD comments on burning AM5 socket — chipmaker blames motherboard vendors for not following official BIOS guidelines

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 14:29 EDT

In a Q&A session, AMD claims the latest round of AM5 burnout/CPU failures is the result of overtuned BIOS settings set by its board partners. AMD's response is likely targeted at ASRock, which has struggled to fix problems related to CPU failures on its motherboards this year. Read more ›

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Intel Lunar Lake-powered gaming handheld with 3D display will sell for $1,699 — 11-inch screen boasts WQXGA resolution and 120 Hz refresh rate

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 14:27 EDT

This massive handheld gaming console will let you play your games in 3D without needing glasses — but you’ll have to pay for the privilege. Read more ›

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Nvidia GPUs and Fujitsu Arm CPUs will power Japan's next $750M zetta-scale supercomputer — FugakuNEXT aims to revolutionize AI-driven science and global research

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 13:21 EDT

Japan is investing over $750 million in FugakuNEXT, a zetta-scale supercomputer built by RIKEN and Fujitsu. Powered by FUJITSU-MONAKA3 CPUs and advanced accelerators, the system will integrate AI into scientific research, aiming to achieve performance 1,000× beyond current models. Read more ›

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Lucky user finds 6TB of free SSD storage while dumpster diving — finder plans to use the six 1TB Samsung 850 Pro SSDs to download entire Steam library

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 13:14 EDT

Samsung 850 Pro SSDs may be old, but they’re still quite helpful in storing your Steam games and other easily replaceable data. Read more ›

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Kioxia’s new 5TB, 64 GB/s flash module puts NAND toward the memory bus for AI GPUs — HBF prototype adopts familiar SSD form factor

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 13:00 EDT

Kioxia has prototyped a 5 TB flash module that delivers 64 GB/s over PCIe 6.0, utilizing a daisy-chain controller design and PAM4 signaling to scale bandwidth efficiently. While latency still lags behind DRAM, the breakthrough positions NAND as near-memory storage for AI and data-intensive workloads. Read more ›

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Japanese city pushes two-hour daily smartphone limit to promote healthier sleep for its citizens, particularly school-age children

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 11:48 EDT

A city in central Japan is considering regulating smartphone use to improve the health of its citizens. Read more ›

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Nvidia reportedly shows China-specific B30 chips with 80% of the performance of the standard Blackwell GPU to the U.S. government — Nvidia CEO says approval is still up in the air

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 11:47 EDT

Nvidia is still waiting for approval from the U.S. government to sell the B30 chip to China. Read more ›

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Retailers quietly slash prices of AMD's and Intel's latest EPYC and Xeon CPUs by up to 50% — inexplicable price drops left unexplained

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 11:41 EDT

Despite soaring demand for server chips, AMD’s EPYC 9005 and Intel’s Xeon 6 CPUs are selling at U.S. retailers for up to 50% below their official list prices. Read more ›

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3D printer maker SnapMaker raised a staggering $7.8 million on the first day of Kickstarter for its Affordable Tool Changer, breaking Bambu's record

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 11:12 EDT

The Snapmaker U1 raised $7.4 million, surpassing the Bambu Lab X1C record. Read more ›

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Sama A60E Air Cooler Review: quiet and capable

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 10:28 EDT

Sama steps into the air-cooling game with the A60E, an effective low-noise dual-tower air cooler. We’ve tested it with Intel’s i7-14700K and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Read more ›

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This Wolfbox MF100 electric air duster is now just $69 at Amazon — cleans your PC out, not your bank account

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 10:24 EDT

The Wolfbox MF100 is available at Amazon for one of its best prices to date over at Amazon—just $69 instead of its usual $89. Read more ›

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Commodore took in over $2 million during the C64 Ultimate's debut week — roadmap will include three major releases a year

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 09:36 EDT

The new Commodore is already thriving with $2m in sales in the first week of the C64 Ultimate's debut. Read more ›

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AMD unleashes the power of mobile Fire Range chips on a desktop PC motherboard — Ryzen 9 9955HX and Ryzen 9 9955HX3D debut on Aoostar board

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Tom's Hardware · 08/23/2025 08:50 EDT

Aoostar has launched the world’s first MoDT motherboard with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9955HX and 9955HX3D CPUs. Designed for desktops but powered by mobile chips, the mATX board offers PCIe Gen5, dual M.2 slots, and strong cooling—delivering near-desktop performance at a much lower cost, starting at $530. Read more ›

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Trump says U.S. gov't will take a 10% ownership stake in Intel — Lip Bu-Tan reportedly agreed to unprecedented arrangement for a domestic chipmaker

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Tom's Hardware · 08/22/2025 16:03 EDT

President Trump says that the US government and Intel have come to a deal to give the US a 10% stake in the chipmaker's business. Read more ›

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White House won't ask for ownership stake in TSMC or Micron in exchange for CHIPS Act funds — companies already investing more in the US expected to be exempt

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Tom's Hardware · 08/22/2025 14:23 EDT

CHIPS Act awardees that don’t expand their investment commitments might be asked to hand over some equity to the federal government. Read more ›

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How the AI revolution is triggering a hardware arms race and pushing up prices

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Tom's Hardware · 08/22/2025 13:56 EDT

Tech giants and hyperscalers are paying billions to build out large data centers for AI, creating supply chain bottlenecks and intense competition for technological dominance. Read more ›

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Noctua says Nvidia doesn't have enough dies to make big, brown, RTX 5090 — RTX 5090 Noctua Edition may never see the light of day

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Tom's Hardware · 08/22/2025 13:33 EDT

Noctua has opened up on the possibility of making an RTX 5090, claiming it wants to build an RTX 5090 Noctua Edition graphics card, but Nvidia does not have enough GB202 dies (currently) to make it a reality. Read more ›

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This Baseus laptop hub is 38% off, great for a standing desk or secondary workstation – versatile 9-in-1, dual-HDMI, 100W PD passthrough port expander is a mere $39

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Tom's Hardware · 08/22/2025 12:48 EDT

This 10 Gbps USB-C hub / dock supports two HDMI monitors (or one at 4K and 120 Hz), PD power passthrough for charging your laptop, plus Ethernet and SD and microSD card slots. Read more ›

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Arch Linux continues to feel the force of a DDoS attack after two brutal weeks — attackers yet to be identified as project struggles to restore full service

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Tom's Hardware · 08/22/2025 12:44 EDT

The Arch Linux project team are working to mitigate the impact, while keeping details of who, why and how close to its chest Read more ›

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