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Intel's upcoming Panther Lake-H pops up in official listing — DFI posts ITX motherboard for industrial use featuring 25W Panther Lake chip

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Tom's Hardware · 08/25/2025 07:15 EDT

Industrial PC parts manufacturer DFI has launched a new ITX motherboard featuring Intel's upcoming Panther Lake-H. We don't know what SKU it is, but it has a 25W TDP. Being an industrial motherboard, it has no x16 PCIe slot but there are tons of additions like EXT-OOB, along with vPro and CNVi support. Read more ›

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Alienware AW2525HM 25-inch 320 Hz gaming monitor review: Colorful and competition-ready

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Tom's Hardware · 08/25/2025 07:00 EDT

Alienware brings a competition-ready IPS panel to the speedy FHD monitor category with the attractively priced AW2525HM. It’s a 320 Hz screen with Adaptive-Sync, HDR10, more color gamut coverage than the competition. Read more ›

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The 32-inch Samsung Odyssey G70B gaming monitor is at an all-time low $399 — features a 144 Hz 4K IPS panel

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Tom's Hardware · 08/24/2025 11:59 EDT

The 32-inch Samsung Odyssey G70B gaming monitor is currently available for $399, its best price to date and one of the best offers you'll find on a monitor with these specs. Read more ›

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Sam Altman and UK government minister reportedly discussed giving ChatGPT Plus to all Brits for free

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Tom's Hardware · 08/24/2025 11:39 EDT

OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, and the UK government's Technology Secretary, Peter Kyle, have discussed a deal which would see the UK’s entire population given premium access to ChatGPT, according to reports. Read more ›

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Nvidia outlines plans for using light for communication between AI GPUs by 2026 — silicon photonics and co-packaged optics may become mandatory for next-gen AI data centers

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Tom's Hardware · 08/24/2025 09:57 EDT

Nvidia details its upcoming Quantum-X InfiniBand and Spectrum-X Ethernet switches that will adopt co-packaged optics by 2026 to deliver up to 409.6 Tb/s bandwidth at lower power than traditional pluggable module. Read more ›

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AMD's unreleased Ryzen 5 5500X3D is reportedly 12% faster in multi-core performance in Geekbench — budget Zen 3 chip spotted running in Linux

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Tom's Hardware · 08/24/2025 09:55 EDT

New benchmarks suggest that the 5500X3D offers respectable performance in productivity workloads. Read more ›

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Next-generation 3D DRAM approaches reality as scientists achieve 120-layer stack using advanced deposition techniques

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Tom's Hardware · 08/24/2025 09:30 EDT

Researchers at imec and Ghent University have stacked 120 ultra-thin layers of silicon and silicon-germanium, a key step toward 3D DRAM. Using advanced epitaxial techniques, they controlled atomic strain to create a nanoscale “skyscraper” of memory, paving the way for denser, faster chips. Read more ›

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Microsoft's Windows 95 release was 30 years ago today, the first time software was a pop culture smash

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Tom's Hardware · 08/24/2025 09:12 EDT

Microsoft’s momentous Windows 95 operating system became available to the public on this day 30 years ago. Read more ›

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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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