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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 01/10/2026 08:00 EDT

Asus adds 64MB ROM to Strix Neo AM5 motherboards, following Gigabyte — capacity large enough to fit pre-installed Wi-Fi drivers

Asus has incorporated a 64MB ROM into its all-new Strix Neo AM5 motherboards to support future Ryzen releases. For now, though, Asus is using the extra capacity to hold an integrated Wi-Fi driver, handy for new Windows 11 installs. Read more

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 01/10/2026 07:30 EDT

Steam Machine pricing soars past PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X in new retailer listing — 1TB SKU shatters $1,000 barrier

Czech retailer Smarty has listed Valve’s highly anticipated Steam Machine at $950 for the 512GB version and $1,070 for the 1TB model—both before taxes. Read more

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 01/10/2026 06:50 EDT

This $2,000 Bitcoin mining water heater can pay for itself by slashing your energy bills, company claims — can rake in $1,000 a year in BTC, offset 80% of electricity and water costs

Superheat was at CES 2026 to showcase what it describes as “a water heater that pays for itself.” Instead of a resistive heating element, it warms your H2O with heat generated by a Bitcoin ASIC miner. Read more

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 11:53 EDT

Intel showed up for consumers at the 'Consumer Electronics Show;' AMD didn’t

At this year's CES, AMD felt like a dominant force, too focused on AI potential to talk about (or to) consumers. Intel looked more like a laser-focused startup, confidently pitching its Panther Lake chips to gamers, laptop users, and even robot makers. Read more

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 11:26 EDT

Meta inks deals to supply a staggering 6 gigawatts in nuclear power for data center ambitions — enough wattage to supply 5 million homes

The 6GW will come from various suppliers — both existing and upcoming — to deliver the estimated 1GW that Meta's Prometheus site will require in 2026, and the 5GW its Hyperion data center will need by 2028. Read more

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 10:26 EDT

Intel Panther Lake press Q&A transcript — EVO is still alive, and the company ditches prior-generation naming scheme

Following Intel's keynote at CES 2026, we attended a press Q&A at CES in Las Vegas, featuring some of the senior staff behind Intel's Panther Lake architecture, with some illuminating commentary about the new products. Read more

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 07:56 EDT

President Trump, Sec. Lutnick praise Intel after the launch of Panther Lake chips — says investment in company already bringing ‘tens of billions of dollars for the American people’

President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick went on their respective social media platforms to praise Intel and its CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, for the launch of the first chips made using the Intel 18A process node. They also said that it's another step towards the U.S. regaining its lead in cutting-edge chip manufacturing. Read more

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 01/09/2026 07:02 EDT

Chinese researchers hail breakthrough in DRAM-like cells, which could be used in embedded or 3D stacked memory  — absence of manufacturing detail casts doubt on mass production

Chinese researchers have demonstrated a 4F² dual-gate 2T0C capacitor-less, DRAM-like memory cell with multi-bit storage, fast writes, and long retention. In theory, the technology could be used as embedded or stacked 3D memory, but questions remain about its manufacturability and commercial viability. Read more

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 05:32 EDT

HBM4 mass production delayed as Nvidia pushes memory specs higher — production to come ‘no earlier’ than late Q126

HBM4 memory is now expected to reach volume production no earlier than the end of Q1 2026 due to Nvidia's decision to revise its memory specs upward for its next-gen Rubin GPU platform. Read more

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 05:29 EDT

SanDisk to double price of 3D NAND for enterprise SSDs in Q1 2026 —  hyperscalers to pay top dollar for storage as AI continues to roll

Sandisk and other key suppliers of 3D NAND are projected to significantly increase prices of enterprise-grade 3D NAND memory in the coming months due to overwhelming demand from the AI sector. Read more

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Tom's Hardware · 01/08/2026 13:26 EDT

Nvidia to demand full upfront payment for H200 GPUs from China customers, report claims —  more than two million chips may have been ordered despite uncertain Beijing stance

Nvidia has reportedly imposed non-refundable, full upfront payment terms on H200 GPU sales to China-based clients to hedge regulatory risks as Chinese customers had ordered more than 2 million H200 units that the company yet has to make. Read more

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