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Get AMD's flagship Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 32GB of DDR5 memory and an MSI B850 Wi-Fi 7 motherboard at a discount — Micro Center bundles are now available on Amazon

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Tom's Hardware · 06/20/2026 13:57 EDT

Micro Center is now selling some of its bundles on Amazon, including this 9800X3D combo that gives you an excellent motherboard and fast RAM without breaking the bank. Read more ›

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Chinese AI outfits smuggling suitcases full of hard drives to evade U.S. chip restrictions — training AI models in Malaysia using rented servers

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2025 12:04 EDT

A Chinese AI company circumvented the U.S. ban on importing advanced AI chips by exporting its data instead. Read more ›

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Samsung's massive 57-inch Dual 4K gaming monitor drops to a low $1,550

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2025 11:41 EDT

If you're in the market for a massive ultrawide gaming monitor, the 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 hits a new low and delivers 7,680 x 2160 gaming goodness Read more ›

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RTX 5050 could use the same 20 Gbps GDDR6 VRAM as the RX 9070 XT and RTX 4070 — Nvidia's budget card to leverage fastest GDDR6 possible

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2025 11:39 EDT

A new leak suggests Nvidia will be using the fastest mass-produced version of GDDR6 for the RTX 5050, capable of running at 20 Gbps. These modules are the same ones powering the RX 9070 series and the RTX 4070 GDDR6. Read more ›

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Milestone one billionth Github Repo is just the word 'sh*t'

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2025 11:38 EDT

GitHub has hit an illustrious milestone with the publication of its one billionth repository this week. Read more ›

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The end of an era — DDR4 production to essentially end this year, Micron the final domino to fall

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2025 11:14 EDT

Micron is ending DDR4 production in two to three quarters, save for some long-term contracts in automotive, industrial, and networking applications. Read more ›

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Expert pours cold water on Apple's downbeat AI outlook — says lack of high-powered hardware could be to blame

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2025 11:08 EDT

Contemporary AI models are not silly, Apple just does not have proper hardware to test their limitations, says professor Seokjun Kwon of Sungkyunkwan University. Read more ›

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Steam beta gets native Apple Silicon support — the only public Arm version of Steam

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2025 07:23 EDT

Another Rosetta 2 holdout gone Read more ›

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University researchers tout using smartwatches to steal data from air-gapped systems — SmartAttack paper proposes using wearable as a covert ultrasonic signal receiver

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2025 07:10 EDT

A new air-gap attack dubbed 'SmartAttack' theorizes using a smartwatch to capture covert signals and steal information. Read more ›

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AMD deploys its first Ultra Ethernet ready network card — Pensando Pollara provides up to 400 Gbps performance

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2025 05:47 EDT

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure will be the first major cloud provider to deploy AMD's Instinct MI350X GPUs and Pensando Pollara 400GbE Ultra Ethernet NICs as part of a massive zettascale AI cluster. Read more ›

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AMD unveils ROCm 7 — new platform boosts AI performance up to 3.5x, adds Radeon GPU support

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2025 05:40 EDT

AMD launches ROCm 7 platform that boosts AI inference performance by up to 3.5X, adds support for FP4/FP6 formats and distributed workloads, and extends compatibility to Windows and Radeon GPUs on Ryzen systems. Read more ›

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AMD unwraps 2027 AI plans: Verano CPU, Instinct MI500X GPU, next-gen AI rack

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Tom's Hardware · 06/12/2025 17:24 EDT

AMD plans to launch its second-generation rack-scale AI platform in 2027 with EPYC 'Verano' CPUs, Instinct MI500X GPUs, and Vulcano 800 GbE NICs, accelerating its roadmap to an annual cadence. Read more ›

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AMD EPYC Venice boasts 256 cores and bandwidth galore — next-gen server CPUs arrive in 2026

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Tom's Hardware · 06/12/2025 15:55 EDT

AMD’s Zen 6-based EPYC ‘Venice’ CPU pushes core count to 256, boosts performance by 70%, and features PCIe 6.0, 1.6 TB/s memory bandwidth, and a new SP7 packaging, according to AMD. Read more ›

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AMD RX 9070 XT GDDR6 sources have a small effect on performance — testing reveals 1 - 2% delta

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Tom's Hardware · 06/12/2025 14:59 EDT

Bilibili hardware tester finds discrepancies between SK hynix and Samsung memory across Radeon 9070 XT models Read more ›

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AMD says Instinct MI400X GPU is 10X faster than MI300X, will power Helios rack-scale system with EPYC 'Venice' CPUs

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Tom's Hardware · 06/12/2025 14:47 EDT

AMD unveiled Helios, its first in-house rack-scale AI system built around upcoming EPYC 'Venice' CPUs and Instinct MI400-series GPUs, aiming to challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI. But while it is said to offer higher memory capacity and bandwidth than competing platforms, it is expected to trail in peak compute performance against Nvidia's future Rubin-based systems. Read more ›

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Nintendo Switch 2 tested: new internals are a major power-up

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Tom's Hardware · 06/12/2025 14:31 EDT

The Nintendo Switch 2's powerful internals deliver a major upgrade to the Switch formula, but there's still some room for improvement. Read more ›

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AMD announces MI350X and MI355X AI GPUs, claims up to 4X generational gain, up to 35X faster inference performance

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Tom's Hardware · 06/12/2025 12:57 EDT

AMD unveiled its new MI350X and MI355X GPUs for AI workloads here at its Advancing AI 2025 event in San Jose, California, claiming the new accelerators offer a 3X performance boost over the prior-gen MI300X, positioning the company to improve its competitive footing against its market-leading rival, Nvidia. Read more ›

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How To Delete Files and Directories via the Linux Terminal

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Tom's Hardware · 06/12/2025 12:37 EDT

Removing files and directories using the Linux command line is very efficient and can be used directly, or when accessing a system remotely. Read more ›

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ARM CEO joins Nvidia in stance against US export controls — Rene Haas says narrower access 'not good' for industry or consumer

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Tom's Hardware · 06/12/2025 12:03 EDT

ARM CEO joins Nvidia in stance against U.S export controls Read more ›

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Copilot Vision is live on Windows in the US — AI companion can see two apps at once

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Tom's Hardware · 06/12/2025 12:00 EDT

Copilot Vision is live on Windows in the United States for Windows 10 and 11. Read more ›

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says Huawei will take advantage if AI chip restrictions continue — 'our technology is a generation ahead of theirs', but not for long

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Tom's Hardware · 06/12/2025 11:53 EDT

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says US tech isolationism may result in handing major wins to Huawei and the Chinese AI software stack. While Huawei may be lagging behind US tech, the time may come when it can catch up and perhaps surpass US interests. Read more ›

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