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China tech companies scramble to ditch Nvidia as Washington tightens export controls

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Tom's Hardware · 05/30/2025 07:32 EDT

This will threaten the U.S.'s AI supremacy, if China can pull it off. Read more ›

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Chip design software giant pauses China sales and suspends financial guidance — Synopsys slams on the brakes as Washington issues fresh crackdown on semiconductor software exports

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Tom's Hardware · 05/30/2025 06:42 EDT

Synopsys has told staff in China to halt sales and services, and has suspended future financial guidance, following new U.S. export restrictions on semiconductor software. Read more ›

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DRAM prices have jumped by 20% for the second month in a row — surging demand is likely due to stockpiling

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Tom's Hardware · 05/30/2025 06:16 EDT

DRAM and NAND chip prices have jumped to $2.10 in May — a massive jump from the $1.37 average price from March. Read more ›

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Custom PCIe 5.0 SSD with 3D XL-Flash debuts — special Optane-like flash memory delivers up to 3.5 million random IOPS

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Tom's Hardware · 05/30/2025 05:58 EDT

InnoGrit demonstrates reference solid-state drive based on Kioxia's XL-Flash memory: custom-built XL-Flash-based drives on the way? Read more ›

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Microsoft shelves first-party Xbox handheld to work on Windows 11 portable performance

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Tom's Hardware · 05/30/2025 05:44 EDT

Windows Central reports that Microsoft has postponed work on its own Xbox handheld in favor of enhancing Windows 11's handheld gaming support. Read more ›

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China's first 6nm domestic GPU with purported RTX 4060-like performance has powered on

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 15:34 EDT

Chinese GPU startup Lisuan Technology has announced via its official WeChat account that its G100 6nm graphics card has been powered on. Read more ›

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ASRock confirms its BIOS settings are killing Ryzen CPUs, is fully committed to fixing any damaged motherboards

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 14:24 EDT

ASRock confirmed that its motherboards are responsible for Ryzen 9000 deaths affecting ASRock motherboard customers. It also confirmed that it will charge both ways for motherboard RMAs. Read more ›

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Lian Li’s tube-hiding Hydroshift II LCD-C AIO cooler adds a rotating dial for software-free display and RGB control

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 13:48 EDT

It also comes with improved tubing, thinner design, and wireless fan options Read more ›

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20TB Seagate Exos X20 HDD is only $16 per Terabyte — massive Newegg discount deal

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 13:18 EDT

Thanks to a $50 Newegg discount code, you can save big on the Seagate X20 Exos 20TB HDD. Read more ›

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Biwin unveils PCIe Gen5 SSD with 14,500 MB/s read speeds

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 11:29 EDT

Biwin officially launches the Maxio MAP1806-based X570 SSD that is expected to offer leading-edge performance and a low price. Read more ›

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Nvidia CEO says Trump's tariff plan is 'utterly visionary'

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 11:01 EDT

Nvidia boss also says rescinding the AI diffusion rule was ‘completely visionary.’ Read more ›

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WeCreat Vision Pro 45W review: Greater than the sum of its parts

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 10:00 EDT

The WeCreat Vision Pro is a powerful enclosed laser engraver with automatic focusing, an intuitive software platform, and enough add-ons to satisfy most small businesses. With the automatic pass-through feeder, rotary engraver, and 2W IR module for engraving metal, the Vision Pro has something for everyone. Read more ›

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Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs may be backwards compatible with Arrow Lake coolers — LGA1954 and LGA1851 sockets share the same dimensions

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 09:30 EDT

Shipping records suggest Intel's next-gen LGA1954 socket shares dimensions with existing LGA1851 sockets, hinting at mechanical cooler compatibility. Read more ›

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Elegoo launches automatic filament switching for color 3D printing, first open-source RFID system could revolutionize filament management

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 09:21 EDT

Elegoo has confirmed that full color printing is coming to the Centauri Series of FDM 3D printers by the 3rd quarter of 2025. Read more ›

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xMEMS' fan-on-a-chip cooling can reduce SSD temperatures by up to 20%

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 09:00 EDT

xMEMS is expanding its fan-on-a-chip platform to include active cooling solutions directly installed in SSDs. Read more ›

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Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 Review: The Crown Jewel of Air Cooling

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 09:00 EDT

Is the Royal Pretor 130 Thermalright’s best yet? We go hands-on with its latest premium dual-tower air cooler, testing it with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Intel’s Core i7-14700K CPUs! Read more ›

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Team creates 3D-printed "soft robot" that walks off the machine that made it

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 08:44 EDT

The University of Edinburgh has shared a 3D-printed "soft robot" made by a team of theirs who claim it can walk off the machine that made it. Read more ›

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IDC says PC shipments will increase because of tariffs, now expects 274 million PCs to ship in 2025

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 08:20 EDT

Market research and tech analyst firm IDC reckons that global PC sales will reach 274 million units in 2025. Read more ›

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9,000 Asus routers compromised by botnet attack and persistent SSH backdoor that even firmware updates can't fix

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 08:14 EDT

New botnet campaign exploits legitimate system features to establish deep persistence while remaining virtually undetectable Read more ›

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Nvidia RTX 5070 vs AMD RX 9070 Face Off

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Tom's Hardware · 05/29/2025 08:00 EDT

We pit the Nvidia RTX 5070 and AMD RX 9070, two of the more affordable current-generation graphics cards you can buy, to see which is the best option. Read more ›

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