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Get an RTX 5060 gaming laptop loaded with Ryzen 7 CPU and 32GB RAM for $1,099 — mobile gaming upgrade just got $300 cheaper

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Tom's Hardware · 06/27/2026 13:10 EDT

The Gigabyte Aero X16 positions itself as a compelling mid-range gaming laptop offering a smooth high-refresh display, capable RTX 5060 graphics performance, and future-ready upgrade options. Read more ›

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Intel's Arrow Lake fix doesn't 'fix' overall gaming performance or match the company's bad marketing claims - Core Ultra 200S still trails AMD and previous-gen chips

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Tom's Hardware · 01/18/2025 07:00 EDT

We tested Intel's fix for its lackluster 'Arrow Lake' Core Ultra 200S and found it doesn't have any meaningful impact. Read more ›

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Microsoft 365 sees 43% price hike thanks to Copilot — existing customers safe until renewal

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 14:42 EDT

Microsoft 365 personal plans get a $3 price hike with the addition of Copilot. Read more ›

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Custom RTX 5090, RTX 5080 listed for up to $2,800 and $1,400 overseas — initial pricing exceeds MSRP

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 14:40 EDT

Early listings for the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 suggest their prices might be higher than initially expected. Read more ›

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Analysts halve Nvidia GB200 Blackwell shipment forecasts for 2025 — prediction contrasts AI boom

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 14:36 EDT

Industry analysts have slashed their 2025 GB200 NVL72 shipment projections by 50%, but the industry expects an explosion of AI hardware shipments. Read more ›

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GlobalFoundries to expand New York fab — announces new $575 million advanced packaging and photonics facility

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 14:35 EDT

GlobalFoundries is investing around $575 million to construct an advanced packaging and silicon photonics facility at its Malta, New York site. Read more ›

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Elgato's Stream Deck+ is now $169 at Amazon - Save $30 on this content creation peripheral

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 14:09 EDT

Streamline your content creation with Elgato's Stream Deck+, now only $169 from Amazon. Read more ›

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AM5 copper guard stops you from making a mess on your Ryzen CPU — also improves heat dissipation

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 14:06 EDT

Japanese PC accessory Ainex offers a copper AM5 plate guard to prevent you from messing up your PC build with too much thermal paste. Read more ›

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AMD preps 32-core and 64-core Threadripper 9000 CPUs — Shimada Peak resurfaces once again

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 13:59 EDT

A shipping manifest reveals the core counts for AMD's upcoming Threadripper 9000 (Shimada Peak) processors, which the Zen 5 architecture will power. Read more ›

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RTX 5090 exhibits 27% higher CUDA performance than RTX 4090 — exceeds 500K points in Geekbench

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 11:06 EDT

The RTX 5090 has surfaced in Geekbench, showcasing a 27% uplift in synthetic scores versus the RTX 4090. Read more ›

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This Raspberry Pi handheld emulator looks like a Nintendo Switch but it can play many more games

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 10:35 EDT

Maker BBoHK has created a Raspberry Pi CM5-powered handheld that looks like a Nintendo Switch but is capable of emulating retro games. Read more ›

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Bureaucracy and distance mean TSMC's U.S. fabs may always be behind Taiwan

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 09:54 EDT

TSMC says it is close to impossible to ramp up a leading-edge node in the U.S. and bureaucracy and distance are to blame Read more ›

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Thermalright Grand Vision 360 Review: It’s not a competition, it is a massacre (again)

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 09:20 EDT

Thermalright’s Grand Vision 360 is a surprisingly strong AIO cooler. Check out the review for our results with Intel’s i7-14700K and Core Ultra 9 285K CPUs. Read more ›

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PCIe standards group releases draft specification for PCIe 7.0 — full release expected in 2025

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 08:14 EDT

PCI-SIG just released PCIe 7.0 specifications draft version 0.7, and it expects to finalize the standard this year. Read more ›

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Apple joins UALink Consortium for open-standard AI accelerator interconnections

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 07:06 EDT

Apple could be finally entering AI hardware game as it joins UALink development. Read more ›

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TSMC's Arizona Fab 21 mass produces 4nm chips at a higher price than Taiwan

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Tom's Hardware · 01/17/2025 06:48 EDT

TSMC confirms Arizona Fab 21 is making chips in volume, charges higher prices than Taiwanese fabs. Read more ›

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Nvidia's RTX 5090, 5080 reportedly have the same L1 cache size per SM compared to RTX 4090, 4080

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Tom's Hardware · 01/16/2025 15:29 EDT

L1 and L2 cache specs have been revealed for the RTX 5090 and 5080 featuring only a minor improvement over the RTX 4090 and 4080. Read more ›

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China investigates whether CHIPS and Science Act harms its chip companies

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Tom's Hardware · 01/16/2025 15:16 EDT

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce alleges that U.S. subsidies to semiconductor industry harm government-funded Chinese chipmakers. Read more ›

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Maker turns Raspberry Pi into a wireless USB flash drive for an embroidery machine

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Tom's Hardware · 01/16/2025 14:42 EDT

The Feral Engineer has created a wireless USB flash drive for his embroidery machine to avoid plugging a flash drive in every time he wants to use a different file. Read more ›

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Cooler Master's tiny NCore 100 Max SFF ITX case hits an all-time low on Amazon

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Tom's Hardware · 01/16/2025 14:07 EDT

Pick up Cooler Master's small form-factor NCore 100 Max PC case for an all-time low price. Read more ›

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China-tailored RTX 5090D has AI and cryptomining limiters — multi-GPU config is also locked

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Tom's Hardware · 01/16/2025 13:47 EDT

Nvidia has purportedly disabled overclocking and multi-GPU support on the RTX 5090D to ensure its performance does not exceed U.S. export regulations. Read more ›

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