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AMD B650 expansion cards hit retail starting at $199 — add four M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots and 11 USB ports to any PC with a PCIe slot

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 12:29 EDT

A couple of new add-in cards exemplify the trend of slapping AMD's Promontory 21 chipset onto a card for extra I/O expansion. Read more ›

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Mainland Chinese exhibitors reportedly locked out of Computex 2026, as Taiwan entry permits stall — parties complain applications left pending or hit with last-minute documentation requests

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 11:43 EDT

Mainland Chinese companies among the 219 listed mainland exhibitors at Computex 2026 in Taipei have been kept off the show floor by stalled entry permits. Read more ›

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Intel reportedly no longer working on 6-core Nova Lake mobile SKU, alleges new rumor — Wildcat Lake Refresh to become focus for next-gen budget markets instead

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 11:39 EDT

Intel is still on schedule to at least announce Nova Lake at the end of the year, even if all rumors say the timelines have moved to next year. Apparently, the lowest-end 6-core Nova Lake mobile part targeted at budget markets won't be a part of that launch as the company is prioritizing Wildcat Lake for this segment. Read more ›

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AMD is considering a potential Ryzen 5 9600X3D — company says six-core Zen 5 X3D chip 'maybe something we look at doing... later this year'

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 11:00 EDT

AMD says that six-core X3D chips don't make sense for a broad market for a number of reasons, but a six-core X3D chip with the Zen 5 architecture is something the company is considering. Read more ›

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Cooler Master shows off new HAF 500 chassis, aluminum fans, and new air coolers — New V8 Cooler, Masterfan AnM, and updated Silencio 600 and HAF chassis’ add to an already comprehensive product stack

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 10:32 EDT

Cooler Master had a lot of things to show off at Computex 2026. Read more ›

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Phison shows PCIe 6.0 X3 SSD controller with 28 GB/s of bandwidth and 6.8 million IOPS, supports 2 petabytes per drive— also new power-sipping E37T SSDs for PCIe 5.0 systems consume a mere 4.5W

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 09:54 EDT

Phison's booth at Computex 2026 had its new PCIe 6.0 SSD controller, dubbed the X3, on display, with claims of up to 28 GB/s of sequential throughput and 6.8 million IOPS in random read/write workloads. Read more ›

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Intel Xeon 6+ Computex roundtable interview transcript — Kira Boyko and Tim Wilson on 18A wafer allocation, Clearwater Forest, and dropping hyper-threading

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 08:24 EDT

Intel launched its Xeon 6+ processors at Computex, and on Monday, two of the individuals responsible for the product sat down with the press to answer questions. Read more ›

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Bernie Sanders pushes for 50% public ownership of American AI companies — proposes AI sovereign wealth fund that would hold direct ownership stakes in largest AI firms

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 08:15 EDT

The U.S. Senator is arguing that since AI companies use public data to generate a lot of revenue, the public should benefit from it as well. He also said that the people should have a say in the direction of AI by giving them a 50% direct stake in the biggest companies that develop this technology. Read more ›

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Grab this RTX 5070 gaming PC with a 7800X3D from CyberPowerPC for under $1,960 right now — exclusive discount available on 4K-ready pre-built rig with 32GB DDR5 and 1TB SSD that knocks $210 off

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 07:35 EDT

Save $210 on this powerful CyberPowerPC gaming rig, powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and the all-impressive RTX 5070, alongside a 1TB SSD and 32GB of DDR5 RAM, all for just $1,959.99. Read more ›

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Gigabyte showcases new Infinity products for its 40th anniversary — X870 Infinity Next halo motherboard boasts metal 3D-printed elements, Aero Wood goes dark, MicroATX Stealth boards, Infinity-style GPUs extend down the product stack

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 07:30 EDT

Metal 3D printed heatsinks on motherboards, more wood, infinity cooling extends down the RTX line, oh my. Read more ›

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SK hynix to double memory wafer capacity within five years, chairman says — AI-driven shortage will persist until at least 2030

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 07:25 EDT

SK hynix will double its memory wafer capacity within five years, SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won told reporters at Computex in Taipei on June 2nd. Read more ›

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Jensen Huang says Nvidia wants to 'reinvent the single most important tool of humanity' with RTX Spark — Nvidia CEO touts support of 'literally every computer maker in the world' for its agentic AI PC platform

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 07:20 EDT

In a press Q&A held at Computex 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang discussed why the company is entering the PC market now and its ambitions for the future of computing. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware Unfiltered: Computex 2026, Day 1 — night markets, taking the MRT train, and a slew of demos

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 07:06 EDT

The Tom's Hardware team in Taipei reports back on what they've been up to as Computex 2026 begins to gather momentum. Take a look at how we're making Read more ›

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Drones to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage touted in new defense pact — US one of three partners developing new tech to protect $1.8 trillion in daily transactions

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 07:00 EDT

The Australian, UK, and U.S. governments just announced a cooperation to develop new technologies to protect underwater cables. The move comes after recent incidents of damages to undersea cables across the world, as well as the Russian Navy's surveying of areas near where undersea cables run. Read more ›

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Take home Gigabyte's Aero X16 gaming laptop for just $1,389.99 and save $610 — packed with 32GB of RAM and a powerful RTX 5070 GPU

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 06:56 EDT

Gigabyte's Aero X16 packs 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a powerful Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU all for $1389.99 in this Best Buy deal. Read more ›

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AMD ‘had to re-engineer’ the Ryzen 7 5800X3D for a re-release — 10th Anniversary Edition chip had ‘a whole body of engineering work’ put into it

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 06:41 EDT

AMD just reintroduced the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, but it wasn't as simple as spinning up the old manufacturing process, as the original bonding method TSMC used was no longer available. Read more ›

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Intel Arc G3 interview transcript — Intel's Senior Product Director talks new handheld chips, Arrow Lake Refresh, and RTX Spark

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 06:30 EDT

Intel's Nish Neelalojanan spoke to us at Computex 2026 about Intel's new G3 chip line, how it impacts the burgeoning handheld gaming market, and how Intel is responding to rising chip and memory prices the world over. Read more ›

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Frore System’s solid-state AirJet Mini cools Intel’s Wildcat Lake laptop reference design – 15W of sustained, fanless cooling helps MacBook Neo competitor reach a svelte 11.3 mm, remain silent

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 06:10 EDT

Frore has worked with Intel to feature its AirJet solid-state cooling chip inside its much-hyped Wildcat Lake reference laptop. These laptops will need to stay slim, quiet, and affordable if they want to compete with the MacBook Neo, and the AirJet should help Intel fight Apple on at least two of those fronts. Read more ›

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Teen’s Bluetooth speaker named ‘BOMB’ caused a 10-hour delay on flight from Newark to Spain — passenger reported concerns to flight attendant at 32,000 feet, forcing plane back to the US

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 06:00 EDT

Passengers on United Airlines flight UA236 on Saturday were subjected to deplaning, TSA rescreening, and over 10 hours of delays thanks to a teen foolishly naming their Bluetooth speaker 'BOMB.' Read more ›

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Intel says 'something has to give' with memory prices — company says it 'will continue to make sure that there are products which can take care of older memory technologies'

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 05:30 EDT

Intel sat down with Tom's Hardware at Computex 2026, and the company says it recognizes the importance of Raptor Lake and DDR4 platforms as the memory crunch continues. Read more ›

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Chinese military has been acquiring Nvidia chips, even post-Washington export controls, research claims — multiple institutions linked to the PLA asked for Nvidia AI chips, according to publicly available documents

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Tom's Hardware · 06/02/2026 05:00 EDT

A business-intelligence researcher said that the Chinese military has been actively acquiring Nvidia AI chips, even after the U.S. put export controls on them. Public documents show that some institutions ask for these chips either through the specifications they demand or by directly asking for Nvidia chips by name. Read more ›

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