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GTA 3 and Vice City are now playable inside San Andreas — a mod lets you revisit Liberty City and Vice City without leaving San Andreas

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 13:48 EDT

A GTA modder has embedded GTA 3 and Vice City within San Andreas, even nesting Vice City within GTA 3, with all three games continuing to run simultaneously. Read more ›

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Firm predicts it will cost $28 billion to build a 2nm fab and $30,000 per wafer, a 50 percent increase in chipmaking costs as complexity rises

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 12/22/2023 07:32 EDT

As wafer fab tools are getting more expensive, so do fabs and, ultimately, chips. A new report claims that Read more ›

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U.S. mulls imposing tariffs on legacy chips as Chinese companies prepare to flood the market with the simple but vital chips, undercutting Western rivals to deprive them of R&D funding

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Tom's Hardware · 12/22/2023 07:13 EDT

U.S. Commerce Department set to survey companies in other sectors to find out how they procure simplistic, but vital chips. Read more ›

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Blacklisted Chinese chipmaker SMIC is working on 3nm process technology despite US sanctions that limit access to advanced tools: Report

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Tom's Hardware · 12/22/2023 06:48 EDT

Without access to leading-edge chip production tools, SMIC remains committed to 5nm and 3nm process technologies. Read more ›

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ChatGPT designed a processor, and it has been successfully fabricated — demo video shows it powering a Christmas light show

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Tom's Hardware · 12/22/2023 06:31 EDT

ChatGPT chip design team has now successfully fabricated the QTCore-C1 chip they designed - and you can watch it powering a Christmas light show. Read more ›

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First look at a prototype of the fastest SSD we're likely to see in 2024 — Phison’s E26 'Max14um' is coming, and we'll test performance early next year

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Tom's Hardware · 12/22/2023 06:00 EDT

Phison's E26 'Max14um' SSD provides our first look at the upcoming PCIe 5.0 drives that will top out at 14 GB/s of throughput. We have the drive in house and will be putting it through its test paces in the coming days, but here's a look at the work that went on behind the scenes to hit such high levels of performance in an M.2 drive. Read more ›

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New CPU from China's sole x86 chipmaker grapples with AMD's Bulldozer in Geekbench results — lower-end model isn't the fastest, but it gives Zhaoxin a full roster of CPUs for use in the country

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 15:53 EDT

Zhaoxin's KX6640MA x86 processor has popped up on Geekbench 6, and it's about as good as AMD's old Bulldozer chips. Read more ›

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Microsoft is deprecating Windows Mixed Reality — it will be removed from a future version of Windows

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 15:49 EDT

Microsoft has deprecated Windows Mixed Reality, and the software will be removed from a future version of Windows. Read more ›

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ASML ships groundbreaking new chipmaking tool to Intel — High-NA lithography tool needed for next-gen process nodes could cost ~$400 million

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 14:19 EDT

Intel is gearing up to be high-NA EUV lithography champ with orders for six additional Twinscan EXE machines. Read more ›

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Toshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenters

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 14:07 EDT

A Toshiba exec believes that hard drive technology will continue to improve, enabling HDDs to be used well into the future admist growing energy costs. Read more ›

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Best Laser Cutters and Engravers 2023

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 13:37 EDT

We help you find the best laser cutters for engraving hobby projects or starting a small business. Read more ›

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HP FX700 2TB SSD review: HP strikes back with YMTC's newest QLC flash memory

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 12:54 EDT

The HP FX700 takes a winning formula and drops in new QLC NAND, creating an efficient and cool-running SSD that lacks high performance but makes for a good secondary drive. Read more ›

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One of my favorite-looking PC cases, the Fractal Design North, is now only $119

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 12:37 EDT

I'm not kidding when I say this is one of my favorite-looking PC cases. You can pick up the Fractal Design North PC case on sale for just $119. Read more ›

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Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and AMD Ryzen 7 7840U have an iGPU-bound benchmarking rematch in Linux

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 12:34 EDT

The Intel Core Ultra 7 155H gets benchmarked under Linux against the Ryzen 7 7840U and the Core i7 1280P, revealing significant improvements over past-generation iGPU architecture. Read more ›

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Pricing leaks for three AMD Ryzen 8000G desktop AM5 APUs, ranging from $190 to $400 — new AM4 CPUs, too

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 12:11 EDT

Some retailers have listed Ryzen 8000G desktop APUs ahead of launch, and the prices could be high. Read more ›

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Raspberry Pi cinewhoop drone swoops in with a Zero 2 W to run the live video feed

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 11:43 EDT

Artur Pękosz has created a custom cinewhoop drone that uses a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to relay video feed to FPV goggles. Read more ›

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Unreleased Intel Core i3-14100 teased at $150 price point by early listing

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 10:55 EDT

A yet-unreleased Intel Core i3-14100 was listed on the ShopBLT platform, priced within a few dollars of its 13th Gen counterpart. Read more ›

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LG's new gaming monitor lets you switch monitor refresh rates up to 480 Hz on the fly — Ultragear flips between 1080p at 480 Hz and 4K at 240 Hz with the press of a button

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 10:47 EDT

LG announced a few monitors in about 16:9 and 21:9 curved format, but one monitor features a handy feature which allows the user to swap between 4K at 240Hz or 1080p at 480Hz! Read more ›

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Intel CEO says Nvidia’s AI dominance is pure luck – Nvidia VP fires back, says Intel lacked vision and execution

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 10:01 EDT

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has publicly characterized Nvidia’s AI industry success as purely accidental, and if his Larrabee project hadn't been canceled, Intel would be reaping the rewards. Read more ›

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Sony's PlayStation 5 sales hit 50 million despite price hikes — more than twice the sales of Xbox X|S

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 09:04 EDT

As unit shipments of Sony's PlayStation 5 hit 50 million, the company says it is gaining momentum despite price hikes. Read more ›

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WeCreat Vision 20 Watt Review: Simple, Powerful, and Fast

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2023 08:00 EDT

The WeCreat Vision features a powerful 20 watt diode laser with a unique auto-focus system that can quickly and safely cut through a variety of materials. Combined with the optional fume extractor and rotary engraver, the Vision has everything you need to start creating custom laser engraved products today. Read more ›

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