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These Thunderbolt 4 Docks add versatility to my laptop and desktop

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Tom's Hardware · 02/04/2026 06:00 EDT

From two ports to 20, how adding a Thunderbolt dock can expand your connectivity options. Read more ›

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HetCCL makes clustered Nvidia and AMD AI accelerators play nice with each other via RDMA — vendor-agnostic collective communications library removes an obstacle to heterogeneous AI data centers

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Tom's Hardware · 02/04/2026 06:00 EDT

HetCCL, a proposed computing library, could make Nvidia and AMD AI accelerators play nicely with one another in the same cluster by bridging the two companies' hardware over RDMA. Read more ›

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Western Digital reveals new software platform to manage hundreds of petabytes of storage — as-yet-unnamed tool gives users powerful management capabilities at the price of lock-in

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Tom's Hardware · 02/04/2026 05:30 EDT

Western Digital to give large customers a tool to manage storage fleets of 200+ PB consisting of SSDs, HAMR HDDs, and UltraSMR drives. Read more ›

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Corsair Galleon 100 SD Review: The combo is good, but is it necessary

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Tom's Hardware · 02/04/2026 05:00 EDT

Corsair's Galleon 100 SD is a premium gaming keyboard with a built-in Stream Deck. We like the way it feels, but is it worth $350? Read more ›

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Researchers use agentic AI to monitor and correct 3D prints — system catches errors in real time, uses modular design to work on different makes and models

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Tom's Hardware · 02/04/2026 05:00 EDT

A group of researchers has built an AI-powered system that uses five agents to monitor 3D printers and correct for errors after each printed layer. Read more ›

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AMD CEO downplays PC memory crunch, saying 'our focus areas are enterprise' — company wants to focus on growing 'higher-end of the market'

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 18:27 EDT

AMD's CEO doesn't seem concerned with current memory prices, suggesting the company is focusing its efforts on the enterprise. Read more ›

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AMD reveals next-gen Xbox could launch in 2027 — CEO says semi-custom SoC ready to 'support launch in 2027'

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 17:22 EDT

AMD's CEO Dr. Lisa Su let out a hint about the next-gen Xbox, which will sport a semi-custom SoC that should be ready next year. Read more ›

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Purported Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs might bring extra performance with no price premium — early retailer listings show practically no price hike for some Core Ultra 200K Plus chips

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 15:02 EDT

An overseas retailer has listed Intel's forthcoming Core Ultra 200K Plus (codenamed Arrow Lake Refresh) processors along with pricing, suggesting that the refreshed family will carry practically no premium over existing products. Read more ›

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China-made Loongson 12-core chip is approximately three times slower than six-core Ryzen 5 9600X — 3B6000 hampered by low clock speeds in Linux benchmarks

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 12:12 EDT

One of Loongson's 12-core CPUs has been benchmarked by Phoronix. The Linux outlet discovered the chip is three times slower on average than AMD's latest six-core CPU the Ryzen 5 9600X. Read more ›

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DDR5 RAM begins to stabilize in Germany, January saw only a 0.1% increase in pricing across the month — some kits even saw price cuts as volatility begins to plateau

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 09:52 EDT

German retailers' inventory saw DDR5 memory prices stabilizing for the first time in months, with some kits even miraculously seeing price cuts compared to the start of January. This doesn't indicate that the crisis is over, or even that there will be no more price hikes, but rather that the unpredictability is finally starting to wither. Read more ›

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Western Digital doubles the performance of hard drives with dual-actuator High-Bandwidth, with path to 8X performance increase — Power-Optimized HDDs will reduce power by 20 percent

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 09:36 EDT

Western Digital reveals hard disk drives tailored for higher performance and lower power consumption, targeting QLC NAND-based solid-state storage. Read more ›

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Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD that records data using lasers — plans 100TB HAMR hard drives by 2029

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 09:32 EDT

Western Digital announces HDD roadmap till 2029 at its Innovation Day. Read more ›

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Intel is co-developing new Z-Angle Memory to compete with HBM used in AI data centers — vertically-stacked memory touts 2 to 3x more capacity, greater bandwidth, and half the power consumption

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 09:04 EDT

Intel and SoftBank subsidiary, Saimemory, have signed a new collaborative agreement to advance the development and manufacture of a new type of vertical-stacked memory known as Z-Angle Memory, or ZAM. Read more ›

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MSI MAG Pro X870E-P Wifi Motherboard review: Designed for productivity, but not a standout

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 09:00 EDT

The MSI MAG Pro X870E-P WiFi is a sub-$300 X870E motherboard with PCIe 5.0, fast networking, and EZ DIY features, built for productivity-focused users. Read more ›

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Snag this 4K-capable gaming PC with an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB of DDR5 RAM for less than $2,000 — a 26% saving on a powerhouse of a rig equipped with Intel's 24-core CPU and a 2TB SSD

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 08:12 EDT

Take advantage of this Newegg deal on an ABS Kaze II Aqua gaming PC, down to just $1994.99 with discount code DEAL5ABS. This 26% saving nets you a PC with a 24-core Intel Core i9-14900KF CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, a 2TB SSD, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM. Read more ›

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Snap up 32GB of Crucial Pro Overclocking RAM for $325.99 — the cheapest available DDR5-6000 kit for hitting AMD's sweetspot

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 08:11 EDT

Crucial's 32GB Pro Overclocking DDR5-6000 kit is now the cheapest 32GB kit in its class. Read more ›

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AMD Radeon RX 9000 GPUs begin to appear in the Steam Hardware Survey at last — RX 9070 arrives with paltry 0.16% market share, less than the GeForce GT 730

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 07:59 EDT

The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out, and a single AMD RDNA4 architecture GPU has charted in the PC Video Card Usage tables. Read more ›

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SpaceX acquires xAI in a bid to make orbiting data centers a reality — Musk plans to launch a million tons of satellites annually, targets 1TW/year of space-based compute capacity

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 07:54 EDT

Elon Musk merges SpaceX and xAI to help achieve his dreams of putting AI data centers in orbit, with a goal of hitting 100 gigawatts of compute in space. Read more ›

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ZX Spectrum flies simulated spacecraft using BASIC, Python, and serial — Kerbal Space Program Lunar lander powered by 1980s hardware

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 07:52 EDT

Controlling a lunar lander using a 1980s home computer is not for the faint of heart, and this project shows how one intrepid developer linked the world of BASIC to the simulated world of Kerbal Space Program using Python and Serial. Read more ›

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Still using or redeploying an older PC during today’s RAM crisis? A new power supply could save you from an insane repair bill

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Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 07:40 EDT

The power supply unit touches every part of your PC, and that means an older PSU poses a unique risk to your precious components if it fails. If you’re trying to get more life out of an old PC or pulling an older computer off the shelf during today’s RAMpocalypse, consider a proactive PSU replacement as cheap insurance. Read more ›

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