How to choose a new motherboard without overpaying — scoping out the features you need, and what you might never use as component costs soar
$250-400: even more connectivity, storage, and premium features, a sweet spot for enthusiasts
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Dell CEO unveils new ‘Dude, you’re getting a Dell (AI server rack)’ video — PC maker recycles famous PC ad campaign to tout its new AI data center products
usertests They might come to regret this campaign, or they might not care. I will still buy their office computers off of Dell Refurbished, ebay, or fish them out of the post-apocalyptic rubble. Reply
China’s homegrown AI accelerators to supply 90% of the country’s domestic market, analysts suggest — Cambricon and Huawei expected to be the biggest winners in
Qualcomm plans China-specific data center chips — new Dragonfly lineup will include nerfed AI accelerators that comply with export thresholds
Alibaba is selling its gaming studio for at least $1.5 billion to help fund AI buildout, mirroring Micron’s exit from consumer business — dumps entire stake in
“Alibaba is handing Lingxi to Trustar due to better focus on its strategic priorities,” Zhou wrote in the memo, as quoted by Bloomberg . Zhou and his management team will stay on to run the studio under its new owner. Th…
AMD claims its 2026 rack-scale AI solution is 4X more energy efficient than its 2024 AI platform — company says it’s pacing ahead of 20X efficiency by 2030
AMD estimates its progress at the rack level rather than on the CPU and AI accelerator levels, which obviously gives the company a lot of freedom in how to optimize performance efficiency. The company takes into account …
GoldenEye 007 for N64 has been ‘100% decompiled’ — success of half-decade project opens up possibilities for complex mods and ports
Mark Tyson is a news editor at Tom’s Hardware. He enjoys covering the full breadth of PC tech; from business and semiconductor design to products approaching the edge of reason. “,”collapsible”:{“enabled”:true,”maxHeight…
Adata XPG Novakey RGB DDR5-6000 C30 2x16GB Review — Turning salvage into pure performance
The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Gaming X Trio efficiently handles demanding graphics workloads, preventing any bottlenecks during our gaming RAM benchmarks . The TeamGroup A440 Lite PCIe 4.0 SSD balances performance and ca…
Intel’s next-gen Nova Lake chips may skip game-boosting X3D cache rival for mobile SKUs and debut on Razor Lake-HX instead, leaker claims — new rumor says Razor
That implies that only Nova Lake desktop processors will be the lucky recipients of bLLC, and even then, only a few higher-end SKUs are expected to feature it. Current rumors suggest a single NVL-S tile is said to house …
China’s homegrown AI accelerators to supply 90% of the country’s domestic market, analysts suggest — Cambricon and Huawei expected to be the biggest winners in
Qualcomm plans China-specific data center chips — new Dragonfly lineup will include nerfed AI accelerators that comply with export thresholds
Senior PC store staff accused of running secret rival shop with stolen inventory — Hong Kong retailer claims substantial losses over year-long scheme
Future Technology says the pair resold its inventory through a secret build-to-order store called Point Connect.
