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PremiumThe supercomputer race no longer means what it used to, as rankings lose relevance in the AI eraChina and the United States are in a race for supercomputer supremacy – but does it actually have an impact on the tech we use?
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PremiumHow to choose a new motherboard without overpayingHow much motherboard is too much? We look at what you actually get as prices climb — from VRMs and connectivity to premium features and diminishing returns.
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PremiumIntel VP Robert Hallock sets Nova Lake expectations, teases return to Raptor Lake for DDR4 platforms — our full 1:1 interview transcriptEnthusiast PCs ain't dead yet.
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PremiumThe current state of PCIe 6.0 SSDs and controllersMicron and Samsung already have actual SSDs
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PremiumBenchmarking AMD's BC-250, offering Steam Machine-like performance at half the priceThe repurposed APU for mining has come back home again.
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PremiumInside optical and the battle for scaleWith copper running out of road, photonic interconnects are becoming the new innovative solution for data centers.
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PremiumThe future of USB connectivity (2026) —bringing copper to its physical limitsThe USB ecosystem is entering another transition that will affect how laptops, desktops, storage devices, displays, and peripherals connect in the second half of the decade.
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PremiumWhile the U.S. flip-flops on chip sanctions, China is building its own chip supply marketAs the U.S. makes up its mind on export controls for Chinese chips, China has been developing its own supply chain, and associated trade network.
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PremiumSteam Machine interview full transcript: Valve engineers discuss $1,049 pricing, compact design, component shortages, and Windows supportValve's Pierre-Loup Griffais and Yazan Aldehayyat talked to Tom's Hardware about the Steam Machine, it's pricing, engineering, and even Windows support.
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PremiumThe bifurcated laptop landscape of Computex 2026 – MacBook Neo competitors with 8GB of RAM, and expensive Nvidia laptops promising an agentic-focused future of Windows on ArmTake your pick: an expensive laptop promising an agentic AI future, or affordable options with RAM allotments stuck in the past.
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PremiumSolidigm VP talks PCIe 6.0 SSDs, next-gen floating gate NAND, liquid cooled storage and moreFloating gate NAND forever.
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PremiumDitching the cloud for local AI — how I use two mini PCs to process millions of tokens a day and save money on costly API feesAs new data center buildouts hit planning walls and AI inference providers hike costs, is the future of AI to roll your own models?
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