Semiconductors power everything from PCs and data centers to cars, refrigerators, and more. And from semiconductors, CPUs and GPUs to AI, and more, through deeper dives and more insight than anyone else, Tom's Hardware is your expert guide to the world of tech.
Latest News
DirectX speeds up game loads up to 10X with new advanced shader compiling
Microsoft moves shader compilation to the cloud, delivering a pre-compiled database with your game download for faster loading.
China's Great Firewall blocked all traffic to a common HTTPS port for over an hour — with no hint as to its intention
Forged TCP RST+ACK packets disrupted port 443, but not common ports like 22, 80 or 8443
Samsung's fastest consumer SSD raises its capacity cap to 8TB
The Samsung 9100 Pro will soon be available in 8TB variants this coming September.
Valve's secretive 'Fremont' gaming device surfaces in benchmarks with 2X more processing power than Steam Deck OLED
Valve's Fremont device, featuring an AMD processor based on the Hawk Point 2 silicon, has appeared in the Geekbench database.
CHIPS Act funding could herald an era where the U.S. is not offering grants, but buying equity
Premium As the U.S. confirms interest in an equity stake in Intel, could this move signal to other CHIPS Act beneficiaries that America wants a slice of their pie, in exchange for funds?
Ryzen 5 9500F without integrated graphics shows up on Geekbench
Is this AMD's next budget gaming CPU?
Huawei's Kirin 9020 integrates 5G modem, China-made 5G FEM
Despite U.S. sanctions, Huawei's Kirin 9020 is built by SMIC on a 7nm-class process and integrates a fully in-house 5G modem supported by a domestic FEM.
Sony hikes PS5 prices by $50, starting tomorrow
Sony is increasing the price of every PS5 model.
