Articles by Sunny Grimm, Contributing Writer

Sunny's tech journey began in 2017, when he spotted the shiny new GTX 1080 on the shelf of one Jarred Walton, Tom's Hardware's resident GPU expert. Babysitting for Jarred, Sunny was paid in a 1050 Ti, which killed his computer the second he tried to install it. One week of headscratching troubleshooting later, Sunny was brought into this new life of tinkering and trying to squeeze every frame of performance out of their hardware. First writing for PC Gamer, Sunny made the trek over to Tom's Hardware to tackle the morning's breaking tech news. Perpetually one generation behind the bleeding edge, Sunny is currently studying at a university in Utah. When they're not writing about the US-China trade war, Sunny is either writing new music, getting in rounds of Magic: the Gathering, or advocating for minority rights.

Articles by: Sunny Grimm

White House crypto and AI czar David Sacks, seen with Speaker Mike Johnson.

White House crypto and AI adviser warns China catching up to the U.S. — 'Before DeepSeek, people thought that Chinese AI models were years behind and we realized that they are only months behind'

By Sunny Grimm published 20 June 25

Overly tight hardware export controls have helped Huawei, China pull within two years of U.S. chip design

Huawei's brute force AI tactic seems to be working — CloudMatrix 384 claimed to outperform Nvidia processors running DeepSeek R1

By Sunny Grimm published 20 June 25

A new report says that Huawei's CloudMatrix 384 outperforms Nvidia processors running DeepSeek R1, which is to be expected given the energy use involved.

3D illustration of several file cabinets full of folders.

16 billion accounts exposed in one of the largest data breaches in history — enormous data haul holds two accounts for every human alive

By Sunny Grimm published 19 June 25

Another major security event acts as a stark reminder to regularly change passwords and login credentials.

Texas Instruments commits $60 billion to U.S. semiconductor manufacturing — includes planned expansions to Texas, Utah fabs

By Sunny Grimm published 18 June 25

Texas Instruments follows the semiconductor industry in announcing its new investments in expanding U.S. facilities, though we already knew about most of the projects.

Misguided copper thieves plunge LA into internet blackout — perps cut lines only to find fiber-optic cables

By Sunny Grimm published 18 June 25

Spectrum internet went down across L.A. thanks to vandals who didn't even find any copper

Microsoft has broken Windows Hello facial recognition — it no longer works in the dark

By Sunny Grimm published 17 June 25

The newest revision of Windows Hello Face requires a color camera to authenticate logins in addition to the use of IR sensors, somewhat limiting the function's usability in low-light scenarios.

ChatGPT starting prompt seen on a phone screen, seen over a desktop display also displaying a ChatGPT webpage.

ChatGPT touts conspiracies, pretends to communicate with metaphysical entities — attempts to convince one user that they're Neo

By Dallin Grimm published 13 June 25

'What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation? It looks like an additional monthly user.'

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 review photos

AMD RX 9070 XT GDDR6 sources have a small effect on performance — testing reveals 1 - 2% delta

By Dallin Grimm published 12 June 25

Bilibili hardware tester finds discrepancies between SK hynix and Samsung memory across Radeon 9070 XT models

Jensen Huang at the Computex 2025 keynote address

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says Huawei will take advantage if AI chip restrictions continue — 'our technology is a generation ahead of theirs', but not for long

By Dallin Grimm published 12 June 25

If AI developers continue flocking to China, the US will lose its competitive edge

Banned China chipmaker YMTC sues Micron again, now over serious defamation claims — Micron funded anti-Chinese tech misinformation campaigns to get ahead, says YMTC

By Dallin Grimm published 11 June 25

The third YMTC/Micron lawsuit has legs to stand on.

"OCUK castle" of RX 9060 XTs, from Tweet via Sapphire SVP of Marketing Adrian Thompson

AMD RX 9060 XT still available at MSRP at most retailers post-launch — 8GB and 16GB versions still in stock

By Dallin Grimm published 6 June 25

The 8GB variant, much-maligned online, is sticking on shelves

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Next to a B200 Node

'Rising ASIC coalition' seeks to jettison Nvidia — Industry report claims firms are accelerating development in order to reduce dependence on the giant

By Sunny Grimm published 6 June 25

TSMC, as always, seems to be the true winner in this story

AMD RX 9060 XT 16GB flies off shelves, 8GB lingers - GPU launch highlights demand split between variants

By Dallin Grimm published 5 June 25

On the bright side, there is one GPU you can find at MSRP in 2025.

Intel draws a line in the sand to boost gross margins — new products must deliver 50% gross profit to get the green light

By Dallin Grimm published 5 June 25

Lip-Bu Tan is "laser-focused" on getting Intel back to maximizing shareholder value

The world's smallest violin, printed in platinum by Loughborough University

Scientists print 'world's smallest violin' in platinum with nanolithography — UK physicists push toward nanoscale computing

By Dallin Grimm published 5 June 25

Now, tardigrades can play a sad song for you on the world's smallest violin

Asus responds to concerns over 9,000+ routers compromised by botnet — firmware updates and factory reset can purge routers of persistent backdoor

By Dallin Grimm published 5 June 25

Some concerns over a persistent SSH backdoor left by a stealthy exploit soothed by Asus

GlobalFoundries announces $16 billion U.S. chip production spend — striking spending boom follows demand from domestic customers

By Dallin Grimm published 4 June 25

Contract fab GlobalFoundries has announced a commitment to spend $16 billion on plant expansion and advanced packaging research. The move comes with no expected spending date.

MSI China is so confident in its power supplies, its warranties now cover all your PC's components

By Sunny Grimm published 30 May 25

MSI China has announced a new after-purchase warranty program, covering all PC components connected to MSI's 80+ Gold or higher units in the event of major failure.

AMD acquires Enosemi to enter photonics race — chasing Nvidia into light-based interconnect tech

By Dallin Grimm published 28 May 25

AMD has acquired photonics firm Enosemi, highlighting a desire to push into photonics and to become a full software stack supplier in the datacenter, chasing Nvidia in both respects.

Generic silicon wafer for Samsung 3D NAND v9 story

AI chip boom sparks BT substrate materials shortage — TSMC's huge demand causes supply disruptions for NAND flash controllers, SSDs

By Dallin Grimm published 27 May 25

TSMC's demand for CoWoS material has cascaded to impact suppliers of BT substrate base materials, causing the memory market to react quickly to avoid shortages and other negative effects.

B650 boards from Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock and Asus

B650 chipset allegedly on the way out — Chinese forum declares stock to dry up by Q3 2025

By Dallin Grimm published 27 May 25

A generational shift in favor of the B850 is expected to follow

Super Flower PSUs at Computex 2025, featuring the Leadex VIII Platinum

Super Flower shows off not one but two 3000W PSUs at Computex 2025

By Dallin Grimm published 22 May 25

Super Flower continues to show off its impressive range

Adata launches 'Trusta' enterprise line at Computex — SSDs and RAM for Edge AI and Enterprise users

By Dallin Grimm published 20 May 25

Adata's booth at Computex 2025 includes the launch of the company's new Trusta brand, aimed at the enterprise and AI fields, as well as an array of other new SSD toys.

Sudokoo's SK620V air cooler, in white and black, displayed on a table.

Sudokoo shows off brand-new CPU cooler and fan designs — new kid on the block puts more displays inside PCs

By Dallin Grimm published 20 May 25

Hardware newcomer Sudokoo showed off a range of new cooling tech at Computex this year, with air coolers, AIOs, and fans all on display, showing off the latest ways to put more bling in your PC.

Intel reports wave of high-severity GPU vulnerabilities — ten unique security vulnerabilities stemming from poor software hit range of graphics solutions

By Sunny Grimm published 15 May 25

While patched, the bugs point to another weak point in Intel's operation

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