Articles by Dallin Grimm, Contributing Writer

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

Articles by: Dallin Grimm

World's smallest, cheapest network switch developed by US high school robotics team — Murex Robotics makes the hardware fully open-source

By Dallin Grimm published 17 June 24

Murex Robotics, a high school robotics team, makes their world's-smallest network switch fully open-source. The move comes as part of their mission to democratize technology.

IBM and AIST collaborate on 10,000-qubit quantum computer — 75x more qubits than rivals

By Dallin Grimm published 17 June 24

All 10,000 qubits arriving by 2029.

$2.4 million Texas home listing boasts built-in 5,786 sq ft data center with full liquid cooling immersion system, no bedrooms

By Dallin Grimm published 16 June 24

Unfortunately, it doesn't have much in the way of bedrooms.

DNA data preserved in amber-like polymer by MIT scientists — Jurassic Park inspires new long-term 'T-REX' preservation method

By Dallin Grimm published 16 June 24

"T-REX" method is somehow the best way to preserve DNA.

DJI drone ban passes in U.S. House — 'Countering CCP Drones Act' would ban all DJI sales in U.S. if passed in Senate

By Dallin Grimm published 16 June 24

Another major Chinese company risks Congress's banhammer.

Cooler Master X Silent family of power supplies

Cooler Master bundles free 27-inch 240 Hz gaming monitor with 850W fanless power supply — X Silent Edge Platinum 850 goes up for preorder at $399

By Dallin Grimm published 15 June 24

A killer combo for early bird buyers

Russian chipmaker unveils Raspberry Pi competitor — despite US sanction woes, Elbrus packs its homegrown chip into the smallest form factor yet

By Dallin Grimm published 14 June 24

Elbrus's confusing naming conventions come to a tiny form factor.

Red reference laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite.

Snapdragon X Elite in the wild is allegedly slower than iPhone 12 — first benchmarks of Samsung Book4 Edge disappoint

By Dallin Grimm published 13 June 24

Wait for firmware updates before condemnation

China's chip exports are booming but may be nearing overcapacity, stoking fears of chip glut — SMIC revenues rise as profits fall

By Dallin Grimm published 12 June 24

China's semiconductor imports and exports have both grown in the first half of 2024, but growth falls behind competing nations and points to long-term problems.

The US is spending more money on chip manufacturing construction this year than the previous 28 years combined

By Dallin Grimm published 12 June 24

The United States is on pace to add more investment into electronics manufacturing construction this year as it did from 1996 to 2023. The CHIPS Act is largely to credit for the meteoric growth.

Intel is trucking a 916,000-pound 'Super Load' across Ohio to its new fab, spawning road closures over nine days

By Dallin Grimm published 12 June 24

Intel is trucking a 916,000-pound cold box from the Ohio River to its new fab near Columbus. This load is one of the largest of Intel's approximately 20 super loads making their way across the state.

Multiple ChatGPT instances work together to find and exploit security flaws — teams of LLMs tested by UIUC beat single bots and dedicated software

By Dallin Grimm published 10 June 24

Apes (or AI) together strong.

Newegg offers up a GTX 1080 Ti for $1.63, if you ignore the $400 shipping — strange GPU 'bargain' sparks many questions

By Dallin Grimm published 10 June 24

A Newegg listing for a GTX 1080 Ti has hit the web with a sale price of only $1.63, or four payments of 41 cents. But the GPU ships from Hong Kong for $400.

Tuxedo Snapdragon X Elite prototype at Computex 2024

Linux Snapdragon X Elite laptop Shown at Computex — Tuxedo OEM hopes to ship by the end of the year

By Dallin Grimm published 10 June 24

Laptop and desktop OEM Tuxedo, which specializes in Linux-based computers, showed off a Snapdragon X Elite laptop shipping with Linux at Computex 2024.

PowerColor's new tech uses the NPU to reduce gaming power usage — vendor-provided benchmarks show up to 22.4% lower power consumption

By Dallin Grimm published 8 June 24

PowerColor's booth at Computex 2024 featured its "new gen" Radeon GPUs, which leverage NPUs to reduce power consumption by up to 22.4%.

Adata shows off hybrid air/water cooling tower at Computex — new PSUs and PCIe 5.0 SSDs also on deck

By Dallin Grimm published 6 June 24

Adata's display at Computex includes a pair of new styles of CPU cooler, a line of interlocking fans, a new SFX power supply, and an SSD with intense cooling.