Jon Martindale

Jon Martindale

Freelance Writer

After building his first computers in his teens, Jon Martindale has spent the past two decades covering the latest advances in technology. From displays to PC components, blockchain to AI, and tablets to standing desk accessories, Jon has covered just about every facet of the tech space in his varied career. He has bylines at Forbes, USNews, Lifewire, DigitalTrends, PCWorld, and a range of other sites. He brings that same level of expertise and professional insight to Toms Hardware.Away from writing, Jon is an avid reader, board gamer, and fitness enthusiast. He lives in rural Gloucestershire with his wife, two children, and French Bulldog cross.

Articles by: Jon Martindale

Jim Keller giving a talk at a show.

Chip designer Jim Keller says Intel still has 'a lot of work to do' — would consider it for Tenstorrent AI chip production, already in talks with TSMC, Rapidus, and Samsung for 2nm tech

By Jon Martindale published

Also working with Japanese firm, Rapidus, to get swift access to the smallest process nodes possible.

Sam Altman's face with glass windows behind him.

OpenAI's Sam Altman had secret TSMC meeting over future chip supply, report claims — AI pioneer in Asia as South Korea confirms 20MW data center deal with ChatGPT maker

By Jon Martindale published

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly held secretive meetings with TSMC and Foxconn in Taiwan as he looks to secure chip production for future facilities and his own internal chip design plans.

Man looking at his bills with concern while using a laptop.

AI data center boom sends some wholesale electricity prices soaring up to 267% in five years, says report — as global rollout of AI factories continues apace

By Jon Martindale published

People living near many of the new data centers being built as part of the AI boom are finding their power costs rising dramatically, in some cases making it hard to afford day-to-day living.

Engineers watching the dome be transported to the Small Nuclear Reactor.

Data centers to account for 9% of electricity demand in the U.S by 2035 — Nuclear power could help sate AI demand

By Jon Martindale published

Premium Regulatory approval and standardization could take years to get them off the ground, though.

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EU pushes for Chips Act 2.0 investment as it looks set to miss global silicon production targets by a wide margin — seeks quadrupling of semiconductor investment as $50 billion initiative flounders

By Jon Martindale published

A group of countries pressed the EU to quadruple spending on semiconductors.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on a red background.

OpenAI's significant investments raise more questions than answers — CEO Sam Altman remains tight-lipped about how the company will deliver

By Jon Martindale published

Premium Long-term profitability is still a vague idea.

Man with DIY exoskeleton mounted on his forearm playing Aim Trainer.

YouTuber's homebrew aim-assist exoskeleton grabs them second place in global Aimlabs leader board — 63% aim boost from AI-powered project

By Jon Martindale published

A YouTube gamer has constructed a homebrew aim-assist exoskeleton which tracks on-screen movement and adjusts his aim physically, helping to max out his score in Aimlabs' FPS training program.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sat next to Apple CEO, Tim Cook.

OpenAI makes flurry of deals in drive towards for-profit model — AI giant teams up with Nvidia, Luxshare, Apple, and more

By Jon Martindale published

Premium OpenAI is making major moves to secure future GPUs and accelerate its hardware plans in a flurry of major deals worth billions of dollars, though questions remain about its future funding.

Jensen Huang explaining to the press.

Nvidia promises its $100 billion OpenAI deal won't impact GPU supply — 'we will continue to make every customer a top priority'

By Jon Martindale published

Pinkie promise...

Hooded hacker with bad posture hunches over their Matrix-code workstation.

$115 million ransomware hacker arrested over extortion attacks — Scattered Spider alumnus allegedly involved in over 120 computer network intrusions targeting 47 U.S. entities

By Jon Martindale published

The British national is accused of hacking over 120 computer networks and attacking close to 50 different U.S. entities.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang looking smug during a Thematic Event on Advanced Manufacturing in China.

Nvidia drops a cool $900 million on Enfabrica tech and hiring its CEO, report claims — AI networking chip company boasts capacity to connect 100,000 GPUs together

By Jon Martindale published

Rochan Sankar and other employees will move over to Nvidia, and it gets to license the firm's technology.

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Asus is 'actively investigating' ROG gaming laptop stuttering woes — Models released / sold between 2021 - 2024 affected by 'performance interruptions'

By Jon Martindale published

Seems to affect Asus ROG gaming laptops from between 2021 and 2024.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in front of the Union Jack.

UK cosies up to big tech with $42 billion data center and AI investment deal

By Jon Martindale published

Premium UK inks deals with OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, Coreweave, ScaleAI, and more.

Jensen Huang looking surprised in a chat with media.

Nvidia's China-exclusive RTX 6000D reportedly gets lukewarm reception in China due to hobbled performance — could leave Nvidia with huge backlog of unwanted GPUs

By Jon Martindale published

Estimates put production at over two million of these GPUs.

Google CEO Sundar Pinchai waving.

Google terminates 200 AI contractors — 'ramp-down' blamed, but workers claim questions over pay and job insecurity are the real reason behind layoffs

By Jon Martindale published

Some believe they were let go because of complaints over working conditions and compensation.

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Hacker ransomware groups announce retirement to enjoy their "golden parachutes" — no further attacks planned, future attributed activities will relate to undisclosed past breaches

By Jon Martindale published

They ride off into the sunset taking their millions with them

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China accuses Nvidia of anti-monopoly law violations, raising prospect of heavy fines — company could be fined 10% of revenue from China

By Jon Martindale published

This may also be another indirect tactic in the ongoing trade negotiations.

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OpenAI and Microsoft reach an understanding over ongoing contract negotiations — but AGI clause remains an uncertainty

By Jon Martindale published

Premium OpenAI and Microsoft has struck a memorandum of understanding on their ongoing contract negotiations, opening the door for OpenAI to begin corporate restructuring.

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The new frontier: Meet the power players cashing in on the AI gold rush

By Jon Martindale published

Premium Many of the world's richest people are the founders and CEOs of the top tech firms cashing in on the big AI boom, with some particular standouts "earning" tens of billions of dollars in a single day.

Larry Ellison in the oval office.

OpenAI signs contract to buy $300 billion worth of Oracle computing power over the next five years — company needs 4.5 gigawatts of power, enough to power four million homes

By Jon Martindale published

Instantly boosting Oracle CEO Larry Ellison to the world's richest man, but questions remain about how either company will afford such a deal.

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DDoS scrubbing service ironic target of massive attack it was built to prevent — hit with 1.5 billion packets per second from more than 11,000 distributed networks

By Jon Martindale published

A DDoS scrubbing service has been hit with a massive attack from over 11,000 distributed networks, with peak traffic of 1.5 billion packets per second.

Interior of a PC with an RTX 3080 Ti and Threadripper CPU.

Lucky bidder scoops $8,000 PC for $23 at auction — Mislabelled Fractal Design case listing had 24-core Threadripper 3960X, 256GB of memory, and an RTX 3080 Ti inside

By Jon Martindale published

A lucky online auction bidder has scored an $8,000 PC for just $23, bidding on a mislabelled Fractal Design case that actually had a full system inside.

Nvidia Blackwell Ultra server stack.

Nvidia claims software and hardware upgrades allow Blackwell Ultra GB300 to dominate MLPerf benchmarks — touts 45% DeepSeek R-1 inference throughput increase over GB200

By Jon Martindale published

Big increases in performance when running a range of popular open source models.

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Intel confirms Arrow Lake refresh set for 2026, Nova Lake later that year — company admits there are 'holes to fill on the desktop front,' says it is 'confident in the roadmap'

By Jon Martindale published

Though the next-generation chip launch looks set to extend into 2027, too.

General Atomics laser mounted on top of a prop plane.

World's first laser communication link between a plane and satellite ran at 1 Gbps — 10-watt laser which has a 3,417 mile range and 2.5 Gbps max data rate

By Jon Martindale published

Showcasing an important alternative to radio-based, high-speed communication.

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