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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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PremiumOur experts review your astonishing PC builds and setups in Rig Rundown — from wall-mounted setups to a system packed inside of a 1:6 scale RC carWe go through user-submitted PC builds and crown a winner in the inaugural Tom's Hardware Premium Rig Rundown results
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PremiumWhy we spent 50+ hours retesting Intel’s Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K PlusAlthough we’ve known for a long time that Intel planned to refresh its Arrow Lake CPUs, the 270K Plus and 250K Plus still posted results that were difficult to believe during our review period.
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PremiumWD Innovation Day 2026 press Q&A transcript: roadmap plans to reach 60TB with ePMR and 100TB via HAMR by 2029 — 'at some point, the laws of physics will require us to transition to HAMR'WD's leadership, now fully split from Sandisk, talks about its expectations for the future with industry analysts. We cover the full transcript of the press-only session right here.
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PremiumAmerica’s AI chip rules keep changing — and the rest of the world is paying the priceWhat’s going on with Donald Trump’s attitude to AI chips, and how could it play out?
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PremiumHere’s what the FCC ban on foreign-manufactured routers actually means for consumersRouter manufacturers will now need to jump through some restrictive hoops to sell products in the U.S.
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PremiumAnalyzing Noctua's roadmap — new PSUs, fan-equipped mice, the elusive Thermosiphon, and disappearing prototypesWe take a look at Noctua's current lineup of releases through Q2 2026, in addition to what products we might expect from them in the future, including the impressive Thermosiphon cooler.
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PremiumTesting DirectStorage with GPU decompression — do Blackwell GPUs have the upper hand?We tested DirectStorage with GPU decompression on Blackwell GPUs to see if they perform better than prior generations.
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PremiumGTC 2026: Ian Buck press Q&A transcript — VP of Hyperscale and HPC speaks out on shelving CPX and shipping LPU decode this yearFollowing Nvidia's GTC 2026 keynote, where CEO Jensen Huang laid out the company's Vera Rubin architecture and the Groq 3 LPU acquisition, Nvidia's Ian Buck sat down with press for a Q&A session.
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PremiumThe $599 MacBook Neo stunned the budget laptop marketThe $599 MacBook Neo is an incredible budget laptop. But if you're all in on Windows, there are a few advantages that traditional PCs still offer if you shop the right sales.
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