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Huawei Ascend AI 910D processor designed to take on Nvidia's Blackwell and Rubin GPUs
29 April 2025 @ 8:07 pm
Huawei's Ascend 910D AI accelerator is expected to match Nvidia's H100 performance on the GPU level, with full systems based on the Ascend 910D set to compete against Nvidia's Blackwell and Rubin based pods.
Elon Musk says Grok 3.5 will provide answers that aren't from internet sources
29 April 2025 @ 7:40 pm
The Grok 3.5 beta is set to release next week for SuperGrok subscribers, with claims that it's a reasoning model that can provide unique answers that aren't on the internet.
Tom’s Hardware Innovation Awards 2025: Surprise and Delight
29 April 2025 @ 6:00 pm
These are the most innovative products of the last year.
ReactOS now supports 3dfx's Voodoo5 GPUs — open-source Windows alternative offers near-native performance for retro gamers
29 April 2025 @ 5:41 pm
The open-source Windows alternative ReactOS now has support for 3dfx's Voodoo5 GPU family, with Unreal (1998) successfully tested.
Silverstone's new PSU can power four RTX 5080 GPUs, or three RTX 5090 cards
29 April 2025 @ 5:25 pm
Silverstone new Hela 2500Rz flagship PSU comes with quad 16-pin 12V-2x6 power connectors, and more than enough power to run four (or more) graphics cards simultaneously.
Intel Foundry Roadmap Update - New 18A-PT variant that enables 3D die stacking, 14A process node enablement
29 April 2025 @ 4:00 pm
Intel's new CEO Lip Bu-Tan took to the stage at the company's Intel Foundry Direct 2025 event here in San Jose, California to outline the company's progress on its foundry initiative.
Trump administration brands Amazon's tariff transparency plan a 'hostile and political act'
29 April 2025 @ 3:00 pm
Trump administration angered by Amazon tariff transparency price labeling leak.
Alienware's 34-inch AW3425DW QD-OLED beams down to Earth with 240 Hz refresh rate and new design language
29 April 2025 @ 2:44 pm
Alienware's new AW3425DW gaming monitor boasts a 240 Hz 34-inch QD-OLED panel and an $800 price tag
Windows 7 users with a solid background color faced delayed login process — it took four months for Microsoft to fix
29 April 2025 @ 1:59 pm
User thriftiness with system resources backfired, for a while.
MSI's 'secure' yellow-tipped RTX 5090 12V-2x6 cable is still vulnerable to melting, user report suggests
29 April 2025 @ 1:00 pm
MSI's colored 16-pin cables, designed to assist cable seating, are reportedly succumbing to the same problem they were meant to fix.