Intel Aims at AMD's Threadripper With its New Granite Rapids-WS CPU | Qualcomm's 18-Core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Dominates in First Benchmarks

Intel aims at AMD's Threadripper with its new Granite Rapids-WS CPU | Qualcomm's 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme dominates in first benchmarks | Amazon and Google tip off Jensen Huang before announcing information about their AI chips Created for yeasinn1.tech@blogger.com | Web Version   September 30, 2025 FOLLOW US FOLLOW US   SIGN UP ⋅   SHARE Big News Intel aims at AMD's Threadripper with its new Granite Rapids-WS CPU Chip armed with core count approaching the flagship AMD Threadripper 9995WX, boasts a 4.8GHz boost clock Qualcomm's 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme dominates in first benchmarks 18 cores and 48GB of on-package memory on a 192-bit bus look tough to beat More News Amazon and Google tip off Jensen Huang before announcing information about their AI chips Companies tread carefully to avoid surprising Nvidia Famed gamer creates working 5 million parameter ChatGPT AI model in Minecraft, made with 439 million blocks AI trained to hold conversations, working model runs inference in the game 'Moscow military spy ship' tracked mapping and surveilling NATO undersea cables 'She's following cable lines and pipelines, making stops. We are monitoring her very closely CPUs 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 Graphics OpenAI President teases our 10-billion GPU future Says always-working AI future calls for 'every person to have their own dedicated GPU' Laptops Mobile RTX 2070 with shunt mod nearly eclipses desktop performance 60W boost provides 15% performance uplift Components Sandisk launches officially licensed SSDs and MicroSD cards for the ROG Xbox Ally series Up to 4TB of storage for new Asus flagship handheld Legendary Sound Blaster 2.0 ISA card revived by hardware enthusiast 1994 relic restored to former glory Follow Toms Hardware Contact Us: Feedback | Advertise Sign Up | Update Profile | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy | Terms and Conditions Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036

Intel Reportedly Raising Raptor Lake Pricing | Trump Admin Allegedly Preps New 1:1 Chip Export Tariff Rule

Intel reportedly raising prices on ever-popular Raptor Lake chips | New U.S. gov't rule says chipmakers have to make one chip in the US for each chip imported from another country to avoid 100% tariffs | Raspberry Pi 500+ Review: RGB clicky keys and NVMe storage, but with a $200 price tag Created for yeasinn1.tech@blogger.com | Web Version   September 27, 2025 FOLLOW US FOLLOW US   SIGN UP ⋅   SHARE Big News Intel reportedly raising prices on ever-popular Raptor Lake chips Last-gen CPUs to get over 10% price hike due to disinterest in AI processors. New U.S. gov't rule says chipmakers have to make one chip in the US for each chip imported from another country to avoid 100% tariffs Trump admin allegedly preps new 1:1 chip export rule under new tariff plan. ADVERTISEMENT Reviews Raspberry Pi 500+ Review: RGB clicky keys and NVMe storage, but with a $200 price tag An expensive slice of Pi Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 review: a necessary update, not an exciting one Entry-level Blackwell brings a much-needed performance boost, but not enough to justify its price. More News Intel taps Apple for potential investment, says report Companies said to be discussing ways to work together more closely. Windows 10 extended support is now free, but only in Europe Microsoft capitulates on the controversial $30 ESU price tag, which remains firmly in place for the U.S. Bots targeting the r/GamingLaptop's subreddit with blatant MSI advertising in posts Mods allege marketing bots are flooding the forums with MSI-promoting posts. Asus ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X available for pre-order worldwide U.S. pricing starts at $599 and $999, respectively. Elon Musk's Grok AI to be used by US government at a price of 42 cents per agency Trump admin joining Meta, OpenAI in recent trend of AI govt contracts. (Stephanie Rentschler) SlimeMoldCrypt relies on gloopy living organism's ever-changing network of tendrils for its dynamic, biological, encryption engine OInventor claims concept is resistant to decryption 'even by quantum machines.' Follow Toms Hardware Contact Us: Feedback | Advertise Sign Up | Update Profile | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy | Terms and Conditions Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036

This Week's Best Deals on RTX 50 Series GPUs, 3D Printers and More

Editor's Letter | Amazon: All deals on computers and accessories | Amazon: All the best deals on CPUs Created for yeasinn1.tech@blogger.com | Web Version   September 26, 2025 FOLLOW US FOLLOW US   SIGN UP ⋅   SHARE Editor's Letter Here at Tom's Hardware, we keep a close eye on the latest PC, peripheral, and component deals every day. You can always head to our site for more up-to-the-minute deals coverage, but the direct product links below are a quick cheat sheet of our favorite deals of the week that are still available. Quick Links Amazon: All deals on computers and accessories Amazon: All the best deals on CPUs Newegg: Up to 43% off HDDs Best Buy: Save $47 on a new PC case Amazon: Up to 29% off MSI Gaming Laptops Editor's Picks Bambu Lab X1C Carbon 3D Printer: was $1,674 now $1,099 Top-of-the-line performance with a high-speed coreXY movement with 20000 mm/s² acceleration for superfast prints. The X1C is compatible and comes with the AMS 2 Pro multi-color and multi-material printing attachment and filament buffer. Features include touchscreen controls and dual-auto bed levelling. View Deal PNY GeForce RTX 5080 OC: was $999 now $929 The PNY GeForce RTX 5080 OC is based on Nvidia's latest Blackwell architecture capable of handling modern games at 4K. It features 16GB of GDDR7 memory. View Deal Gotega External USB 3.0 Type-C CD/DVD Drive : was $19.99 now $12.99 For easy compatibility with modern PCs and laptop computers, the Gotega CD/DVD external drive can plug into your computer via a spare USB port. Use either a Type-C or Type-A interface to connect. Read and play old discs, or burn your old CD collection and picture libraries for extra backup redundancy. View Deal PNY RTX 5060 Ti OC 16 GB: was $429.99 now $379.99 The performance PNY RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB OC nips at the heels of the RTX 4070, with lower power consumption and noise levels. View Deal Prusa MK4S 3D Printer: was $1,099 now $929 We absolutely loved the MK4S 3D printer and gave it a 5/5 rating in our review. It debuted with a $1099 price tag, but you can buy it right now for just $929 with free shipping. The MK4S has a build plate size of 250 x 210 x 220mm, a PEI spring steel flex plate, automatic bed leveling, and a color touchscreen interface. View Deal More Deals Every RTX 50 Series card hits MSRP or lower in Walmart blowout — GeForce week sees $100 off some cards All of these RTX 50-series graphics cards are at or under MSRP in Walmart's Nvidia GeForce sale, with several all-time low deals to be had. Read More Follow Toms Hardware Contact Us: Feedback | Advertise Sign Up | Update Profile | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy | Terms and Conditions Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036