OpenAI's Stargate Project to Consume Up to 40% of Global DRAM Output | Microsoft's Game Pass Ultimate Gets a 50% Price Hike

OpenAI's Stargate project to consume up to 40% of global DRAM output | Microsoft slaps Game Pass Ultimate with a 50% price hike | Acer Predator XB273K V5 27-inch 4K gaming monitor review Created for yeasinn1.tech@blogger.com | Web Version   October 2, 2025 FOLLOW US FOLLOW US   SIGN UP ⋅   SHARE Big News OpenAI's Stargate project to consume up to 40% of global DRAM output Company inks deal with Samsung and SK hynix to the tune of up to 900,000 wafers per month. Microsoft slaps Game Pass Ultimate with a 50% price hike PC Game Pass is now almost 38% more expensive, with hardly any new benefits Reviews Acer Predator XB273K V5 27-inch 4K gaming monitor review The Acer Predator XB273K V5 is one of the best 4K gaming monitors you'll find for less than $400. Acer FA200 4TB SSD Review: A Capacious Retread What's old is new again. More News Qualcomm scores big win over Arm in contentious lawsuit U.S. court rejects Arm's lawsuit, confirms Qualcomm's can use Oryon cores acquired via Nuvia. 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 AMD Fluid Motion Frames 3 spotted in the upcoming AMD Adrenalin driver branch It could lean on AI model used in FSR 4. Taiwan refuses to move half of U.S.-bound chip production to American shores Trade discussion to be focused on Section 232 investigation for a preferential deal on semiconductors. Intel affirms commitment to $28 billion Ohio project despite delays Company responds to U.S. Senator's hint of 'a charade or potential fraud.' DJI fervently rejects Chinese Military Company designation following court ruling Drone maker says it 'is not controlled by the government and has no ties to the military.' 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 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