Tom's Hardware

Two internet cables connecting Sweden and Finland suffered damage — one caused by construction, the other still under investigation

According to the Swedish paper Expressen (machine translated), two fiber optic cables operated by Global Connect between Sweden and Finland were damaged Monday morning. The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) said that the cable breaks occurred on land in Finland. The damage affected about a hundred businesses and six thousand homes. Swedish authorities initially… Read more

MSI’s new Claw 8 AI+ and Claw 7 AI+ bring Intel Lunar Lake performance to handhelds

(Image credit: MSI) MSI just launched the next generation Claw gaming handhelds, featuring the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V processor with 32GB of RAM and up to 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD (which MSI claims is easily accessible for upgrades). The company’s two new handhelds, the MSI Claw 8 AI+ and Claw 7 AI+, have almost… Read more

AMD Radeon RX 8800 XT has a 220W TDP according to Seasonic’s online PSU calculator — two 8-pin power plugs required, it says

AMD’s unreleased Radeon RX 8800 XT graphics card based on RDNA 4 has surfaced at Seasonic’s wattage calculator thanks to user Tennessee__ at X – suggesting a 220W TDP (Thermal Design Power) for the graphics card. It is important to mention that in July, Seasonic accidentally published the TDP of Nvidia’s Blackwell RTX 50 family…. Read more

Intel announces the Arc B580 and Arc B570 GPUs priced at $249 and $219 — Battlemage brings much-needed competition to the budget graphics card market

(Image credit: Intel) Today, Intel announced the Arc B580 and B570 ‘Battlemage’ GPUs, in what was perhaps one of the worst-kept secrets of the graphics card industry. While Intel won’t comment on future products, these are the first two of what we expect will eventually be a full range of discrete GPUs for the Battlemage… Read more

FSP Hydro G Pro 1000W ATX 3.0 PSU Review

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The FSP Hydro G Pro 1000W ATX 3.0 delivers strong, efficient performance with high-quality components, making it a good option for users who want an ATX 3.0-ready PSU. While it lacks cutting-edge innovation and gets noisy under heavy loads, its reliability, solid efficiency, and competitive pricing make it a compelling choice. Pros… Read more

Samsung prepares to unveil 10th generation V-NAND with 400+ layers — ready to power future PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 SSDs

(Image credit: Samsung) Samsung has yet to introduce full-fat PCIe 5.0 solid-state drives at retail — we don’t really count the PCIe 5.0 x2 / PCIe 4.0 x4 990 Evo and 990 Evo Plus — but it’s preparing flash memory that will be able to power not only the fastest PCIe 5.0 SSDs, but could… Read more

TSMC engineer boasts of recent 6% boost to 2nm yields, passing ‘billions in savings’ to customers

TSMC is set to start mass production of semiconductors using its N2 (2nm-class) fabrication process sometime in the second half of next year and right now the company is doing its best to polish off the technology in terms of lowering variability and defect density and therefore improving yields. As one of TSMC employees said… Read more

Billion Electric 4G/LTE routers patched to plug catastrophic CVSS level 10 severity flaw

Several 4G/LTE routers sold by Billion Electric have been found to suffer from a CVSS level 10 severity flaw, which is rarely seen in the wild. Security Online reports that the routers have a very high potential for exploitation. However, Billion has now prepared a range of firmware updates to address these gaping security holes… Read more

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger retires, effective immediately — two co-CEOs step in

Intel announced that CEO Pat Gelsinger will retire and step down from the board of directors, effective immediately. Intel has appointed two interim leaders, David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, as interim co-CEOs while the board begins a search for a new CEO. Speculation is rife that Gelsinger was forced out, especially in light of… Read more

U.S. ratchets up sanctions to curtail China’s AI and military tech — no more HBM memory for China

U.S. sanctions designed to restrict China’s ability to import technologies to advance of its AI and military capabilities have been strengthened again, reports the Financial Times. For the third time in three years, restrictions on the export of advanced semiconductor tools and technologies have been tuned to slow China’s progress in these fields. The new… Read more

In a bid to compete with Nvidia, Jeff Bezos and Samsung invest $700 million in AI chip startup Tenstorrent

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has reportedly backed a $700 million funding round for Tenstorrent, an AI chip startup, valuing the company at $2.6 billion. The investment, led by South Korea’s AFW Partners and Samsung Securities, positions Tenstorrent as a serious competitor to Nvidia which is currently the dominant player in the AI chip market. Other… Read more

This Raspberry Pi 5 kit comes with cooling and fast storage support, all in a cool case

The Raspberry Pi 5 is the flagship model of our favorite single board computer, and the newest Pi needs new accessories. Companies like GeeekPi are rushing to fill the void, and its aluminum case kit is much more than a fancy box to protect your Pi. The kit includes a gun metal grey aluminum case… Read more

The Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED, our best ultrawide gaming monitor, is now only $649 for Cyber Monday

Our favorite ultrawide gaming monitor, the Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED gaming display, has been marked down to its lowest price to date. It debuted with a price of $899 but right now it’s available for just $649 as part of an early Cyber Monday promotion. As far as gaming monitors go, this one has plenty of… Read more

WebScreen is a compact webcam-sized AMOLED second screen for those without the room or inclination to use multiple monitors

Open-source mini display project WebScreen launched on GitHub this week with a pre-launch Crowd Supply page. WebScreen, equipped with a webcam-style mount to attach to your existing monitor (as well as its own webcam mount on top in case you still want to use one of those), is a 240 x 536 (roughly ~21:9) AMOLED… Read more

Graphics card repairer laments ‘catastrophic failure’ of customer’s RTX 4090 volt mod and thermal paste overdose

Seasoned GPU fixer NorthWestRepair shared another enthralling installment from the repairs bench today. Under the spotlight was a Gigabyte-branded GeForce RTX 4090 – one of the best GPUs available as we end 2024. However, this particular sample was in a very sorry state due to a volt mod that went wrong – and showed signs… Read more