A thriving underground repair industry in China has emerged to service smuggled Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs, driven by limited supply, lack of warranties, and rising profitability of products prone to failure after prolonged use.
A new factory tour video reveals how Chinese firm CT converts retail RTX 5090 gaming GPUs into dual-slot blower-style cards for AI servers. Using full-power chips, industrial reassembly, and 24-hour stress tests, these server-grade 5090s are anything but "modded."
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The Intel Core i5-13600KF, once one of our favorite CPUs, matches the lowest price we've ever seen.
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 and ROG Strix G16 are on sale at Best Buy with massive discounts right now, just in time for school. Get your hands on a gaming laptop with a 3K OLED display and/or an RTX 5070 Ti for $350-450 less than usual!
Dipping to its lowest-ever price on Amazon, WD Black's SN7100 power-efficient 4TB SSD could be yours for just $229
TSMC may delay construction of its Fab 23 phase 2 in Kumamoto, Japan by up to 18 months due to traffic congestion and inadequate infrastructure near the site, potentially pushing mass production to 2029.
Intel is allegedly working on a large L3 cache for Nova Lake, something big enough to compete with AMD's 3D-VCache technology. The new cache pool is expected to offer 144MB of memory capacity.
Each gas turbine delivers 34MW, with the 29 units delivering almost 1GW.
Here are the top back-to-school tech deals for 2025 we've found to help you get through the new school year.
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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan unveiled sweeping reforms across the company's foundry strategy, x86 roadmap, AI focus, and organizational structure.