An Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 makes an excellent skateboard deck, but we were happy to learn it was just a spare cooling shroud.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-gpu-skateboard
Tuxedo's Pulse 14 Gen 3 laptop runs AMD's Ryzen 7 7840HS, comes with 32GB of LPDDR5, and has room for two SSDs.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ryzen-7000-zen-4-linux-laptop
The Core i9-14900HX was tested in an upcoming Acer Predator Helios 16 model, and it's slightly faster than the Core i9-13900HX.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/core-i9-14900hx-minor-improvement-over-core-i9-13900hx
A video shows Cooler Master preparing a new passive PSU rated at 1100W. The design features “heatsinks that are absolutely huge” to keep cool under load.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cooler-master-1100w-passive-power-supply
Linux 6.7 included an update for Turbostat that supported the upcoming Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake Intel CPUs.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-arrow-lake-lunar-lake-cpu-support-linux-turbostat-app
MSI has created a new compact RTX 4060 version measuring just 6.5 inches in length. The new card is optimized for compact builds featuring a single-fan cooler design.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/msi-shrinks-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4060-gpu
But can Nvidia ship GeForce RTX 4090 to China and other restricted countries? Looks like no.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/no-nvidia-isnt-breaking-gpu-sanctions-analyst
Right now at Newegg, you can find the Nextorage G Series 2TB SSD for $97, down from it’s MSRP of $249.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/nextorage-2tb-g-series-ssd-just-dollar97-at-newegg
Minisforum's EliteMini UM780 XTX packs Ryzen 7 7840HS with Radeon 780M and has OCuLink and USB4 for external graphics cards.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-phoenix-powered-mini-pc-packs-usb4-for-egpus
Researchers at Columbia University have created a superatomic material that's being lauded as the "world's best semiconductor." Through a surprising twist of physics, it's expected to allow processing (switching) speeds in the femtosecond scale. Here's why it will most likely be a piece of the semiconductors puzzle, not its final shape.