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Micron announces 3610 SSD, the industry-first PCIe 5.0 QLC SSD available to OEMs — offers 4TB storage in a compact single-sided M.2 2230, offers 11,000 MB/s and 9,300 MB/s sequential read and write

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Micron just announced the 3610 SSD, which offers PCIe 5.0 speeds with the higher density of Quad-Level Cell (QLC) chips. According to the company’s press release , this chip uses its G9 NAND that lets it achieve competitive PCIe 5.0 performance while offering more storage space in the same footprint. Because of this

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Phison's new SSD controller sips a mere 2.3W and runs at 14.7 GB/s, addressing PCIe 5.0's power concerns — more affordable and power-saving PCIe 5.0 drives are coming for laptops and gaming handhelds

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Phison’s SSD controllers already power many of the world’s best SSDs , and the company is set to extend its industry dominance. The new PS5037-E37T PCIe 5.0 SSD controller delivers blazing speed and remarkable power efficiency—engineered specifically for compact devices like laptops and gaming handhelds.

While Phison’s class-

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AMD Ryzen chief teases return of older Zen 3 chips to fight soaring RAM prices — 'That's something we're actively working on right now'

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The proverbial news cannon that is CES is firing new products on all barrels, but every now and then, there's a stray remark that makes our ears perk up. In a round-table interview Tom's Hardware attended at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, AMD's David McAfee was discussing the sorry state of the

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Community tests confirm DLSS 4.5 yields 20%+ performance loss on older RTX 30 and 20 series GPUs compared to DLSS 4.0 — Nvidia warnings ring true following rollout

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DLSS 4.5 arrived today with the latest Nvidia driver, and enthusiasts have already put the new upscaling model through its paces, benchmarking it on older RTX 30-series hardware. Mostly Positive Reviews on X , ran several benchmarks on their RTX 3080 Ti in Cyberpunk 2077 , comparing DLSS 4.5 to 4.0,

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Corsair's Galleon 100 SD is an LED-lit keyboard with a built-in Stream Deck — $349 offering includes 720 x 180 screen, dials, and more

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Old-timers around here will remember the ill-fated Optimus keyboards with LED displays underneath the keys. They were quite ahead of their time, but alas, never widely produced. The advent of streaming and the growing popularity of shortcut pads revitalized the notion, though, and Corsair's Galleon 100 SD combines the best of both worlds

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Broadcom announces two dual-band Wi-Fi 8 chips — performance bifurcation introduced with Wi-Fi 7 lives on with the next gen

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Today at CES , Broadcom is expanding the family with two new dual-band Wi-Fi 8 chips that combine 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios into a single chip. The BCM6714 is the lower-end offering, with a 3x4 arrangement. That means it supports three spatial streams on the 2.4 GHz band and

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Asus unveils the ROG Cronox, its first panoramic PC case with a 9.2" screen and rotating fan bracket — chassis supports up to 14x 120mm fans & dual 360mm radiators

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Asus is going all out at CES this year, bringing a range of embedded devices like its new Zephyrus laptops, but also exciting PC components — such as the new ROG Cronox case . It's an e-ATX behemoth capable of sporting up to fourteen 120mm fans, along with the biggest GPUs money can buy today. It

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Nvidia's focus on rack-scale AI systems is a portent for the year to come — Rubin points the way forward for company, as data center business booms

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Asus' Zenbook lineup gets 2026 refresh — ZenBook 14, Duo return with new AMD, Intel, and Snapdragon chips

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At CES 2026 , Asus revealed its new lineup of notebooks, retooling its Zenbooks with new chips from AMD, Qualcomm, and Intel. Prices and availability, however, remain a mystery.

Kicking things off is the Asus Zenbook S series. Both models are equipped with an Aluminum chassis and Windows Hello FHD IR cameras. The 14

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Asus puts Strix Halo in the TUF Gaming A14 — Strong integrated graphics in a very thin chassis

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We're rapidly approaching a point where integrated graphics could potentially dethrone entry-level discrete GPUs. They're good enough for the best handheld gaming PCs , and now Asus is trying it in a laptop.

At CES 2026 , the company is putting AMD's Strix Halo into the Asus TUF Gaming A14, a

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