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Hot Chips 2026: Cerebras lays out the future of wafer-scale AI

By Jeffrey Kampman Published 27 August 26

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Glass substrate roadmaps examined — Absolics in final qualification and a first product that keeps slipping

By Luke James Published 27 August 26

Premium Glass-core substrates, the replacement for organic chip packaging that Intel promised in September 2023, are now in final qualification but still not in a single commercial product

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Hot Chips 2026: Nvidia presents Groq 3 LPX architecture and unveils its first third-party inference benchmark

By Luke James Published 26 August 26

Premium Igor Arsovski, now Nvidia's VP of hardware, presented the Groq 3 LPX rack's architecture and published the first third-party benchmark of the hardware.

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Hot Chips 2026: Nvidia touts benefits of its DSX MaxLPS site power management approach

By Jeffrey Kampman Published 26 August 26

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Hot Chips 2026: Fujitsu's Monaka CPU stacks its entire cache on a separate 5nm die and narrows to 256-bit SVE2

By Luke James Published 26 August 26

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Hot Chips 2026: High Bandwidth Flash promises massive bandwidth and capacity, but its usability is extremely limited

By Anton Shilov Published 26 August 26

Premium OXMIQ presented its High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) use-case scenarios at Hot Chips 2026, which dramatically narrow the circumstances under which HBF makes sense.

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Reviews

Chuwi UniBook Review: A budget rival to the MacBook Neo and Dell XPS 13

By Charles Jefferies Published 26 August 26

A budget-friendly ultraportable with premium aspirations, the Chuwi UniBook packs modern Intel hardware, excellent connectivity, and impressive battery life into a sleek metal chassis.

Laptops

Montech Titan PLA 750W power supply review: A powerful and stunning all-white Seasonic-built Platinum unit

By E. Fylladitakis Published 26 August 26

The Montech Titan PLA 750W is a Seasonic-built Platinum unit with extraordinary power quality, a rare full-bridge LLC topology at this wattage, and a white aesthetic that genuinely sets it apart.

Power Supplies

Asus ROG Strix B850-F Gaming Wifi Neo motherboard review: Pricey proposition for B850, but packed with features

By Joe Shields Published 25 August 26

Maxsun’s Terminator B850M Pro II is a decent budget option in the Micro ATX form factor, but only if you can find it for the $199.99 MSRP.

Motherboards

Cooler Master Q300L v3 MicroATX case review: Sub-$45 MSRP offers incredible value for MicroATX chassis with included fans

By Joe Shields Published 24 August 26

Cooler Master’s Q300L V3 offers more airflow, bigger clearances, and a 20 Gbps USB-C for under $45

PC Cases

Asus ROG Gjallar Review: It looks better than it sounds

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal Published 24 August 26

Asus' first-ever gaming soundbar, the ROG Gjallar, is blocky and uninspired, with decent sound and a completely unnecessary audio control hub with built-in beamforming mics.

Speakers

Best Picks

Best Gaming Monitors 2026: Budget, Curved, G-Sync and More

By Christian Eberle, Brandon Hill Last updated 27 August 26

Here are the best gaming monitors for PC available in 2026, from budget displays to 144Hz, 4K and curved.

Gaming Monitors

Best Portable Monitors 2026: Gaming and Laptop Productivity

By Brandon Hill Last updated 27 August 26

These are the best portable monitors to ponder if you're looking to expand real estate for your laptop.

Portable Monitors

Best OLED Gaming Monitors 2026

By Brandon Hill Last updated 27 August 26

OLEDs are the new hot thing in gaming monitors, and prices are starting to cool off enough to make them attractive options for enthusiasts.

Gaming Monitors

CPUs

CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2026: CPU Rankings

By Jake Roach Last updated 26 August 26

All of today's desktop CPU benchmarks compared, including Intel's 13th-Gen Core series and AMD's Ryzen Zen 4 and Threadripper.

CPUs

Hot Chips 2026: Fujitsu's Monaka CPU stacks its entire cache on a separate 5nm die and narrows to 256-bit SVE2

By Luke James Published 26 August 26

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Hot Chips 2026: Arm details AGI server CPU with two 70-core N3P chiplets

By Anton Shilov Published 26 August 26

Premium Arm reveals more details about its AGI processors with up to 136 cores, but fails to disclose performance.

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Graphics Cards

Relaunched RTX 3060 12GB price jumps 45% to nearly $500 in two months

By Hassam Nasir Published 27 August 26

An uphill battle cut short by a prevailing landslide.

GPUs

Hot Chips 2026: Intel dives deep on Crescent Island AI accelerator

By Jeffrey Kampman Published 25 August 26

Premium Xe3P focuses on the most compute-intensive phases of AI inference.

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Grab the Asus Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC for $629.99

By Kunal Khullar Published 23 August 26

Deals A recommended midrange GPU with 16GB of VRAM.

Deals

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Laptops

Ingenious indie hacker funds $3,000 MacBook purchase by selling advertising space on the lid

By Mark Tyson Published 27 August 26

An enterprising individual has successfully pre-sold enough advertisement sticker space on their dream MacBook’s lid to raise 111% of the laptop’s retail price.

Macbooks

Best College Laptops: Tested Picks for Research, Writing, Gaming and More

By Andrew E. Freedman Last updated 26 August 26

College laptops fit for any student.

Laptops

Features

Glass substrate roadmaps examined — Absolics in final qualification and a first product that keeps slipping

By Luke James Published 27 August 26

Premium Glass-core substrates, the replacement for organic chip packaging that Intel promised in September 2023, are now in final qualification but still not in a single commercial product

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HP El Capitan Supercomputer in Las Vegas

The supercomputer race no longer means what it used to, as rankings lose relevance in the AI era

By Chris Stokel-Walker Published 20 August 26

Premium China and the United States are in a race for supercomputer supremacy – but does it actually have an impact on the tech we use?

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Samsung's fab roadmaps examined

By Luke James Published 19 August 26

Premium Divided across two countries and four campuses, Samsung's fab roadmap runs from the Korean bases at Pyeongtaek, Hwaseong, and Giheung to the new U.S. site at Taylor.

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PC Components

Nvidia NVHBM promises 30% higher bandwidth, 15% lower power than commodity HBM4e

By Jeffrey Kampman Published 26 August 26

Nvidia has unveiled NVHBM, a custom high-bandwidth memory implementation that promises higher bandwidth and lower power for customers building chips within the NVLink Fusion partner program.

DRAM

Hot Chips 2026: High Bandwidth Flash promises massive bandwidth and capacity, but its usability is extremely limited

By Anton Shilov Published 26 August 26

Premium OXMIQ presented its High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) use-case scenarios at Hot Chips 2026, which dramatically narrow the circumstances under which HBF makes sense.

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Crucial SSD owner offered $200 refund for 4TB drive now selling for over $500

By Kunal Khullar Published 26 August 26

Customer rejects Micron’s lowball SSD refund.

External SSDs

Desktops and PC Building

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By Stephen Warwick Published 27 August 26

Deals Get an RTX 5070, 9800X3D gaming PC with 32GB of DDR5 and a 2TB SSD for $1,999.

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By Stephen Warwick Published 26 August 26

Deals Get an RTX 5080 PC with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD for just $2,349.

Deals

Apple price hikes continue as Mac mini with 16GB RAM and 256GB is now $899

By Brandon Hill Published 25 August 26

Apple's Mac mini and Mac Studio see price hikes, while memory and storage upgrades get even more expensive

Mini PCs

Deals

Save up to 61% on gaming PCs, laptops, and more in HP's Labor Day 2026 sale

By Stewart Bendle Published 27 August 26

HP is hosting a Labor Day sale with up to 65% off our favorite tech products.

Gift Guides and Seasonal Sales

Beat PC component price rises with this unbelievably good value 9800X3D gaming desktop

By Stephen Warwick Published 27 August 26

Deals Get an RTX 5070, 9800X3D gaming PC with 32GB of DDR5 and a 2TB SSD for $1,999.

Deals

$1,345.99 Newegg bundle buys a Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 32GB DDR5, MSI X870E motherboard, plus 240mm AIO and AMD game bundle

By Joe Shields Published 26 August 26

Deals Premium Newegg combo nets 32GB of RAM for only $230

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