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Get an astonishing OLED 5090 gaming laptop for $3,599, $800 off — Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 features a 24-core Arrow Lake CPU, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: gigabyte, aorus master, rtx 5090

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Intel's next flagship CPU could be the 28-core Core Ultra 9 4950K (techspot.com)

2026-08-20 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: intel core ultra 9 4950k, nova lake, cpu-z

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The Biggest Innovation in Desktop CPUs May Come to Gaming Laptops, Too (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: intel, desktop cpus, gaming laptops

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You can now buy a delidded Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition for $1,403 — stripped dual-cache offering is $500 more expensive than regular version (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-19 | by Zak Killian | tags: amd, ryzen 9 9950x3d2, thermal grizzly

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GameNative now lets you adjust CPU, GPU clock speeds on Galaxy devices (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: gamenative, samsung galaxy, retroid pocket g2

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Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: virtual machines, nixos, ubuntu

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Best Buy has slashed $1,350 off this 'outstanding' OLED RTX 5080 laptop — 16-inch Lenovo Legion Pro 7i features a 24-core Arrow Lake CPU and 32GB of DDR5 RAM (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-18 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: best, deals, gaming

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Intel says Nova Lake, its next major CPU architecture, is coming to desktop PCs before servers (techspot.com)

2026-08-18 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: nova lake, intel, coyote cove

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Google reportedly taps AMD to design next-generation TPU — hybrid AI ASIC could integrate on-package CPU cores for reinforcement learning (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-16 | by Anton Shilov | tags: google, amd, tpu

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Older Raptor Lake CPUs are a ‘core part of the portfolio’ for years to come, says Intel — there’s been a ‘sudden inrush of demand’ for LGA 1700 chips due to DDR5 prices (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Jake Roach | tags: intel, raptor lake, lga 1700

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Start your PC gaming journey with this $1,100 1080p gaming rig, now $300 off — RTX 5060 rig from Newegg ships with a 10-core Intel CPU, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Ben Stockton | tags: newegg, rtx 5060, intel core i5-14400f

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Modder straps two desktop CPU coolers to ZTE handset, turns smartphone into a gaming PC — Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC with 24GB of RAM runs The Witcher 3 at 1080p ultra (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: zte nubia z70 ultra, qualcomm snapdragon 8 elite, the witcher 3

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Just one instruction on AMD's 2015-era CPUs cracks open secret memory areas and gives full hardware-level control — exploit for 15h and 16h chip families gets you access to Platform Security Processor, microcode, and System Management Interface (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: amd, amd fx-series, amd opteron

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Windows 11's new CPU-boosting speed trick is rolling out to all apps (techspot.com)

2026-08-13 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: windows 11, microsoft, low latency profile

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Microsoft expands CPU-boosting feature to all Windows 11 apps (techspot.com)

2026-08-13 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: microsoft, windows 11, low latency profile

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Nova Lake CPUs with cut-down E-core clusters may still retain full cache pool, says new leak — 8P+12E config predictions revised from 33MB to 36MB, 4P+4E config from 15MB to 18MB (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: nova lake, intel, e-cores

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Intel CEO hints at return to the memory business — says market is ripe for innovation, hints at stacking memory and CPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Anton Shilov | tags: intel, sk hynix, 3d nand

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A four-year-old budget CPU is outselling AMD's best gaming chip in some markets (techspot.com)

2026-08-12 | by Daniel Sims | tags: amd ryzen 5 5500, intel, ram shortages

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llama.cpp (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: llama.cpp, gpu, cpu

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AMD highlights Ryzen 5 5500 briefly topping Amazon CPU best sellers, beating 9800X3D — $80 DDR4 CPU remains a top seller during memory crunch (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-11 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd, ryzen 5 5500, amazon cpu

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Intel's Core Ultra 5 250K Plus is down to its lowest price ever at $154 — get a 18-core midrange CPU with 5.3 GHz boost for an entry-level price (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-10 | by Jake Roach | tags: intel, core ultra 5 250k plus, arrow lake

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Intel's Core Ultra 5 250K Plus is down to its lowest price ever at $154 — get a 20-core midrange CPU with 5.5 GHz boost for an entry-level price (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-10 | by Jake Roach | tags: intel, core ultra 5 250k plus, arrow lake

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Noctua tested more than 100 PC cases and found over half had inaccurate CPU cooler clearance specs (techspot.com)

2026-08-10 | by Rob Thubron | tags: noctua, nzxt, thermaltake

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Noctua finds more than half of tested PC cases misstate CPU cooler clearances — hands-on checks reveal errors ranging from -3.5mm to +10mm, internal compatibility team conducted measurements of more than a hundred cases (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Jowi Morales | tags: case, cooler, larger

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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D faceoff — battle of the upper mid-range CPUs (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: core, gaming, intel

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Owner of original Intel 8080 pre-production layout seeks restorer — handcrafted Rubylith mask shows 5,000 transistors and interconnect patterns of the fabled 2 MHz CPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Mark Tyson | tags: artifact, film, intel

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The Alpha 21264 CPU: NT's Greatest RISC (1998) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: alpha, cache, chip

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Save $160 off AMD's ultimate gaming CPU combo, includes motherboard and chip cooler — $458 combo features Ryzen 7 9800X3D, B850 motherboard, and a 240mm liquid AIO (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: bundle, deals, gaming

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Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame — worst offender takes 198 billion cycles spanning 62 seconds to execute (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Jake Roach | tags: cycles, domas, hardware

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Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: backdoor, core, embedded