Tom's Hardware's November 7 Premium roundup features an interview-driven look at why Apple is reportedly adding touch to OLED (PROLED) displays in 2026, a detailed breakdown of Micron's new DRAM and NAND roadmap including 1-delta DRAM made in the US and 400-plus-layer 11th-gen NAND, and a conversation with GlobalFoundries VP Sudipto Bose about its new FDX Fusion process, which uses DUV lithography to achieve 7nm-class performance.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-07
Corsair has discounted its MP700 Pro SE 4TB Gen 5 SSD by $180, bringing the price down to about 14.5 cents per gigabyte. The drive, which launched near $650, offers improved read/write speeds and endurance over the standard MP700 Pro, along with a five-year warranty and 8GB of LPDDR4 DRAM at this capacity.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-03
Tom's Hardware is building an internal benchmark to measure how CPU and memory performance affect agentic AI loops, isolating these components from the AI accelerator. The outlet says it has prototyped the test and settled on a core design, but acknowledges the methodology is unfinished and the results aren't yet reliable enough for publication.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-29
Tom's Hardware Premium published its weekly roundup covering TP-Link's efforts to satisfy US regulators amid scrutiny over its China ties, including a letter of intent with Key Tronic to assemble Wi-Fi 8 routers in Mississippi and nearly $1 billion pledged toward US R&D and manufacturing. The roundup also details testing of Nvidia's new RTX Spark-based Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra for gaming performance, plus an examination of whether costly audiophile-grade headsets are worth it for gamers.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-24
Tom's Hardware Premium published several subscriber-only stories this week, including a deep dive into Intel's EMIB and Foveros Direct 3D packaging roadmap aimed at building system-in-packages as small as 12 reticles. The outlet also interviewed modders who ported Nvidia's DLSS 5 and Multi Frame Generation features, officially limited to Blackwell GPUs, onto older graphics cards, and examined why Micro Center stores may offer better PC component deals than online retailers.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-17
Tom's Hardware has released a free mobile app for Android and iOS devices, giving readers access to its articles, breaking news alerts, and its Bench benchmark comparison tool. The app includes smart search, personalized feeds, bookmarking, and limited free access to Bench, with full access reserved for Tom's Hardware Premium subscribers.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-14
Tom's Hardware Premium is extending free access to its AI Chip Design Week series until Monday, October 5. The coverage includes an unredacted interview with OpenAI hardware VP Richard Ho about the Broadcom-co-developed Jalapeño inference chip, primers on AI's role in chip design, vendor tool breakdowns including Synopsys' new 'Autopilot' platform for AgentEngineer, and a report on IP security risks featuring academics Domenec Forte and Simon Moore.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-03
Tom's Hardware is hosting a themed editorial event called AI Chip Design Week, running from September 28 to October 2, featuring free premium reporting on AI's role in chip design and electronic design automation (EDA). The coverage includes interviews with OpenAI and other analysis pieces on the state of AI within the chip design industry.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-30
Tom's Hardware is offering free access to its Premium AI Chip Design Week coverage from September 28 to October 2, available to anyone who creates a free account. The lineup includes an interview with OpenAI hardware lead Richard Ho about Jalapeño, the company's AI-designed inference ASIC unveiled at Hot Chips 2026, plus reports on AI's role in EDA tools and future AI-assisted chip design.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-28
Apple has refreshed the Mac mini for the first time in nearly two years, keeping its compact design but adding an M6 chip and notable performance gains. The base price has jumped from $599 to $899, a hike attributed largely to rising component costs driven by AI-related demand.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-21
Tom's Hardware Premium's weekly roundup details extensive benchmarking of the Qwen 3.8 27B language model on consumer-accessible hardware, including an RTX 5090, Mac Mini, DGX Spark and Strix Halo systems, showing it can approach top-tier AI performance without cloud API costs. The issue also covers IFA show reports noting a market split between ultra-light MacBook-style laptops and pricey agentic AI PCs, squeezing out affordable mid-range machines, plus a note on Ajinomoto's role in supplying materials for the chip industry.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-12
Tom's Hardware reviewed Goodram's PX700, a budget-tier PCIe 4.0 SSD, finding it delivers solid speed, strong power efficiency, and cool single-sided operation. The drive, made by the established EU memory assembler Goodram, outperformed expectations against comparable drives using similar hardware in its price class.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-09
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