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This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: October 24, 2026

We give you a glimpse at some of the biggest stories we've published over on Tom's Hardware Premium this week, including reports on TP-Link's struggles over sales of its Wi-Fi 8 routers, FADU's new SSD, and how to juice better gaming performance from RTX Spark.

Jaysurya1 day ago
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Leaked video exposes how industrial-scale Chinese factories are dismantling RTX 5090s by the thousands to fuel AI servers

Wondering why RTX 5090s are so hard to find? Leaked footage shows thousands of consumer GPUs, including Founders Editions, being torn apart for AI servers.

Nagi1 day ago
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Intel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs

Intel has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to keep using foreign-made robots at its US semiconductor facilities for one year, an agency order published October 22 shows.

Bhavya1 day ago

Chips & Semiconductors

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Memory Becomes the Constraint Across the Chip Stack

Three recent signals, from an AMD engineering sample to Micron's earnings to a viral factory game, point to the same shift: memory capacity and supply now shape chip design and public attention.

Manishankar2 hours ago · 4 min read
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AMD CEO Lisa Su proposed bringing back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, set plan in motion before DDR5 shortages

AMD Director Travis Kirsch confirmed the rationale for relaunching the first X3D chip and explained why the company no longer offers many Ryzen 3 SKUs.

Nagi3 hours ago
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The FCC is beginning to block gadgets with ‘foreign surveillance chips’

On October 13th, Brendan Carr's FCC gave itself a new power - it can block gadgets for containing any computer chip made by any company on its list of potential threats to national security.

Bhavya2 days ago

GPUs & AI Hardware

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GPU Supply Chains Bend Under AI Demand and Theft

Three disparate GPU stories reveal the same pressure point: demand for AI-capable hardware now outruns supply, enforcement and logistics alike.

Hemeswari1 hour ago · 5 min read
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Judge rejects Trump’s wild claim EPA can dismiss data center pollution lawsuits

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to shut down a Clean Air Act lawsuit against the company now known as SpaceXAI, ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot unilaterally dismiss a citizen suit.

Manishankar3 days ago
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Nvidia’s latest GPU driver brings a new way to speed up PC games

Nvidia is rolling out a new GPU driver today (621.01) that enables Microsoft's new Advanced Shader Delivery technology to speed up game launches. The technology also removes mid-game "just-in-time" shader compilation, reducing stuttering and CPU spikes.

Hemeswari4 days ago

CPUs & Processors

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Vendor Benchmarks Are Reshaping the CPU Race for AI

Three recent stories show CPU vendors now competing on self-designed AI workload tests, and US buyers should treat those gains as claims rather than settled results.

Surya23 hours ago · 4 min read
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Modal taps Nvidia Vera CPUs after firm's internal tests show 2x throughput over Intel and AMD chips

Nvidia's Vera CPU delivers twice the performance of Intel and AMD chips in AI agent workloads, Modal claims.

Hemeswari5 days ago
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Save $500 on this 1440p gaming PC with an RTX 5070, now under $1,800

This Newegg deal on an ABS Flux II Aqua gaming PC gives you a machine ready for 1440p and 4K gameplay for $1,799.99. This pre-built comes with a 20-core Intel Core i7-14700F CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, a 1TB SSD, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM.

Hemeswari6 days ago

Hardware Articles

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The Durable Hardware Economy Is Quietly Outgrowing the Upgrade Cycle

Recent product news points to a hardware market that sells longevity and maintenance rather than novelty, and that shift has real stakes for US buyers and builders.

Manishankar18 hours ago · 5 min read
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The GPU Crunch Is Now a Physical Supply Problem

Consumer GPUs are being torn apart for AI servers, data center permits are being pulled in Texas, and neoclouds are leaning on hardware partners to keep capacity alive. The bottleneck has moved from silicon to the physical world.

Nagi1 day ago · 5 min read
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Washington's Chip Rules Are Getting Harder to Fit to Reality

Three enforcement stories show US chip controls straining against supply chains, installed hardware and definitions that no longer match how chips actually move.

Surya1 day ago · 4 min read

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