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Montage's strong IPO highlights Chinese investment rush into AI and data center ecosystems
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U.S. government plans tariff exemptions for TSMC, if it follows through on American investment
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Samsung and SK hynix shorten memory contracts as pricing power shifts back to suppliers
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Memory makers are set to earn $551 billion from the AI boom, twice as much as contract chip manufacturers
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Built to impress, the Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial packs seven M.2 slots, dual 10GbE, Wi-Fi 7, USB4, and a 5-inch LCD onto a fantastic-looking white motherboard.

MSI Roamii BE Pro Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Attractive pricing and strong tri-band performance
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The MSI Roamii BE Pro is a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router with 2.5 GbE ports, USB ports for network storage, and strong wireless performance.
Best Picks

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CPUs

30% of x86 CPUs sold are now made by AMD, as company's market share grows thanks to a flagging Intel
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As AMD gains market share in desktops, laptops, and servers, its overall x86 share hits all time high at 29.2%.
Graphics Cards

MSI Afterburner adds 16-pin power connector warning on its MPG AI PSUs to prevent overheating GPUs
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RTX 5090 kicks off the Chinese New Year early with fireworks — $3,299 dream GPU upgrade becomes a fiery nightmare
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Load-balancing Ampinel adapter can save an Nvidia connector meltdown — new adapter is finally on sale after three-month delay
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Features

Ultra Ethernet: The data-center interconnection of tomorrow detailed
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Premium We take a look at the Ultra Ethernet 1.0.1 specification in a bid to find out what has changed compared to the traditional Ethernet — and how it will change tomorrow's data-center connectivity.

CPU scaling with DLSS
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Premium In a time of ubiquitous upscaling, your CPU can quickly become a performance bottleneck.

Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck
By Chris Stokel-Walker published
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PC Components

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Desktops and PC Building

How to setup an Android smartphone as a webcam — Camo Studio unlocks new uses for old smartphones in Windows 10 or 11 and OBS software
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