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Almost a year afterThunderbolt 5’s official debut, products utilizing the ultra-high-speed connectivity standard are finally materializing. Cable Matters has unveiled the world’s first Thunderbolt 5 cable, offering the spec’s full 120 Gbps of raw video bandwidth in 1 ft, 1.6 ft, and 3.3 ft lengths. The cable manufactured by Lintes Technology is now available from Cable Matter’sAmazonstore. Pricing starts at$22.99for the 1ft cable, while the 1.6 ft and 3.3 ft counterparts go for$26....

One of the major surprises Intel revealed during itsLunar Lakearchitecture announcement was the decision to remove Hyper-Threading (SMT) from its next-generation thin and light-optimized architecture. New Zen 5/Zen5C multi-threadingbenchmarksfromPhoronixsuggest that this feature still benefits AMD CPUs, showing significant performance and efficiency gains from having two threads on a single core. Phoronix tested AMD’sRyzen AI 9 HX 370in Linux with its four Zen 5 cores and eight Zen 5c cores, all featuring simultaneous multithreading (SMT) capabilities....

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said during the company’s 3Q24 earnings call that the company will launch $700 Snapdragon X PCs by next year. This is exciting news for those looking for budget options, as the most affordable Snapdragon X laptop right now is the $999Microsoft Surface ProorMicrosoftSurface laptop. “As we look forward to 2025, in addition to new design wins, our X series product roadmap will expand to address PCs with retail prices as low as $700 without compromising NPU performance,” said Amon (viaThe Verge)....

The black screen of Death on HP is mostly triggered by bugs in the operating system and the drivers. For most of the HP users experiencing this problem, the black screen of death occurs after signing into the Windows. It is seen that on older builds of Windows, the process explorer fails to startup normally. Generally, the issue gets fixed afterrestarting windows explorerand the display drivers. There also are other technical solutions for the Black screen of death on HP devices which we will address in this article....

There’s always room for some funky-looking gadgets on any geek’s desk, and if you’re into gaming — especially retro gaming — then this deal may pique your interest. This keyboard from 8Bitdo brightens up any setup with its nostalgic retro look and additional giant button accessory. But it’s not just for looks, this keeb comes complete with an array of keyboard features. At Amazon, you can pick up the8Bitdo retro mechanical keyboard on sale for $79, which is the cheapest price that it’s been available direct from Amazon according to the Camelizer price checker....

What the hack! This week, I learned that spammers can add events to yourGooglecalendar without your permission. Then you’ll get a notification about an upcoming “meeting” that’s actually an unsolicited marketing message. Let me tell you how it happened to me and what you can do to prevent it. I was working on a recent Friday afternoon when I heard my phone make the chime it uses to remind me that I have a meeting starting in 10 minutes....

Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Adata Legend 970 Pro 2TB Performance Results Comparison Products Where to begin with the competition? We think theCrucial T705isthedrive to beat when it comes to high-end PCIe 5.0 SSDs. It even comes with a heatsink option. An honorable mention is theSabrent Rocket 5, which has higher sustained write performance....

A purported photo of an Intel Core i9-14900KS processor has been shared by Twitter-based hardware hound HXL. On this occasion the source doesn’t want to stake their reputation on the authenticity ofthe image, discovered on Chinese social media platform QQ, admitting “I don’t know if it’s fake or not.” Provided with the quite clear close-up of the alleged Core i9-14900KS chip, we immediately started to look closer for any telltale signs of digital sleight-of-hand, shenanigans, or skullduggery....

WithBlack Fridayarriving this Friday, many unscrupulous sellers are taking advantage of the scarcity of the AMD Ryzen 9800X3D, which is by far thebest CPU for gamingand thenumber one in Amazon’s best-selling CPUs list. If yousearch for “9800X3D” on Amazon, you’ll get four results of RYZEN 7 9800X3D 8-Core, 16-Thread Desktop Processor priced at $199.89, all of which are fake listings (h/tWePC). The details on the fake listing also look similar to the original one, although the legitimate post says “Visit the AMD Store” under the product name, while the fake one says “Brand: HHNDVZ....

It’s been over a month since AMD launched its Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor which quickly established itself as thefastest gaming CPUin the world. To investigate AMD’s design philosophy, semiconductor analystTom Wassick(viaHardwareluxx) took apart the chip, and the findings of his first report suggest that a large part of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is just dummy silicon for structural integrity. Still, AMD has extracted a lot of performance from its second-generation 3D V-Cache design, landing a solid victory against Intel’s Arrow Lake chips....

AMD plans to introduce upgraded versions of its Instinct MI300-series processors for AI and HPC in the second half of the year, according to market research firmTrendForce. The revamped Instinct MI350-series products are expected to adopt a more sophisticated process node as well as an upgraded memory configuration. AMD’s Instinct MI350-series products will employ chiplets made on TSMC’s 4nm-class fabrication process, which is an enhanced version of TSMC’s 5nm-class technology, which is used to build CDNA 3 and Zen 4 chiplets for AMD’s Instinct MI300-series products....

AMD announced four processors in its new Ryzen 8000G ‘Phoenix’ lineup of APUs for its desktop AM5 PCs here atCES2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, bringing 1080p-capable integrated graphics to the company’s newest platform for the first time, not to mention unlocking a new lower entry pricing point to the AM5 ecosystem. The two flagship Ryzen 8000G processors are also the world’s first desktop CPUs with an integrated high-performance Neural Processing Unit (NPU) engine to boost performance in AI workloads, beating Intel to the punch again — AMD was also the first x86 chipmaker to bring an NPU to laptops....

AMD has listed an unannounced AI chip, the MI388X, in its 10K filing with the SEC, noting that it cannot be sold to Chinese customers due to US sanctions. Companies like AMD and Intel have a plethora of products that can cater to almost any need, and both companies often have so-called ‘off-roadmap’ products that are not openly listed on their websites - especially if they are custom designs for customers or military applications....