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It's AMD vs Nvidia and raster vs ray tracing in this battle of the best sub-$2,000 gaming PC. So, RX 7900 XTX or RTX 4080 Super? (www.pcgamer.com)
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Do you want better raster performance or a more well-rounded ecosystem?

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Asgard launches world's first DDR5-9600 CUDIMMs — promising DDR5-10000+ modules are on the way (www.tomshardware.com)
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Modules use SK hynix ICs.

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Switzerland unveils new supercomputer 'Alps' (www.euronews.com)
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Staff at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Lugano (CSCS) say 'Alps' could rank even higher today as it wasn’t completed when the rankings were put together in June.

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Lexar's latest SD 8.0 card is too fast for its own good — potentially DOA since no current devices exploit the card's 1,700 MB/s speeds (www.tomshardware.com)
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Lexar's new SD 8.0 card isn't compatible with any current devices.

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71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevity (www.tomshardware.com)
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Turning off your NAS will save on electric costs and save your hard drives.

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Crucial MX500 SSD firmware susceptible to buffer overflow security vulnerability (www.tomshardware.com)
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MX500 SSDs can be exploited through buffer overflow attacks

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HighPoint's blazing-fast 8-slot NVMe Gen 4 RAID card is now compliant with immersion-cooled server environments to boost efficiency and reliability (www.tomshardware.com)
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For the most extreme storage speeds in the most extreme of cooling environments

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Noctua eliminates 'Rattlegate' on the NH-D15 G2 — CPU cooler no longer makes rattling noises during operation (www.tomshardware.com)
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Noctua will offer current NH-D15 G2 owners new stainless steel covers to fix the issue.

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U.S. Govt pushes Nvidia and Apple to use Intel's foundries — Department of Commerce Secretary Raimondo makes appeal for US-based chip production (www.tomshardware.com)
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It's in Washington's best interests that American tech giants use Intel for their chip supply.

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Bigger and cheaper SSDs are coming thanks to Samsung — chipmaker starts mass producing 9th-gen 280-layer QLC V-NAND (www.tomshardware.com)
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Samsung's speedier and denser 9th-gen QLC could make drives 50% cheaper.

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Samsung's yield issues reportedly delays Taylor fab launch to 2026 (www.tomshardware.com)
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But will Samsung still receive the CHIPS money?

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Blacklisted Chinese AI GPU champ Biren preps for IPO at $2.19B valuation (www.tomshardware.com)
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Again?