09 May, 2026

Old RTX 3080 GPUs repurposed and modded for Chinese market as 20GB AI cards with blower-style cooling

Repurposed batches of “RTX 3080 20G AI” cards featuring blower-style coolers and with 20GB GDDR6X are being spotted in large quantities over in China, stored and sold via AliExpress. These are yet another attempt to work around U.S export controls that now prohibit the sale of the fastest data center and consumer GPUs to China […]

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Ayaneo’s Retro Mini PC AM01 uses older-gen AMD APUs – but its $149 price is also cheaper than we expected

Ayaneo has shared specifications and pricing for its first-ever range of Mini PCs. In an email to Tom’s Hardware and via a newly launched IndieGoGo campaign, we learned the Ayaneo Retro Mini PC AM01 would feature either the AMD Ryzen 3 3200U or Ryzen 7 5700U and be priced from $149 for early bird pledges. […]

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Lian Li O11D Mini case + 750W SFX PSU combo is only $149.99 for Cyber Monday

Lian Li is offering a great case and power supply combo this Cyber Monday featuring its O11D-Mini computer chassis and SP750 SPX power supply. Usually, the bundles are listed at $199.99, but Lian Li is discounting it to just $149.99, making this case and power supply an excellent option for your next PC build. The […]

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Nvidia AI and HPC GPU sales reportedly approached half a million units in Q3 thanks to Meta, Facebook

Having earned $14.5 billion on datacenter hardware in the third quarter of fiscal 2024, Nvidia clearly sold a boatload of its H100 GPUs for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). Omdia says that Nvidia sold nearly half a million A100 and H100 GPUs, and demand for these products is so high that the lead time of […]

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New chip crunch looming? Booming demand from Chinese fabs causing shortage of critical photomask element

Over the past few quarters, the global semiconductor industry has faced shortages of chip packaging components and advanced chip packaging capacity. Now, despite an overall economic slowdown, it faces a persistent shortage of photomasks. This critical and complex component is key to the chipmaking process. This situation is primarily fueled by the robust demand from […]

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These are My Favorite Maker Tools to Shop For This Cyber Monday

As a maker I love receiving new maker toys to play with. Soldering irons (I have so many now!), 3D printers, microcontroller, Single Board Computers (SBC) and add-ons are just the tip of the catalog available to makers. As we approach the holiday season, thoughts often turn to buying presents for our loved ones, but […]

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