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Understanding M.2, SATA, PCIe and NVMe SSDs: Choosing the Right Storage for You
Understanding SSDs can be overwhelming, particularly with terms like M.2, SATA, PCIe, and NVMe often used interchangeably as if they mean the same thing. Recognizing the differences is essential for selecting the best storage option for your PC, whether you are constructing a new system or enhancing an existing one. This guide will explain the…
Razer Blade 18 review: World-class gaming, priced to match
Why you can trust Tom’s Hardware Our 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. Even among top-tier gaming laptops, the Razer Blade 18 stands out with a winning combination of luxury design and raw power. Starting at…
Working with Time Zones in Apple’s Calendar Apps | Computer Hardware
Calendar events are usually straightforward. For instance, if you schedule a meeting for 3 PM on Thursday, an alert will remind you to leave 30 minutes beforehand. However, since we live in an increasingly global world, we occasionally have to consider time zones when scheduling meetings. Business travelers have long needed to keep track of…
The Next Leap in Data Storage – How HAMR Hard Drive Technology Is Changing Everything?
In this digital-first world, we are generating data at a record-breaking pace. This demand is driven by AI, cloud computing, IoT devices, and high-resolution video streaming. However, our requirements for storage capacity are skyrocketing. An older technology, like conventional hard drives, cannot keep up with the demand. That’s where HAMR hard drives (heat-assisted magnetic recording)…
Alienware AW2525HM 25-inch 320 Hz gaming monitor review: Colorful and competition-ready
Why you can trust Tom’s Hardware Our 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. When you’ve maxed your gaming PC budget for a high-end video card and you don’t have enough left for an OLED monitor, you…
Bambu Lab H2S Review: The One We Wanted
Why you can trust Tom’s Hardware Our 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. The new Bambu Lab H2S is the machine a lot of makers have been waiting for – a single nozzle, premium Core XY…
Immersion Cooling for data centers: An exotic inevitability?
Modern data centers (DCs) use a variety of cooling system types. Most DCs today still use air cooling as the baseline, with chilled air circulated through racks and hot air exhausted out, but this method struggles with modern high-power CPUs and GPUs. Starting with Nvidia’s Hopper and expanding with Blackwell, operators are moving toward liquid…
Nvidia outlines plans for using light for communication between AI GPUs by 2026 — silicon photonics and co-packaged optics may become mandatory for next-gen AI data centers
The extreme demands of passing communication between ever-growing clusters of AI GPUs is fueling a move towards using light for communication across the networking layers. Earlier this year, Nvidia outlined that its next-generation rack-scale AI platforms will use silicon photonics interconnects with co-packaged optics (CPO) for higher transfer rates at lower power. At the Hot…
Sama A60E Air Cooler Review: quiet and capable
Why you can trust Tom’s Hardware Our 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. If you’ve never heard of SAMA, you’re not the only one. The company was established in 2003 as an OEM, but has recently…
Retailers quietly slash prices of AMD’s and Intel’s latest EPYC and Xeon CPUs by up to 50% — inexplicable price drops left unexplained
Demand for high-performance server CPUs is quite high these days, both because of the AI boom and because traditional cloud service providers continue to expand their fleets. However, something unusual is happening on the retail market of data center processors in the U.S., as the latest EPYC 9005-series CPUs from AMD and Xeon 6 Performance-series…