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Hardware Industry

New chips, new designs, and bold prototypes defined PCs at CES 2026

The takeaway: If you've ever been to a CES in Las Vegas, you know how easy it is to get lost – not only amongst the convention halls, hotels, and meeting rooms, but also in the noise of all the announcements made at the event. Breaking through the nearly overwhelming tsunami of show news is no easy task, but with the benefit of a week to reflect on it all, it's clear that the PC category was unquestionably a big and successful part of the news story from the event.
Full story By Bob O'Donnell,
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Tech Culture AI

Dell admits customers are not buying PCs just because they "have AI"

Crystal ball: Nearly every major tech company is now trying to oversell this inflated "AI-powered" narrative, and the PC market is no exception. Dell, who happens to be shipping a lot of PCs to every corner of the world, is apparently taking a more skeptical stance moving forward, arguing that the push is misguided because customers are not lining up to buy new "AI PCs" at all.
Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, 25 comments
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Hardware Gaming

Intel claims Panther Lake's new Arc B390 iGPU crushes AMD's best mobile graphics

Intel wants its GPUs inside the next wave of handheld PCs – if the benchmarks hold
Big quote: According to Intel's benchmarks, the new Core Ultra X9 388H equipped with the Arc B390 iGPU is ~73% faster than the Ryzen AI HX 370 on average. AMD's Strix Point SoC is powered by Radeon 890M integrated graphics. Intel also claims its new chips surpass AMD in ray tracing, frame generation, and other graphics workloads.
Full story By Daniel Sims, 28 comments
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Hardware AI

Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin early, signaling a faster AI hardware cycle

The six-chip Vera Rubin system claims up to 5× training compute and a 10× reduction in inference costs.
Looking ahead: Nvidia kicked off the year with an unusual move: unveiling its next-generation AI computing architecture months ahead of schedule. At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, CEO Jensen Huang used his keynote to introduce the company's Vera Rubin server systems – a clear signal that Nvidia intends to press its advantage as demand for ever-larger AI models accelerates.
Full story By Skye Jacobs, 13 comments
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Gaming Hardware

Nvidia confirms no RTX 5000 Super series at CES, but gaming announcements are coming

DLSS 4.5 is expected to be featured heavily
What just happened? In an announcement that comes as a surprise to absolutely no one, Nvidia has confirmed that there will be no new GPUs announced at CES. While this will disappoint anyone who optimistically thought we'd see the RTX 5000 Super series this week, the company did say that there will be several gaming-related announcements.
Full story By Rob Thubron, 18 comments
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