{"id":21117,"date":"2026-10-11T12:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T12:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21117"},"modified":"2026-10-11T12:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T12:08:06","slug":"this-week-on-toms-hardware-premium-october-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21117","title":{"rendered":"This week on Tom’s Hardware Premium: October 10, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tom’s Hardware • Sayem Ahmed • October 10, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n\n

This week on Tom’s Hardware Premium focuses on how artificial intelligence is reshaping the semiconductor industry. A major report discusses whether smart software can help reduce electricity consumption in AI data centers, which are expected to rival Japan’s total power usage by 2030. In chip acquisitions, Tencent has reportedly signed a deal with Oracle for $7 billion over five years to lease high-performance AI chips. Although specific models were not named, experts suggest the terms point toward Hopper-class GPUs. The per-hour cost of this arrangement is estimated to be around 43% lower than renting an Nvidia H100 on a one-year contract.<\/p>\n

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Synopsys announced new partnerships, including a collaboration with OpenAI to create "GPT-Synopsys." This specialized AI model combines Synopsys’s electronic design automation tools with OpenAI’s large language model capabilities to assist in chip design. Meanwhile, neon gas recycling has become critical for chipmakers due to supply disruptions caused by the conflict in Ukraine. Japanese companies Gigaphoton and Kanten Techno have developed systems to recycle neon, with Gigaphoton claiming a 50% recovery rate. This technology supports DUV lithography machines, which currently utilize over 70% of the global neon supply.<\/p>\n

In other industry moves, Qualcomm has reportedly agreed to license patents from Huawei for the first time, potentially including LogicFolding chip-stacking methods. Historically, Huawei has licensed Qualcomm’s patents, making this reversal notable. Additionally, former Groq employees have filed a class action lawsuit against the company’s board and CEO. They allege that the board breached its duties regarding a $20 billion deal with Nvidia in December 2025, which resulted in most of Groq’s staff joining Nvidia directly. The Groq3 LPU is now part of Nvidia’s Vera Rubin ecosystem, with the Groq 3 LPX scheduled to ship in the second half of 2026.<\/p>\n

European AI firm Mistral released a new model called Large 4, or Le Chonk. Independent testing by Artificial Analysis gave it an intelligence score of 38, ranking it as the best open-weight model outside the U.S. and China. While Chinese models like Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3-Flash currently outperform it in general benchmarks, Mistral’s model excels specifically in cybersecurity tasks. The company expects to release the exact weights for ML4 before the end of October.<\/p>\n

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Source:<\/strong> Tom’s Hardware • Sayem Ahmed • October 10, 2026<\/p>\n

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