Hassam Nasir from Tom's Hardware - Journalist Profile

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1	Hassam Nasir Tom's Hardware		Leakers suggest AMD Strix Halo reviews dropping tomorrow — Asus ROG Flow Z13 launches February 25 - 14 days ago AMD exec sarcastically teases RX 90700.05XTXT Max GPU with 320GB of VRAM and '1.2 Gigawatts' power supply requirement - 15 days ago Nvidia RTX 5050, 5060, and 5060 Ti surface in Zotac EEC filings - 15 days ago RTX 5090 supplies to be 'stupidly high' next month as GB200 wafers get repurposed, asserts leaker - 15 days ago 65W Core Ultra 5 230F matches 125W Core Ultra 5 245K in gaming - 16 days ago Redditor snaps up early RX 9070 XT GPU for $950 — delivery date slated for March 10 - 16 days ago RX 9070 XT leaked specs point to 4,096 shaders and 16GB VRAM — 3.1 GHz boost clocks and PCIe 5.0 support - 18 days ago AMD's beastly 'Strix Halo' Ryzen AI Max+ matches the RTX 4060 laptop in leaked 3DMark tests - 18 days ago RTX 5070 allegedly delayed until early March to counter AMD RX 9070 launch - 19 days ago RTX 5090 cable overheats to 150 degrees Celsius — Uneven current distribution likely the culprit - 20 days ago Vendor puts an on-and-off switch on a AMD X870 motherboard to enable easy GPU removal - 21 days ago Core Ultra 9 275HX beats AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 mobile chip by 7% in PassMark — 34% faster than the i9-14900HX - 21 days ago Ryzen 5 7400F uses thermal paste instead of solder, chip hits max temps at stock TDP - 25 days ago AMD CEO confirms the RX 9070 series will arrive in early March — Promises 4K mainstream gaming - 26 days ago AMD is rumored to hold an RDNA 4 launch event later this month — RX 9000 GPUs still planned for March - 27 days ago Users report bricked or unstable RTX 5090 and 5080 cards — root cause to be determined - 27 days ago RTX 5090 cable melting claim debunked — Investigation points at prior RTX 4090 FE cabling usage - 28 days ago Custom RTX 5090, RTX 5080 listed for up to $2,800 and $1,400 overseas — initial pricing exceeds MSRP - about 1 month ago RTX 5090 exhibits 27% higher CUDA performance than RTX 4090 — exceeds 500K points in Geekbench - about 1 month ago G.Skill releases DDR5-6400 C30 96GB memory kit — 64GB and 48GB kits are also in the works - about 2 months ago RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 specs reportedly leaked — up to 4,096 SPs, 16GB VRAM, and 2.9 GHz boost - about 2 months ago AMD silently introduces the Ryzen 5 7400F based on Raphael — Six Zen 4 cores, a boost clock of 4.7 GHz, and global availability - about 2 months ago Radeon RX 9070 GPU preorders are seemingly scheduled for January 23 — Asus RTX 9070 and RX 9070 XT show up at US retailer, but pricing remains unknown - about 2 months ago Here's all the sexy silicon AMD launched at CES 2025 - family die photos of Strix Halo, Krackan Point, Ryzen 9000X3D, Fire Range, and Hawk Point Refresh - about 2 months ago Nvidia introduces RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 laptop GPUs — RTX 50 Blackwell goes mobile with up to 24GB of GDDR7 memory - about 2 months ago Nvidia cuts down the China-specific RTX 5090D AI TOPS performance by almost 23% to meet US export guidelines - about 2 months ago MSI Afterburner author says triple fan RTX 5080 GPUs will have three independent fan controllers — Async speed control support for all three fans to arrive in an upcoming release - about 2 months ago Arrow Lake-H powered LG Gram Pro 17 2025 allegedly tested and torn down — Reviewer disassembles the machine and reports that Blackwell RTX 5050 GPUs are expected to arrive in May - about 2 months ago Intel Razer Lake, Nova Lake, and Wildcat Lake CPU PCI IDs added to Linux - about 2 months ago Vendor claims Ryzen 9 9955HX3D with Zen 5 cores and 3D V-Cache is ready for launch — manufacturer also asserts Arrow Lake-HX CPUs offer minimal performance improvements - about 2 months ago Leakers revise RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 power draw to 575W and 360W respectively — Up to 27% higher than last-generation RTX 40 GPUs - about 2 months ago Leaker claims Nvidia RTX 5090 mobile could offer 24GB of memory — Nvidia expected to employ 3GB GDDR7 modules to increase VRAM capacities on the same 256-bit interface - about 2 months ago Nvidia RTX 5060 laptop GPU beats 4060 laptop by over 30% in leaked benchmark — performance gap stretches almost to 70% with the RTX 3060 mobile - 2 months ago Nvidia RTX 5080 rumored to hit shelves on January 21 — expected to debut at CES with sales embargo reportedly lifting two weeks later - 2 months ago MSI releases first final BIOS with Intel's promised performance improvements for Arrow Lake - 2 months ago AMD Strix Halo Ryzen AI MAX 395+ laptop chip matches the desktop Ryzen 9 7950X in leaked benchmark — 16-core APU rumored to power Asus' upcoming ROG Flow Z13 laptop - 2 months ago RTX 5080 16GB spotted in early pre-built listing from iBuyPower — Sports the upcoming 65W Intel Core Ultra 9 285 and an unreleased B860 motherboard - 2 months ago Intel opens pre-orders for Arrow Lake non-K 65W CPUs in China — Shipping is expected to commence on January 13 as Intel eyes a CES unveil next month - 2 months ago Intel rumored to launch a 24GB Battlemage GPU for professionals in 2025 — Double the VRAM capacity of its Alchemist counterpart, targeted at AI workloads - 2 months ago Intel's low-power Twin Lake NX50 series specs leak — All efficient core design based on Alder Lake silicon comes back for another lap - 2 months ago Nvidia RTX 5080 and AMD RX 9070 GPUs listed ahead of launch — Asus is reportedly readying a new "Astral" GPU lineup - 2 months ago RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 listed for $2,600 and $1,350 at Chinese retailer — leaked listing suggests Blackwell might see an eye-popping price hike, at least in China - 2 months ago AMD Zen 5 Fire Range CPU surfaces inside next-gen gaming laptop — Ryzen 9000HX chip seemingly wields 16 Zen 5 cores - 2 months ago Ryzen Z2 Go APU is allegedly exclusive to the Lenovo Legion Go S — chip reportedly offers four Zen 3+ cores, 12 CU RDNA 2 iGPU, and LPDDR5X-6400 support - 2 months ago OpenAI switching to a for-profit company to raise more cash as it continues to lose money - 2 months ago Ryzen 9 9950X3D purportedly surfaces with 5.65 GHz boost clocks — leaked specs inlcude 96MB 3D V-Cache on a single CCD and 170W TDP - 2 months ago Nvidia's unreleased RTX 5090 pictured with huge GPU die, sports 32GB of GDDR7 memory - 2 months ago Vendors push Intel's promised performance-boosting firmware for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs — 0x114 beta BIOS updates coupled with the new CSME version 1854v2.2 - 2 months ago AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D drops to just $359 at Amazon — Secure the fastest Zen 4 gaming chip while supplies last - 2 months ago Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 allegedly sport 16GB and 12GB of GDDR7 memory, respectively — Up to 8960 CUDA cores, 256-bit memory bus, and 300W TDP - 2 months ago
2	Paul Alcorn Tom's Hardware Equal opportunity truth provider. Deputy Managing Editor technologyjournalism		Here's all the sexy silicon AMD launched at CES 2025 - family die photos of Strix Halo, Krackan Point, Ryzen 9000X3D, Fire Range, and Hawk Point Refresh - about 2 months ago