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• The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor sold out in most retailers
• Scalpers have been doubling the prices on preorder listings
• As components sell in waves, this issue will be fixed soon

Trying to get ahold of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, one of the best processors on the market right now? Good luck, since it’s sold out pretty much everywhere.

According to Digital Trends, just minutes after the first listings went live, they immediately sold out. Naturally, resellers have been capitalizing on this opportunity by selling the “preorders” for a higher price than what they initially paid – in other words, scalping. The retail price is $479 and most of these listings on eBay are $900 and over. Though none of those have sold as of this writing, one buyer recently purchased a chip for $564.

Even we at TechRadar can confirm how difficult it’s been, as we haven’t been able to secure one from a standard retailer as of yet. You can keep checking on online retailers like Amazon, Newegg, and B&H Photo, but of course, they’re all out of stock as of now. Even AMD’s official online store has no stock despite a limit of one per customer.

There is one place you can get your hands on the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and that’s at Micro Center. However, you’ll have to go to its brick-and-mortar store to get your hands on one there right now.

There is another silver lining to this and it’s that scalpers won’t be having the last laugh. As more come back in stock in waves, demand will eventually lower enough to make their jacked-up listings worthless.

This could take another few months for this to happen, so keep checking back with the official retailers until you can get your hands on one too. Some lucky buyers on the AMD subreddit are already celebrating getting a hold of one themselves, so it’s not impossible. Meanwhile, you can also check out more of the best AMD processors if you need your fix now.

Why is the Ryzen 7 9800X3D so sought after?

It’s a little surprising that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is already garnering a lot of attention, as the rumors and reports have been positive in terms of performance. According to one report, it will have eight Zen 5 cores with a 4.70GHz base clock speed, which can be boosted up to 5.20GHz, 96MB of 3D V-Cache, and may have an 8% performance boost over AMD's current high-end gaming processor.

In terms of overclocking, pros have been pushing the processor to its limits and finding out it can hit as high as nearly 7GHz for clock speeds. One user ran Counter-Strike 2 at 1080p (max graphics settings) and hit 1,262.9 frames per second (fps). There was another test with Valorant and the CPU averaged close to 1,100 fps at 1080p resolution (maxed-out settings), reaching over 1,500 fps at times.

It’s clear how big this processor is, and why so many scalpers saw a golden opportunity to take advantage of it. But with any large tech launch, given enough patience and anyone who wants it will be able to buy it legitimately in a matter of months, if not sooner.

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• Trillium offers 4x training boost, 3x inference improvement over TPU v5e
• Enhanced HBM and ICI bandwidth for LLM support
• Scales up to 256 chips per pod, ideal for extensive AI tasks

Google Cloud has unleashed its latest TPU, Trillium, the sixth-generation model in its custom AI chip lineup, designed to power advanced AI workloads.

First announced back in May 2024, Trillium is engineered to handle large-scale training, tuning, and inferencing with improved performance and cost efficiency.

The release forms part of Google Cloud’s AI Hypercomputer infrastructure, which integrates TPUs, GPUs, and CPUs alongside open software to meet the increasing demands of generative AI.

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Trillium promises significant improvements over its predecessor, TPU v5e, with over a 4x boost in training performance and up to a 3x increase in inference throughput. Trillium delivers twice the HBM capacity and doubled Interchip Interconnect (ICI) bandwidth, making it particularly suited to large language models like Gemma 2 and Llama, as well as compute-heavy inference applications, including diffusion models such as Stable Diffusion XL.

Google is keen to stress Trillium’s focus on energy efficiency as well, with a claimed 67% increase compared to previous generations.

Google says its new TPU has demonstrated substantially improved performance in benchmark testing, delivering a 4x increase in training speeds for models such as Gemma 2-27b and Llama2-70B. For inference tasks, Trillium achieved 3x greater throughput than TPU v5e, particularly excelling in models that demand extensive computational resources.

Scaling is another strength of Trillium, according to Google. The TPU can link up to 256 chips in a single, high-bandwidth pod, expandable to thousands of chips within Google’s Jupiter data center network, providing near-linear scaling for extensive AI training tasks. With Multislice software, Trillium maintains consistent performance across hundreds of pods.

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• New report that Nvidia might enter consumer CPU market
• It would most likely be Arm's based
• Chips could be announced in 2025 and launch 2026

Intel and AMD currently have a stranglehold on the PC processor market, as the vast majority of consumers' PC processors come from these two manufacturer. But if this latest report is true, that duopoly could soon be challenged.

According to a new report from DigiTimes (reported on by PCGamesN), Nvidia may be planning to enter the consumer processor market by developing a new Arm-based CPU. Currently, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips have exclusive rights to Windows on Arm; however, according to Arm CEO Rene Haas, that’s set to change in 2024 with the recent news of that deal ending. There’s also the possibility stemming from Arm threatening to cancel Qualcomm’s Arm license, not to mention the rumors of Qualcomm potentially buying Intel.

While there’s no definitive answer for when this processor will launch, if ever, the report from Digitimes states that an announcement of the Nvidia chips could happen in September 2025, with a possible launch date of March 2026.

How much further can Nvidia push it?

It sounds like a smart move from Team Green, as it could use its vast reputation in the PC world to further push into the PC processor market and give Intel and AMD some much needed competition.

However, the lack of an x86 license might pose an issue for Nvidia. There’s a chance that it could be acquired through Qualcomm, if the two manufacturers join up and the rumors about the latter purchasing Intel become a reality.

Then there’s also the possibility that Team Green could be heading into the gaming processor market, which would pair nicely with its already dominant graphics cards. Of course, such an endeavor would take quite a bit of investment as Nvidia would have to dedicate a lot of resources to porting games to the Arm architecture.

And though the performance has proven to be well-optimized and impressive in its own right, Windows on Arm is still unsupported natively by most PC software and games, a hurdle that also holds back gaming on Macs. But if Valve could get a host of PC games to support Linux through SteamOS for the Steam Deck, then there’s definitely a chance that Nvidia could push for the same for Arm.

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• A newly publicized patent shows Samsung had created a design for a tri-fold device in 2021
• This adds to recent rumors that the company is exploring new phone form factors
• There is still no confirmation from Samsung regarding a tri-fold device

The long-rumored Samsung Galaxy tri-fold might not be entirely mythological after all, if a newly-published patent is anything to go by.

The US Patent and Trademark Office has publicized a patent document that details design specifications for a tri-fold device alongside a conventional booklet-style foldable device.

The patent document, originally filed by Samsung in 2021, depicts a tri-fold device with a Z-shaped hinge, similar to the Huawei Mate XT.

The Mate XT became the world’s first tri-fold device when it launched in September, but it remains a China-exclusive device at the time of writing – leaving global markets open for Samsung or another competitor.

As MSPowerUser reports, the Samsung patent details new screen technology such as a strengthened barrier layer to protect the inner display with openings to reduce strain at the hinges. The design also includes an anti-reflective coating made of synthetic resin or another unspecified material.

Other construction materials mentioned include glass and stainless steel.

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The tri-fold design detailed in the patent. (Image credit: US Patent and Trademark Office)Image 2 of 4

The tri-fold hinge concept detailed follows the same design as the Huawei Mate XT (Image credit: US Patent and Trademark Office)Image 3 of 4

The barrier layer design concept features openings that reduce strain on the display (Image credit: US Patent and Trademark Office)Image 4 of 4

The tri-fold design concept appeared alongside a conventional booklet-style foldable design concept. (Image credit: US Patent and Trademark Office)

Samsung has long been tipped as the likely leader in the race to release a globally available tri-fold phone, which would sit alongside the company's Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6. Indeed, we recently reported on claims from Korea that Samsung is looking into new phone form factors.

Prior to this, we reported that a leaked codename for a new foldable model with no analog in the current Samsung lineup may refer to a potential tri-fold device.

Though this new (or rather, newly discovered) patent doesn’t confirm that the proposed Samsung tri-fold is due for release, or even in the works, it does tell us that Samsung has given serious consideration to the tri-fold concept.

With how much we’re hearing about a Samsung tri-fold at the moment, it’s hard not to take this as an encouraging sign – though it’s important to remember that most of the above is based on rumors for the time being.

It’ll be up to Samsung to confirm the development of a tri-fold Galaxy device, if and when it sees fit, so be sure to keep up with our Samsung phones coverage to catch the latest updates.

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