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Japanese capsule toy maker partners with ASRock, Gigabyte, MSI, Intel for tiny PC parts

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Tom's Hardware ·

Tarlin, a Japanese capsule toy maker, has partnered with ASRock, Gigabyte, MSI, and Intel to produce hyper-realistic miniature PC components. The tiny motherboards, cases, and CPUs are designed for assembly and play. No pricing or release date has been announced yet.

Meridian48 take
A fun novelty for PC enthusiasts, but unlikely to have any impact on the actual hardware market.
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Japanese firm launches hyper-realistic capsule toy PC parts ‘you can assemble and play with’ — tiny motherboards, cases, and CPUs are coming after Tarlin inks collab with the ‘big four’ PC parts makers →
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