Today's Hardware Pulse
Nvidia driver hints at next‑gen DLSS 5 work
Nvidia’s GeForce Game Ready driver 610.47 adds three new profile options—Enable DLSS NR override, Enable DLSS NR SL override, and Override DLSS NR presets—suggesting continued development of DLSS 5 neural‑rendering technology. The earlier DLSS 5 reveal had sparked debate over AI‑driven image alteration, and the new driver hints at a quiet but ongoing effort.
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By the numbers: Cyient Semiconductors raises $30M Series A
Tenaska, TVA Sign Agreement for 225 MW Battery Project in Tennessee
Tenaska's Bobwhite Energy Storage, a 225 MW/900 MWh battery project, has signed a 20‑year agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction is slated for 2027 with commercial operation expected by late 2029, bringing a $300 million investment to Hawkins County. The deal raises TVA's standalone battery capacity to 425 MW across its seven‑state service area, supporting grid reliability and renewable integration. The long‑term contract secures revenue for Tenaska while creating roughly 75 construction jobs.
Tesla Submits Plans for First Robotaxi-Only Supercharger Stations
Tesla filed permits for two private V4 Supercharger stations in Chandler and Mesa, Arizona, dedicated exclusively to its Robotaxi fleet. The Chandler site will host 56 stalls, while a second location in Mesa adds additional capacity, and neither will be...
This Samsung Soundbar With Dolby Atmos Is Now $350 Off
Samsung’s HW‑Q800F 5.1.2‑channel soundbar is now priced at $749.99 on Amazon, a drop of more than 30% from its $1,099.99 list price. The unit delivers wireless Dolby Atmos, a dedicated subwoofer, HDMI 4K 60 Hz passthrough, and Samsung’s Q‑Symphony TV‑soundbar integration. It...
What New Roku TVs and Roku Players Are Coming in 2026? Here Is What We Know
Roku is expected to refresh its streaming hardware in 2026, with the most likely candidates being a new Streaming Stick 4K that could add Dolby Vision support and an updated Roku Ultra box. Both products typically see a fall‑season refresh,...
Siemens and OnLogic Partner to Bring Industrial Edge to the Harshest Environments
Siemens and OnLogic have formed a strategic partnership to extend the Siemens Industrial Edge platform onto OnLogic’s fanless, ruggedized edge computers, enabling deployment in extreme environments such as mines and energy sites. The collaboration combines Siemens’ automation software with OnLogic’s...
XURUI Electronics Celebrates 20 Years of Precision Switch Manufacturing for Global Markets
XURUI Electronics Co., Ltd. marked its 20th anniversary on April 21, 2026, highlighting a two‑decade run of precision switch production for more than 130 countries. The company now boasts 65 patents, a 20 million‑unit annual capacity and a 95% on‑time delivery...
SK Hynix Starts Mass Production of 192 GB AI Server Memory for Nvidia's Vera Rubin Platform
SK Hynix announced today that it has entered mass production of its SOCAMM2 memory module, a 192‑GB, 10‑nm LPDDR5X stack designed for Nvidia's upcoming Vera Rubin AI platform. The new module promises more than double the bandwidth and 75% higher...
NEURA Robotics Partners with AWS to Scale Physical AI at the Edge
NEURA Robotics and Amazon Web Services unveiled a strategic collaboration to accelerate Physical AI at scale, merging NEURA's cognitive robotics platform with AWS's global cloud and AI services. The alliance targets the data gap that limits robot learning, aiming to...
Samsung and LG Lift Laptop Prices Up to 50% Amid Memory Chip Shortage
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics announced a second round of laptop price hikes within three months, pushing flagship models up by almost 50% year‑over‑year. The hikes stem from a severe DRAM shortage that has driven memory prices up 80‑90% quarter‑on‑quarter,...
Gamers Slam Nvidia as AI Chip Focus Triggers GPU Shortage and Cancelled RTX 50 Super
Nvidia’s aggressive shift toward AI data‑center chips, which now generate 91.5% of its revenue, has ignited a wave of criticism from gamers who fear a shortage of GeForce GPUs. The cancellation of the RTX 50 Super and delay of the...
DyeMansion Teases Compact Powershot Post-Processing System
DyeMansion announced a compact version of its Powershot post‑processing system, slated for a full launch at Formnext 2026. The new unit will combine depowdering and surface‑treatment functions for smaller powder‑bed printers, complementing the company’s VX1 vapor‑smoothing machine. By packaging industrial‑grade...
Modular DAQ System Supports GPS and PTP Synchronization
B&K Precision has launched the DAS1820, a portable high‑speed data acquisition system that uses a dual‑slot modular architecture compatible with its D18 plug‑and‑play ecosystem. It can sample up to 1 MSa/s per channel across eight channels, handle ±1500 VDC/1000 Vrms with CAT III/IV safety...
Marvell Shares Jump 5% on Rumored AI Chip Tie‑up with Alphabet, Adding Billions to Market Value
Marvell Technology (MRVL) surged 5% in pre‑market trading after The Information reported that Alphabet is in talks with the chipmaker to develop two new AI accelerators. The rally lifted Marvell’s market capitalization by several billion dollars, underscoring how partnership rumors...
Amazon Adds up to $25 B to Anthropic, Deepening AI Rivalry
Amazon announced an additional investment of up to $25 billion in Anthropic, with an immediate $5 billion tranche and up to $20 billion tied to performance milestones. The deal brings Amazon’s total potential stake to roughly $33 billion and obligates Anthropic to spend $100 billion...
MacBook Neo 2 Leaks: A19 Pro Chip and Doubled SSD Speeds Rumored
Apple’s upcoming MacBook Neo 2 is set to debut with the new A19 Pro chip, delivering faster processing and better energy efficiency. The base model upgrades RAM to 12 GB, a jump from the previous 8 GB, enhancing multitasking capabilities. Pricing is expected to...
Chipolo and Secrid Team up for a New Trackable Wallet
Chipolo has partnered with Dutch wallet maker Secrid to launch the Chipolo x Secrid Miniwallet Trackable, a slim RFID‑blocking wallet that houses Chipolo’s Card‑sized Bluetooth tracker. The tracker sits on the wallet’s back with an external Find button, and its speaker is...
Report: Utilization of Kubernetes Infrastructure Remains Abysmal
CAST AI’s 2026 State of Kubernetes Optimization Report reveals that average CPU utilization across tens of thousands of cloud‑based Kubernetes clusters dropped to 8% in 2025, with memory at 20% and GPUs languishing at 5%. Over‑provisioning has worsened, with CPU...
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Review: More Cache, More Cash
AMD unveiled the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, the first dual‑3D V‑Cache CPU, packing 192 MB of L3 cache across both CCDs. Priced at $899 MSRP, it targets enthusiasts seeking niche performance gains, delivering roughly 4% faster multi‑threaded results and double‑digit improvements in specialized workloads. The...
Can ‘Grid-Responsive’ Data Centers Help Unlock More Capacity?
Data centers, now consuming up to 2% of U.S. electricity, are being re‑engineered to become grid‑responsive, allowing them to shift compute loads in response to real‑time grid conditions. Utilities leveraging advanced analytics can pinpoint constraints over a 10‑year horizon, using...
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Dual Edition Review? Sponsored Reviews, Artificial Product Shortages, and the Decadent Whiff of Forced Exclusivity
AMD unveiled the Ryzen 9 9950X3D Dual Edition, a 16‑core, 32‑thread desktop CPU priced at $899 that features dual 3D V‑Cache on both chiplets. The architecture aims to reduce cache asymmetry and improve performance for creators and developers. However, AMD is tightly controlling...
DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB Partner to Develop Next-Generation Physical AI Compute Platform for Robotics
DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Group’s Robotics LAB announced a strategic partnership to co‑develop a Physical AI computing platform for next‑generation robots. The effort centers on DEEPX’s DX‑M2 ultra‑low‑power chip, designed to run large generative AI models in real time on...
First AI Driverless Trucks Deployed to Tackle Hong Kong Port Labour Shortage
Hutchison Port Holdings Trust has introduced Hong Kong’s first AI‑powered driverless trucks, deploying six electric autonomous vehicles at Kwai Tsing Container Terminal 4. Since their January launch, the fleet has moved over 8,000 containers, helping alleviate a chronic shortage of commercial‑vehicle drivers. The...
Scientists Sculpt Einstein Onto a Crystal Using only Light
Researchers at XPANCEO, together with Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov, demonstrated that the van der Waals semiconductor arsenic trisulfide (As₂S₃) can be permanently reshaped using only continuous‑wave light. The crystal exhibits an unprecedented photorefractive index shift of up to Δn≈0.3 under low‑intensity UV exposure,...
RADV Driver Enables Host Image Copy By Default For RDNA2 & Newer
The open‑source RADV driver now enables the Vulkan VK_EXT_host_image_copy extension by default on AMD RDNA 2 (GFX10.3) and newer GPUs. The change follows an update to AMD’s ADDRLIB library that adds AVX2‑based SIMD optimizations, boosting host‑to‑image upload speeds to roughly 20 GiB/s...
New SMA Pigtail Assemblies on 0.085-In. Conformable Cable From Amphenol RF
Amphenol RF has added a 0.085‑in. conformable cable to its SMA‑to‑unterminated pigtail assembly line. The new assemblies let engineers terminate the cable with any connector or terminator, delivering greater design flexibility. Rated to 18 GHz, the units feature a stainless‑steel gold‑plated...
TP-Link Seeks to Secure Conditional Approval From FCC Following Router Import Ban — Company Stresses It Is No Longer Chinese-Owned
TP‑Link is petitioning the Federal Communications Commission for a conditional approval that would let it import new router models despite the FCC’s blanket ban on foreign‑made consumer routers. The company argues it is now a U.S. entity after separating from...
EMI Filter for High-Field MRI Systems and Sensitive Imaging Processes From EMIS
EMIS has launched the MF420-2CF-M MRI filter, a specialized EMI/RFI filter for high‑field MRI suites. The filter delivers attenuation up to 10 GHz, protecting power and data lines entering shielded rooms. Its design features threaded conduit connections, a discharge bleeder resistor,...
Laser Bursts Flip Nanoscale Magnetic Vortices at Blistering Speeds, Opening a Path to Brain-Like Spintronics
Researchers at Nankai University and collaborators have demonstrated coherent helicity switching of nanoscale magnetic vortices using femtosecond laser pulses combined with an out‑of‑plane magnetic field. The technique flips the vortex rotation within a few hundred picoseconds in a Ni‑Fe (80/20)...
NAB Show 2026: Promise Technology to Showcase Integrated Storage Plug-In for Video and Image Creative Workflows
Promise Technology will demo its new Promise Plug‑in for Adobe Premiere and Photoshop at NAB Show 2026. The plug‑in runs on an HP Fury workstation equipped with the Pegasus5 R12 Pro, a 12‑bay Thunderbolt 5 storage system. It embeds real‑time storage monitoring, health alerts,...
NAB Show 2026: EditShare Advances Analytical AI and NVMe Performance for Modern Broadcast and Post
EditShare used NAB Show 2026 to launch a suite of AI‑driven analytical tools and high‑performance NVMe storage aimed at simplifying media library management for broadcasters and post houses. Its Analytical AI automatically extracts speech, faces, text and scene data, enriching...
NAB Show 2026: Elements Introduces GRID, a New Node-Based Scale-Out NAS Platform
Elements, the German media‑storage specialist, unveiled GRID at NAB 2026, a node‑based, scale‑out NAS platform built on the open‑source Ceph file system. GRID delivers all‑NVMe performance while integrating Elements' Automation Engine and Media Library MAM, creating a unified, AI‑enhanced production ecosystem....
NAB Show 2026: UnifyDrive to Showcase Full NAS Lineup
UnifyDrive is debuting its new PixelMob sub‑brand at NAB Show 2026, presenting a palm‑sized, AI‑enabled device that bridges the gap between camera capture and verified backup. PixelMob features a six‑layer security architecture, on‑device AI for culling and color grading, and...
Synology: Three Security Advisories on Resolved Vulnerabilities
Synology issued three security advisories on April 15‑10, 2026, resolving multiple vulnerabilities in its DiskStation Manager (DSM) firmware and SSL VPN Client. The DSM advisories (SA‑26:07 and SA‑26:06) address CVE‑2026‑40540 and a suite of CVEs (2026‑40530 through 2026‑40539) that allow remote...
Why More U.S. Workers Are Hitting the Panic Button
Workplace safety is under heightened scrutiny as solo‑worker incidents surge, with nearly 70% of U.S. companies reporting an event in the last three years and a 9% rise in homicides—the highest in a decade. Several states, including New York and Washington,...
I Really Need Apple to Launch Its Foldable iPhone Flip This Year
Apple’s latest iPhone 17 Pro dazzles, but the company still hasn’t released a folding iPhone despite persistent rumors. Competitors such as Samsung, Motorola and Oppo have shipped multiple generations of foldables, with Samsung’s Z series now in its seventh iteration. Analysts note...
Can the iPhone 17e Survive the Bend Test? The Results Might Surprise You
Apple’s iPhone 17e introduces a modular architecture that lets users swap key components like the A19‑based motherboard with the iPhone 16e, while keeping security‑critical parts fixed. The device doubles wireless‑charging speed to 15 W, adds a three‑times more scratch‑resistant Ceramic Shield 2 display, and...
Fan Spec Comparisons Useless?
Enthusiasts building PCs often compare fan specifications based on manufacturers’ max‑speed dB(A) and CFM numbers, but those figures can be misleading because fans rarely operate at their peak RPM. The post highlights how the Akasa Viper 120 mm fan’s advertised 28.9 dB(A)...
Best Gaming Laptops (2026): Razer, Asus, Dell, and More
The 2026 gaming‑laptop roundup highlights a clear split between ultra‑premium machines like the Razer Blade 16, which can be equipped with Nvidia’s RTX 5090, and more affordable options such as the Acer Nitro V 16 AI priced around $600. Mid‑range contenders—including the Lenovo Legion 7i...
Microsoft Builds for Two Worlds: Sovereign Cloud and AI Factories
Microsoft is pursuing a dual‑track infrastructure strategy in 2026, expanding sovereign‑cloud regions while simultaneously building purpose‑built AI factory campuses. Record quarterly capital spending of $37.5 billion—up 66% year‑over‑year—funds dense GPU clusters, liquid cooling and private fiber across sites in Texas, Norway,...
Feiyu Pocket 3 Impresses, Pocket 4 Promises Bigger Screen
Reviewed the Feiyu Pocket 3. Solid budget vlogging camera. Genuinely impressed. Then the Pocket 4 leaked and now I have to tell you to wait. Bigger screen. Smar
Fitbit Air Leaks Reveal Perfect Fit for Me
We've got more leaked details of the upcoming Fitbit Air tracker, and it seems well suited for someone like me. https://t.co/PwPjJ9vuBf
Madagascar Navigates Biometric Enrollment Challenges with Laxton’s Help
Madagascar’s national digital ID programme, PRODIGY, is rolling out with Laxton’s end‑to‑end biometric enrollment solution despite a regime change, civil unrest and a cyclone. Laxton supplied and supported 2,500 weather‑proof kits that capture iris, face and fingerprint data, even offline,...
Here's Why the AI Infrastructure Story Is Just Getting Bigger for GOOGL
Alphabet is expanding its AI‑chip supply chain by partnering with Marvell Technology to co‑develop a memory‑processing unit and an inference‑focused TPU, complementing its existing ties with Broadcom and MediaTek. The company has pledged $175‑$185 billion in capital expenditures for 2026, underpinned...
NB Corp. Of America Plans Live Demos This Week
NB Corp. of America will showcase live demonstrations of its NV Slide Way configuration and the 3‑axis BG Actuator at the MD&M South trade show, Booth #2311 Automation. The Slide Way delivers precise linear motion without the need for a...
Kioxia Debuts Fast QLC Slablet SSD for PC Makers
Kioxia has launched the EG7 SSD, a QLC‑based successor to its BG7 drive, offering identical capacity options (256 GB to 2 TB) and near‑identical performance, with a modest boost to 6.2 GB/s sequential writes. The drive uses 218‑layer 3D NAND, is DRAM‑less, and...
Linux 7.1 Lands Workaround For Arm C1-Pro Erratum
Linux kernel version 7.1 now incorporates a mitigation for a hardware erratum in Arm’s C1‑Pro CPU affecting its Scalable Matrix Extension (SME). The bug, identified as erratum 4193714 and tracked as CVE‑2026‑0995, could allow TLB invalidation to complete before SME...
H2O Audio Tri Run Workout Headphones Review: A Little Underwhelming
H2O Audio’s new Tri Run bone‑conduction headphones aim to capture the sub‑$100 workout market, but the review finds they fall short on audio performance. The design is lightweight, comfortable, and IPX8‑rated, delivering reliable Bluetooth pairing across devices. However, muddy bass, grainy...
Cadence and Nvidia Expand AI Partnership to Speed Digital‑Twin Workflows for Real‑Estate Engineering
Cadence Design Systems and Nvidia announced an expanded partnership that integrates Nvidia’s accelerated computing and Omniverse platform into Cadence’s EDA tools. The collaboration promises speed improvements of up to 100 times and productivity gains of up to 10 times, aiming...
Apple Consolidates Hardware Under New Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji
Apple announced that longtime silicon chief Johny Srouji will be elevated to chief hardware officer, merging hardware engineering and technologies under his command. The move coincides with John Ternus’s transition to CEO and places Tom Marieb in charge of day‑to‑day...
Initial Linux Driver Patches For Smart Data Accelerator Interface "SDXI"
Initial patches for the Smart Data Accelerator Interface (SDXI) have been posted to the Linux kernel mailing list, marking the first vendor‑neutral driver implementation for memory‑to‑memory data movement offload. The driver targets PCIe‑hosted SDXI 1.0 hardware and complies with the latest...