Today's Hardware Pulse
Nvidia driver hints at progress on next‑gen DLSS 5
Nvidia’s latest GeForce Game Ready driver (610.47) adds three new DLSS profile options, indicating continued work on DLSS 5 neural‑rendering technology. The earlier DLSS 5 reveal sparked debate over AI‑driven image alteration, and this driver update provides the first concrete sign of advancement.
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By the numbers: Cyient Semiconductors raises $30M Series funding
Axiom Space’s Suit Set to Fly in 2027
Axiom Space announced that its next‑generation EVA suit will receive an in‑space qualification flight in 2027, positioning it for either the Artemis III lunar landing or a test on the International Space Station. The suit shares a common architecture for both orbital and lunar use, with only the boots differing to accommodate the Moon’s extreme cold or the ISS’s hand‑rail slots. Axiom’s design partners include Prada for aesthetics, Oakley for the visor, and Gu Energy Labs for astronaut nutrition. As the sole private provider of NASA’s EVA suits, Axiom faces heightened scrutiny as a potential single point of failure in the Artemis program.
Yageo Sees Steady AI Demand Supporting High-End Passive Component Growth
Yageo reported that AI‑related demand continues to underpin its Q2 outlook, with AI applications accounting for roughly 13%‑15% of Q1 revenue and order momentum staying steady. Tantalum capacitors, especially polymer‑based types, showed the strongest growth, and the company expects this...
TSMC Expands Global 3nm Capacity to Meet Rising AI Demand
TSMC announced an accelerated rollout of its 3nm process across three continents to satisfy surging AI and high‑performance computing demand. A new 3nm fab at the Tainan GIGAFAB site in Taiwan will begin mass production in the first half of...
The Intel Arc Pro B65 Is Launching, and Intel Is Deliberately Positioning the Workstation Graphics Card Closer to the Gaming...
Intel introduced the Arc Pro B65 workstation GPU, a 32 GB GDDR6 card that blurs the line between professional and gaming graphics. The card ships with 20 Xe cores, 160 XMX engines, 608 GB/s bandwidth, a 200‑W TDP and PCIe 5.0 ×16 support. A WHQL driver...
Gigabyte Is Pushing CQDIMM and 256 GB DDR5 Further Into the Mainstream – the Z890 Plus Becomes a Flagship Platform
Gigabyte unveiled its Z890 Plus motherboard series, featuring CQDIMM support that allows up to 256 GB DDR5 capacity using just two DIMM slots. The flagship Z890 AORUS ELITE DUO X and Z890M FORCE DUO X WIFI7 claim DDR5‑10266 speeds and an...
The 5 Fashion Rules for Wearable Tech
Wearable tech is gaining traction as Meta signs a 10‑year Manhattan lease to sell Ray‑Ban glasses, while Apple and Google prepare competing smart‑glasses. Industry insiders identify five rules for success: stylish design, clear utility, fashion brand partnerships, organic influencer adoption,...
UTOPIA Fiber Laid over a Million Feet of Conduit and Fiber Last Year
UTOPIA Fiber reported installing over 1.03 million feet of conduit and fiber across Utah in 2025, including 13,728 feet of aerial strand and 3,331 new handholes. The rollout enabled more than 9,000 homes and 968 businesses to connect, adding 6,355 new...
Intel Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake” Processor Family Launched for Entry-Level Laptops and Edge AI Systems
Intel officially launched the Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake” processor family, its first hybrid AI‑ready Core line aimed at entry‑level laptops and edge AI devices. The SoC combines two performance cores with four efficiency cores, up to 2‑core Xe3 graphics, up...
IPv8 Draft Proposes Backward-Compatible IPv4 Evolution with Integrated Routing and Security
The IPv8 draft introduces a 64‑bit addressing scheme that nests IPv4 addresses, aiming for a seamless evolution of the current Internet architecture. It proposes a new routing metric called Cost Factor, which weighs congestion and physical distance to optimize path...
DarkFlash Launches DM8 LINE 120 Mm ARGB Fans in Four Variants
darkFlash introduced the DM8 LINE, a budget‑oriented 120 mm fan series that emphasizes ARGB edge lighting over raw cooling performance. The lineup launches on April 24, 2026 in Japan, offering black and white models with either standard or reverse‑blade configurations for flexible intake...
DeepCool LT360 VISION ARGB Adds Hinged Display to 360mm AIO Cooler
DeepCool will launch the LT360 VISION ARGB, a 360 mm AIO liquid CPU cooler featuring a 4.5‑inch IPS ultrawide display that hinges up to 90 degrees. The cooler uses a sixth‑generation PWM pump and three FD12 ARGB V2 120 mm fans, supporting...
DeepCool SPARTACUS 420 Targets High-End Builds With 420mm Radiator and LCD
DeepCool unveiled the SPARTACUS 420, a flagship all‑in‑one liquid CPU cooler featuring a 420 mm radiator and up to 350 W of cooling capacity. It ships with three 140 mm fans delivering 112.5 CFM airflow and 4.15 mmAq static pressure, plus a 3.4‑inch IPS LCD that...
Samsung Foundry VP Joins Intel Foundry
Samsung Foundry executive vice president Shawn (Seung Hoon) Han will join Intel Foundry Services as senior vice president and general manager in May, succeeding Kevin O’Buckley. Han will report to Intel’s EVP Naga Chandrasekaran and brings three decades of Samsung...
More than 60% of Home Battery Installations Inspected in Australia Are ‘Substandard’
Australia’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program has installed over 250,000 residential battery systems, delivering roughly 7.7 GWh of storage. A Clean Energy Regulator audit of 1,278 installations found 60.8% substandard and 1.2% unsafe, mainly due to poor wiring and labeling. The sample...
ASUS Debuts Snapdragon X All-in-One and Ryzen AI Desktop Lineup
ASUS unveiled three AI‑accelerated desktop models at Best Buy, including the V400 all‑in‑one built on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X ARM platform, the larger V600 AiO powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 processor, and the ExpertCenter P700 Mini Tower aimed at small‑business users. All systems feature...
Fibre Break Hits Vocus Customers Across Two States
Vocus reported a fiber break about 32 km north of Melbourne at Broadford, disrupting inter‑capital and regional transmission for customers in Victoria and New South Wales. The fault was announced at 10 am AEST, with field technicians on site by 11:15 am. Approximately...
Ericsson and Proptivity Deploy World’s First Fully Digital Indoor 5G in Oslo Office Building
Ericsson and Proptivity have completed the world’s first fully digital indoor 5G deployment at a commercial building in Oslo, using the Host Management Control feature and Ericsson Radio Dot System. The shared‑infrastructure model lets multiple mobile operators connect to a...
Matternet and SoftBank Robotics America Partner to Accelerate Drone Delivery Networks
Matternet and SoftBank Robotics America have formed a strategic partnership to commercialize autonomous drone delivery for healthcare, retail and enterprise logistics. The alliance will combine Matternet's certified drone platform with SoftBank's manufacturing and rollout capabilities, targeting rapid deployment of end‑to‑end...
Anthropic May Add AMD MI450 GPUs to Stack
Rumour: Anthropic is planning to incorporate $AMD GPUs into their hardware stack for the first time starting from MI450.
I Traded My Sonos Era 300 for Denon's New Home Speaker - and See No Reason to Go Back
Denon’s Home 400 enters the premium smart‑speaker arena as a direct challenger to Sonos’s Era 300, offering true Dolby Atmos playback, six dedicated drivers, and HEOS multi‑room integration. The speaker supports major streaming services, AirPlay 2, and native 24‑bit/192 kHz hi‑res audio via USB....
Amazon Will Reportedly Never Release Another New Android-Based Fire TV Stick — It’s Vega OS only From This Point On
Amazon is ending the production of Android‑based Fire TV Sticks, moving all future stick models to its proprietary Vega operating system. The latest Fire TV Stick HD, the second device powered by Vega, confirms the shift despite Amazon’s silence in official...
Nix Biosensors Teams with Baylor Athletics for Campus‑Wide Real‑Time Hydration Monitoring
Nix Biosensors has signed a two‑year agreement with Baylor University to equip all 19 Division‑I programs and roughly 450 student‑athletes with its Nix Pro wearable, delivering individualized, real‑time sweat and electrolyte data. The partnership aims to transform hydration protocols, reduce...
OQ Technology Secures ESA Contract to Bring 5G Beamforming to Satellite‑to‑Phone Services
OQ Technology, the Luxembourg‑based satellite operator, was awarded an ESA ARTES contract to adapt terrestrial 5G beamforming for space‑based direct‑to‑device services. The project, dubbed BEAMSAT‑5G, builds on a recent €25 million (≈$27 million) venture debt round and targets commercial‑scale satellite “cell towers”...
Anycubic Launches Multicolor FDM and Large-Format Resin 3D Printers at RAPID+TCT 2026
Anycubic introduced its next‑generation Kobra X multicolor FDM printer and Photon P1 Max large‑format resin system at RAPID+TCT 2026 in Boston. The new machines promise faster color changes, larger build volumes and tighter workflow integration, targeting makers, prosumers and small‑batch...
Amazon Pledges $200 Billion AI‑driven Data‑center Buildout, Reshaping Power Demand
Amazon announced a $200 billion investment in AI‑centric data‑center capacity, shifting to a supply‑led buildout that locks in power, land and silicon ahead of demand. The move raises questions about utilization, grid strain and the pace of sustainable energy procurement.
Apple Launches $599 MacBook Neo, Expands Entry‑level Laptop Lineup
Apple unveiled the MacBook Neo, a $599 laptop powered by the A18 Pro chip, marking the company's first sub‑$600 Mac. The device aims to undercut budget Windows notebooks while delivering premium build quality, and it arrives as the PC market...
Zimbabwe Rolls Out $1 B AI‑Driven Fintech and Smart‑City Project to Spur Digital Industrialisation
Telecom magnate Strive Masiyiwa announced a $1 billion AI‑driven fintech and smart‑city programme anchored by an 800‑acre Econet Tech City near Harare. The plan couples NVIDIA‑powered AI factories, a stablecoin joint venture and a listed infrastructure platform to position Zimbabwe as...
Disney's Infinity Vision Sets New Theatrical Standards
At #CinemaCon: Here are details on Disney's new "Infinity Vision" announcement. "Infinity Vision sets a new benchmark for theatrical presentation, certifying auditoriums that meet rigorous technical standards, including a focus on: The largest screens for maximum scale Laser projection for superior brightness and...
Wireless 3D Scanning Cuts Product Development Time
Wireless #3D Scanning Revolution: NimbleTrack Accelerates Product Development via @WevolverApp #EmergingTech #Engineering #Tech #Technology https://t.co/sVbPQrBDfO
Northwestern Engineers 3D‑Print Artificial Neurons That Communicate With Living Brain Cells
Northwestern University engineers printed flexible artificial neurons that generate realistic electrical spikes and successfully activated living mouse brain cells. The work, published in Nature Nanotechnology, showcases a new class of printable, low‑cost neural interfaces that could reshape neuroprosthetics and brain‑inspired...
Handcrafted Hoverboard Gives You Real‑Life Hero Feel
Ride a Handmade Pseudo-Hoverboard and Feel Like a Real-Life Hero via @ZappyZappy7 #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/9CV5IImhAF
Compute Shortage Drives AMD, Amazon, Cerebras Deal Rush
Chatter being $AMD could get a deal with Anthropic which makes total sense given the compute shortage. I have been saying for a while I think Amazon is a good candidate also for Helios. Bottom line, all available viable compute will...
IonQ Links Two Commercial Quantum Computers with Photonic Interconnect
IonQ announced that it has successfully created a photonic interconnect between two independent trapped‑ion quantum computers, marking the first time commercial quantum systems have been entangled over distance. The milestone validates distributed quantum computing architectures and underscores IonQ’s ties to...
I Built Dragon’s LiDAR, yet People Doubted Me
People oddly assumed that I didn’t understand LiDAR, even though I oversaw the custom LiDAR development that Dragon uses to dock with the Space Station
HCI Cuts Infrastructure Setup From Months to Minutes
My friends in infrastructure and operations geek out over HCI, and for good reasons. Months to configure infrastructure for new applications were reduced to minutes. #ITOps #Cloud https://t.co/v3MPhHTyuw
Dear Google, Fix Google Home, Now
Google’s push to embed its Gemini AI into the Google Home ecosystem has unintentionally degraded the platform’s reliability. Users now encounter slower response times, voice‑recognition glitches, and frequent disconnections. The problems stem from an aggressive software overhaul that prioritized AI...
GPU Is the New X86; TPU Dominates AI
The reality is that that the GPU is the new x86. It’s general purpose. It has to be able to do a lot of things fairly well, but it’s an expert at nothing. The TPU is purpose built to run...
US BESS Degradation Optimism Collides With Real‑World Data
‘Unfettered optimism’ on US BESS degradation hits wall of operational reality #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/1hcRyBak6s
The Latest News In IC Packaging & Test
The semiconductor packaging and test ecosystem saw a wave of strategic investments and acquisitions in early 2026. Morocco’s RifSol Corp. announced a $1.7 billion 200 mm fab aimed at automotive‑grade legacy nodes, while India’s Kaynes Semicon opened an OSAT campus in Gujarat...
US Data Center Delays Push AI Compute to Space
50% of US data centers are being delayed or canceled. 17% are uncertain. Only 33% are actually being built. This what's driving AI compute into orbit.
Cheap Interceptor Drones Proven In Ukraine Protected U.S. Troops Against Iranian Shaheds
The U.S. Army has deployed Merops interceptor drones, originally proven in Ukraine, to protect troops from Iranian Shahed‑136 attack drones. Each Merops unit costs roughly $15,000, far less than the $30,000‑$50,000 price tag of the Shaheds they engage. Streamlined acquisition...
No Detuned GPUs Pushes China to Build XPUs Faster
Agree 100% with Gavin on this one. 1/ Yes China has its own aspirations. The question was how quickly they needed an alternative and the mandates and investment. 2/ NOT selling detuned GPU editions means they’re forced to do the...
Palm‑Sized Ryzen 5 Mini PC Delivers Full‑Size Performance
The PELADN WO4 AMD Ryzen 5 Mini PC is an amazing little device: It'll fit in the palm of your hand, but offers impressive performance and Windows 11 Pro. I got my hands on one and ran it through...
Google Working on Pixel ‘Laptop’ and ‘Pixel Glow’ Lights that Are Also Coming to Phones
Google is prototyping a new Pixel laptop that will incorporate a hardware feature called Pixel Glow, which uses subtle back‑panel lighting to signal events. The feature appears in Android 17 Beta 4 and the Android Canary 2604 build, where it is labeled as light_animations. Pixel Glow...
Schneider Electric Launches On-Machine Variable Frequency Drive
Schneider Electric unveiled the Altivar Machine ATV350, an on‑machine variable frequency drive designed for conveyor and material‑handling equipment. The drive mounts directly on the machine, offering IP66/UL4X protection, multi‑protocol Ethernet (EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, EtherCAT, Modbus TCP) and plug‑and‑play wiring. By eliminating...
Tapo Releases Ultrapowerful Dual-Lens Camera Kit for Complete Yard Coverage
Tapo has launched the C675D dual‑lens camera kit at $230, delivering full 4K resolution on both lenses with a 169‑degree top view and a 360‑degree bottom view. Integrated AI detection identifies humans, zooms in, and tracks them day or night...
DataCool Launches Next-Generation Data Center Cooling Platform Amid Surging AI-Driven Demand
DataCool, a JohnsonMarCraft HVAC division, unveiled three new cooling systems—Alpine, Glacier and Kodiak—designed for AI‑driven, high‑density data centers. The platform spans 2,000 to 100,000 CFM and up to 300 tons of capacity, offering modular, scalable architecture for edge to hyperscale sites....
Sharp HealthCare Taps Apple Vision Pro for Surgical Innovation
Sharp HealthCare in San Diego has launched an IRB‑approved clinical study to evaluate Apple’s Vision Pro headset in cataract surgery. The feasibility and safety study will measure how spatial‑computing tools affect depth perception, workflow efficiency, and surgeon ergonomics. Conducted at Sharp...
NodeWeaver Says Its Perpetual Licensing Beats VMware’s Perpetual Price Hikes
NodeWeaver is marketing a perpetual‑license edge platform that runs on any off‑the‑shelf x86 server, positioning itself as a low‑cost alternative to VMware after Broadcom’s price hikes. The solution eliminates per‑core subscription fees, promising 60‑80% savings and the ability to reuse...
Designing Implants that Don’t Scar the Brain
A new study systematically compared stiff silicon electrodes with flexible polyimide probes for intracortical neural implants. The researchers found that material choice dominates tissue response: polyimide probes trigger far less scarring and inflammation than silicon, while probe thickness or wireless...