Today's Hardware Pulse
Nvidia driver adds DLSS 5 profile options, hinting at next‑gen AI rendering
Nvidia's GeForce Game Ready driver 610.47 introduces three new profile settings—Enable DLSS NR override, Enable DLSS NR SL override, and Override DLSS NR presets—suggesting continued development of its upcoming DLSS 5 neural‑rendering technology. The earlier DLSS 5 reveal sparked debate over AI‑driven image alteration, after which Nvidia fell silent on the feature.
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By the numbers: Cyient Semiconductors raises $30M Series A
The Ampace Andes 1500 Is the First Power Station That Keeps Up With My Family’s Outdoor Activities
The Ampace Andes 1500 portable power station delivers 1,462 Wh of LiFePO₄‑based storage and 2,400 W continuous AC output, positioning it as a premium solution for serious outdoor enthusiasts. It charges to full capacity in just 55 minutes via AC and can replenish from solar panels at up to 600 W, achieving a full recharge in 3‑5 hours of strong sun. The unit operates from –4 °F to 113 °F, runs at a whisper‑quiet 30 dB in sleep mode, and supports expansion to 11 kWh with additional batteries. Priced around $599 with a solar panel, it offers a long‑term value proposition for off‑grid power needs.
Infineon and DG Matrix Partner to Drive Solid-State Transformer Technology for AI Data Centers and Industrial Power Applications
Infineon Technologies is partnering with solid‑state transformer specialist DG Matrix to provide its latest‑generation silicon‑carbide (SiC) power devices for the Interport multi‑port platform. The collaboration boosts the efficiency, power density and reliability of DG Matrix’s SST systems, which target AI...
Geekplus Launches RoboShuttle V5 to Enable Fully Autonomous Warehouse Picking
Geekplus unveiled the RoboShuttle V5 at LogiMAT 2026, upgrading its tote‑to‑person system with a native Robot Arm Picking Station for fully autonomous warehouse picking. The solution claims 99.99% accuracy, up to 700 units per hour, and a plug‑and‑play rollout in as...
Samsung's 2026 QLED and Mini LED TVs Boast AI Soccer Mode
Samsung introduced four 2026 TV models—QLED QN80H, QN70H and Mini‑LED M80H, M70H—spanning 43‑inch to 100‑inch screens. All units, except the M70H, feature an AI‑driven Soccer Mode that automatically optimizes picture settings for live matches. The QLEDs pair mini‑LED backlighting with...
Apple Watch Series 11 Vs. Series 10: Is the New Smartwatch Worth the Upgrade?
Apple unveiled the Series 11 smartwatch, keeping the same aluminum and titanium price points as the outgoing Series 10, with base models starting at $399 and premium titanium versions at $699. While the exterior design, case dimensions and core S10 processor remain...
Uniti’s CEO Says We’re in the Early Innings of an Unprecedented Fiber Build
Uniti projects a $1.5 billion revenue opportunity from hyperscaler fiber deals over the next five years and plans to construct nearly 6,000 miles of fiber within three years, generating about $1 billion in non‑recurring cash revenue. The contracts carry an estimated 28 % internal...
Arm Shares Rise as It Forecasts Revenue Boost From In-House AI Chip
Arm Holdings announced that its newly developed in‑house artificial‑intelligence processor will drive a significant revenue uplift, prompting the company's shares to climb about 5% in early trading. The firm projects double‑digit top‑line growth for the fiscal year, positioning the chip...
ArtSound FM in Canberra Adopts DHD Consoles
ArtSound FM in Canberra has upgraded its studio infrastructure by installing two DHD SX2 mixing consoles and a compact TX2 unit, replacing three in‑house consoles from 2005. The rollout, funded in part by the Community Broadcasting Foundation and managed by...
The Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Look Great on Paper, but There's One Thing Holding Them Back
Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds 4 are priced around $180 and feature a sleek, tip‑less design that looks attractive on paper. However, the lack of silicone ear tips results in a loose fit, causing sound leakage and poor active‑noise‑cancelling performance. The higher‑priced...
Manz Asia and Epson Form Strategic Partnership
Manz Asia and Seiko Epson have formed a strategic partnership to bring advanced inkjet printing to semiconductor manufacturing. The collaboration merges Manz’s equipment engineering and software with Epson’s high‑precision printhead technology to create a lab‑to‑fab inkjet platform spanning R&D, pilot,...
PI Expands High-Performance Gantry Positioning Platform Portfolio
Physik Instrumente (PI) has launched the X‑365 Precision XY Gantry System, a modular Cartesian platform offering travel ranges from 200 × 200 mm up to 600 × 800 mm with nanometer‑class position feedback. The system combines high load capacity, rigid recirculating‑ball guides and thermally decoupled components...
Security on a Budget: The Arlo Essential Pan Tilt Camera Offers Dependable Protection
The Arlo Essential Pan Tilt Security Camera provides renters with an affordable, indoor‑focused surveillance solution that combines 360‑degree motion, 12× digital zoom and color night vision. Reviewers praised its real‑time alerts, two‑way audio and a subscription‑based emergency response that can...
Japanese Telco Bags Lease for Poro Point Cable Station
Japanese telecom operator InfiniVAN has signed a long‑term lease to develop the Poro Point Cable Landing Station in La Union as an open gateway for international subsea cables. The station, part of the Luzon Bypass Infrastructure—a 240‑km fiber corridor linking Baler to...
Arm Is Releasing the First In-House Chip in Its 35-Year History
Arm Holdings announced its first internally designed processor, the Arm AGI CPU, aimed at AI inference workloads. The chip, built on the Neoverse IP and co‑engineered with Meta, is already available for order with Meta as the inaugural customer. Arm...
Crusoe and Redwood Materials Expand AI Data Center Deployment to 24 Modular Units in Nevada
Crusoe and Redwood Materials announced an expansion of their Nevada AI compute campus to 24 Crusoe Spark modular data centers. The upgrade raises total compute capacity roughly seven times the original deployment while still relying on the existing 12 MW/63 MWh renewable...
SparkPNT Enters the Next Chapter with Facet FP
SparkPNT announced the Facet FP, a high‑precision GNSS receiver delivering centimeter‑level positioning. The device features multi‑band, multi‑constellation support, a waterproof cast‑aluminum housing and built‑in LoRa, Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. It runs fully open‑source firmware and uses SparkPNT’s modular Flex system,...
Moog Taps Redwire to Provide Solar Arrays for Meteor
Redwire secured a $12.8 million contract from Moog to supply its Extensible Low‑Profile Solar Array (ELSA) for the Meteor satellite bus. ELSA delivers roughly 50 % more power per unit volume than conventional arrays, targeting mass‑manufactured satellites. The arrays will be designed,...
Ditch Monthly Cloud Storage Fees: Powerful UGREEN NAS Now on Sale — Build Your Own Streaming Server Today
UGREEN’s DH4300 Plus 4‑bay NAS is now $379.99, a $60 discount from its $439.99 launch price, while the 2‑bay DH2300 is $199.99. The diskless enclosure supports up to 120 TB of storage, 8 GB LPDDR4X RAM and a 2.5 GbE port for fast...
Move & Connect Taps KORE’s eSIM Platform to Streamline Multi-Country IoT Rollouts Across Europe
Move & Connect has partnered with KORE Group to offer European IoT operators a single‑contract, API‑driven eSIM platform that spans more than 190 countries. The alliance merges Move & Connect’s on‑the‑ground deployment expertise with KORE’s global connectivity footprint, promising unified...
Linux-Powered PinePhone Might Not Get a Sequel, and postmarketOS Is One Reason
The PinePhone and PinePhone Pro, pioneering Linux‑based smartphones, are unlikely to see a successor as Pine64 cites chip shortages and high financial risk. The mobile Linux community is increasingly focusing on porting Linux to inexpensive Android devices through projects like...
UCSD Aims to Make HPC an ‘Everyday Toolbox’ for Undergrads, Not a ‘Rare Privilege’
The University of California, San Diego has launched a program that gives undergraduate students direct access to Expanse, the university’s 5‑petaflop supercomputer. Partnering the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences with the San Diego Supercomputer Center, the initiative integrates...
LECOM Radio Deploys Ecreso
LECOM Radio has installed the first 2 kW Ecreso FM AiO transmitter in the Americas at its WVIJ station in Port Charlotte, Florida, replacing a 2005 solid‑state unit. The all‑in‑one 3RU, 50‑pound chassis delivers 83% PA efficiency and 95% power‑supply efficiency,...
Nvidia and Arm Disrupt Legacy Models in One Week
Last week Nvidia admits its GPUs need help and unveils, with fanfare, a chip from a 10yo startup competitor many had written off. This week Arm breaks its 35yo business model and becomes a merchant silicon provider. What a time...
Eight Sleep Revolutionizes Nighttime Health with AI‑Powered Pods
.@FastCompany just named @eightsleep one of the Most Innovative Companies of 2026. Fourth time on the list. Ten years ago, we started with one conviction: the night is the most underutilized lever in human health. Nobody was engineering it. Today, the Pod...
This 11-in-1 DeWalt Multi-Tool Can Do Everything - and It's Under $30
DeWalt’s MT21 11‑in‑1 multitool bundles pliers, screwdrivers, cutters, saw, and more into a 4‑inch folded device, targeting both professionals and DIY enthusiasts. Amazon’s Big Spring Sale reduces the price by 25%, bringing the tool to $30, the lowest point this...
Audiophile-Grade Sound, Budget Price: Dekoni X HiFiMAN Cobalt
Audiophile level headphones for much less than you expect? I check out the Dekoni x HiFiMAN Cobalt Closed-Back Headphones and find lots to like. Well, other than the humdrum styling, that is: https://t.co/J7kBkKGZ0Q #audio #audiophile #headphones @dekoniaudio @hifimanofficial https://t.co/ULvrhuidON
Explaining CPUs, GPUs, TPUs, NPUs and Qualcomm’s Role
There's been some talk of data center CPUs today. What's the role of CPUs vs GPUs vs TPUs vs NPUs - and where does @Qualcomm fit in? I had to try to do a plain-English answer. (shot and edited on...
Pawsey Opens Call for PULSE Collaborations to Accelerate Research Impact in Australia
The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre has launched a new call for PULSE Collaborations, inviting Australian researchers to partner with Pawsey experts to boost the impact of their computational work. Selected teams will receive up to 0.20 full‑time‑equivalent of dedicated Pawsey...
Musk's Terafab Ambitions Face Major Feasibility Hurdles
Musk outlines terafab to deliver massive compute, yet production limits, resource shortages, and launch demands raise serious feasibility concerns. https://t.co/5gxDE0tf4d
Nvidia's Groq Acquisition Expands AI Hardware Portfolio
Here's a long (but hopefully worth it) story about how the @nvidia-Groq deal came about, the new Groq chip and how it fits into Nvidia's portfolio alongside Vera Rubin, how much of Groq's software stack will be used and what's...
Skip the RTX 50-Series: This $7 App Does What DLSS 4.5 Promises
Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 introduces a second‑generation transformer model and dynamic multi‑frame generation, promising near‑RTX 4090 performance on lower‑end cards. A $7 Steam app called Lossless Scaling can replicate many of DLSS’s upscaling and frame‑generation benefits across any GPU, extending the life of...
Micron Shielded From Memory
$MU also doesn’t face typical memory cycle risk. AI demand isn’t going to collapse and supply can’t grow quickly enough. 👏🏻
Google Announces Dual Quantum Computing Platforms
Big news of the day, at Google we are building both superconducting and neutral atom quantum computers. https://t.co/Q8fbzebAyu #quantum #atom #google
Can An Electric Snowmobile Become The Tesla Of Winter Tourism?
Taiga Motors, a Canadian firm, has launched three electric snowmobile models aimed at European ski resorts seeking to cut greenhouse‑gas emissions. To date, the company has shipped roughly 2,000 units across France, Norway and other Alpine markets. While the upfront...
Agentic CPUs Drive Datacenter Growth Amid Specific Workloads
In this report, we detail why, and what workloads specifically, are causing the datacenter CPU growth cycle. A new architecture emerges as agentic native CPUs find their place in the market. Report: Secret Agent CPU https://t.co/jjdrB3k1Bt
Arm Unveils Own CPU, Meta First Buyer, China Market Open
Bigly....Arm launches its own CPU, with Meta as first customer Arm can sell this to China...... https://t.co/AMt1kLNiV5
Comfort First: Using Massage to Make Pumping Easier
A new wave of wearable breast pumps integrates gentle vibration, warmth and adjustable massage modes to make milk expression more comfortable and efficient. The technology mimics a baby’s early suckling pattern, promoting oxytocin release and opening milk ducts before suction...
Ubiquiti's Rapid Product Surge and Top‑tier Software
I've been happily using @Ubiquiti since forever, but it's been incredible to watch their insane product pace over the last 12-18 months. Constantly releasing new products, new categories, and wrapping it all in the best software on the market. Love...
FCC Ban on Foreign Routers Could Disrupt US Internet
Judging by our best routers guide, if the FCC does ban non-US-made devices, Americans could be in for a rough ride. https://t.co/UdZlJEk08p
Laser Communications and the Rise of Orbital Data Centers
The space sector faces a data‑transport bottleneck as satellite constellations generate more information than RF links can downlink. Industry leaders are transitioning from isolated spacecraft to distributed orbital data centers, where satellites act as networked nodes processing and sharing data...
Arm Shifts From Silent Licensor to Power‑Efficient Brand
. @Arm spent decades as the quiet IP licensor behind everyone else's brand. Owning the agentic CPU narrative as a named vendor is a different game entirely. Power efficiency was always the moat. Now they get to say so out...
Velaura AI Cuts Processing Power Use 2‑4×
Velaura AI says it can reduce power consumption for AI processing by two to four times. https://t.co/0vUY6Q5Sdn
Press Release: ALTO Aviation Introduces New Cabin Control Panels
ALTO Aviation, a subsidiary of Heads Up Technologies, unveiled its next‑generation Cabin Management System at the 69th AEA Convention in Dallas. The launch adds touchscreen control panels in 3.5‑, 4.3‑ and 10.1‑inch formats and modular M3 metal panels designed for...
Neo QLED Launches; Two Budget Mini‑LED TVs Arrive
New Neo QLED TVs, and two more affordable mini-LED models with no quantum dots mentioned https://t.co/wWipYciFWD
Arm Projects $100B AI CPU Market by 2030
$arm believed the dollar TAM for Arm IP, subsystems, and their AGI CPU is ~100b. That’s across customer dollars and agentic CPU dollars down their merchant solution. We do believe the new CPU server TAM across scenarios range from...
Metrobloks Announces Plans for Three-Building Data Center Campus in Kansas City, Missouri
Metrobloks announced a $1.4 billion investment to build a three‑building, 568,800 sq ft data‑center campus on 29 acres in Liberty, Missouri. The first 177,000 sq ft building has secured planning permission, and the project will create about 30 high‑skill jobs. Metrobloks, backed by equity partners...
ARM Plans Future AI Accelerators, Not Immediate Release
Like I’ve said… $ARM will build AI Accelerators in the future. Not today. But mark this post. See you soon. 😎 https://t.co/RbNaN4ieAp
Purpose‑Built CPUs Drive New Cloud‑Native and Agent‑Native Markets
Purpose designed CPU for agentic workloads is the reason we will have cloud (web software) native data center CPUs and then agent native CPUs as a greenfield growth category. Good for everyone making CPUs whether Arm or x86. https://t.co/lfWNEf64U5
ARM Expands From IP Licensing to Chips, Boosting Revenue
$arm CEO @renehaas237 emphasizing @arm now sells IP, complete subsystems, and now chips. Tapping into a much larger revenue pool than just licensing should bring $$ upside faster than most have modeled. https://t.co/VKPOyqBzLS
Arm Shifts to Chip Sales, Expanding TAM Dramatically
$ARM AGI CPU. Arm is officially in the selling ‘chips’ for revenue business. Expanding TAM meaningfully, but changing its business model materially. 👀 https://t.co/cxnZFac83U