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
3D-Printing Platform Rapidly Produces Complex Electric Machines
MIT researchers have built a multimaterial extrusion 3‑D printer with four independent extruders that can handle conductive, magnetic and dielectric feedstocks. Using this platform they printed a fully functional linear electric motor in about three hours, employing five different materials and requiring only a single magnetization post‑process. The printed motor performed as well as or better than comparable devices made with traditional multi‑step methods, while material costs were roughly $0.50 per unit. The breakthrough points toward on‑site, rapid fabrication of complex electromechanical components.
Turn Your Old Tech Into Cash at the 7 Best Places to Sell It
CNET lists the seven top services for selling used electronics in 2026, highlighting Swappa as the overall leader for value and protection. The guide compares each platform’s payout methods, device eligibility, and turnaround times, from Amazon’s instant e‑gift cards to...
Cisco Grows High-End Optical Support for AI Clusters
Cisco unveiled a suite of high‑end optical solutions aimed at powering distributed AI workloads, including the Open Transport 3000 multi‑rail line system and an upgraded NCS 1014 chassis with a 12.8 Tbps, 800 GE line card. The new hardware delivers up to 3.2 Tbps...
University of Sheffield to Lead £12.5m UK Centre for Heterogeneous Integrated MicroElectronic and Semiconductor Systems
The University of Sheffield has been appointed to lead the £12.5 million CHIMES 2 centre, a national hub focused on heterogeneous integration of micro‑electronic and semiconductor systems. The initiative brings together ten leading UK universities and the STFC to develop methods for...
Testing a TP‑Link Travel Router for Family Wi‑Fi
We've got some travel coming up, so I'm finally taking the opportunity to test out a travel router. While I wanted the slim Unifi one, it's sold out everywhere, so I grabbed this TP-Link. I'm going to try it out for:...
3D-Printed Server Rack Mounts Cost Me $2 in Filament and Replaced $40 Brackets From Amazon
A home‑lab enthusiast replaced $40 Amazon rack brackets with 3D‑printed alternatives that cost roughly $2 in filament. The printed parts matched the required dimensions, held the lightweight equipment securely, and were produced in under two hours. While metal brackets remain...
The 8 Best Laser Levels for Tiling and Mounting Projects
The article reviews eight laser levels ideal for tiling, mounting, and other precision layout tasks, highlighting models from Bosch, DeWalt, Skil, Huepar, and others. It compares green versus red beams, cross‑line versus 360‑degree coverage, and features such as magnetic bases,...
Crusoe Unveils Crusoe Edge Zones to Deliver High-Performance AI Infrastructure
Crusoe announced the launch of Crusoe Edge Zones, modular data‑center units powered by its Crusoe Spark platform, to bring high‑performance AI compute to virtually any location. Built in the new Spark Factory, these zones can be stood up in as...
Lightmatter Joins XPO MSA as Founding Member to Accelerate High-Density Optical Interconnects
Lightmatter announced its participation as a founding member of the XPO (eXtra‑dense Pluggable Optics) Multi‑Source Agreement, a new optical transceiver standard driven by Arista Networks. The XPO specification promises up to four times the rack density of existing pluggable modules...
These Excellent Computer Speakers Are $100 Off
IK Multimedia’s iLoud Micro Monitors are now available on Amazon for $250, a $100 discount from their typical $350 price. Designed as near‑field studio monitors, they deliver a flat midrange, punchy bass, and detailed highs in a compact desktop form...
Apple’s Brand New M5 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Models Are Already Discounted on Amazon — Shave $50 Off Nearly...
Apple’s 2026 MacBook Air and Pro models, powered by the new M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max chips, have hit the market with upgraded CPU cores, faster SSDs and Wi‑Fi 7 connectivity. Amazon is already offering a flat $50 discount across almost the...
LG Introduces 34-Inch UWQHD Curved Ultra-Wide Monitors With 144Hz Refresh
LG Electronics unveiled two 34‑inch curved UWQHD monitors, the 34U620B‑B and 34U640B‑B, both featuring a 1800R curvature and a 144 Hz refresh rate. The VA panels deliver 99% sRGB coverage, 1.07 billion colors, 300 cd/m² brightness and a 5 ms response time, positioning them...
Huawei Targets AI Data Centre Reliability with Xinghe AI Fabric 2.0
At Mobile World Congress, Huawei unveiled Xinghe AI Fabric 2.0, a three‑layer AI‑centric architecture designed to improve reliability and performance of AI‑heavy data centres. The suite introduces Rock‑Solid Architecture 2.0 with an AI Eagle‑Eye engine that can monitor up to 200,000 service...
Google Nest Wifi Pro Rolling Out March 2026 Update
Google has rolled out the March 2026 firmware update for Nest Wifi Pro, moving the software from version 3.76.479819 to 3.78.518349. The update, delivered automatically overnight, is billed to improve security, stability, and mesh performance, though no obvious UI changes are...
(PR) Sama Introduces V62 Curved Panoramic Glass PC Case Series
Sama launched the V62 Curved Panoramic Glass PC case, featuring a 270° tempered‑glass panel and integrated ARGB lighting. The chassis ships with seven pre‑installed ARGB fans and supports up to 360 mm radiators on both top and bottom for high‑performance cooling....
CEA-Leti and NcodiN Partner to Industrialize 300mm Silicon Photonics for Bandwidth-Hungry AI Interconnects
CEA‑Leti and French start‑up NcodiN announced a strategic partnership to industrialise NcodiN’s optical interposer technology on a 300 mm silicon photonics platform. The collaboration will transition NcodiN’s nanolaser‑enabled NConnect interconnects—featuring lasers 500 times smaller than conventional devices and densities above 5,000 lasers...
Deals: Pixel 10 Pro up to $352 Off Today, Google TV Streamer 4K Down at $80, 49-Inch 5K Curved Display,...
Best Buy is offering “excellent” condition open‑box Pixel 10 Pro smartphones at up to $352 off the $999 MSRP, while Amazon lists new unlocked models with $200‑$250 discounts. The Google TV Streamer 4K is now priced at $79.99 on Amazon, a 20% cut near...
This Pocket Device Lets Police Identify Drones in Seconds
Zing Drone Solutions unveiled the Z‑SCAN MINI, a handheld Remote ID receiver, at the DroneResponders National Public Safety UAS Conference. The pocket‑sized device scans both Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth Remote ID broadcasts, letting officers instantly identify nearby drones. By revealing compliant...
Samsung Reportedly to Use 2 Nm Process on HBM4E Base Die
Samsung is set to fabricate the base die of its next‑generation HBM4E memory using a 2 nm process, following the recent launch of the industry’s first commercial HBM4. The move coincides with a redesign of the HBM4E power‑delivery network, raising the...
Benchmark Telecom Introduces Ranger XL Mobile Mast for Temporary Coverage
Benchmark Telecom, a Belgian telecom infrastructure provider, launched the Ranger XL, a mobile transmitter designed for temporary network capacity. The telescopic mast extends up to 30 meters and can be operational in just 30 minutes. It targets high‑traffic events such as festivals and...
Huistone Patent Targets Large Area Resin Printing Economics
Fujian Huistone 3D Technology has filed Chinese patent CN121608383A describing a 3D printer that relocates a UV light source across the build area instead of using a fixed, full‑size array. The moving‑light engine is driven by dual servos and screw mechanisms,...
Colruyt’s Easy Checkout Also Available for Other Retailers
Colruyt’s AI‑powered Easy Checkout, which speeds scanning by roughly 20 %, has moved from a 2023 pilot to deployment in over 100 Belgian stores and is slated for a full rollout across all 273 locations this year. The system’s “caddy‑to‑caddy” workflow...
Ravi Subramanian on Trends that Are Shaping AI at Synopsys
Ravi Subramanian, Synopsys' Chief Product Management Officer, explained how AI is driving the convergence of silicon design and systems engineering, a shift highlighted at the Synopsys Converge event. He noted the industry’s move from throughput‑focused metrics to efficiency‑centric measures such...
To Sparsify or To Quantize: A Hardware Architecture View
Hardware architects face a trade‑off between sparsity and quantization for compute‑bound generative AI models. Unstructured sparsity offers maximal pruning but forces complex routing and poor SIMD utilization, prompting a shift toward structured patterns like N:M and block‑sparse attention. Quantization reduces...
(PR) Imec Launches University Consortium Around Next Generation of Chips
Imec announced a European university consortium of 26 institutions to develop CMOS 2.0, a post‑CMOS scaling paradigm that leverages fine‑grain wafer stacking and heterogeneous integration. The partnership will fund 26 PhD researchers who will remain at their home universities while accessing...
Ayar Labs and Wiwynn Partner for Development of Co-Packaged Optical AI Infrastructure
Ayar Labs and server maker Wiwynn announced a partnership to build rack‑scale AI infrastructure that uses Ayar’s co‑packaged optics, specifically TeraPHY engines powered by a SuperNova remote light source. The design can connect up to 1,024 AI accelerators and deliver...
Pepperl+Fuchs and Everphone Launch Partnership for Industrial Mobility
Pepperl+Fuchs and Everphone have teamed up to deliver the German maker’s explosion‑protected smartphones and tablets through Everphone’s device‑as‑a‑service (DaaS) platform. The offering bundles 5G, NFC, GPS, dual‑SIM and MIL‑STD‑810H ruggedness with intrinsic safety features for hazardous environments. Customers can rent,...
Roborock Becomes the World’s No. 1 Smart Cleaning Robot Brand, According to IDC
Roborock has been named the world’s No. 1 smart cleaning robot brand for 2025 by IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Smart Vacuum Robotics Tracker. The Chinese maker shipped 5.8 million units across vacuum cleaners, lawn mowers and other household robots, capturing 17.7% of the...
AMD HDR/Color Improvement For Their Linux Driver & KDE - Co-Developed By Claude Code
AMD engineer Harry Wentland announced new HDR and color‑pipeline enhancements for the AMDGPU Linux driver, built on the DRM Color Pipeline API introduced in Linux 6.19. The work adds a color‑space conversion (CSC) operation via the `drm_colorop` patch and integrates it...
This $30 Smart Router with a Built-In VPN Is the Travel Gadget I Didn't Know I Needed
The GL.iNet Mango (GL‑MT300N‑V2) is a $29.99 mini smart router that packs VPN support, repeater, WAN, and smartphone‑tethering capabilities into a USB‑powered box. It lets travelers extend free Wi‑Fi, plug in a wired connection, or use a 4G dongle with...
Best Buy Counters Memory Shortage with Inventory, Vendor Tweaks
Best Buy is confronting a sharp rise in memory‑chip costs driven by an AI‑fuelled data‑center boom. The retailer plans to load warehouses with extra stock, extend vendor forecasting windows, and tighten assortments in high‑pressure categories. It also encourages suppliers to highlight...
Dell and DOE Turn AI Hype Into Mission Advantage
Speaking at and attending @DellTech Symposium in Washington DC. The day kicked off with @MichaelDell, Dario Gil @ScienceUnderSec and Dell Federal VP @Surid. They’re framing how Dell and the U.S. Department of Energy aim to use AI, high‑performance computing, and...
Hisense TVs Caught Showing Non-Skippable Ads when Changing Inputs or Channels
Hisense’s budget TVs running the VIDAA (now Home OS) platform have been delivering non‑skippable advertisements whenever users turn the set on, switch channels, or change HDMI inputs. The behavior, first reported in 2022, has been confirmed in Spain, the UK,...
Alstom to Deliver CBTC System for Paris Metro Line 8 Modernisation
Alstom has been chosen to supply its I‑CBTC onboard signalling system for Paris Metro Line 8 as part of the OCTYS 2030 modernisation programme. The contract covers an onboard automatic train control solution operating at Grade of Automation 2 and a dedicated radio...
This Massive 100-Inch Hisense TV Is $500 Off Right Now
Hisense’s 100‑inch U65QF mini‑LED QLED TV is now listed on Amazon for $1,497.99, a $500 markdown from its original $1,997 price. PCMag crowned it the best budget TV of 2025, highlighting its 1,024‑nit brightness, 4K resolution, and robust HDR support....
Korea’s March Exports Show Semiconductor Supply Still Robust
Korea btw posted strong exports for the first 10 days of March, so the semi-trade is NOT disrupted yet, and this notion that Helium is running out for Hynix and TSMC is so far 100% BS as they have 5-6...
Vertical Rack Designs Make Optical Interconnects Essential
This is when optical will move to scale. Feynman concept rack from CES, blades stacked vertically, not horizontally. Once rack designs move to this (may be training racks only), then optical becomes a must. https://t.co/CR2fBiX5kH
V-COLOR Debuts DDR5 1 + 1 Dummy Memory Kits for Ryzen Gaming PCs
V‑COLOR has launched DDR5 1+1 kits that combine a single active memory module with a matching RGB filler for AMD Ryzen gaming PCs. The kits are offered in 16 GB (Manta DDR5 XSky) and 24 GB (Manta DDR5 XFinity) configurations, targeting users who want...
Few Know I Own Multiple Apple Devices
No. iPad, I think one version of watch if not more. Anyway, not the first time, just very few knew :)
MOKiN 8‑in‑1 USB‑C Hub Simplifies All Connections
Running out of ports or want to simplify plugging your notebook into your accessories, from keyboard to monitor? Then you'll really appreciate the MOKiN 8-In-1 USB-C Hub. It even has some secret functions that are pretty slick, as I demonstrate:...
AMD, NVIDIA, OpenAI & Others Form An Optical Scale-Up Consortium
AMD, Broadcom, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA and OpenAI have launched the Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) Multi‑Source Agreement consortium. The group aims to create an open, multi‑vendor ecosystem for optical scale‑up interconnects that replace copper in AI data‑center clusters. OCI’s specification combines...
Taiwan's AI Supply Chain Covers End‑to‑End Hardware
2/ Taiwan’s AI supply chain includes companies specializing in: *AI servers *cooling systems *testing equipment *chip packaging *compute racks & trays *fab construction *contract manufacturing
Developers Embrace “Scale‑Across” To Extend Data Center Reach
For reaching farther into another data center, developers are now talking about scale-across. https://t.co/cKqx5hSf6J #scaleup #scaleout #datacenters #Ethernet #scaleacross
Cambricon Rides China AI Boom to Post Its First Annual Profit
Cambricon Technologies Corp. announced its first annual profit, reporting net income of 2.1 billion yuan ($306 million) for 2025. Revenue surged to 6.5 billion yuan, a more than five‑fold increase from the prior year’s 1.2 billion yuan. The turnaround follows Beijing’s policy urging AI...
AI Boom Fueled by Hundreds of Hidden Taiwanese Suppliers
Everyone talks about Nvidia and TSMC. But the AI boom is actually powered by hundreds of Taiwanese companies most people have never heard of. I built a massive list of the Taiwanese suppliers riding the AI wave. Only at Culpium. https://t.co/KUpxDMev6I
Manz Asia and Epson Form Strategic Partnership to Advance Inkjet Technology for Semiconductor Manufacturing
Manz Asia and Seiko Epson have formed a strategic partnership to develop Lab‑to‑Fab inkjet equipment for semiconductor manufacturing. The collaboration merges Epson’s high‑precision printhead technology with Manz’s equipment engineering and intelligent software, creating a product line that covers R&D, pilot,...
HyperLight Introduces 145 GHz Reference Modulators to Enable 448Gbps per Lane Datacom and 260GBaud Telecom Development
HyperLight Corp unveiled a 145 GHz packaged intensity modulator that delivers over 145 GHz electro‑optical bandwidth, enabling 448 Gbps per‑lane IMDD and 260 GBaud coherent links. The device is offered in O‑, C‑, L‑band configurations with a 1 µm pre‑order option, featuring a compact 0.8 mm...
Scaling AI for Everyone
OpenAI announced a $110 billion financing round that values the company at $730 billion pre‑money, with $30 billion each from SoftBank and Nvidia and $50 billion from Amazon. The capital backs a strategic partnership with Amazon and next‑generation inference compute from Nvidia, expanding global...
Micron Sets New Benchmark with the World’s First High-Capacity 256GB LPDRAM SOCAMM2 for Data Center Infrastructure
Micron Technology announced the shipment of its 256 GB SOCAMM2 LPDRAM module, the first server memory built on a monolithic 32 Gb LPDDR5X die. The new module delivers one‑third the power consumption and footprint of comparable RDIMMs while offering 1.33 times more capacity...
Axiomise Introduces nocProve to Transform NoC Design Verification
Axiomise has launched nocProve, the first configurable formal verification application dedicated to Network-on-Chip (NoC) designs. The tool leverages the company’s proprietary proof engine to exhaustively prove correctness across multiple clock domains, virtual channels, and routing schemes. By automating proof generation...