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
Reflective, High Speed, SPST Switch, P1T-500M18G-80-R-SFF-SW21841A-515
Planar Monolithics introduced the P1T‑500M18G‑80‑R‑SFF‑SW21841A‑515, a reflective high‑speed SPST RF switch covering 0.5‑18 GHz. The device delivers ≤ 2.5 dB insertion loss, ≥ 80 dB isolation, and switches in 20 ns while tolerating up to 2 W average (10 W peak) power. Its compact 1.97 × 0.79 × 0.53 in form factor uses an SMC control connector and an SMA RF connector. The specification targets demanding telecom, radar and test‑equipment applications.
PS5-Sized Gadget Offers 25 Gbps Fiber‑like Wi‑Fi
Forget Starlink – this PS5-sized device promises to deliver fiber-like 25Gbps internet speeds using invisible beams of light https://www.techradar.com/computing/forget-starlink-this-ps5-sized-device-promises-to-deliver-fiber-like-25gbps-internet-speeds-using-invisible-beams-of-light
AIDA64 Download Version 8.25
AIDA64 has launched version 8.25, boosting hardware detection and benchmarking for the latest CPUs and GPUs, including NVIDIA’s RTX 5000‑series. The update expands the sensor database, adds native NVMe support, and refines stress‑testing tools for more consistent results. A new Command Line...
Digital Phase Shifter, PS-100M20G-10B-SFF-MIL-SM
Planar Monolithics introduced the PS‑100M20G‑10B‑SFF‑MIL‑SM, a digitally controlled phase shifter covering 0.1 to 20 GHz. It delivers continuous 0°‑360° phase adjustment with 1024 discrete steps via ten logic inputs. The device features 13 dB insertion loss, ±5° phase‑shift error, and a 500 ns switching speed....
Euro Hosting Giant Hiking Prices by up to 50% From April Fool's Day
Hetzner, one of Europe’s largest hosting providers, announced price hikes of up to 50% effective 1 April. The increases apply to all customers across its data centres in Germany, Finland, the US and Singapore. Hetzner cites soaring hardware costs, memory shortages...
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Zebra Technologies’ AltiZ 3D sensors now power EBI Electric’s Inspector T lumber‑scanning system, delivering an eightfold increase in measurement precision. The AI‑enhanced solution identifies defects such as knots, cracks and rot, enabling manufacturers to boost usable wood yields by up to...
HPE Exposes Juniper Routers to Third-Party AI Agents
HPE announced that its newly acquired Juniper routers will be exposed to third‑party AI agents via a Model Context Protocol, enabling AI‑driven configuration and deployment. The company also introduced the PTX12000 series, scaling up to 518.4 Tbps, and the PTX10002 line...
Press Release: Gilat Receives $39 Million in Orders for Sidewinder ESA
Gilat Satellite Networks announced $39 million in orders for its Sidewinder electronically steered antenna (ESA) in‑flight connectivity terminals from a leading satellite operator, with deliveries slated over the next 12 months. The orders cover both line‑fit and retrofit installations, underscoring airlines'...
Sapphire PURE X870E WIFI 7 Review
Sapphire has unveiled its first X870‑class AM5 motherboard, the PURE X870A WIFI 7, targeting high‑end enthusiasts with a clean white‑and‑silver design. The board features a 16+2+1 VRM delivering 55 A per phase, PCIe 5.0 GPU and M.2 slots, and support for DDR5‑8400 memory. Integrated Wi‑Fi 7,...
Ultra-Wideband Low Noise Amplifier, PEC-42-1G40G-20-12-292FF
PMI‑RF introduced the PEC‑42‑1G40G‑20‑12‑292FF, an ultra‑wideband low‑noise amplifier covering 1 to 40 GHz. The device delivers 42 dB of gain with ±2.5 dB flatness and a 5.5 dB noise figure across the band. Its output‑1 dB compression point reaches 19 dBm at lower frequencies and 17 dBm at higher...
Quantcore Secures £2.5M ($3.4M USD) to Establish Sovereign Niobium-Based Quantum Hardware Manufacturing
Quantcore, a University of Glasgow spin‑out, closed a £2.5 million seed round led by PXN Ventures, Blackfinch Ventures and Scottish Enterprise. The funding will be used to build a sovereign niobium‑based quantum hardware manufacturing line at the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre,...
Hitachi and Pakal Advance Silicon Modules
Hitachi Energy and Pakal Technologies have teamed up to embed Pakal’s IGTO(t) silicon power switch into Hitachi’s high‑voltage power modules. The IGTO(t) promises roughly 30% lower conduction losses than conventional IGBTs, enhancing efficiency across rail, renewable, energy‑storage, AI and data‑centre...
X-365 Precision XY Gantry System Offers Configurable, Affordable Motion for High-Throughput, High-Accuracy Applications
Physik Instrumente (PI) unveiled the X‑365 Precision XY Gantry System, a modular Cartesian robot that delivers nanometer‑class positioning across travel ranges from 200 × 200 mm up to 600 × 800 mm. The platform combines high load capacity with integrated linear‑encoder feedback and EtherCat‑based controller compatibility,...
8-Channel Switch Filter Bank, 8SFB-2G18G-SFF
Planar Monolithics introduced the 8‑channel switch filter bank 8SFB‑2G18G‑SFF, covering 2 GHz to 18 GHz with eight selectable pass‑bands. The unit delivers 8 dB typical insertion loss, 2:1 VSWR, ±0.5 dB ripple and 82.8 dB out‑of‑band rejection. Switching occurs in 200 ns and the device handles...
Compound Semiconductor Materials Market Growing at 14% CAGR to Almost $5.2bn by 2031
Yole Group’s 2026 report projects the global compound‑semiconductor substrate and epiwafer market to grow at a 14% CAGR, reaching roughly $5 bn by 2031. The surge is powered by electrification, AI‑driven data‑center demand, and next‑generation connectivity, with silicon carbide (SiC) anchoring...
Apple’s $599 MacBook SE Leak: Why It’s Swapping M-Series for the A18 Pro Chip
Apple is reportedly developing an entry‑level MacBook SE priced between $599 and $799, aimed at students and budget‑conscious users. The device will feature a minimalist design with a 12.9‑ or 13.3‑inch display, limited USB‑C ports, and 8 GB of RAM with...
Digital Attenuator, DTA-200M18G-100-CD-EXT
Planar Monolithics introduced the DTA‑200M18G‑100‑CD‑EXT, an 8‑bit digitally tuned attenuator covering 0.2 to 18 GHz. It offers a massive 100 dB attenuation range with ±3 dB accuracy and flatness throughout. The device features fast switching (1 µs on, 0.5 µs off), a maximum insertion loss of 12 dB,...
Anritsu, Qualcomm to Present Pre-6G 7 GHz Device Testing at MWC
Qualcomm and Anritsu will showcase a pre‑6G mobile‑device test case operating at 7.125 GHz during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The demonstration uses an upgraded Anritsu MT8000A test station, extending its RF hardware to cover 7‑16 GHz, thereby adding support for lower...
Wear OS Can Now Send Life-Saving Earthquake Alerts without Your Phone
Google is rolling out Play Services v26.07, enabling Wear OS smartwatches to receive earthquake alerts without a paired phone. The update works server‑side and activates on cellular or Wi‑Fi‑connected watches, leveraging built‑in gyroscopes and accelerometers to detect seismic activity. By removing...
AMD's HIP Moves To Using LLVM's New Offload Driver By Default
AMD’s HIP runtime will now use LLVM’s new offload driver by default starting with LLVM 23, aligning it with CUDA and OpenMP offloading paths. The modern driver offers a unified interface, device‑side LTO, static library support, and cross‑platform compatibility. Previously, HIP...
SoftBank Corp. Subsidiary SAIMEMORY and Intel Collaborate to Commercialize Next-Generation Memory Technology
SoftBank’s wholly owned subsidiary SAIMEMORY has signed a joint development agreement with Intel to bring Z‑Angle Memory (ZAM) to market. The partnership leverages Intel’s Next‑Gen DRAM Bonding (NGDB) research from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Memory Technology program. Prototypes...
Xinnor Named Startup of the Year at StorageNewsletter Awards 2026
StorageNewsletter announced Xinnor as Startup of the Year at its inaugural 2026 awards, selected from more than 100 entries across 11 categories. The jury highlighted Xinnor’s pure‑software approach to large‑scale data protection, a segment gaining urgency as AI and high‑performance...
DigitalOcean Elevates Its Agentic Inference Cloud with GPU Droplets Powered by AMD Instinct MI350X GPUs
DigitalOcean has launched GPU Droplets powered by AMD Instinct MI350X GPUs, enhancing its agentic inference cloud for production AI workloads. The MI350X, built on CDNA‑4, delivers lower latency, higher token‑generation throughput and doubles request throughput while cutting inference costs by 50%...
Speedata Partners with Nebul to Bring High-Performance Big Data and AI Analytics to European Sovereign Cloud
Speedata Ltd. announced a partnership with Nebul to integrate its purpose‑built Analytics Processing Unit (APU) into Nebul’s European sovereign cloud. The APU claims up to 100× performance gains over CPUs and GPUs for Apache Spark workloads, cutting server counts and...
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra vs iPhone 17 Pro Max: Which Flagship Reigns Supreme?
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max represent the 2026 flagship duopoly, each championing a distinct design and ecosystem philosophy. Samsung leans on a brighter 3,000‑nit Dynamic AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, a 200 MP camera and...
Credo Technology’s Toucan PCIe Retimer Achieves PCI‑SIG Compliance
Credo Technology announced that its 7 nm Toucan PCIe retimer has achieved PCI‑SIG compliance at 32.0 GT/s, meeting PCIe 5.0 speed specifications while being ready for PCIe 6.0 and future 7.0 roadmaps. The compliance validation confirms interoperability, signal integrity, and low‑power operation across standard...
Qualstar Certifies ATTO XstreamCORE 8100T for Integration with Its Q-Series Tape Libraries
Qualstar and ATTO announced certification of ATTO’s XstreamCORE 8100T Intelligent Bridge with the full Q‑Series tape‑library portfolio, from Q8 to Q1000+. The bridge converts up to four SAS‑connected LTO‑8/9/10 drives into dual 10 Gb Ethernet iSCSI links, letting libraries attach to standard...
AI Chip Startup MatX Raises $500 Million to Compete With Nvidia
AI chip startup MatX, founded by two former Google semiconductor engineers, announced a funding round exceeding $500 million to accelerate development of GPUs that challenge Nvidia’s market dominance. The round was led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, with participation from...
Rohde & Schwarz Advances AI-RAN Testing Using Digital Twins with NVIDIA
Rohde & Schwarz, together with NVIDIA, unveiled an AI‑driven testbed at MWC Barcelona 2026 that combines the NVIDIA Sionna Research Kit with a DGX Spark server for hardware‑in‑the‑loop, site‑specific channel emulation. The platform runs a software‑defined 5G NR stack via...
AntennaWare and SynchronicIT Collaborate to Offer Significant Improvements in UWB Applications
AntennaWare has partnered with Dutch module vendor SynchronicIT to integrate its BodyWave™ antenna into UWB‑based real‑time location systems. The patented antenna boosts link margins by 6‑12 dB in non‑line‑of‑sight scenarios, effectively doubling range or halving power consumption for on‑body and on‑metal...
Weidmuller Releases New PV Connector Series for 1,500-V Systems
Weidmuller USA introduced the WM4 C PV connector series, engineered for advanced solar installations up to 1,500 V. The UL‑ and CSA‑approved connectors feature robust crimp contacts for 4 mm² and 6 mm² (12 AWG/10 AWG) conductors and are rated IP67 for harsh environments. An anti‑tampering...
Cellular Backup for Broadband
Amazon introduced the eero Signal, an add‑on for its eero Wi‑Fi mesh that automatically switches to cellular broadband when the primary internet fails. The 4G‑only device retails for $99.99 and includes six months of service, after which a $99.99 annual...
Nvidia Plans a Windows PC SoC, Setting up Direct Competition with Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD
Nvidia is engineering a Windows‑compatible system‑on‑chip based on its GB10 platform, a partnership with MediaTek that blends 20 Arm cores and a Blackwell GPU delivering up to one petaFLOP of AI performance. Dell and Lenovo have already signaled intent to...
Samsung's Upcoming Fold Adds Screen‑damage Detection Alert
Samsung's 'Wide' Galaxy Z Fold might include a clever way to save your screen from damage with a new "foreign material detection" alert feature. ✅ Details - https://t.co/N5TPQ8poEf https://t.co/3mQNBbdYnr
Innoviz Technologies Releases Expanded White Paper on the Rise of Physical AI and the Emergence of World Models
Innoviz Technologies released Part I of an expanded white paper titled “Innoviz and the Rise of Physical AI: Bringing World Models to Life.” The document argues that AI is transitioning from software‑only models to Physical AI, where high‑fidelity, real‑time 3‑D perception...
Galaxy S26 Lags Pixel: No Off‑power Find Feature
The Galaxy S26 series may already be behind Pixel phones in one big way Another year with no support for finding the phone when powered off through Find Hub ✅ Details - https://t.co/m3rASS8CAq https://t.co/vqhg7SV3Ok
Xiaomi Pad 8 5G Launch Date for India
Xiaomi announced that its Pad 8 5G tablet will launch in India on February 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM. The device is expected to feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor, an 11.2‑inch 3.2K display with a 144 Hz refresh rate, and a 9200 mAh battery supporting 45 W...
HFCL, IIT Delhi Come Together on Development of Hollow-Core Fiber Tech
HFCL Limited has joined a Department of Telecommunications‑funded consortium led by IIT Delhi to develop hollow‑core fiber (HCF) technology for future 6G and quantum communication networks. The partnership leverages HFCL’s manufacturing expertise and IIT Delhi’s research capabilities to accelerate the...
Keysight Launches Infiniium XR8 Real-Time Oscilloscopes
Keysight Technologies unveiled the Infiniium XR8, a next‑generation real‑time oscilloscope aimed at high‑speed digital and compliance testing. The XR8 combines a new front‑end ASIC, integrated ADC/DSP engine, and the Infiniium 2026 software platform to deliver 13 fs RMS intrinsic jitter and sub‑130 µV...
When ToR Instability Collapses Cross-Rack Redundancy Without Breaching SLA
The article describes a two‑rack deployment where each rack relied on a single top‑of‑rack switch, making each rack a lone failure domain. When the ToR in rack 2 became unstable, database replica loss and ARP failures occurred, yet latency and error‑rate...
Ukrainian Startup Launches Production of Segmented Combat Wheels
Ukrainian startup Qirim Technology has begun production of segmented airless wheels for military ground drones and vehicles. The modular design replaces traditional pneumatic tires with interchangeable rubber segments mounted on a steel frame, eliminating punctures. Wheels are supplied free to...
Intel Inks ‘Multiyear’ AI Inference Deal With SambaNova After Acquisition Talks End
Intel has forged a multiyear strategic partnership with AI‑chip startup SambaNova after acquisition talks stalled, coupling Intel Capital’s $350 million Series E investment with access to Intel’s global enterprise, cloud and partner channels. The deal coincides with the launch of SambaNova’s SN50...
From Glass Maker to AI Kingmaker: Corning’s Pivot
Corning has transformed from a traditional glass maker into a key supplier of optical fiber for AI data centers, highlighted by a multi‑year, up‑to‑$6 billion agreement with Meta. The company’s Optical Communications segment posted a 24% year‑over‑year sales increase to $1.7 billion...
Galaxy S26 Ultra's 'Privacy Display' Is so Cool, Rumors Say Other Brands Could Give It a Try
Samsung has officially teased a new "Privacy Display" feature for the upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra, which darkens the screen when viewed from side angles to block prying eyes. A Chinese tipster reported that several overseas OEMs are testing similar hardware‑level...
PocketBeagle 2 SBC Gets Industrial Version with 1GB RAM, 64GB eMMC Flash
BeagleBoard’s PocketBeagle 2 Industrial version upgrades the original PocketBeagle 2 Rev A1 with 1 GB DDR4 RAM, a 64 GB eMMC flash and an industrial temperature range of –40 °C to +85 °C. The board retains the Texas Instruments AM6254 quad‑core Cortex‑A53 SoC, the MSPM0L1105 M0+ MCU, USB‑C...
Physicists Open Door to Future, Hyper-Efficient Orbitronic Devices
Physicists have shown that chiral phonons in non‑magnetic quartz can directly transfer orbital angular momentum to electrons, creating an orbital Seebeck effect without magnets or charge currents. The breakthrough replaces heavy, scarce magnetic metals with inexpensive, abundant crystals, simplifying orbitronic...
Official YouTube SRT Verification for Appear’s X Platform
Appear has secured YouTube verification for Secure Rapid Transport (SRT) streaming on its X5, X10 and X20 hardware platforms. The certification confirms that Appear’s encoders meet YouTube’s reliability and performance standards for live, low‑latency delivery. The move follows a request...
Don't Wait Two Years Like Me, You Need Bazzite on Your Asus ROG Ally Right Now
The author installed Bazzite, a Linux‑based SteamOS fork, on an Asus ROG Ally Z1E, replacing the default Windows environment. By dual‑booting, half of the 2 TB SSD runs Bazzite while the other half remains Windows for work and anti‑cheat compatibility. Bazzite’s...
Ayar Labs Names Sankara Venkateswaran as VP of Engineering
Ayar Labs, a silicon‑photonic co‑packaged optics pioneer, has appointed Sankara Venkateswaran as vice president of engineering. Venkateswaran will oversee the development of the company’s TeraPHY optical engines and drive the transition from prototype to mass‑production for hyperscale AI workloads. His...
BluGlass Secures A$190,000 Order From TOPTICA for Custom GaN Visible Lasers
BluGlass Ltd secured a A$190,000 (US$132,500) order from TOPTICA Photonics to supply custom gallium‑nitride visible‑wavelength lasers for photonic integrated circuits. The lasers will be used in TOPTICA’s next‑generation single‑frequency PICs that enable quantum capabilities for trapped‑ion, neutral‑atom, and photonic quantum...