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
DDR5 RAM Gets Another Fleeting Discount, Lowest Price in Months — Corsair's 32GB Vengeance Kit Is $329 at Woot
Woot is offering Corsair’s 32 GB Vengeance DDR5‑6000 kit for $329.99, the lowest price in months. The discount follows a recent dip from $344 in January but remains far above the $92.99 price seen in early 2025. The price pressure stems from AI‑driven demand eating NAND supply, inflating RAM, SSD, and HDD costs. With limited stock and cheaper alternatives still above $285, the deal is positioned as a rare buying window.
New Pepwave 5G Dongle Brings Ethernet-Over-USB 5G to Peplink Routers and Laptops
Peplink is launching the Pepwave 5G Dongle, a compact USB‑C modem that delivers Ethernet‑over‑USB 5G connectivity for its routers and laptops. Built on a Qualcomm X62 chipset, the device supports dual physical nano‑SIM slots, dual eSIMs and a wide range of sub‑6 GHz 5G/LTE...
Creality’s CFS-C Eliminates Hot-End Purging with New Remote Cutting Approach
Creality has launched the CFS‑C filament swapper, marketed as a “no‑purge” solution for its K1 series desktop FFF printers. By relocating the filament‑cutting operation from the hot end to the swapper, the system eliminates the traditional purge cycle, cutting change‑over...
Taara Unveils Taara Photonics and Taara Beam
Taara, a spin‑out from Google’s X lab, unveiled Taara Photonics—the world’s first wireless communication platform built on an optical phased‑array integrated circuit—and its inaugural product, Taara Beam. The beam‑sized device delivers up to 25 Gbps at low latency across distances of...
Made Smarter Funding Supports AFD Systems Digital Enhancements for Expertise Growth
AFD Systems secured a £20,000 Made Smarter grant to acquire a high‑precision 3D laser scanner, launching a dedicated metrology and reverse‑engineering team. The new capability integrates scanning data into design, simulation and additive‑manufacturing workflows, enabling faster part development. AFD aims...
Technics' Newest Turntable Is a Work of Art – and I've Seen It in Person
Technics unveiled its new SL‑1500CS turntable, priced at £1,099 and slated for a March 2026 release. The model brings high‑end features such as the proprietary ΔΣ‑Drive, a built‑in phono equaliser, and an aluminium die‑cast chassis that dampens vibrations. By incorporating...
Automation Alley Expands Industrial 3D Printing Access for SMEs
Automation Alley’s Project DIAMOnD has opened its Digital Transformation Center to companies outside its membership. The DTC now offers fee‑based access to industrial‑grade polymer and metal 3D printing technologies, including powder‑bed fusion, large‑format FFF/MEX, and directed energy deposition. SMEs can...
INTERVIEW: Motive’s Nyanya Joof on Driver Monitoring and Safety
Motive introduced the AI Dashcam Plus, an edge‑AI device powered by Qualcomm’s Dragonwing QCS6490 processor that runs over 30 neural models simultaneously. The dashcam fuses stereo vision, audio, telematics, GPS and motion sensors to deliver real‑time risk detection with reduced latency and...
Samsung’s Galaxy Book 6 Laptops Start at $1,049 in the US, Launch on March 11
Samsung announced the U.S. launch of its Galaxy Book 6 laptop series on March 11, with three models priced from $1,049 to $2,449. The lineup, revealed at CES 2026, features a slimmer design, Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, and an Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU in...
CPU-Only Compute Still Matters To A Lot Of HPC Centers
After three decades of gradual adoption, cloud providers are now offering CPU‑only HPC instances that can compete with on‑premise clusters. Amazon Web Services introduced the HPC8a family, built on AMD’s latest Turin EPYC 9R15 processors and delivering 192 physical cores across...
Protecting VFDs From Overheating: An Easy Way to Calculate Cooling Requirements
Variable frequency drives (VFDs) are gaining rapid adoption due to energy savings, but their compact electronics generate heat that can overheat sealed enclosures. Pfannenberg introduced simple rule‑of‑thumb calculations: 75 BTU/h of active cooling or 4 CFM of passive airflow per horsepower, based...
MIT Engineers 3D Print Fully Functional Electric Motor
MIT engineers have unveiled a multi‑material 3D printer capable of fabricating a fully functional electric linear motor in a single print job. The system integrates four distinct extruders that handle conductive, magnetic, and standard plastic materials, allowing the motor to...
Smarter ECOs: Inside Easy-Logic’s ASIC Optimization Engine
Easy‑Logic Technology Ltd. has commercialized EasylogicECO, an automated functional Engineering Change Order (ECO) engine that generates minimal logic patches from RTL or specification updates. The tool leverages formal equivalence and optimization algorithms to preserve timing closure, layout integrity, and DFT...
Epiroc to Launch New Safety Products at PDAC Including Uphole Brake
At the PDAC conference in Toronto, Epiroc will unveil its latest drilling safety innovations, highlighted by the new Uphole Brake. The brake integrates into the drill head and automatically stops a free‑falling inner tube when overspeed occurs, protecting personnel and...
Compute Architecture Must Evolve for Modern AI Demands
#Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Compute The Semiconductor Compute Evolution: 1/ - Compute Architecture Is No Longer Static. - It Continuously Evolves With Workload Demands, Data Growth, And System-Level Complexity. - What Once Worked For General Computing Struggles To Sustain Modern AI, Data, And...
How a Surge in Memory Prices Will Affect the Game Industry
A rapid AI‑driven memory boom has pushed DRAM prices up nearly 100% in 2025 and an additional 60% in early 2026, while NAND storage rose 70% in the same period. The surge squeezes console hardware margins, prompting platform holders to...
Quantum Computers Go High-Dimensional with a Four-State Photon Gate
A joint effort by TU Wien and Chinese researchers has demonstrated a heralded quantum logic gate that operates on two photons each encoded in four distinct quantum states, or qudits. The gate leverages the photons' orbital angular momentum rather than...
Stanley Druckenmiller Just Exited Sandisk Stock. Should You Buy SNDK After Its Blowout Earnings?
Stanley Druckenmiller’s Duquesne Family Office disclosed a 13F filing that shows it exited Sandisk (SNDK) just before the memory‑chip maker posted a blockbuster earnings beat. Sandisk’s fiscal Q2 2026 revenue jumped 61% YoY to $3.03 billion, while GAAP EPS surged 615%...
Qualcomm Seeks Spectrum for 5G Sidelink to Aid First Responders
Qualcomm has filed a request with the FCC to secure dedicated spectrum for its 5G sidelink technology, aiming to support mission‑critical communications for first responders. The company plans to leverage device‑to‑device links that operate independently of traditional cellular infrastructure, enabling...
Telos Alliance Offers AERO Software Update To Correct Nielsen Watermark Issue
Telos Alliance announced a software update (v3.32.47) for its Linear Acoustic AERO series to incorporate the latest Nielsen watermark encoding library and fix a timestamp reset issue that would affect data reporting after Jan 1, 2027. The update covers current AERO models—including...
Modern AMD Graphics Driver Surpasses Six Million Lines Of Code In Linux 7.0
The AMDGPU/AMDKFD open‑source driver stack has crossed the six‑million line threshold in the Linux 7.0 kernel, up from four million lines just four years ago. It now accounts for roughly 15% of the entire kernel codebase, making it the single largest...
AMD Says “Helios” Racks And MI400 Series GPUs On Track For 2H 2026
AMD announced that its first rack‑scale AI system, code‑named Helios, will ship engineering samples in the second half of 2026 and enter volume production by early 2027. The platform will use the Altair MI400 series GPUs—including MI455X, MI430X and MI450—offering...
Mac Studio 2026 Leaks: Thunderbolt 5, 128GB RAM & M5 Ultra Details
Apple’s 2026 Mac Studio launches with M5 Max and M5 Ultra processors, the latter built by fusing two M5 Max chips via Ultra Fusion. The desktop offers up to 128 GB of RAM, faster SSD options, and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity, while pairing...
Exclusive: Sceye Unveils SceyeCELL Antenna
Sceye announced the SceyeCELL antenna, a custom HAPS payload that merges ground‑cell flexibility with LEO satellite precision. The antenna is built for long‑duration, high‑altitude missions that can blanket large swaths of the Earth. It is intended to bolster network resilience...
Intel ANV Driver Sees Several Vulkan Video H.265 Encode Fixes
Intel’s open‑source ANV Vulkan driver received a batch of H.265 encode fixes merged into the Mesa 26.1‑devel branch. The changes, contributed by Igalia engineer Hyunjun Ko, add dynamic transform‑skip handling, respect application‑provided QP values, correctly process GPB frames, and clean up unsupported...
Compound Semiconductors Enter a New Growth Phrase Powered by AI & Electrification
Yole Group released its 2026 status report on compound semiconductors, projecting the combined substrate and open‑epiwafer market to surpass $5 billion by 2031 with a ~14 % CAGR. The analysis highlights strong demand from electrification, AI infrastructure, and next‑generation connectivity, with SiC...
Intel’s Unified Core: Hammer Lake
Intel announced its next‑generation “Unified Core” architecture, dubbed Hammer Lake, slated for a 2028 launch after the 2027 Razor Lake refresh. The roadmap shows Xeon 7 will ship on the Panther Cove micro‑architecture rather than the rumored Lion Cove, while Diamond Rapids (DMR)...
Socionext and Innatera Introduce Integrated 60 GHz FMCW Radar and Neuromorphic Edge AI for Human Presence Detection
Socionext and Innatera unveiled a joint human‑presence detection solution that merges Socionext’s compact 60 GHz FMCW radar with Innatera’s ultra‑low‑power spiking neural processor. The system delivers over 99 % detection accuracy, even for stationary individuals, while consuming sub‑milliwatt power, extending battery life...
Forget Oculink : Mind Graphics 2 Dock Uses RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and a Built-In 350W Power Supply
Kados unveiled the Mind Pro mini‑PC paired with the Mine Graphics 2 eGPU dock, leveraging its proprietary Mind Link PCIe 5.0 X4 interface. The dock houses an Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti with 16 GB GDDR7B and a built‑in 350 W power supply, delivering desktop‑class graphics in a...
All-Optical Morphological Image Processing at the Speed of Light
Researchers have built a free‑space nanophotonic diffractive network that executes morphological image operations—dilation, erosion, opening, and closing—directly on the optical wavefront. By encoding structuring elements into engineered phase layers, the system transforms incoming light in a single pass, achieving latencies...
Qualcomm's Rack‑Level AI
I am incredibly excited to see the first shipment of @Qualcomm’s rack‑level AI hardware and software solutions arrive in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for deployment at @HUMAIN data centers. This marks a major milestone for our data center business,...
Red iPhone Pro Hype Follows Orange Success
Me after rumors of a red iPhone Pro after the success of the orange one https://t.co/0UnPH6y6VI
LLNL: Advanced Simulation and Modeling Pave a Path Forward for Single-Crystal Battery Materials
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers published a comprehensive review in Chemical Reviews describing how advanced, physics‑based simulation can decode the complex relationships among processing, structure, and performance of single‑crystal battery materials. By spanning atomistic to cell‑level scales, the multiscale models...
Samsung Employee Leaks Galaxy S26 via Chromium Bug Report
Samsung (employee) leaked the Galaxy S26 in the most unlikely place last year Last October, a Samsung employee filed a bug report to Google’s Chromium Issue Tracker sharing a video of S26 ✅ Details - https://t.co/mfLeDMV5I2 https://t.co/AoanqBdUEr
Telecom Shifts From Data Pipes to Real‑Time Intelligence
As 5G, IoT, and Agentic AI converge, telecom networks are no longer passive infrastructure, they’re becoming adaptive, self-optimizing systems that sense, decide, and act in real time. How connectivity is evolving from moving data to orchestrating intelligence ⬇️ Read: ➡️ https://t.co/uwh6kF4fVy #AI...
Fox ESS Releases Hybrid Inverters for Commercial PV
Fox ESS has launched the H3‑Pro series, a line of five three‑phase hybrid inverters targeting commercial photovoltaic installations. The models handle 30‑50 kW PV input and 15‑30 kW AC output, support up to 200% PV oversizing, and can be paired with two CQ6...
Security Flaw Lets Hacker Commandeer 6,700 Robot Vacuums
User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds https://t.co/G8sfl730OU
OpenAI's $500B Data Center Stalls Amid AI Hype
Incredible reporting from @anissagardizy8 in @theinformation about OpenAI's struggle to get more computing power as Stargate—its $500B data center buildout—has floundered. https://t.co/5u1swqrWTm It includes this detail. We are in the dirt-eating phase of the AI hype cycle. https://t.co/jv5KL9bptf
Could AMD Be the First Company to Use Custom HBM?, Sorry I'm Using a Translator.
A February 2026 forum thread suggests AMD could become the first company to deploy a custom HBM solution, likely HBM4e, using a bespoke base die (b‑die) for a next‑gen GPU dubbed MI455X. Contributors highlight development costs exceeding $100 million and significant...
Rohde & Schwarz and Broadcom Showcase First Wi-Fi 8 RF Signaling Tests, Paving Way for Next-Gen Connectivity
Rohde & Schwarz and Broadcom are unveiling the first public Wi‑Fi 8 RF signaling tests at MWC Barcelona 2026 using the CMX500 multi‑technology tester. The demo validates a Broadcom prototype and showcases Wi‑Fi 8’s new PHY/MAC features such as distributed resource units, unequal modulation and...
Summary of Week 8 – February 16-20, 2026
Week 8 highlighted several strategic moves in the data‑storage and AI hardware market. IBM launched an autonomous storage portfolio—FlashSystem 5600, 7600, 9600—powered by agentic AI, while AMD and TCS announced a 200 MW Helios rack‑scale AI deployment in India. Financially, AMD posted a 34 % YoY...
Crusoe Launches Command Center: A Unified Operations Platform for High-Performance AI Workloads
Crusoe unveiled Command Center, a unified operations platform that consolidates GPU telemetry, logging, and orchestration for high‑performance AI workloads. The solution offers out‑of‑the‑box metrics, custom metric ingestion, and topology‑aware views, while integrating tightly with Crusoe Managed Kubernetes, Slurm, and AutoClusters....
Micrologic Partners with Cohesity to Become the Leading Sovereign Cloud Data Protection Solution in Canada
Micrologic, a Canadian sovereign‑cloud provider, has teamed with AI‑driven data‑security firm Cohesity to launch a fully Canadian‑jurisdictional data‑protection platform. The joint solution combines Micrologic’s Canada‑only cloud infrastructure with Cohesity’s backup, disaster‑recovery and isolated recovery environment technology. It promises recovery speeds...
Ax3.ai Appoints Marius Tudor as Chief Revenue Officer to Accelerate Global Growth
Ax3.ai appointed Marius Tudor as Chief Revenue Officer to lead its global go‑to‑market strategy. Tudor brings more than 25 years of technical sales experience in infrastructure and hardware. He will expand direct sales channels, strengthen the partner ecosystem, and target...
Lam Research Deepens Investment in Boise, Idaho, to Support Projected Growth in U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing
Lam Research inaugurated a new 9,200‑sq‑ft office in Boise, Idaho, staffed initially by about 150 employees focused on research, development and high‑volume manufacturing for Micron’s memory technology. The facility underscores Lam’s multi‑year strategy to expand U.S. operations and accelerate chip...
Internet, Reinvented : Reticulum Networking Bridges Radios, Wi-Fi & Ethernet
Reticulum is an open‑source, decentralized networking protocol that operates without traditional internet infrastructure. It uses cryptographic identity‑based addressing and built‑in encryption to secure traffic across any medium, from LoRa radios to Wi‑Fi and Ethernet. Its hardware‑agnostic design lets users build...
Nanophotonic Color Router Solves Smartphone Camera Angle Problem
Korean researchers at KAIST and Hanyang University have created a metamaterial‑based nanophotonic color router that retains about 78 % optical efficiency across a ±12‑degree angle of incidence. The device separates red, green, and blue light directly on the sensor, addressing the...
Decathlon Launches New Version of Rockrider E-ACTV 500 Hybrid E-Bike
Decathlon has introduced a new Peach Orange colourway for its Rockrider E‑ACTV 500 hybrid e‑bike, now available in France, the Netherlands and Spain. The bike retains its €1,999.99 price point, while older colour options in Spain have been discounted to €1,799.99....
Red Hat Releases Tuned 2.27 For Adaptively Tuning Linux To Different Workloads
Red Hat has released Tuned 2.27, the latest version of its open‑source tuning framework for Linux. The update adds CPU partitioning autodetection, a systemd workaround, and enables CPU boost in performance profiles. It also introduces OpenShift‑specific TCP optimizations, forces SAP HANA latency...
Silex SX-SDMAX6E Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth LE Module Features NXP IW623 SoC, Comes in M.2 or LGA Package
NXP and Silex Technology have released the SX‑SDMAX6E module, embedding the IW623 tri‑band Wi‑Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.x radios for industrial IoT. The module ships in a 44‑pin LGA package and an M.2 2230 Key‑E card, supporting SDIO for Wi‑Fi and UART for Bluetooth....