Today's Hardware Pulse
High‑severity AMDGPU VCN 3 driver flaw patched after kernel‑memory risk discovered
A bounds‑check flaw (CVE‑2026‑46230) in AMDGPU’s VCN 3 video‑decoder path on Linux was rated CVSS 7.1 (High) and could let a local attacker read or corrupt kernel memory. AMD addressed the issue by adding explicit buffer‑size validation in the mainline kernel.
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By the numbers: Sygaldry Technologies raises $139M seed and Series A
Dell Bolts Down 12V-2x6 GPU Power on Tower Plus EBT2250
Dell's Tower Plus EBT2250 pre‑built incorporates a mechanically locked 12V‑2x6 power connector for the GPU, securing the plug with metal hardware to eliminate movement. The design uses Amphenol‑sourced components and an adapter cable that terminates in standard PCIe 8‑pin leads on the PSU side, while a GPU support bracket mitigates card sag. This approach directly addresses concerns over the reliability of the new 12VHPWR standard by ensuring consistent contact and reducing heat from resistance. The system ships with a 1000 W Platinum‑rated LITEON PSU and a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti.
Intel Teases Xe Next After Xe3P, Spanning GPU and Shores
Intel has teased a new architecture called Xe Next, positioned after the Xe3P “Crescent Island” accelerator. The video from Intel’s AI VP indicates Xe Next will serve both the GPU line and the Jaguar Shores training family, suggesting a shared foundation across product...
AMD VEK385 Versal AI Edge Gen 2 FPGA Evaluation Kit Plugs Directly Into a PCIe Gen5/Gen4 Slot
AMD unveiled the VEK385 evaluation kit built around the Versal AI Edge Gen 2 XC2VE3858 SoC FPGA. The board combines eight Cortex‑A78AE cores, ten Cortex‑R52 cores, a Mali‑G78AE GPU, 144 AI Engine‑ML v2 tiles delivering up to 184 INT8 TOPS, and 20 GB...
OpenAI's Tiny AI Hub Will Infiltrate Everyday Spaces
My prediction is that the @OpenAI device (rumored to have camera, microphone, and speaker, which means it has a full computer inside with a few other sensors and radios) will be very small. Easy to throw in your pocket. Or...
Atom E3950 Powers WINSYSTEMS SBC-ZETA-3950 Rugged Mini SBC
WINSYSTEMS introduced the SBC‑ZETA‑3950, a rugged mini single‑board computer built around Intel’s Atom Apollo Lake E3950 quad‑core processor. Housed in an 84 × 55 mm carrier, it delivers 1.6 GHz base speed (up to 2.0 GHz burst) within a 12 W power envelope and includes 8 GB...
ASRock Launches NUC Ultra 300 Box Series with up to 16 Cores and 128 GB DDR5
ASRock Industrial unveiled the NUC Ultra 300 Box series, a new line of compact mini PCs built on Intel’s Core Ultra 300 platform. The lineup offers two processor options – the Core Ultra 5 325 and the higher‑end Core Ultra X7 358H – delivering up to 16 cores and...
Europe’s Smartphone Market in 2025: Apple Takes the Lead, but Rising Memory Prices Threaten Growth
Europe’s smartphone market posted modest 2% Q4 growth in 2025, driven by strong premium demand. Apple’s iPhone 17 launch lifted its share to 33%, overtaking Samsung, which held 29%. Honor posted an 18% rise in the mid‑range segment, while Xiaomi slipped...
NVIDIA’s Blackwell Ultra GB300 Sets New Standards in Long-Context Inference and Significantly Outperforms GB200
NVIDIA unveiled the Blackwell Ultra GB300 NVL72 rack, targeting long‑context inference for agentic AI models. Benchmarks show a 1.4‑1.5× performance uplift over the GB200, with a peak throughput of 226.2 tokens per second and latency gains of roughly 1.58×. The gains...
AAEON UP Squared Series Gains Mainline Linux Support for 40-Pin GPIO in Linux 6.18
AAEON announced that its UP Squared series now enjoys full mainline Linux support for the 40‑pin Raspberry Pi‑compatible GPIO header in kernel 6.18, ending reliance on an out‑of‑tree DKMS driver. The upstream effort, led with Bootlin, rewrote the driver stack to use...
You Can Upgrade Your Old Roku TV or Roku Player With The Upgraded Roku Pro Remote 2 For Just $29.88
Roku has launched the Pro Remote 2, a $29.88 upgrade for existing Roku TVs and players. The new controller swaps the old micro‑USB port for USB‑C, adds motion‑activated backlit buttons, and introduces a dedicated Guide button for instant access to OTA...
TSMC Process Simplification for Advanced Nodes
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) disclosed Patent US10692720B2, which merges advanced EUV lithography with a controlled angled‑etch step to achieve sub‑35 nm end‑to‑end spacing. The method replaces the traditional three‑step lithography/etch flow with a single exposure, dramatically simplifying the process for...
Ivanhoe Electric Inc (IE) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Enphase Energy reported Q4 2025 revenue of $343.3 million, with U.S. sales representing 89% of the total and a 13% sequential decline in U.S. revenue and a 29% drop in Europe. Gross margins fell to 46.1% non‑GAAP and 44.3% GAAP, largely...
Cannae Holdings Inc (CNNE) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Canaan Inc. posted Q4 2025 revenue of $196 million, up 30.4% quarter‑over‑quarter and 121.1% year‑over‑year, marking its strongest quarter in three years. Product revenue surged 39.1% to $165 million, driven by large North American orders, while computing power sold hit an all‑time high...
Ultra Clean Holdings Inc (UCTT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Ultra Clean Holdings reported Q4 2025 revenue of $506.6 million, essentially flat year‑over‑year, while gross margin slipped to 16.1% from 17%. The company’s global cleanroom capacity is 65% utilized, enough to support up to $3 billion in revenue, and it plans to...
CEO Interview with Juniyali Nauriyal of Photonect
Photonect, a Rochester‑based photonics startup founded by CEO Juniyali Nauriyal, is commercializing a laser‑fusion, epoxy‑free fiber‑to‑chip attachment process. The technology, built around an oxide mode converter, lifts coupling efficiency from roughly 50 % to 80 % and cuts optical loss to under...
Are Costco's Kirkland AA Batteries Better Than Energizer?
Costco’s Kirkland alkaline AA batteries have been shown to match or exceed Energizer’s standard and Max alkaline models in independent tests while costing significantly less. Consumer Reports and YouTube reviewers such as Project Farm and Lumencraft recorded longer runtimes for...
I Finally Gave up on My "Smart" TV and Bought a Streaming Box Instead
After years of frustration with sluggish smart‑TV platforms, the author replaced the native interface on a Hisense set with an Apple TV 4K (3rd gen). The $170 streaming box delivered markedly faster app launches, cleaner navigation, and seamless integration with existing Apple devices....
Shark-Inspired Electronic Skin Gives Robotic Hands the Ability to Sense Objects without Touching Them
Researchers at Harbin Institute of Technology have created a shark‑inspired electronic skin that combines electrostatic non‑contact scanning with tactile triboelectric sensing. By embedding a pre‑charged ePTFE electret within a stretchable Ecoflex matrix, the e‑skin amplifies the electric field, achieving detectable...
Your Motherboard Has Features You Paid for but Never Bothered to Use
Modern PC builders often splurge on high‑end motherboard features that they never actually use. The article highlights common over‑investments such as extra PCIe lanes, 18‑phase VRMs, dual BIOS, multi‑gigabit Ethernet, and quad M.2 slots, explaining why mid‑range boards usually suffice....
Chitosan‐Loaded Lead‐Free Sodium Bismuth Titanate Composite Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Energy Harvesting, Biomechanical Sensing, and Smart‐Path Touch‐Lighting for Safe Walking...
Researchers have developed a flexible triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) using a sodium bismuth titanate (NBT) and chitosan composite film paired with PDMS. The lead‑free ferroelectric NBT particles enhance dielectric properties, delivering a peak voltage of 162.5 V, current of 4.1 µA and power...
Synchronous Polarization Switching at Sub‐Coercive Fields Through Stochastic Resonance in Ferroelectric Thin‐Film Capacitors
Researchers demonstrated that stochastic resonance can trigger synchronous polarization switching in a thin‑film lead zirconate titanate (PZT) capacitor using sub‑coercive voltage pulses. By tuning the noise level to satisfy the Kramers‑time condition, the device switches reliably at half the signal...
This New Type of Smart Lock Unlocks the Door Before You Even Reach for Your Phone
Ultra‑Wideband (UWB) smart door locks can detect a user’s approach within 10 cm and unlock automatically, eliminating the need to pull out a phone. The first UWB‑enabled models – Aqara U400 and Ultraloq Bolt Mission – launched in January 2026, priced at $270 and $300...
Best Smartphone Camera of 2026: These Galaxy S26 Ultra Alternatives Could Make Samsung's Life Difficult
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra arrives on February 25, 2026 with modest camera upgrades and new AI‑driven features. Leaks reveal that Chinese rivals—Xiaomi 17 Ultra, Oppo Find X9 Ultra, and Vivo X300 Ultra—offer larger sensors, higher‑resolution modules, and specialist optics. Each...
Things Are Looking Worse for Laptop Prices, but Not for Microsoft's Ultimate Snapdragon X Elite Laptop — This 5-Star Copilot+...
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop (7th Edition) with a Snapdragon X Elite processor is now available for $916.99 on Amazon, a 29% discount from its $1,299.99 MSRP. The 15‑inch, 120 Hz touchscreen model ships with 16 GB RAM, a 256 GB SSD, and up to 20 hours of battery...
Hands-On: G’AIM’E 30th Anniversary Time Crisis Light Gun Game
G’AIM’E released a dedicated Time Crisis light‑gun console to mark the franchise’s 30th anniversary, offering a plug‑and‑play system that runs up to four classic arcade shooters on any modern TV via AI‑based screen recognition. Three pricing tiers – Basic ($99),...
ASUS Transformer T100
The ASUS Transformer T100, a legacy 2‑in‑1 notebook, can be repurposed as an external monitor for a desktop PC. The device includes a micro‑HDMI output and can accept video via a USB‑to‑HDMI adapter, allowing Windows to extend or duplicate the...
Review: The 'Nacon Revolution X Unlimited' Is A Fantastic-Feeling Xbox Controller, At A Cost
Nacon’s Revolution X Unlimited Xbox controller launches as a premium, Xbox‑Elite‑style pad with swappable sticks, rear paddles, a tiny customizable screen, and a full suite of accessories. Reviewers praise its chunky, comfortable feel and clicky button response, noting it competes directly with...
Japanese Toilet Maker Toto's HUGE AI Windfall
The episode examines how Japanese toilet manufacturer Toto has leveraged its advanced ceramic division to become a major supplier of AI‑related semiconductor components, driving a sharp rise in its stock price and drawing activist investor interest. It details Toto's role...
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro to Debut New Red Color
Also in Power On: Apple eyes red for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, the next color on the chart after the popular Cosmic Orange. The foldable iPhone, on the other hand, will likely come in black and white....
Inside a Compact Intel 3000 W Water-Cooled Power Supply
Intel’s reference 3 kW server power supply packs 3000 W into a compact chassis by employing a water‑cooled block between two large PCBs. The unit achieves 80 Plus Platinum efficiency using an interleaved totem‑pole PFC stage with 600 V GaN FETs and a phase‑shifted...
AMD Zen 6 Performance Events & Metrics Merged For Linux 7.0
Linux 7.0’s merge window added full support for AMD Zen 6 performance events, covering core, uncore and metric counters. The patch set also fixes Zen 5 MAC allocation events and introduces a new perf sched stats tool for scheduler profiling. These updates enable developers...
Yet Another Fix Coming For Older AMD GPUs On Linux - Thanks To Valve Developer
Valve open‑source graphics engineer Timur Kristóf has released a patch for the AMDGPU driver that restores functionality to legacy Radeon GCN 1.1 GPUs found in older iMacs, such as the Radeon R9 M380. The fix disables the memory‑clock dynamic power management (MCLK DPM) and forces...
Linux 7.0 Further Prepares For Intel Diamond Rapids With NTB Driver Support
The upstream Linux kernel is largely ready for Intel’s upcoming Xeon Diamond Rapids processors. With the Linux 7.0 release, a new NTB driver adds support for the Gen6 non‑transparent bridge, enabling PCIe 6.0 inter‑CPU communication. Only a few dozen lines of...
Massive 38% Off: Get the Powerful ACEMAGIC K1 Intel Core I5-12600H Mini PC for Only $359.99
The ACEMAGIC K1 Mini PC, powered by an Intel Core i5‑12600H, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, and a 512 GB SSD, now sells for $359.99 after a 38% discount and an extra promo code. Its hybrid‑core processor reaches 4.5 GHz and supports triple 4K...
Week Ahead: Chip Check
In this brief episode, Reuters' Mike Dolan highlights the upcoming earnings report from Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, and the market anxiety surrounding it. He points out that Nvidia’s soaring AI spending is heavily reliant on just four major...
What Google Isn’t Telling You About the Pixel 11 Pro XL
Google unveiled the Pixel 11 Pro XL, its newest flagship aimed at challenging Apple’s premium phones. The device introduces a 3D facial recognition system powered by Project Tuscana, paired with a fingerprint sensor for dual biometric security. Under the hood...
Turn a Broken Phone Into a DeX-Powered 1440p Mini PC for Under $100
A broken Samsung Galaxy S20 FE can be transformed into a DeX‑powered mini PC for under $100. By housing the phone in a modified Raspberry Pi case, adding a USB‑C to HDMI adapter, docking station, and active cooling, the setup delivers a...
Multiple Devs Still Waiting on Switch 2 Dev Kits (UPDATE)
Nintendo’s Switch 2 launched in April 2025, but many developers still lack access to official dev kits two months later. Reports from Digital Foundry and Arkaden reveal that both indie and AAA studios are struggling to obtain hardware, with some being...
Understanding Semiconductor Simulators: Types and Their Roles
#Technology #Blog #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Simulation BLOG-315 | The Semiconductor The Semiconductor Simulator Landscape, Types And Their Roles: https://www.chetanpatil.in/the-semiconductor-simulator-landscape-types-and-their-roles/
Nvidia CEO: Trillions Required for Global AI Expansion
Nvidia CEO Huang Says Trillions More Needed for AI Buildout https://t.co/gk4YrrCQym @nvidia @nvidianewsroom #WEF26 #DAVOS #AI #IoT #MWC26 https://t.co/M2lTdcJyST
7 Things I Can’t Wait to See at Next Week’s Biggest Phone Launch
Samsung’s Unpacked event on February 25 will unveil the Galaxy S26 Ultra, which sports noticeably thinner bezels, a flatter frame and a refined color palette. The flagship’s camera strategy pivots to a wider‑aperture 5× telephoto lens and a new image‑processing...
Solved OpenClaw‑Google Chat Integration After Hours of Debugging
After spending about 10 hours and $200 debugging how to connect my openclaw to Google Chat, so it could communicate with my team, we finally found the fix Sharing the solution below in a format you can give to your openclaw...
MIT 3D‑prints Functional Electric Motor for Just $0.50
MIT-developed 3D printer can output a fully functional electric motor in a single process — team only needed to magnetize the linear motor after printing, motors cost just 50 cents each https://t.co/qW2D8hE6fc
MOFT’s Long-Awaited MagSafe Kickstand Wallet with Find My Support Is Now Available
MOFT finally released its long‑awaited MagSafe kickstand wallet with Find My support, a product first shown at CES 2025. The low‑profile vegan‑leather accessory holds two to three cards, doubles as a stand, and now includes a Bluetooth tracker with a 70 dB speaker....
New S22 Bootloop Reports Emerge After February Update
Fresh Galaxy S22 bootloop complaints surface after February update amid ongoing lawsuit ✅ Details - https://t.co/k15Zd2kQBK https://t.co/3pkpv3Y0rR
The 6G Podcast - Microsoft-Ericsson Windows Integration, Kinetic Tokens Explained, 5G SA Battery Improvements, T-Mobile's Nvidia Partnership, Samsung's 6G Trials,...
In this episode, Anshal Saad and new co‑host Mike Dano discuss the winding down of the 5G Americas trade group as a signal that the industry is moving beyond the 5G lull toward 6G. They highlight Samsung and Korea Telecom's...
AMD Seemingly Stops Driver Updates for Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor
AMD has apparently ceased driver updates for its 2023‑era Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU used in handheld consoles, leaving devices like the ASUS ROG Ally on drivers dating back to August 2025. The pause affects OEMs such as Lenovo and ASUS, which must validate drivers against...
Podcast #857 – Acer and ASUS Ban, More PC Hardware Doom and Gloom, Cheap USB Speakers, Sparky RTX 5090 and...
In episode 857, the PCPer team discusses the ongoing RAM shortage and its ripple effects, including Acer and ASUS being caught in an HEVC patent dispute and Intel’s new annual GPU release cadence. They highlight Micron’s unreleased PCIe 6.0 SSDs, Western...
Nvidia's $30B OpenAI Stake Turns Hardware Into Equity
Nvidia reportedly invested $30B in OpenAI, its own major customer. The chip maker powering AI now has equity in the models running on it. When hardware becomes equity, your AI vendor list has a silent shareholder at the table. Source: https://t.co/KNtNLIRTOQ
Using NMOS and Ember+ to Control IP Codecs
Audio codec manufacturers are adopting open protocols NMOS and Ember+ to streamline IP‑based broadcast workflows. Tieline’s codecs now support NMOS IS‑04, IS‑05, and IS‑07 for discovery, connection management, and event handling, while Ember+ exposes a hierarchical parameter tree for granular...