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
DDR6 Moves Into Early Development: Memory Manufacturers Apparently Target 2028 to 2029
Samsung, SK hynix and Micron have asked substrate partners to start early DDR6 development, moving the next DRAM generation from roadmap to pre‑production. The industry targets a 2028‑2029 commercialization window, with the first modules aimed at server and AI workloads rather than desktop PCs. JEDEC has not yet finalized a DDR6 standard, but supply‑chain activity indicates manufacturers are preparing for higher bandwidth and density needs. DDR5 will remain the dominant desktop memory for several more CPU cycles.
Works Ministry Launches an EV Charging System Installation Guidelines Book as Reference for Installers
Malaysia's Works Ministry unveiled a "Design and Installation Guidelines for Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Systems" to standardise charger deployment across the country. Deputy Works Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said the manual will aid contractors, designers, government bodies and station...
Ceragon Books $86 Million in Indian Orders for IP‑50EXA Millimeter‑wave Platform
Ceragon Networks announced $86 million of orders from two Indian telecom operators for its IP‑50EXA millimeter‑wave platform, a boost to its 2026 revenue outlook. The deal highlights accelerating demand for high‑capacity, fiber‑alternative backhaul as India expands 5G and fixed wireless access...
Veeco Instruments (VECO) Hits 25-Year High on $250-Million Order
Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) surged 25% to a 25‑year high of $62 after announcing $250 million in equipment orders for AI‑driven optical transceiver production. The orders cover its Spector IBD, Lumina MOCVD and WaferEtch systems, which are critical for indium phosphide laser...
Managing Growing Complexity Across the Silicon Lifecycle
#Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Copilot The Semiconductor Copilot For Semi: 1/ - The Semiconductor Industry Is Becoming Increasingly Complex. - From Design To Manufacturing, Engineers Must Navigate Massive Volumes Of Data, Tools, And Decisions Across The Entire Silicon Lifecycle. The Question Is: How...
Samsung Seeks to Renegotiate Supply Terms with Centre
Samsung is negotiating with the Indian government to revise public‑procurement contracts as component costs surge. The company cites higher memory and semiconductor prices, along with rupee depreciation, as drivers of tighter margins on smartphones and IT hardware. While consumer smartphone...
Australia Installs 10.7GWh of Home Battery Storage Under Federal Subsidy Scheme
Australia has installed 380,712 home‑battery systems – about 10.7 GWh – under the Cheaper Home Batteries Program, a subsidy that has ballooned from an initial AU$2.3 bn (US$1.63 bn) to AU$7.2 bn (≈US$5.1 bn) by 2030. Minister Chris Bowen said the uptake outpaces the government’s...
Yoga Pro 9i Beats All Windows Laptops, Near Desktop Speed
Geekbench CPU scores of my Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition • Core Ultra 9 386H • RTX 5060 (100w) • 32GB 7467 MT/s memory Ahead of my XPS 17 and Book5 Pro by a lot, and better multi core than M4. Far behind...
AI and Batteries Revive Australian Mining Grid Instantly
Fortescue’s chairman says AI and battery storage ‘healed’ Australian mining grid in nanoseconds #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/GkPXR561K6
Weatherford Wins MPD Contracts with Noble for Deepwater Drilling Operations
Weatherford International plc secured multiple managed pressure drilling (MPD) contracts and a global aftermarket services agreement with Noble Corporation. The deal includes two MPD systems for Noble’s offshore Guyana projects, slated for deployment before year‑end, and an upgrade of a...
InfraVia: At the Engine Room of Europe’s Energy Sovereignty
InfraVia is positioning itself at the core of Europe’s drive for energy sovereignty by expanding large‑scale battery storage projects. The company, together with GIGA Storage, argues that battery assets will become a critical component of the continent’s decarbonisation strategy, providing...
I've Fully Converted to Adaptive Chargers From Fast Ones and Already Feel Safer
Adaptive charging technology, exemplified by Anker’s Nano 45W charger, dynamically lowers voltage and current as a device approaches full charge, reducing heat and slowing battery wear. Tests show the charger runs up to 25 °F cooler and the device up to 6 °F...
Portable MSI EZgo Charger Delivers Reliable On‑the‑Go Power
Got an EV and dreamed of having a smart charger at your home or office? How about one for while you're on the road? The @MSIusa EZgo Portable J1772/NACS EV Charger neatly fits the bill, as I ascertained when I...
Cognex Unveils In-Sight 3900, AI Vision System for Edge Inspection
Cognex Corp. introduced the In‑Sight 3900, an embedded AI vision system built on Qualcomm Dragonwing chips that delivers high‑speed, high‑accuracy inspection at the edge without a separate computer. The launch aims to let manufacturers run demanding quality checks without sacrificing line...
Intel to Showcase 18‑Angstrom Chip Family at Computex 2026, From Handhelds to 288‑Core Servers
Intel will preview a full‑stack portfolio built on its 18‑angstrom (1.8 nm) process at Computex 2026 in Taipei, including the Panther Lake handheld, the 52‑core Nova Lake desktop and the 288‑core Clearwater Forest server. The rollout highlights Intel’s bid to sell...
Johnson Controls Unveils Air‑Cooled Chiller Guide for 1‑GW AI Factories
Johnson Controls launched its second AI Factory Reference Design Guide, focusing on air‑cooled chillers that can support up to a 1‑GW AI data center. The blueprint offers sizing for 220 MW compute clusters and promises industry‑leading energy and water efficiency, addressing...
Lenovo Debuts Legion Tab Gen 5 Gaming Tablet in U.S. for $849
Lenovo has opened sales of its Legion Tab Gen 5 gaming tablet in the United States at a price of $849. The device packs a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, 12 GB of RAM, 256 GB of UFS 4.1 storage and a 165 Hz 8.8‑inch...
Rivian Mulls Domestic Lidar Production as Uber Pledges $1.25 B Robotaxi Deal
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe confirmed the company is in active talks to build lidar sensors in the United States, potentially with Chinese technology partners. The move coincides with Uber’s $1.25 billion commitment to deploy up to 50,000 Rivian R2 robotaxis, underscoring Rivian’s...
Arista Networks Beats Q1 Forecast, Projects $11.5B Revenue on AI Surge
Arista Networks reported first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $2.71 billion, a 35.1% year‑over‑year increase that topped its $2.6 billion guidance. The company now expects full‑year revenue of $11.5 billion, driven by AI‑related sales, while warning that wafer and chip shortages could pressure margins.
25‑nm Ferroelectric Memory Chip Beats Power‑Loss Limits, Paving Way for Cooler AI Devices
Scientists at the Institute of Science Tokyo have demonstrated a 25‑nanometer ferroelectric tunnel junction memory cell that consumes less power as it gets smaller. The breakthrough overturns a long‑standing belief that miniaturization inevitably raises energy cost, opening a path to...
Quantum Art Unveils Algorithm to Model 10¹⁸‑Point Electromagnetic Waves on 60 Qubits
Quantum Art, an Israeli trapped‑ion quantum computing firm, announced a new algorithm that can simulate electromagnetic wave propagation over volumes of tens of cubic kilometres at centimeter‑level resolution using roughly 60 qubits. The press release cites a 100‑fold performance gain...
Alarm.com Holdings Inc (ALRM) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Alarm.com reported Q1 2026 revenue of $265.2 million, up 11% YoY, driven by 10.8% growth in SaaS and license revenue to $181.5 million and 11.5% growth in hardware. The company posted adjusted EBITDA of $49.6 million with an 18.7% margin and generated $49.7 million...
Synaptics Inc (SYNA) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Synaptics reported fiscal Q3 2026 revenue of $294.2 million, a 10% year‑over‑year increase driven primarily by a 31% surge in Core IoT sales. Non‑GAAP operating margin rose to 18.1%, up 260 basis points, and earnings per share reached $1.09, topping...
Extreme Networks Deploys Wi‑Fi 7 (IEEE 802.11be) at University of Florida’s “Swamp”
Extreme Networks has rolled out the first Wi‑Fi 7 network in a U.S. college stadium, deploying the technology at the University of Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (“The Swamp”). The system is engineered for up to 90,000 concurrent users, leveraging Multi‑Link...
Woot-Tech SHARDS Drone Swarm System
Woot Tech Aerospace unveiled SHARDS, a single‑soldier‑operated kamikaze drone swarm, in April 2026. The system uses the company’s proprietary Decentralized LSS control laws, allowing each drone to act as an autonomous node without a central controller. A simulated demo showed...
Arrow Details Strategy to Address Fragmentation, Complexity in Japan’s Semiconductor Procurement Ecosystem
Arrow Electronics is integrating ChipOneStop.com with Arrow.com to create a unified digital sourcing platform tailored for Japan’s semiconductor market. The combined platform blends Arrow’s global scale with local language, compliance and currency support, backed by a Yokohama warehouse that can...
Energizer Releases Coin Lithium Batteries that Won't Cause Burning if Accidentally Swallowed
Energizer has launched the Ultimate Child Shield line of 20 mm coin lithium batteries that prevent esophageal burning if swallowed and contain a blue dye that colors a child's mouth to signal ingestion. The company cites more than 3,500 U.S. coin‑battery...
Supply Constraints Decide Winners in Compute Boom
You’d think no one would be surprised we can’t make enough chips. Three earnings prints in 48 hours just confirmed the same story that compute demand has lapped supply, and capacity is the binding constraint across silicon, optics, and IP....
Hormuz Crisis Shows Gaps in Taiwan’s High-Tech ‘Silicon Shield’
Taiwan’s semiconductor sector, responsible for over half of the world’s advanced‑node chips, consumes roughly 20 % of the island’s electricity, much of it powered by imported liquefied natural gas (LNG). The closure of the Strait of Hormuz in early March halted...
Researchers Discover a New Pathway to Building Energy-Efficient Computing Chips
Researchers at UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and SLAC have shown that titanium dioxide (TiO₂) turns ferroelectric when its film thickness drops below three nanometers, and the effect remains stable down to about one nanometer. This ultra‑thin ferroelectric behavior...
AI-Powered Robot Hands Ready to Cook Breakfast
Ever wanted a robot chef? Right in your kitchen. Right in your house. I sure have. Now we just might have hands that are good enough to make that a reality, & the AI to drive them. >> These Robot Hands Can Literally Make...
Amazon Blink Unveils Its Most Advanced Video Doorbells for New Budget Choices
Amazon-owned Blink introduced its first 2K‑resolution video doorbells, offering a wired model at $50 and a battery‑powered version starting at $80. Both units ship May 20 and include Alexa support, wide viewing angles, and two‑way audio with noise cancellation. The battery...
Valve Releases Steam Controller CAD Files Under Creative Commons License
Valve has made the CAD files for its latest Steam Controller and the accompanying Puck available under a Creative Commons license. The release includes .STP, .STL, and detailed engineering diagrams that show which surfaces must stay uncovered for proper signal...
TotalEnergies Selects Dell and NVIDIA for Pangea 5 Supercomputer in France
TotalEnergies has contracted Dell Technologies and NVIDIA to build Pangea 5, a new high‑performance supercomputer in Pau, France. The system will increase the company’s computing power sixfold, backed by an investment of over €100 million (≈ $110 million). Pangea 5 promises a 40% reduction in...
Data Center Surge Makes Optics a New Bottleneck
$COHR delivered a clean BEAT and RAISE on every line that mattered, and the data center business is now the entire story. Record revenue, expanding margins, accelerating bookings, a structural tailwind from CPO. The stock is selling off post-print due...
Upgrade Your Nightstand With the Amazon Echo Show 5 and Save Up to 42% for a Limited Time
Amazon has slashed the price of its latest Echo Show 5 to $69.99, a 22% discount, and offers an extra 20% off through an eligible trade‑in, delivering up to 42% total savings. The compact 5.5‑inch smart display now features twice the...
First AI Pin Endorsed by MKBHD—Pre‑order Book
I've done it. I've made the first AI pin that @MKBHD can recommend. Pre-order my book and then redeem yours at http://joannastern.com/pin.
Arm's Data Center Royalties Double, Silicon Demand Soars
$ARM delivered a clean BEAT and RAISE on every line that mattered, and the data center business doubled YoY. The story is no longer pure IP licensing. It is now also silicon with AGI, and the silicon business is ramping...
Mirai-Based Xlabs_v1 Botnet Exploits ADB to Hijack IoT Devices for DDoS Attacks
Researchers at Hunt.io have uncovered a new Mirai‑derived botnet, xlabs_v1, that hijacks IoT devices exposing Android Debug Bridge (ADB) on TCP 5555. The malware targets Android TV boxes, set‑top boxes, smart TVs and residential routers, then offers a DDoS‑for‑hire service with...
Palm‑Sized Ryzen 5 Mini PC Delivers Full‑Size Performance
The PELADN WO4 AMD Ryzen 5 Mini PC is an amazing little device: It'll fit in the palm of your hand, but offers impressive performance and Windows 11 Pro. I got my hands on one and ran it through...
Memory & Architecture Design Crucial for Inference Era
Good discussion here with @MicronTech Chief Business Officer Sumit Sadana, @AMD CTO Mark Papermaster on memory and architecture design needs in the inference era. https://t.co/H5d1zt1KbM
OpenAI Launches Training Spec to Boost Large-Scale AI
OpenAI unveiled Multipath Reliable Connection (MRC), an open‑source network specification designed to improve performance and resilience of large‑scale AI training clusters. Developed with AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft and Nvidia, MRC spreads data across hundreds of paths, instantly rerouting traffic to...
Quantum Advantage Arrives 2024; Align AI with Quantum
.@IBM CEO Krishna touts quantum computing use cases, quantum-AI continuum https://t.co/FEpY7F817C IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said quantum advantage is here this year and enterprises need to align quantum computing with their AI strategies.
Fix Google Meet Camera Errors on Windows
Trying to join Google Meet, and it complains that your camera doesn't work or that it doesn't have access? Here are some basic ways to debug the problem on a Windows PC... https://t.co/Et6yQGfQci #googlemeet #zoom #webcam https://t.co/Qq27tDXsIc
Hardware-Encrypted USB Drive Secures Data Across Mac and Windows
Ever lost a USB drive with important data? That's why the Kingston IronKey Locker+ 50 G2 Encrypted USB Drive is so amazing: It has hardware encryption and is Mac & Windows compatible. Here's my detailed demo and review: https://t.co/idyrwob9KH #privacy...
Data Center CPU Market May Exceed $200B by 2030
I'm now beginning to wonder if the now consensus data center CPU TAM ranging between ~110-175B in 2030 could be off and it ends up being north of $200b. Just looking at our model, unit volume trends, what we hear...
G42 Secures Minneapolis Office-to-Data Center Lease
A unit of G42, the Abu Dhabi tech conglomerate backed by Emirati royal Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan, has signed on as the primary tenant for an office-to-data center conversion in Minneapolis https://t.co/jgG7C2gsvM
Denmark's Grid Overloaded: Data Centers Demand Optimization
Another country facing issues from data center demand. We need to refocus on optimization over assuming unlimited resources. Denmark faces data center reckoning as power grid overwhelmed by surging demand https://t.co/BNOTqpCMax #CIO #AI #DataCenter
Reddit Predicts RAM Economy Overhaul, Data Centers Become Nuisance
Following Lisa Su's revelation, a disgruntled Redditor predicted: 'The RAM economy will permanently change and data centers will be a nuisance for the rest of recorded time'. https://t.co/gECS95FAmu
ARM's AGI CPU Demand Doubles to $2B Quickly
$ARM delivers across the board. Noting it saw early demand for its new AGI CPU double from $1 to $2 Billion within weeks of its announcement.