Today's Hardware Pulse
Nvidia driver hints at next‑gen DLSS 5 work
Nvidia’s GeForce Game Ready driver 610.47 adds three new profile options—Enable DLSS NR override, Enable DLSS NR SL override, and Override DLSS NR presets—suggesting continued development of DLSS 5 neural‑rendering technology. The earlier DLSS 5 reveal had sparked debate over AI‑driven image alteration, and the new driver hints at a quiet but ongoing effort.
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By the numbers: Cyient Semiconductors raises $30M Series A
Vivo X300 Ultra, X300 FE Launching in India Soon: Expected Price, Specifications and Features
Vivo is set to launch two new smartphones in India – the flagship X300 Ultra and the mid‑range X300 FE. The Ultra packs a 200 MP primary camera, a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, up to 16 GB RAM, 1 TB storage, a 6,600 mAh battery with 100 W wired and 40 W wireless fast charging, and is priced above ₹1.5 lakh (≈$1,800). The FE offers a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor, a dual 50 MP camera system, 6,500 mAh battery with 90 W wired charging, and is expected to sell for under ₹50,000 (≈$610). Both models will be sold through Flipkart, Amazon and other retailers, with the Ultra featuring IP68/69 water‑dust resistance and ZEISS‑branded optics.
Innoviz Targets Defense and Homeland Security with LiDAR
Innoviz Technologies announced its entry into the defense and homeland security markets with two LiDAR products—InnovizSMART and InnovizTwo Ultra Long‑Range. The automotive‑grade sensors offer rugged design, up to 450 m (SMART) and 1 km (ULR) detection ranges, PoE connectivity, and resistance to...
Raixer Unveils Smart Access Control for Residential Communities
Raixer has launched a smart access‑control platform that digitises entry for residential communities, allowing administrators to grant, revoke and track door access from a mobile app. The solution integrates with existing door hardware, eliminates physical keys and promises immediate operational...
Nvidia's B300 AI Server Hits $1 Million Price in China, Doubling U.S. Cost
Nvidia's B300 AI server is now priced at roughly $1 million in China, about double the $550,000 U.S. price, reflecting soaring demand, tighter U.S. export controls and a crackdown on gray‑market shipments. The premium highlights both Nvidia's pricing power and growing...
$10 Billion Imperial Valley Data Center Threatens Water Supply for California Region
Developer Sebastian Rucci plans a $10 billion, 330‑megawatt data center in Imperial Valley that would consume 750,000 gallons of water each day. Residents and water‑policy experts warn the project could strain local water supplies and raise utility rates, while the developer...
5 Ways Digital Dentistry Is Transforming South African Practices
Digital dentistry is reshaping South African dental practices through intraoral scanners, AI‑driven diagnostics, CAD/CAM workflows and 3D printing. The sector’s equipment market is projected to grow from roughly $157 million in 2025 to $178 million by 2030, while the digital X‑ray segment...
SAS Unveils Quantum Computing Roadmap at Innovate 2026 Conference
SAS demonstrated its first quantum‑computing capabilities at the Innovate 2026 conference in Grapevine, Texas, positioning the analytics firm as a nascent player in the quantum ecosystem. The rollout ties into SAS’s broader strategy of treating emerging tech as interchangeable tools...
TDK Ventures' Nicolas Sauvage Pushes Patient Capital Into AI Infrastructure
Nicolas Sauvage, head of TDK Ventures, is steering the Japanese electronics giant’s $500 million corporate venture arm toward AI infrastructure that only becomes obvious after four years. His early bet on inference‑chip maker Groq, now valued at $6.9 billion, illustrates the patient‑capital...
Resilient Telemetry for Hazardous Environments
Telecom operators in oil & gas need resilient, low‑power telemetry for pipelines and intrinsically safe monitoring of remote storage tanks. Globalstar’s STX3 OEM satellite modem provides micro‑amp sleep currents and a coin‑size footprint, enabling years of autonomous pipeline data transmission...
SEMI: Global Silicon Wafer Shipments Jump 13% on AI Demand
Global silicon wafer shipments surged 13.1% year‑on‑year in Q1 2026, reaching 3,275 million square inches. The growth is driven primarily by AI‑related data‑center demand, spanning advanced logic, memory and power management devices. While industrial semiconductor segments helped absorb excess inventory, smartphone...
OM Podcast #49: An Interview with the CEO of the Florida Semiconductor Engine About Reshoring
In the latest Heizer Render Munson OM Podcast, Barry Render interviews Dr. Ron Piccolo, CEO of the Florida Semiconductor Engine, about the strategic importance of reshoring semiconductor capabilities. The discussion highlights that while high‑volume chip fabrication will stay global, advanced...
OnePlus Summer Sale Announced: Top Discounts on OnePlus 15, OnePlus 13, Nord Series, Tablets and TWS
OnePlus launched its Summer Sale on May 8, offering instant bank discounts and no‑cost EMI across smartphones, tablets and audio gear on OnePlus.in, its Experience Stores and major e‑commerce sites. Flagship OnePlus 15 now costs ₹73,999 (≈$892) after a ₹4,000 discount, while...
RAM, Disk, and Network: The Speed Differences That Explain Caching, Batching, and CDNs
The post explains how the three primary data‑movement layers—RAM, disk, and network—differ dramatically in latency, shaping modern backend architecture. RAM delivers nanosecond‑scale access, while disks operate in the millisecond range, and network calls add tens to hundreds of milliseconds. These...
US Chip Ban Fuels China’s Homegrown AI GPU Surge
The US export ban on Nvidia chips to China didn't slow China's AI one bit; it is building it. Jensen Huang just confirmed what anyone watching Asia already knew: Nvidia's China market share is now 0%. Gone. How exactly the US...
Electronic Devices Based on Heterostructures of 2D Materials and Self‐Assembled Monolayers
A new review details the rapid progress of electronic devices built from heterostructures of two‑dimensional materials (2DMs) and molecular self‑assembled monolayers (SAMs). It categorizes three architectures—vertical tunneling, horizontal conducting, and hybrid superlattice devices—and explains their structures, operating mechanisms, and performance‑regulating...
U.S. Army Awards Contract for Autonomous Resupply Drone
The U.S. Army has awarded SURVICE Engineering a production contract for the Joint Autonomous Aerial Resupply System (JTAARS), an autonomous cargo‑delivery drone built on the Tactical Resupply Vehicle platform with UK partner Malloy Aeronautics. The contract was secured through the...
Elevated Infrastructure: Champion Fiberglass® Supports Reliable Power at Luxury Mountain Resort Town
Wasatch Peaks Ranch, a 12,740‑acre luxury ski and golf resort, required a durable underground power conduit capable of surviving extreme altitude, temperature swings, and heavy snowfall. After evaluating PVC, the project team chose Champion Fiberglass® conduit for its lightweight, high‑temperature...
Helium-3 Hunt Helps Develop Astronautic Excavation Tech
Vermeer has engineered the Interlune excavator to mine lunar helium‑3, a scarce isotope valued at $18‑$30 million per kilogram. The 9‑tonne Earth‑based prototype can ingest 100 metric tons of regolith per hour and will weigh just 1.5 tonnes on the Moon, using...
Compute, Not Intelligence, Becomes AI’s New Bottleneck
The real bottleneck in AI is no longer intelligence. It’s compute. Rate limits on tools are early signals that chips, power and data centers are under pressure as demand explodes. The implication is strategic. Access to compute may decide who leads and...
TSMC Seeks Approval for Advanced Fab in Expanded Hsinchu Science Park
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has filed for government approval to build an advanced wafer fab in the Longtan Campus of Hsinchu Science Park. The proposal, part of the park’s third‑phase expansion, targets "angstrom‑class" 0.1 nm process technology to meet rising...
ENVIOTECH Raises €1M Pre-Seed for Smart Street Lighting
Frankfurt‑based ENVIOTECH secured €1 million (≈$1.09 million) in a pre‑seed round led by Jürgen Fitschen, with participation from Joachim Drees. The startup offers retrofit kits that can be installed on existing streetlights in under 15 minutes, enabling remote dimming, monitoring, and up to...
Quantum’s Next Frontier: How Mining Companies Can Prepare for a Computing Revolution
Quantum computing is transitioning from research labs to industrial use, and the mining sector is emerging as a prime beneficiary. The technology promises to reshape orebody discovery, optimize complex mine operations, and accelerate materials innovation while also introducing new cyber‑risk...
Opsodis 1 Review: Super Sonic Surround Sound for Your Desktop Setup
Japanese construction giant Kajima, leveraging 20 years of research with the University of Southampton, launched the Opsodis 1 speaker on Kickstarter at a discounted $720 (regular $1,200). The compact desktop unit uses cross‑talk cancellation and a proprietary HRTF database to deliver...
Russian Klyn Kamikaze Drone Packs Nvidia Jetson, 5 Kg Warhead
GUR published information on the Russian Klyn kamikaze UAS. It uses an Nvidia Jetson TX2 computing module and LoRa radio modem. It can carry a warhead up to 5kg and a claimed maximum speed of 300 km/h. https://t.co/tFmfsqAXJh https://t.co/OLIwBR1j5G https://t.co/OS4B8fMbjq
For Cheaper Power, Virginia’s Local Utilities Build Small Grid Batteries
Virginia’s Blue Ridge Power Agency is commissioning five 5‑megawatt battery systems that will go live this summer, projected to save member utilities about $100 million over a 20‑year horizon. Lightshift Energy, the developer, highlights its ability to move from contract to...
Walmart Could Be Prepping a Budget Smart Speaker with Gemini Baked In
Walmart is poised to launch a budget Onn smart speaker that embeds Google’s Gemini generative AI, marking the first third‑party device to run the technology. The CSA filing shows the speaker will support Google Cast for Audio, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, a...
Titan Pro All Set for E-ZPass Use
Star Systems International announced that its Titan Pro toll reader has received E‑ZPass revenue‑use approval. The device was validated across more than 30,000 complex traffic scenarios, including high‑speed and multi‑lane environments. Titan Pro supports four high‑speed antenna ports, simultaneous multi‑protocol...
Designing Chips In The Context Of Rapidly Evolving AI
Chip architects are grappling with the accelerating pace of AI model evolution, especially for edge‑centric, agentic workloads. Experts from Arm, Cadence, Rambus, Siemens EDA and others stress that memory hierarchy, data movement and reliable‑availability‑service (RAS) now dominate performance‑power‑area (PPA) trade‑offs....
From Simulation Checkpoints To Continuous Physics
Semiconductor teams have relied on iterative, checkpoint‑based simulation, but growing design complexity is exposing its limits. Advanced packaging now demands physics insight that adapts instantly to geometry, material, and load changes. Continuous physics reasoning injects solver‑grounded analysis directly into the...
Avinox Creates Restricted M2S Motor Variant to Gain UCI Race Approval
Avinox has introduced a restricted version of its M2S drive unit, the M2S Race750, which caps peak power at 750 W to meet UCI e‑mountain bike regulations. The limitation is achieved through a firmware detune rather than hardware changes, allowing the motor...
Tesla’s New EV Charger Looks Familiar, But It’s Nothing Like Its Predecessors
Tesla introduced the Basecharger, an all‑in‑one DC fast charger aimed at electric truck depots. It can deliver up to 125 kW, recharging a Tesla Semi to roughly 60% in four hours. The unit eliminates the bulky power cabinet found in V4...
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 Spotted With 192GB Memory and New iGPU
AMD’s upcoming Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 APU surfaced in a PassMark database, indicating early benchmark testing. The chip packs 16 CPU cores, 32 threads and a Radeon 8065S integrated GPU, an upgrade from the prior 8060S. It also supports a...
SpectraFlow Supplying Online Analyser to Chinese Iron Ore Producer Conglin
SpectraFlow Analytics secured a contract to deliver its Crossbelt Online Analyser to Conglin Group’s Ziluyi North iron ore mine in Xinjiang, China. The NIR‑based system will monitor crushed ore every 420 ms, allowing real‑time blending adjustments and consistent product quality before...
AI Infrastructure: Why Buildout Matters More Than Apps>
The AI boom is moving from a software‑centric story to an infrastructure‑driven cycle, mirroring the early internet and electrification eras. Scaling large models demands massive compute, power, cooling and high‑speed networking, turning chips, data centers, energy and automation into the...
Is Asus Repair Center Still a Total Disaster?
A buyer of the ASUS ProArt P16, purchased for $1,666, reports severe fan noise and suspects defective bearings common to the model. The user is weighing whether to send the laptop to ASUS’s warranty service, fearing the repair center may claim...
Reolink Solar Floodlight Security Camera (F310B ) Review
Reolink’s new Solar Floodlight Cam combines a true 1,000‑lumen floodlight with a 2K (4 MP) camera, delivering bright, wide‑area illumination and high‑resolution video without any wiring. The unit runs on a 7,800 mAh battery recharged by a 3‑W solar panel, promising up...
Advantech Adds Intel Core Series 3 to Edge AI Systems
Advantech announced it will embed Intel’s Core Series 3 processors into its industrial embedded boards and edge AI systems, beginning with a lineup launching in April 2026. The hybrid six‑core silicon combines performance and efficient cores, an Xe3 GPU and Intel NPU 5.0,...
RFID Accelerates Billing in China's Smart Cafeterias
Seamless Smart Cafeterias: RFID #Technology Speeds Up Billing in China by @XueJia24682 #ArtificialIntelligence #EmergingTech #Innovation #Tech https://t.co/6NLhML9ZzL
Artificial Retina Uses Biological Liquid Medium for Direct-to-Display ‘Vision’
Italian researchers led by Prof. Thomas M. Brown unveiled BIOPIX, a bio‑electronic hybrid retina emulator that embeds organic photodetectors in a liquid Ames medium. The proof‑of‑concept includes a 2 × 2 cone‑type array for colour and a 4 × 4 rod‑type array for grayscale,...
Glowing Probe Detects Multiple Antibiotics with Just a Smartphone
Researchers in Italy unveiled a proof‑of‑concept sensor array that blends solid‑state electronics with a liquid electrolyte, effectively mimicking biological vision and allowing a smartphone to detect multiple antibiotics via fluorescence. In parallel, a heat‑resistant polyamide was engineered to emit pure...
Honda Shows Zero-Emissions Tech at ACT Expo 2026
At the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, Honda announced it will begin offering its Mobile Power Pack e: (MPP) swappable battery for U.S. B2B product integrations starting in June. The portable battery is designed to reduce charging time, extend range, and...
Speed Is Its Priority: KTC 24N1 400-Hz Gaming Monitor Reviewed
The KTC H25N1 is a 24.1‑inch gaming monitor that pushes a 400 Hz refresh rate and 1 ms GTG response thanks to aggressive overdrive. Built around a TN panel, it offers lightning‑fast pixel transitions and flicker‑free operation, but sacrifices contrast and viewing‑angle...
New Optical Tactile Sensor Tracks Head Motion in Radiotherapy
Developing an optical tactile sensor for tracking head motion during radiotherapy: an interview with Bhoomika Gandhi by Ella Scallan https://t.co/pWXvBv5kUs
Check Out Every Major Smarphone Launch in May Including Vivo X300 Ultra, Oppo X9 Ultra, and OnePlus Nord CE 6
India’s smartphone market is set for a busy May, with Vivo, OnePlus and Oppo unveiling multiple high‑end models. Vivo will launch the X300 Ultra and X300 FE on May 6, featuring a 200 MP primary sensor, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and a 7,000 mAh battery. OnePlus...
Robotic Fingertips Restore Surgeons' Tactile Feedback
Restoring surgeons’ sense of touch with robotic fingertips By Anthony King / Horizon Magazine https://t.co/71aGOVJwyQ
AMD’s Ryzen AI Halo Box Is Set to Launch in June – Strix Halo Apparently Gets Its Own Developer Enclosure
AMD is preparing a dedicated developer system called the Ryzen AI Halo Box, slated for a June 2026 release. The box will be built around the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, which packs 16 Zen 5 cores, a Radeon 8060S iGPU with 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units, an XDNA 2...
Intel SGX: Old Trusted Execution Architecture Catches Up with the Embedded World – New Security Warning for Gemini Lake Systems
Intel has issued a security advisory covering SGX vulnerabilities on Gemini Lake (Goldmont Plus) CPUs launched in 2017‑18. The flaws stem from well‑known side‑channel and speculative‑execution issues that remain exploitable on systems lacking recent microcode or firmware patches. Because these low‑cost...
Gigabyte’s RTX 5090 Infinity Reappears for Its 40th Anniversary – but that Does Not Prove a Launch Yet
Gigabyte has added the AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Infinity to its website, detailing a 32 GB GDDR7, 512‑bit card with a novel Double‑Flow‑Through cooling system and a compact 33 cm length. The model, unveiled at CES 2026, is positioned as a prestige variant for...
FreshAI at Checkout: Faster Exits. Happier Returns.
Mettler Toledo’s FreshAI at Checkout uses AI‑driven item recognition to speed grocery checkout lines, delivering 99% accuracy and scanning each item in roughly half a second. The solution eliminates manual entry errors, cuts labor costs, and reduces shrinkage, translating into higher...
Sandvik Coromant Sensorized Turning Adapter Provides Real-Time Insight for Turning Operations
Sandvik Coromant introduced the CoroTurn Plus sensorized turning adapter, which captures cutting forces, vibration, chatter and incut status in real time. The data streams to CoroPlus Viewer for passive visualization or to CoroPlus Connected for active machine‑level protection. By flagging...