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Intel leaks 44‑core Nova Lake‑S desktop processor, up from 42 cores
Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake‑S desktop line now includes a leaked 44‑core SKU, replacing the previously announced 42‑core model. The design uses two identical 8P+12E compute tiles, freeing up 6P+12E tiles that could be sold as lower‑priced, locked non‑K variants with on‑die big last‑level cache (bLLC).
SK Hynix announced an additional 21.6 trillion won ($15 bn) investment to expand its first semiconductor fab in Yongin, raising the total spend to 31 trillion won. The funding, slated for March 2026‑December 2030, will add five clean rooms, bringing the site to six and moving the first clean‑room start‑up to February 2027. The expansion targets soaring AI, data‑center and high‑performance computing chip demand. It dovetails with South Korea’s ambition to achieve 50% supply‑chain self‑sufficiency and capture 10% of the global market by 2030.
Nio’s intelligent‑driving chip subsidiary, GeniTech (Shenji), has signed definitive agreements to secure a CN¥2.26 billion investment from a consortium of Chinese investors. The investors will purchase newly issued shares, giving them a collective 27.3% stake while Nio retains a 62.7% controlling...
HONOR unveiled the MagicPad 4, its first tablet to ship with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 mobile platform, positioning it against the iPad Pro and Galaxy Tab S series. The 12.3‑inch OLED screen offers a 165 Hz refresh rate, 2,400‑nit peak brightness, and a 4.8 mm thin chassis...
HONOR unveiled the MagicPad 4, its first tablet powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 mobile platform, and slated for a global launch on 2 March 2026. The 12.3‑inch OLED display delivers a 165 Hz refresh rate, 2,400 nits peak brightness, and a 93 % screen‑to‑body ratio while the...
Exaviz has introduced the Cruiser carrier board for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, delivering an 8‑port PoE+ switch, 2.5 GbE WAN, NVMe storage, dual HDMI, USB connectivity, and ESP32‑C6 wireless. The lineup includes three variants: the full‑feature Cruiser with eight...
Nvidia announced that its Shield TV line will continue receiving software support, rolling out the Shield Experience 9.2.4 update for all devices. The patch brings January 2026 security updates and resolves several high‑profile bugs, including Disney+ playback and Bluetooth remote disconnects. This...
Mindfactory’s latest sales data shows NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5080 has become the top‑selling card within the RTX 50 lineup, outpacing the RTX 5070 Ti and other 16 GB variants. AMD retains overall market leadership at the retailer, with the Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9060 XT leading the...
LM Studio and Tailscale have launched LM Link, a feature that lets developers access remote GPU rigs as if they were locally attached. The solution replaces public APIs and SSH tunnels with a private, WireGuard‑encrypted tunnel built on Tailscale’s userspace tsnet...
Asia stocks rally: Japan & S.Korea hit records as Nvidia lifts chipmakers; China/HK mixed, BOJ inflation data a risk. Trade: buy Korean memory names on pullbacks. 📈 — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
A user on an enthusiast forum is attempting chip‑level repair of a Biostar B460GTA Rev 5.0 motherboard but cannot locate the boardview or circuit diagram. The poster, based in China, sought help downloading a purported schematic from a dubious website and...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has launched DIAVAULT, an industrial‑grade edge data centre platform that integrates power, cooling and AI compute for on‑premise processing. The solution targets low‑latency, secure workloads in manufacturing, defense and 5G environments, addressing data‑privacy and latency concerns of...
The Goldman Sachs list of AI winners & losers: Supposed winners: - Cloudflare - CrowdStrike - Palo Alto Networks - Oracle - Microsoft - Amazon - Alphabet - Nvidia - TSMC - Micron - Arista Networks - Palantir - Zoom - Vertiv - Eaton - NextEra Energy Supposed losers: - https://t.co/yZK0mvfWhp - Salesforce - DocuSign - Accenture - Duolingo - Workday - SAP - Atlassian - UiPath -...
The PHLX Semiconductor index: ASML, TSMC, Texas Instruments, AMD, Nvidia, NXP, Qorvo, Qualcomm, Applied Materials, Broadcom etc. More than a ten-bagger in the past decade https://t.co/P0OKb3JVYf
Nvidia projected fiscal Q1 revenue of about $78 billion, topping the average Wall Street forecast of $72.8 billion and approaching the high‑end $80 billion outlook. CEO Jensen Huang highlighted a surge in enterprise adoption of AI agents, indicating that corporate customers are joining...
Quobly, a French silicon‑based quantum computing pioneer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore’s Entropica Labs to co‑design fault‑tolerant quantum systems. The alliance integrates Entropica’s compiler and optimization stack directly with Quobly’s silicon spin‑qubit architecture, targeting early‑stage hardware‑software co‑design....
$NVDA buying up all the memory. This makes more sense now that we realize they have secured most, if not all, they need for 2026 and some of 2027. https://t.co/Ll2W3Fcc35
AMD announced a $250 million strategic partnership with Nutanix, buying $150 million of Nutanix common stock and committing up to $100 million for joint R&D and go‑to‑market efforts. The collaboration will integrate Nutanix’s Cloud and Kubernetes platforms with AMD’s EPYC CPUs, Instinct GPUs,...
Terawulf Inc. reported a transformative 2025, shifting from Bitcoin mining to a power‑backed high‑performance computing (HPC) platform. Revenue rose 20% to $168.5 million, driven by $12.8 billion of credit‑enhanced HPC lease contracts and $6.5 billion of new financing. Adjusted HPC margin reached 77%...
D‑Wave Quantum reported fiscal 2025 revenue of $24.6 million, up 179% year‑over‑year, driven by $16.2 million in system sales and $5.5 million in QCaaS subscriptions. Bookings jumped 471% in Q4 to $13.4 million after a €10 million multiyear contract, while the sales pipeline expanded nearly...
NCC Croatia partnered with Lürssen Design Centre Kvarner to embed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and high‑performance computing (HPC) into superyacht ventilation design. Engineers received hands‑on training and used OpenFOAM on NCC’s supercomputer to model a real‑world duct network. The simulations...
Dell introduced the PowerEdge XR9700, a ruggedized, liquid‑cooled server built for edge AI and cloud‑RAN deployments in harsh outdoor settings. The chassis is IP66 sealed and operates from –40°F to 115°F, eliminating the need for climate‑controlled shelters. Powered by Intel’s...
Renishaw has integrated time‑resolved Raman spectroscopy (TRRS) into its inVia confocal Raman microscope, pairing a newly developed single‑photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array detector with 50‑picosecond timing precision. The technique isolates Raman‑scattered photons from slower fluorescence, delivering high‑quality spectra for samples...
Nvidia posted a record $68 billion quarter, a 73% year‑over‑year increase, driven largely by its data‑center business. Data‑center revenue reached $62 billion, split between $51 billion in compute and $11 billion in networking products, pushing full‑year revenue to $215 billion. The company still reports no...
Motorola unveiled a preview of its upcoming Razr Fold at CES 2026, showcasing a surprisingly thin, book‑style foldable that sits between the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Pixel 10 Pro Fold in design. The company hinted that full specifications and a potential launch timeline will...
Benchmarks support that while the chip isn’t completely different than the last Qualcomm CPU, it is faster, especially on multicore. S26Ultra on right, S25 Ultra on left. The difference is even more pronounced on the GPU side. #GalaxyUnpacked
Ciena introduced the Vesta 200 6.4T CPX, a pluggable co‑packaged optical (CPO) engine that delivers the industry’s highest density and up to 70% lower power consumption. The module supports 200 Gb/s per lane, retimer‑free linear‑drive operation and a 20 dB electrical loss budget, enabling...
Simon Fraser University has signed memoranda of understanding with Cerio, Corix and Moment Energy to deepen the sustainability of its Cedar Supercomputing Centre, Canada’s most powerful academic HPC system. The centre already runs on clean hydroelectric power and boasts a...
Ascent Solar Technologies has supplied its lightweight, flexible CIGS photovoltaic blankets to NOVI Space’s N‑1 ATLAS spacecraft. The N‑1 ATLAS, a toaster‑sized hyperspectral imaging satellite, will launch aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter‑16 in March and generate 150 W of power. The integration...
The LLVM Clang 22 compiler was benchmarked on an AMD EPYC 9655P Zen 5 server and showed performance largely identical to Clang 21 across a suite of open‑source C/C++ workloads. Tests also confirmed that Clang 22 remains neck‑and‑neck with GCC on the same hardware, with only modest,...
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Samsung has upgraded its Audio Eraser tool on the Galaxy S26, enabling real‑time voice isolation across popular streaming and social apps. Integrated into One UI 8.5, users can toggle the feature, adjust its strength, and enable a Voice Focus mode. Demonstrations show...
The FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services division has issued a Request for Information seeking near‑infrared iris cameras that can capture both eyes in a single enrollment. The RFI covers fixed devices for booking stations and mobile units for field use,...
The article shows how to transform an outdated Android phone into a functional e‑reader with a few simple tweaks. By swapping the stock launcher for a minimalist alternative, enabling a blue‑light filter, and loading reading‑focused apps, the device mimics the...
Vast Data and Nvidia have launched the CNode‑X, a GPU‑powered server that embeds the Vast Data AI Operating System directly onto Nvidia hardware. The integrated solution is optimized for AI pipelines, high‑performance analytics, vector search, retrieval‑augmented generation and agentic workloads....
Mouser Electronics, in partnership with Microchip Technology and Samtec, has released an eBook titled “8 Experts on PCIe for Emerging Embedded Systems.” The guide gathers insights from eight industry leaders—including Bosch, DANA, Synopsys, Tektronix and Visteon—to help engineers tackle PCIe integration...
Caspia Technologies announced the general availability of CODAx V2026.1, an AI‑enhanced RTL security analyzer that checks over 150 insecure coding practices against more than 1,000 hardware vulnerability references. The tool can scan half‑million lines of RTL in under an hour,...
Hands-down the most interesting feature of the S26 Ultra: the new Privacy Display. Samsung spent five years developing a screen that could do the same job as the stick-on privacy protectors that prevent "shoulder surfing" ... but this one can be...
The article explains why 15,000 RPM hard‑disk drives never achieved mainstream adoption. Extreme rotational speeds caused heat, power draw, vibration‑induced head crashes, and intolerable acoustic noise. These mechanical barriers made the drives costly and unreliable, especially compared with emerging solid‑state technology....
Internet Service Providers shape every click by routing traffic through dozens of networks, adding latency that spikes during peak hours. Congestion can degrade residential speeds by 25% or more, especially where legacy copper lines remain. ISPs also employ traffic‑shaping tools...
HPE’s AI and supercomputing leader Nithin Mohan argues that enterprise AI is now limited by infrastructure rather than algorithms. He highlights how exascale computing, high‑speed data movement, and system reliability are essential to move AI from demos to production. The conversation...
One of the biggest divergences in the market overall & tech trade specifically...has been the outperformance of semiconductors & underperformance of software...being long chips & short software has produced a massive return since June 2025. What is the potential catalyst for...
Been hearing via supply chain friendlies, NVIDIA has secured most of the HBM, making it scarce for competitors. Reminds me of iPod days when Apple secured all the storage as others were trying to compete with them in MP3 players.
GlobalWafers has launched Phase II production at its Sherman, Texas silicon‑wafer fab, a $4 billion expansion that brings total regional investment to $7.5 billion. The 12‑inch wafer line will supply Texas Instruments, TSMC and other partners producing chips for Apple. The project receives...
I’m surprised that $NVDA isn’t up big time after that masterpiece. Crushed the whisper, too.
On Q1 FY27 guidance, NVIDIA TTM revenues of ~$250 billion. Three years ago (in Q1 FY24), TTM revenues were $25.9 billion. https://t.co/n7nDwriJvG
A new review in Nanoenergy Advances highlights how atomically thin, graphene‑like memristors can store information directly in their molecular lattice, offering fast, dense, and energy‑efficient switching. The paper details how graphene oxide, diamane, and layered chalcogenides achieve controllable resistance changes...
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on VAST Data today at VAST FWD in SLC - https://t.co/5VYAhyx8RC
Great to be on @CNBCTheExchange with @KellyCNBC discussing what to expect from Nvidia and the Godfather of AI Jensen and Nvidia with tonight’s key earnings. Also walking thru the “AI Ghost Trade” black cloud over the software sector and how...
this is cool as hell. new Samsung display tech uses narrow pixels to give privacy screen to certain apps and even smaller elements like notifications, making it so people around you can't see private info https://t.co/IpQYd5od6I
Just keeps going $FORM Seeing this Co-Packaged Optics discussed across a bunch of big winners this year https://t.co/sosRLrP3tq
Back-End Automation Tackles Growing Complexity: As packaging complexity rises, the industry faces gaps in data, inspection, & process integration https://t.co/14Rnd13D5a #semiconductor #automation #metrology @aseglobal @cohu_inc @oontoinnovation @yieldWerx #semiconductortest https://t.co/iG4eFqvoOn
