Apple, Samsung Dominate 2025 List of Highest-Shipping Models Across Regions
Apple and Samsung captured the top two shipping slots worldwide in 2025, according to Counterpoint Research. Apple’s iPhone 16 5G led premium markets in North America, Europe and APAC, while Samsung’s Galaxy A16 5G was the sole Android in North America’s top five. In Latin America and the Middle East‑Africa, entry‑mid‑tier Samsung models outperformed Apple’s offerings, with all top five devices being 4G. The data highlights a clear premium‑versus‑budget split across regions.
Amazon Is Trying to Sell Out of Its Fire TV Remotes — Maybe New Remotes Are Coming
Amazon has unusually slashed prices on both its standard and Enhanced Fire TV remotes, offering discounts up to $15 within a two‑week span. The standard remote, normally $30, saw three separate reductions, while the Enhanced model received three cuts ranging...
TIM Brasil Teams up with Huawei to Upgrade 5G Network
TIM Brasil announced a partnership with Huawei to upgrade its 5G network using AI‑driven smart antennas. The rollout will initially span eight major Brazilian metropolitan areas, covering roughly 30% of TIM’s 5G base stations. These sites handle about 27% of...
Nvidia GTC 2026: Wiwynn Showcases Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 AI Factory Infrastructure
At GTC 2026, Wiwynn unveiled a suite of Nvidia‑powered AI factory solutions built with Wistron, featuring the liquid‑cooled Vera Rubin NVL72 platform that unifies 72 GPUs and 36 CPUs. The announcement highlighted up to ten‑fold performance‑per‑watt gains, fanless HGX Rubin NVL8...
Nvidia GTC 2026: MiTAC Accelerates Next-Gen AI with Turnkey Solutions and Flexible Nvidia MGX
At Nvidia GTC 2026, MiTAC Computing unveiled a new line of MGX‑based 4U AI servers designed for large‑scale training, inference and retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) workloads. The flagship platform supports up to eight double‑width GPUs, dual AMD EPYC Venice or Intel Xeon 6700P...
Nvidia GTC 2026: Hyve Solutions Shares What It Actually Takes to Build AI Infrastructure at Scale
Hyve Solutions, a TD SYNNEX subsidiary, showcased its AI infrastructure platform Hyve Orion at Nvidia’s GTC 2026 in San Jose. The Orion system leverages Nvidia’s latest HGX Rubin NVL8 accelerator to deliver hyperscale compute for demanding AI workloads. SVP of global engineering Rami Khouri...
Clustag Launches Integrated RFID Reader Tag Inspector
Clustag has unveiled Tag Inspector, the first open‑source application for smartphones equipped with integrated RFID readers, aimed at technical validation, R&D, and test‑lab environments. The tool runs on Zebra’s EM45‑RFID and TC53e‑RFID handsets and can read tags from multiple manufacturers,...
Captain America: Can Elon Musk Save America’s Chip Manufacturing Industry?
Elon Musk turned a dead GM‑Toyota plant into the highest‑volume auto factory in North America, proving that cultural overhaul can revive failing manufacturing assets. The U.S. semiconductor sector now faces a similar crisis: Intel, Samsung and other fabs suffer from...
Review: BELTTT 1000Watt 12V DC to 120V AC Pure Sine Wave Inverter
The BELTTT 1000‑watt 12 V DC‑to‑120 V AC pure‑sine‑wave inverter delivers a solid 1000 W continuous output, making it suitable for most RV and off‑grid applications. It achieves roughly 85 % conversion efficiency, extending battery life even under sustained loads. The unit includes built‑in...
MacBook Pro Charging: MagSafe vs USB-C
Apple reintroduced MagSafe on the 2021 MacBook Pro, restoring the magnetic charging experience that was discontinued in 2016. The latest models also retain USB‑C charging, creating a dual‑port ecosystem that gives users a choice between safety‑focused MagSafe and the high‑power,...
Rewiring Taiwan’s Display Industry: From FOPLP to Satellite Connectivity and the Micro-LED CPO Shift
Taiwan’s flat‑panel manufacturers are pivoting from traditional LCD production to advanced packaging, satellite antennas, and micro‑LED co‑packaged optics (CPO) to meet exploding AI‑driven data‑center bandwidth demands. Bandwidth requirements have surged from 400 Gb/s to as high as 3.2 Tb/s, prompting a shift...
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 9’s Secret Weapon: 30% Better Efficiency with Snapdragon Elite
Samsung is set to launch the Galaxy Watch 9 with a 435 mAh battery and a Snapdragon Elite processor that promises roughly 30% better power efficiency. The watch aims to extend daily usage while supporting health monitoring, fitness tracking, and real‑time notifications....
GMKtec K13 Mini PC Tests Intel Core Ultra 7256V Gaming at 1080p
Intel and GMKtec have launched the K13 mini PC, built around the Core Ultra 7256V CPU and ARC 140V iGPU. The device targets 1080p gaming, leveraging XESS multi‑frame generation to lift frame rates in supported titles. It offers Wi‑Fi 6E, USB 4, and adjustable...
Google Pixel 11 Pro XL Leak: Massive 5,400 mAh Battery and 45W Charging Revealed
Google’s upcoming Pixel 11 series, slated for an August‑October 2026 launch, introduces the Pixel 11 Pro XL with a massive 5,400 mAh battery and 45 W wired charging. The lineup is powered by the new Tensor G6 2 nm chipset and a MediaTek M90 5G modem, delivering...
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Vs. IPhone 17 Pro Max: 2026 Flagship Comparison
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra and Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro Max represent the 2026 flagship tier, each pushing hardware and software boundaries. The S26 Ultra distinguishes itself with a 200 MP camera, 60 W fast charging, an S Pen, and a privacy‑focused display, while...
U-Blox JODY-W6 – NXP IW623/AW693 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4 LE Audio Modules
u‑blox has launched the JODY‑W6 series, integrating NXP IW623/AW693 tri‑band Wi‑Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4 (including LE Audio) into a single LGA module. Seven variants span professional and automotive grades, offering up to 1.34 Gbps combined Wi‑Fi throughput and 2 Mbps Bluetooth data rates....
ASUS Compares the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme to Apple’s M5 Under Questionable Conditions
ASUS showcased the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme against Apple’s M5 using a Diablo IV benchmark run through CrossOver, reporting a 1.31× speed advantage. The analysis highlights that the game is not native to macOS, meaning the emulation layer introduces performance penalties that favor the...
AICore DX-M1M Module Provides 25 TOPS Edge AI Acceleration in M.2 Form Factor
Radxa and DEEPX have launched the AICore DX‑M1M, a 2242‑size M.2 AI accelerator delivering up to 25 TOPS while consuming roughly three watts. The module integrates a DeepX DX‑M1M NPU, 1 GB LPDDR4X memory and PCIe Gen3 ×2 connectivity, fitting compact platforms such as Raspberry Pi 5 and...
That Time I Got to Touch the Original iPhone ↦
At Macworld Expo 2007, a journalist got hands‑on with Apple’s unreleased iPhone, noting its rarity and the tactile allure of its multi‑touch display. The piece highlighted that only a handful of devices existed six months before the official launch, underscoring...
WEBINAR: HBM4E Advances Bandwidth Performance for AI Training
Rambus unveiled its HBM4E memory‑controller IP, targeting the bandwidth bottleneck that AI‑training GPUs face. The new controller delivers the full 16 Gb/s per pin, equating to roughly 4.1 TB/s per device, a two‑fold speed increase over HBM4. In a webinar, Director Nadish Kamath...
Siemens Wins Best in Show Award at Chiplet Summit and Targets Broad 3D IC Design Enablement
Siemens EDA’s Innovator3D IC solution captured the Best in Show award for packaging design at the Chiplet Summit in Santa Clara. The platform offers a unified, system‑level flow that spans design planning, implementation, verification, and manufacturing for heterogeneous 3D ICs. Siemens highlighted...
Allient to Show Drive Systems for Mobile Robots at LogiMAT 2026
Allient Inc. will showcase its newest generation of drive solutions for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) at LogiMAT 2026 in Stuttgart from March 24‑26. The exhibit features the KinetiMax high‑power‑density brushless DC motor series, integrated wheel‑hub...
Hacking a Robot Vacuum
A recent hack of a robot vacuum highlighted the pervasive insecurity of connected consumer devices. Manufacturers often ship IoT products with weak authentication, unencrypted communications, and no reliable patching process. The incident underscores a broader industry trend that prioritizes rapid...
Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3 Headphones and Pi8 Earbuds Come in New Regal Colors
Bowers & Wilkins has added a Vintage Maroon finish to its Px7 S3 noise‑cancelling headphones and introduced Pale Mauve and Dark Burgundy colorways for the Pi8 earbuds. Both products retain flagship audio hardware – 40 mm biocellulose drivers in the headphones...
Industrial RS-485/Modbus Raspberry Pi HAT Works with OpenPLC, Supports 7V-32V DC Input
EngineElectronicAccessories released an Industrial RS‑485/Modbus HAT for Raspberry Pi that integrates a protected RS‑485 transceiver and a wide‑range DC input. The board draws power directly from 7 V‑32 V rails, feeding both the HAT and the Pi via an onboard buck converter. It...
Why No One Built a 360 Camera Light Until Now
Harlowe introduced the Omni 360 2W, a $95 LED light that illuminates the full sphere of 360° cameras. The compact unit delivers 2 W (boostable to 4 W) with adjustable color temperature, gesture‑controlled settings, and a 180° forward mode for traditional shooting. Its...
Berkeley Lab Takes Major Step Toward Doudna with Delivery of Early Access System, Cech
Berkeley Lab’s NERSC has taken delivery of the Cech early‑access system, a scaled‑down prototype of the upcoming Doudna supercomputer. Built by Dell with NVIDIA Grace CPUs and Blackwell GPUs, the rack delivers 5.76 PFLOPS FP64 and 1.44 EFLOPS NVFP4 performance. The installation...
Leak Reveals Details of reMarkable's Next E Ink Tablet
reMarkable is set to launch a fifth device, the Paper Pure, later this year. Leaked by X influencer Evan Blass, the tablet is positioned as a mass‑market offering, contrasting with the premium Paper Pro line. The launch is expected in...
Tivo Stream 4K Is Uninstalling Downloader, Custom Launchers, and ADB Utilities After Latest Update
TiVo Stream 4K received an OS upgrade from Android 10 to Android 12, but the update automatically removes popular sideloading tools such as Downloader, custom launchers, and ADB utilities. Users discovered the system app CoreService is responsible, and can temporarily restore apps by...
Nintendo Switch 2 Boost Mode Doesn't Work with Pikmin Series, Other Major Games
Nintendo’s latest Switch 2 firmware adds Boost Mode, letting original Switch games run in simulated Docked mode at up to 1080p on the handheld. However, the feature excludes the entire Pikmin series and several flagship titles such as Super Mario 3D All Stars and Zelda Skyward Sword HD. Games...
AMD Prototyping AMDGPU SVM Atop DRM_GPUSVM Framework
AMD engineers have released a proof‑of‑concept Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) implementation built on the new DRM_GPUSVM framework. The prototype, though basic, successfully passes the ROCR suite and most AMDKFD and HIP validation tests. It currently lacks advanced features such as...
Comcast & NVIDIA’s Killer AI Cocktail: Edge, SLMs, and 15ms Latency
Comcast and NVIDIA announced a joint deployment that places GPU accelerators at the network edge to run stateful small language models (SLMs) within 15 ms of the user. By processing tokens locally, the solution eliminates the round‑trip latency inherent in centralized...
SEEQC Reports 1st Quantum Computer with Integrated Qubit Control on a Chip at Millikelvin Temperatures
SEEQC announced the first full‑stack quantum computer that integrates superconducting digital control circuitry directly on a chip operating at 10 millikelvin. The five‑qubit processor, paired with a separate SFQ control chip, achieved single‑qubit gate fidelities above 99.5% and demonstrated nanowatt‑scale power...
Accelerating Computational Lithography Using Massively Parallel GPU Rasterizer
Siemens EDA unveiled a GPU‑accelerated rasterization algorithm that transforms computational lithography workflows. By decomposing layouts into tiles and processing them on NVIDIA H100 GPUs, the method attains speedups of up to 290× for Manhattan geometries and 45× for curvilinear designs....
$42 3D Printer Trades Features for Price in “Race to the Bottom”
A $42 Frequency Division Multiplexing 3D printer has hit the market, slashing desktop printer prices to unprecedented lows. The machine offers a 100 × 100 × 100 mm build volume, 230 °C hot end limited to PLA, and print speeds of 10‑40 mm/s. It lacks automated leveling,...
Samsung Pulls Trifold Phone From Market After only Three Months
Samsung announced a premium trifold smartphone in early 2024, pricing it around $1,500 and touting a tablet‑sized display that folds into a pocket‑friendly form factor. Within three months, the device failed to meet sales expectations, prompting the company to pull...
Nvidia GTC 2026: HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 Becomes First Nvidia-Certified Storage Object-Based Platform for Enterprise AI
HPE announced that its Alletra Storage MP X10000 has earned Nvidia‑Certified Storage Foundation validation, becoming the first object‑based platform to achieve this milestone. The certification confirms the system can sustain AI workloads scaling to 128 GPUs, delivering the throughput and...
Nvidia GTC 2026: KIOXIA Announces New SSD Model Optimized for AI GPU-Initiated Workloads
At Nvidia’s GTC 2026, KIOXIA unveiled its new Super High IOPS SSD, the GP Series, designed for direct GPU access in AI workloads. The drive leverages KIOXIA’s XL‑FLASH storage class memory to deliver higher IOPS, 512‑byte granularity, and lower power...
Nvidia GTC 2026: Vdura Unveils RDMA Support and Context-Aware Tiering for GPU-Native AI Infrastructure
Vdura announced GPU‑native RDMA support for its Data Platform, allowing direct memory access between GPUs and storage without CPU involvement. The company also previewed Phase 1 of Context‑Aware Tiering, which will automatically move data across local NVMe SSD, DRAM and persistent...
Breker Hosts an Energetic Panel on Spec-Driven Verification
At DVCon 2026, Breker hosted a panel on AI‑driven, spec‑driven SoC verification featuring leaders from Moores Lab, Breker, Arm, and Intel. Participants highlighted that AI can translate raw specifications into intermediate representations with roughly 90‑95% accuracy, but emphasized the need for...
IPhone 17 vs 17e: 15 Reasons to Spend the Extra $200
Apple launched the budget‑friendly iPhone 17e at $599, while the standard iPhone 17 starts at $799. The price gap translates into a suite of upgrades, including a smoother ProMotion display, longer battery life, enhanced camera optics, and advanced spatial‑computing hardware....
AI Takes Center Stage at the 2026 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
The 2026 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference highlighted AI as the catalyst behind a new generation of inclusive devices. Exhibitors showcased tactile displays, AI‑driven smart glasses, and real‑time captioning solutions that empower users with visual or hearing impairments. Companies such as...
NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition: 10,496 Cores, 32 GB GDDR7, and Finally a GPU that Fits in a...
NVIDIA introduced the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition, a single‑slot, passively cooled GPU delivering 10,496 CUDA cores, 32 GB of GDDR7 memory, and a 165 W TDP. The card targets enterprise workloads such as inference, virtual desktops, video encoding, and edge AI, offering...
NVIDIA’s AI Push Is Getting Even Bigger; Huang Raises the Target to $1 Trillion
At GTC 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced a new AI infrastructure outlook, targeting at least $1 trillion in orders for current and future AI chip systems by the end of 2027. This doubles the previous $500 billion forecast and reflects accelerating demand...
Formal Verification Best Practices
Formal verification offers an exhaustive, mathematical approach to prove hardware designs meet specifications, complementing traditional simulation. Siemens’ white paper outlines best practices such as writing simple assertions, using assumptions to limit state space, and applying abstraction techniques like memory black‑boxing....
WEBINAR: Reclaiming Clock Margin at 3nm and Below
At 3 nm and smaller, clock networks have become the primary limiter of SoC power, performance, and yield, yet most designs still use legacy abstraction‑based sign‑off methods. These methods introduce 25‑35% guard‑band overhead, with 10‑15% of the clock period being unnecessary...
The Missing iMac Special Edition
Stephen Hackett’s 512 Pixels blog post, “The Missing iMac Special Edition,” spotlights a rumored, hard‑to‑find iMac G3 variant that enthusiasts have long chased. The author laments the difficulty of tracking down reliable information, calling the pursuit “cursed.” Alongside the discussion,...
Chinese AI Labs Fall Behind as NVIDIA Compute Access Gap Widens
Chinese AI laboratories are falling behind their U.S. counterparts because they lack access to NVIDIA’s latest compute modules such as the Gro 3 LPU and VR Rubin NVL72. The new hardware delivers up to 35‑times lower token cost and 50‑times...
Samsung Galaxy Wide Fold 8: The Secret Flagship That’s Outshining the Standard Fold
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Wide Fold 8, a premium trifolding flagship that expands screen real estate while retaining pocket‑friendly dimensions. Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the device promises faster multitasking, superior gaming performance, and next‑gen 5G/Wi‑Fi 7 connectivity. A 4,800 mAh battery and 120 Hz...
Press Release: National Airlines Selects Viasat IFC for A330s
Viasat Inc. announced that its in‑flight connectivity solution has been selected for National Airlines’ three new Airbus A330 aircraft. The airline equipped the jets with Viasat’s GM‑40 Ka‑band terminal, delivering high‑capacity Wi‑Fi capable of HD video streaming and AI‑driven applications...