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Can a Computer Science Student Be Taught to Design Hardware? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | by Liz Allan | get Microprocessor → | tags: chip, design, engineering

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Brace for a barren landscape of new hardware launches, as AI demand reshapes the world of consumer electronics — trillions in AI investment threaten to derail entire industries (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Sayem Ahmed | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: chips, consumer, market

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Apple plans M5-based Private Cloud Compute architecture for Apple Intelligence (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-17 | by Chance Miller | get Cloud Compute Architecture → | tags: apple, chips, cloud

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Sony considering PlayStation 6 delay to 2029, while Nintendo could hike Switch 2 price, according to report — memory and storage chip shortage now impacting products outside of RAM, storage, and GPUs (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Jowi Morales | get Memory → | tags: chip, memory, nintendo

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Tech tinkerer gets Gemini to help him 'vibe code' an x86 motherboard design — bot help was impressive, but project still required human awareness and intervention (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Bruno Ferreira | get CPU → | tags: chip, design, gemini

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Secondhand Laptop Market Goes 'Mainstream' Amid Memory Crunch (slashdot.org)

2026-02-17 | by Posted | get Laptop → | tags: amid, amid shortages, brand

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Micron Is Spending $200 Billion to Break the AI Memory Bottleneck (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-17 | get Neural Network → | tags: centers, centers hunger, chips

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How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B valuation in 4 months (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-16 | by Julie Bort | get Neuralink → | tags: chip, chips, design

549.

Apple's next event is set for March 4 (engadget.com)

2026-02-16 | get iPhone → | tags: advertisement, apple, apple expected

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Switch 2 pricing and next PlayStation release could be impacted by memory shortage (theverge.com)

2026-02-16 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Memory → | tags: bloomberg, chip, console

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Arm wants a bigger slice of the chip business (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-16 | get Microprocessor → | tags: arm wants, bigger, bigger slice

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Report: Apple’s upcoming low-cost MacBook will come in ‘fun colors,’ launch next month (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-15 | by Michael Burkhardt | get MacBook → | tags: apple, chip, cost

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Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset's EDAC driver — removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Motherboard → | tags: chipset, hardware, incompatibilities

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Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset — driver removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Motherboard → | tags: chipset, hardware, incompatibilities

555.

Chiplets Get Physical: The Days of Mix-and-Match Silicon Draw Nigh (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | by Max Maxfield | get Microprocessors → | tags: chiplet summit, cadence, ai applications

556.

iPhone 18 Pro could get next-gen N2 chip, pushing an exciting trend (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-13 | by Ryan Christoffel | get N2 Chip → | tags: apple, apple silicon, chip

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Framework's latest update brings more bad news about memory and storage pricing crisis — RAM costs increased to $12 to $16 per GB, recommends purchasing some models elsewhere for Framework Laptop DIY Edition customers (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-13 | get RAM → | tags: announced, announced try, average

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OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark on Cerebras chips — marks AI giants first production deployment away from Nvidia (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-13 | by Luke James | get GPT-5.3 → | tags: cerebras, chips, codex

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Tachyum forced to shutter R&D office due to unpaid rent, wages, and taxes — firm still claims forthcoming Prodigy chip will have a 21x performance leap on Nvidia Rubin Ultra (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-13 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Prodigy chip → | tags: bratislava, bratislava offices, chip

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These are the closest things to AirTags for Android users (and better in some ways) (zdnet.com)

2026-02-12 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Smartwatch Tags → | tags: airtag, apple, built

561.

Memory chip stocks: Why Micron and Sandisk are soaring today as shortage fuels global RAM demand (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-12 | get Memory chips → | tags: chips, chips seen, companies make

562.

Anthropic Enters Midterm-Election Showdown Over AI Regulation (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-12 | get Neural Network → | tags: artificial, artificial intelligence, chips

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Ryzen revenue share jumps 14.6% as AMD takes 42.6% of the desktop market (techspot.com)

2026-02-12 | get CPU → | tags: amd ryzen, benchmarks, benchmarks revenue

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Apple releases macOS 26.3, here’s what’s new (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-11 | by Marcus Mendes | get MacOS → | tags: apple, chip, macos

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U.S. government plans tariff exemptions for TSMC, if it follows through on American investment — $165 billion already pledged to increase production capacity, but details of the deal are still murky (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-11 | by Jon Martindale | get TSMC → | tags: capacity, chip, trade

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SMIC CEO Says Industry ‘Panicked’ About Memory Supply Shortage (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-11 | get Memory → | tags: chief, chief executive, china

567.

Large-scale quantum communication networks with integrated photonics (feeds.nature.com)

2026-02-11 | by Zheng | get Quantum Dot → | tags: chips, client, client chips

568.

Ayaneo Next 2 Windows handheld goes official with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 — also features massive 116 Whr battery, and a starting price of $1,799 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-10 | by Kunal Khullar | get Ryzen → | tags: ayaneo, chip, credit

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White House mulling tariff exemptions for Big Tech — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, other AI hyperscalers to be spared worst of import duties with U.S.-Taiwan deal (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-10 | by Jowi Morales | get Cloud → | tags: billion, chip, chips

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Taiwan rebuffs U.S. push to absorb 40% of its chip supply chain (cnbc.com)

2026-02-10 | by Dylan Butts | get Semiconductors → | tags: billion, chip, semiconductor