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Subnormal floating-point numbers are expensive on Intel processors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Https | tags: subnormal numbers, ieee floating-point, intel xeon

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OpenAI says its next-generation processors could be made at Samsung — double-sourcing with TSMC hints at massive volume requirements [Updated] (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-09 | by Anton Shilov | get Chip War Chris Miller book → | tags: openai, samsung foundry, tsmc

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OpenAI says its next-generation processors could be made at Samsung — double-sourcing with TSMC hints at massive volume requirements (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-09 | by Anton Shilov | get Chip War Chris Miller book → | tags: openai, samsung foundry, tsmc

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What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | by Authorization | get Square Reader for contactless and chip → | tags: visa, mastercard, card networks

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Can AI Save Science? (computer.org)

2026-09-08 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card → | tags: genesis mission, doe, amd

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Minisforum launches local AI solutions at IFA 2026 — AI Agent NAS N5 and AI Mini Workstation MS-S1 use AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 processors designed to run models locally (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-04 | by Jowi Morales | get Seagate IronWolf Pro 20TB NAS hard drive → | tags: minisforum, ifa 2026, ryzen ai max+ pro 495

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Intel's Core Ultra 400 'Nova Lake' launch schedule leaks out — mass production in Q4, first Nova Lake CPUs in Q1 2027 (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-03 | by Anton Shilov | get Intel Core Ultra 9 285K → | tags: intel, nova lake, core ultra 400

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Nvidia is buying popular open-source AI hub Hugging Face for $12.9 billion (techspot.com)

2026-09-03 | by Rob Thubron | get NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit → | tags: nvidia, hugging face, ai models

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Nvidia is reportedly buying the popular open-source AI hub Hugging Face for $12.9 billion (techspot.com)

2026-08-27 | by Rob Thubron | get NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit → | tags: nvidia, hugging face, ai processors

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Nvidia closes in on $12.9 billion Hugging Face acquisition as neutrality concerns mount (techspot.com)

2026-08-27 | by Rob Thubron | get NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit → | tags: nvidia, hugging face, ai processors

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The hidden chip compromise lurking in today’s $1,000 smartphones (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: smartphone processors, google tensor g6, flagship chips

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Google Pixel Watch 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy Watch 9: I compared this year's flagship smartwatches. Here's which wins (zdnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Nina Raemont | tags: google pixel watch 5, samsung galaxy watch 9, qualcomm processors

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AMD's upcoming Zen 6 processors could fix microstutters and improve 1% lows in games — Next-gen CPUs tipped to feature per-core optimizations for thermal and power budgets (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd zen 6, ryzen 10000, cpuc performance control

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The Prospects for 128 Bit Processors ( John Mashey SGI 1995) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: sgi, 128-bit, drams

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Ten Ways NAS Is Getting Enshitified (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: nas, x86 processors, intel n100

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30 years of CPUs at Tom’s Hardware — looking back on three decades of processors, from the Pentium II to Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd, intel, ryzen

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Intel licenses Atom-class x86 cores to startup — firm reportedly sharing RTL, enabling customer to build its own custom processors based on x86 general-purpose cores (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Anton Shilov | tags: intel, atom processor, rosaiclabs

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How silicon-chip technology is being re-engineered for quantum computing (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Ares | tags: silicon-chip, quantum computing, quantum processors

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AMD exec was ‘very happy’ to see Nvidia‘s Vera performance results – ‘I actually thought we were beating them by smaller numbers’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-24 | by Jake Roach | tags: nvidia vera, amd zen 6, spec cpu 2026

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Intel rides AI boom to fastest revenue growth in almost 15 years, but shares sink (cnbc.com)

2026-07-24 | by Kif Leswing | tags: intel, server processors, cpu

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Intel's stock jumps as chipmaker rides AI boom to fastest revenue growth in almost 15 years (cnbc.com)

2026-07-23 | by Kif Leswing | tags: intel, ai infrastructure, server processors

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Intel's stock jumps 11% as chipmaker rides AI boom to fastest revenue growth in almost 15 years (cnbc.com)

2026-07-23 | by Kif Leswing | tags: intel, ai boom, server processors

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AMD and Cerebras partner on low-latency, high-throughput AI inference — EPYC processors in Helios rack-scale infrastructure paired with Cerebras' Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) solutions (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-23 | by Anton Shilov | tags: amd, cerebras, epyc

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TSMC eyes price hikes of up to 25% on chip production services in 2027, report claims — plans to raise baseline prices by 5% to 10% on advanced nodes (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-21 | by Anton Shilov | tags: tsmc, advanced nodes, 7nm

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Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-15 | tags: connection, connection machine, feynman

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Developer successfully ports Linux to 1994 Sega 32X — Genesis and MegaDrive expansion runs open-source OS on paltry 23MHz processors and 256KB of RAM (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-15 | by Mark Tyson | tags: access, cakehonolulu, genesis

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Apple Is Reportedly Accelerating Chip Releases Due to AI Pressure (cnet.com)

2026-07-13 | by See Full Bio | tags: apple, processor, processors

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Samsung readies Gaia AI accelerator for PCs — HP and Lenovo are reportedly validating the NPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-10 | by Anton Shilov | tags: gaia, processors, samsung

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Dev ports Linux to Atari's notorious Jaguar console from 1993 — the first 64-bit console features 2MB of RAM, 13.3 MHz CPU, and Tom and Jerry co-processors; the Jag was notoriously difficult to program and flopped (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-07 | by Mark Tyson | tags: atari, atari jaguar, console

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Intel confirms price hikes on select consumer and server CPUs citing supply costs and demand — select Xeon processors now over $1,000 more expensive (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-03 | by Anton Shilov | get Intel Xeon Processor → | tags: core, intel, prices