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D-Matrix unveils Raptor 3D-DRAM accelerator chip at Hot Chips 2026

D-Matrix introduced Raptor, a new accelerator that stacks compute logic directly on top of DRAM dies to tackle memory bottlenecks in generative AI inference. The design aims to bridge the gap between SRAM's speed but tiny capacity and HBM's larger capacity but bandwidth and power limitations, following the company's earlier Corsair and JetStream products.

New open format StemJSON lets AI models generate native mobile app UI and logic

A developer has released StemJSON, a JSON-based declarative language designed specifically for AI systems to generate native mobile app interfaces and logic. It can be used to build entirely new apps or to extend existing ones, and is intended to plug into AI tools, prototyping environments, or IDE extensions. The format is open, meaning it can be freely adopted alongside hand-written code in development workflows.

Thief co-creator Randy Smith says graphics fidelity peaked with Alan Wake in 2010

Former Thief designer Randy Smith argued in a recent interview that the games industry should have stopped chasing ever-greater photorealism after Remedy's 2010 title Alan Wake, which he says already delivered enough visual immersion to make players feel part of its world. He said anything beyond that level of graphical polish is just extra 'gravy' that doesn't meaningfully improve gameplay experiences, especially in immersive sims like Thief or Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

Engineer builds Meta Quest 3 to Bambu Lab P2S pipeline for gesture-based 3D printing

Software engineer Hank built a system letting him model a 3D object on his computer, then physically throw it toward his Bambu Lab P2S printer using a Meta Quest 3 headset to trigger the print. The workflow was built with help from an OpenAI GPT model and connects an Android app to a PC web server that talks to the printer's local API. Hank hasn't published the code yet but says he'll share it if there's enough interest.

VW's Mission Efficiency prototype drives 794 miles on single charge

Volkswagen unveiled the Mission Efficiency, a near-production electric coupe prototype built on its MEB+ platform that shares components with the upcoming ID. Polo and ID. Cross models. The teardrop-shaped car achieved a drag coefficient of 0.158, which VW says makes it the world's most aerodynamic road-legal vehicle, and completed a 1,278 km trip from Wolfsburg to Vienna on one charge of its 54.9 kWh battery, arriving with 164 km of range left.

Newegg bundles AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, 8TB Samsung SSD and MSI board for $2,999

Newegg is offering a high-end PC parts bundle combining AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU, an 8TB Samsung 9100 Pro SSD, an MSI X870E Gaming Plus WiFi motherboard, and 32GB of V-Color DDR5-6000 memory for $2,999, down from a combined retail price of $4,288. The deal also throws in a free Cooler Master 240mm AIO cooler and a copy of Onimusha with qualifying AMD purchases. Buyers still need to add a case, power supply, and graphics card to complete the build.

Altman backs call for AI safety framework, warns of losing control to models

Sam Altman publicly detailed how AI safety rules could be structured, joining Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Elon Musk in urging the industry to slow its pace of advanced model development. He identified two failure scenarios: AI progress spiraling beyond human control, and power over the technology concentrating in too few hands. The comments follow a wave of employee warnings at OpenAI and Anthropic about catastrophic risks tied to self-improving AI systems.

HP opens orders for ZGX Fury AI station built on Nvidia's GB300 superchip

HP has begun taking orders for its ZGX Fury AI workstation, a system based on Nvidia's GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip pairing a Blackwell Ultra GPU with a 72-core Grace CPU. The machine offers 748GB of unified, coherent memory and up to 20 petaFLOPS of FP4 compute, and ships alongside a new partnership between HP, Red Hat, and Nvidia to run Red Hat AI Factory software on the hardware.

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