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AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Tobias Mann | tags: accelerators, chip, model

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A Mystery Object in the Milky Way Is Blasting Out Particles 100 Times More Powerful Than the LHC (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: accelerator, accelerator push, cosmic

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Google could build more AI accelerators than Nvidia sells in 2028, analyst claims — could push the company to use Intel Foundry to meet its goals (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Anton Shilov | tags: google, tpus, nvidia

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Intel just posted its best growth in 15 years – and burned billions to make it happen (techspot.com)

2026-07-24 | by Rob Thubron | tags: intel, data center, ai accelerators

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MacBook Neo 2: Here’s everything we know so far (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-23 | by Chance Miller | tags: macbook neo, a19 pro chip, apple

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The Large Hadron Collider Is Getting Its Biggest Upgrade Yet. What Comes Next Could Change Physics (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: large hadron collider, particle accelerator, physics

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TSMC plans include at least four more 2nm fabs in $100 billion Arizona expansion (techspot.com)

2026-07-16 | by Rob Thubron | tags: tsmc, 2nm fabs, arizona expansion

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The Vera Rubin Telescope Begins Surveying Our Cosmos (slashdot.org)

2026-07-01 | get Vera Rubin Observatory Model → | tags: vera rubin telescope, legacy survey of space and time, slac national accelerator laboratory

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Nvidia reportedly cancels quad-die Rubin Ultra GPU in favor of dual-GPU design, report claims — complex design purportedly scrapped over 'manufacturing execution concerns' (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-30 | by Anton Shilov | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia, rubin ultra, amd

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Jalapeño is the first AI chip from OpenAI and Broadcom (engadget.com)

2026-06-24 | by Anna Washenko | get Broadcom AI Chip Kit → | tags: openai, broadcom, jalapeño

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Broadcom stock needs a win. The new OpenAI co-designed Jalapeno chip might do the trick (cnbc.com)

2026-06-24 | by Zev Fima | get Broadcom BCM5900 Chip → | tags: broadcom, openai, jalapeno

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OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-24 | by Russell Brandom | get Broadcom Custom AI Chip → | tags: openai, broadcom, jalapeño

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OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-24 | by Russell Brandom | get Broadcom Custom AI Chip → | tags: openai, broadcom, jalapeño

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Qualcomm mulls taking over Jim Keller's Tenstorrent, report claims — deal for AI chipmaker would value the company at between $8 billion and $10 billion (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-16 | by Anton Shilov | get Qualcomm AI Development Kit → | tags: qualcomm, tenstorrent, jim keller

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China drafts $295 billion plan to build national AI data center grid running on 80% homemade silicon — projected 2028 timeline could run into limits of local chip production (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-10 | by Luke James | get AI Data Center Kit → | tags: accelerators, china, chips

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AMD's Helios MI455X AI platform breaks cover, initial systems use UALink-over-Ethernet interconnects — AMD's Vera Rubin rival surfaces, but the downsides of Ethernet could hamstring performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-04 | by Anton Shilov | get AMD Ryzen 9 7950X → | tags: accelerators, ethernet, helios

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Astera Labs showcases 320-lane PCIe 6.0 switch for vendor-agnostic scaling in data centers — up to 80 accelerators can be scaled up using PCIe alone (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-03 | by Anton Shilov | get PCIe 6.0 Switch → | tags: accelerators, astera, astera labs

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Nuclear shell structure governs short-range nucleon pairing (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-03 | by Nguyen | get Nuclear Physics Book → | tags: jefferson lab, nucleon pairing, nuclear physics

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Intel details long-awaited Crescent Island AI GPU at Computex, boasts up to 480 GB of LPDDR5X to combat memory shortages — company shares more details of its Xe3P inference accelerator at Computex (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-01 | by Jeffrey Kampman | get Intel Xe3P Inference Accelerator → | tags: crescent island, intel xe3p, lpddr5x

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Jensen says Nvidia now has 'zero percent' market share in China — says US export policy 'has already largely backfired' (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-03 | by Anton Shilov | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia, jensen huang, china

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Samsung and SK hynix warn AI-driven memory shortages could last until 2027 and beyond, as HBM demand explodes — customers already reserving supply years ahead, while the wider DRAM market begins to tighten (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-30 | by Etiido Uko | get Samsung 32GB DDR5 RAM → | tags: samsung, sk hynix, hbm

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TSMC's details next-gen CoWoS roadmap: over 14-reticle packages and 48x leap in compute power expected by 2029 — massive size enables 24 HBM5E stacks and additional memory bandwidth jump (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-27 | by Anton Shilov | get High-Performance Computing Memory Kit → | tags: tsmc, cowos, hbm5e

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SpaceX says it is going to begin manufacturing GPUs — $1.75 trillion IPO listing reportedly includes in-house GPU production (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-23 | by Anton Shilov | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: spacex, gpus, tesla

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Esther and Anne Wojcicki back new healthcare accelerator, fund (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-22 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get Healthcare Startup Toolkit → | tags: healthcare accelerator, ai health fund, treehub

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Now Meta will track what employees do on their computers to train its AI agents (theverge.com)

2026-04-22 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Meta Employee Monitoring Software → | tags: meta, ai agents, model capability initiative

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Meta To Start Capturing Employee Mouse Movements, Keystrokes For AI Training Data (slashdot.org)

2026-04-21 | get Ergonomic Wireless Mouse → | tags: meta, ai training, model capability initiative

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Shipping Antimatter by Truck to Understand the Universe (cnet.com)

2026-04-19 | by See Full Bio | get Antimatter Storage Container → | tags: cern, antimatter, antiprotons

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Broadcom to supply Meta with custom silicon through 2029 — Broadom CEO Hock Tan departs Meta's board (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-16 | by Anton Shilov | get Broadcom Silicon Chip → | tags: broadcom, meta, meta training inference accelerator

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Meta commits to 1 gigawatt of custom chips with Broadcom as Hock Tan decides to leave board (cnbc.com)

2026-04-14 | by Katie Tarasov Jordan Novet | get Broadcom Chip Development Kit → | tags: meta, broadcom, ai accelerators

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Meta commits to 1 gigawatt of custom chips with Broadcom as Hock Tan agrees to leave board (cnbc.com)

2026-04-14 | by Katie Tarasov Jordan Novet | get Broadcom Custom Chip Kit → | tags: meta, broadcom, ai accelerators