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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

14.

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

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Meta commits to one 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 Chip Development Kit → | tags: meta, broadcom, ai accelerators

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Intel's EMIB-T packaging technology set for fab rollout this year — as TSMC CoWoS capacity remains limited,EMIB-T is preparing for advanced AI accelerator designs (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-09 | by Luke James | get Intel EMIB-T Packaging Kit → | tags: intel, emib-t, tsmc

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Intel and SambaNova team up on heterogenous AI inference platform — different hardware performs different workloads (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-08 | by Anton Shilov | get Intel Xeon Processor → | tags: intel, sambanova, xeon 6

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High-precision measurement of the <i>W</i> boson’s mass lends weight to the standard model (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-08 | by Vesterinen | get W Boson Precision Scale → | tags: w boson, large hadron collider, cern

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Memory will consume 30% of hyperscaler AI data center spending this year, a 4X increase over 2023 — Nvidia gets preferential supply terms well below standard market rates, says analyst firm (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-03 | by Luke James | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia, hyperscaler, dram

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Why Nvidia just poured $2 billion into AI ASIC competitor Marvell — NVLink Fusion turns into soft ecosystem lock-in (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-02 | by Luke James | get Nvidia NVLink Bridge → | tags: nvidia, marvell, nvlink

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IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-02 | get ARM Developer Starter Kit → | tags: ibm, arm, telum ii

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Ollama adopts MLX for faster AI performance on Apple silicon Macs (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-31 | by Marcus Mendes | get MLX AI Developer Kit → | tags: apple silicon, mlx, hugging face

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Antimatter has been transported for the first time ever — in the back of CERN’s truck (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-24 | by Gibney | get CERN Antimatter Transport Model → | tags: cern, antiprotons, antimatter

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How Nvidia's $20 billion Groq 3 LPU deal reshapes the Nvidia Vera Rubin Platform — Samsung 4nm process serves as bedrock for SRAM-based AI accelerator chip (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Luke James | get Nvidia Vera Rubin Platform Kit → | tags: groq, vera rubin, samsung 4nm

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US gov't revokes controversial AI hardware export rule that would mandate investments from foreign companies — new export rules are still in the works, though (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-14 | by Anton Shilov | get AI Hardware Export Kit → | tags: ai accelerators, u.s. commerce department, nvidia gb300

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Substack launches a built-in recording studio (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-12 | by Amanda Silberling | get Blue Yeti USB Microphone → | tags: substack, recording studio, creator accelerator fund

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FLASH radiotherapy's bold approach to cancer treatment (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-07 | by Tom Clynes | get Radiation Therapy → | tags: cancer treatment, linear particle accelerators, cern