#Hardware
Curated coverage on «Hardware»: releases, research, benchmarks, open-source.
Charlie Burns criticizes Vantage megaproject: how an AI data center is dividing Wisconsin
Comedian Charlie Burns has joined the criticism of Vantage Data Centers' $8 billion data center project, fueling Wisconsin residents' concerns over local water and…
AI models are getting more expensive: OpenAI raised GPT-5.5 prices by 1.5-2x
OpenAI has raised prices for access to GPT-5.5 via its API: in some cases, the new model costs twice as much as GPT-5. This continues the trend of rising AI service…
NVIDIA packed 3 models into one file and made training 360× more efficient
NVIDIA introduced Star Elastic, a method that packs three models of different sizes into a single checkpoint and enables training that is 360× more efficient.
SMIC chief: AI boom will drive profits even without advanced process nodes
AI is creating 'insatiable' demand for memory: Alger CEO on the semiconductor boom
AI Memory Shortage Splits the Chip Market Into Leaders and Laggards
Google unveiled Gemini Intelligence for Android — AI controls apps
AI data centers consume 6% of electricity in the UK and US
Data centers consume 6% of electricity in the UK and the US, while annual investment in them is approaching $1 trillion, triggering public opposition.
Hugging Face sped up LLM inference by 22% with asynchronous batching
Parallel CPU and GPU processing instead of sequential processing cut GPU idle time by 24% and sped up token generation by nearly a quarter without changing the…
YOLO and Redis: how to cache video detection results
SK hynix catches up to Samsung: AI boom pushes Korean manufacturer toward $1 trillion
Cerebras raised $5.55 billion in the year's biggest IPO
Cisco raises revenue forecast and announces layoffs to focus on AI
Cerebras rose 68% on the debut day of 2026's largest IPO
Chipmaker Cerebras Systems raised a record $5.5 billion on the stock market, making it the year's largest IPO, while its shares jumped 68% on the first trading day.
Applied Materials to increase sales amid demand for AI chips
Applied Materials, the largest U.S. supplier of semiconductor equipment, issued a sales and profit forecast above analysts' expectations, driven by demand for AI…