#Hardware
Curated coverage on «Hardware»: releases, research, benchmarks, open-source.
Xiaohongshu's UltraEP Balances MoE Experts in 300 µs, Reaching 94.3% of Ideal
Xiaohongshu's dots infra team unveils UltraEP, a runtime that balances MoE expert load in real time on rack-scale systems and reaches 94.3% of ideal throughput.
VAST at SIGGRAPH 2026: Chinese 3D Startup Gives Keynote Alongside NVIDIA and Disney
China's VAST, maker of the Tripo generative 3D models, gave a keynote at SIGGRAPH 2026 alongside NVIDIA and Disney, won Real-Time Live! Best in Show and had five…
Nvidia and Microsoft Launch Open Secure AI Alliance — Without OpenAI, Google or Anthropic
Nvidia, Microsoft, SpaceX and IBM formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to build open AI security tools — without the three biggest labs: OpenAI, Google and Anthropic.
Nvidia Is Sending Its GPUs to the Moon: AI Accelerators Head for Space
Etched Valued at $10.3 Billion: Its Chips Speed Up AI Models Without GPUs
AMD Helios Takes On Nvidia: Rack-Scale AI System Arrives in Late 2026
Nvidia and Mistral Urge US Not to Impose Broad Restrictions on Open-Weight Models
Silicon Valley Splits Over Chinese AI: Big Startups vs. Small Ones
Multibillion-dollar AI startups in Silicon Valley are sounding the alarm over Chinese AI, while smaller companies see open Chinese models as an opportunity, not a…
AI Data Centers Dropped 3 GW at Once, Nearly Taking Down the PJM Grid
In July 2026, more than 3 GW of Northern Virginia data centers disconnected from the PJM grid almost simultaneously, shedding 3.1 GW of load in 30 seconds — twice…
Thinking Machines Releases Inkling, an Open 975B-Parameter MoE Model
Alphabet Raises 2026 Capex Forecast to $195–205 Billion on AI Infrastructure
Chinese Tech Companies Ride the Global AI Boom: Chip Exports Jump 96% to $177 Billion
Confidential Inference on NVIDIA H100 with Intel TDX: Privacy Costs 17–21% of Speed
Nvidia gives DGX GB300 supercomputer to US Navy's postgraduate school for free
Nvidia donated a DGX GB300 AI supercomputer to the US Navy's postgraduate school, the first system of its class in the US armed forces. Jensen Huang came to…
Mac mini M4 Pro for Local LLM Inference: A Test Built Around OpenClaw AI Agents
Selectel tested the Mac mini M4 Pro on local inference of mid-size language models and checked where Apple Silicon hits its limits for AI agents like OpenClaw.