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Semiconductors, foundries, advanced packaging and the global silicon supply chain, covered by The Silicon Ledger.
A prominent hardware leaker suggests Nvidia's next-generation Rubin-based graphics cards for consumers may not arrive until 2028, pushing back earlier expectations by over a year.
Scaleout Systems showed that small, efficient AI models can enable drones to independently identify and strike targets without human intervention or external communications, using hardware from Nvidia and BAE Systems.
PS Audio and Naim have discontinued flagship CD players after suppliers stopped manufacturing the optical drives these devices require, with component costs doubling as manufacturers scrambled for remaining inventory.
A new proof of concept mines Bitcoin using a simulated fruit fly connectome in a web browser, claiming that organic neurons could theoretically achieve 10 times the efficiency of advanced silicon ASICs.
Elon Musk's semiconductor startup Terafab has encountered a legal obstacle before production begins: a small U.S. company called Tera-print, which has marketed Tera-Fab-branded lithography tools for roughly ten years, sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding the name be abandoned.
AMD has published a white paper with extensive performance data for its EPYC Venice server processors, asserting that its 256-core flagship substantially outpaces Nvidia's Vera architecture across multiple workload categories.
A surge in hardware leaks and shipping manifests suggests Intel's long-awaited Nova Lake processors are approaching launch, with evidence pointing toward a late 2026 debut rather than early 2027.
Reuters reports that China's dominant DRAM maker CXMT is planning a 3D NAND research and production line at a future facility near Beijing, a move that would diversify the state-backed chipmaker beyond its core memory business.
