Hardware stories
From Apple Silicon to custom ASICs and Raspberry Pi projects, hardware stories on HN bridge engineering and consumer technology. This page tracks chip announcements, device reviews, and maker projects that spark technical discussion.
Supply chain constraints, performance benchmarks, and repairability debates add depth beyond product marketing.
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RSS feed for HardwareNvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent
madrobot.blog · 31 points · 61 comments
Microsoft drops Copilot+ branding from its new laptops
tomshardware.com · 49 points · 2 comments
macOS 27: ifconfig command no longer prints hardware MAC address
2 points · 1 comments
Neomacs: GPU rendered Rust hard fork of Emacs
github.com · 41 points · 5 comments
Gutcheck, grep for meaning with a local CPU model
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Arm and SoftBank: Part 1
thechipletter.substack.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Towards GPU Type Inference
winwang.blog · 7 points · 0 comments
The Age of Personalized Hardware
twitter.com · 7 points · 0 comments
ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026
tomshardware.com · 65 points · 862 comments
Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton
tomshardware.com · 8 points · 129 comments
The newest ESP32 can run Linux and it's getting close to a Raspberry Pi
xda-developers.com · 15 points · 123 comments
The Lost Atomic Update on Loongson CPU
jia.je · 16 points · 7 comments
Nesbox: A fast MicroVM with GPU sharing
github.com · 9 points · 4 comments
Virtio-nvgpu: Near-native Nvidia GPU access inside a KVM guest
github.com · 20 points · 65 comments
ASML currently sells no chipmaking machines in Europe, executive says
nltimes.nl · 12 points · 2 comments
Build a CPU from gates, in TypeScript, in the browser
play.simten.dev · 3 points · 5 comments
China's ByteDance gained access to over 2k Nvidia B200 chips through Norway
tomshardware.com · 10 points · 0 comments
Acer CEO says memory makers are hyping 2030 shortage fears to protect margins
tomshardware.com · 12 points · 5 comments
16-bit Intel 8088 chip (c. 1985)
allpoetry.com · 102 points · 22 comments
Fixing cringeworthy bugs in the OpenBSD console code
research.exoticsilicon.com · 6 points · 0 comments
WebGCM – a global climate model running in the browser on WebGPU
gcm.echorelay.net · 4 points · 0 comments
Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes
tomshardware.com · 35 points · 18 comments
Frontier AI on Your Own Hardware
timdettmers.com · 107 points · 104 comments
Gravity Linux Alpha Release: Linux on the M4 Mac Mini with GPU and DCP Support
gravitylinux.org · 27 points · 16 comments
Anthropic, OpenAI et al. face antitrust suit for agreeing to slow AI development
tomshardware.com · 32 points · 11 comments
Raspberry Pi blocks changing RAM chips
forums.raspberrypi.com · 72 points · 211 comments
NEC V20 CPU: A bit of pep for an XT
dfarq.homeip.net · 9 points · 11 comments
Raspberry Pi 5 EEPROM update now blocks manual RAM upgrades
reddit.com · 57 points · 26 comments
Autonomous strike drone uses Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano to pick and bomb targets
tomshardware.com · 29 points · 8 comments
Will Jev pull the lever in the trolley problem?
gpu.studio · 9 points · 6 comments