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 HardwareApple Silicon and macOS VMs: Faster LLM Inference with llama.cpp
github.com · 287 points · 41 comments
$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf
tomshardware.com · 96 points · 103 comments
Rust SIMD on the GPU
vectorware.com · 56 points · 115 comments
Launch HN: Stoa Markets (YC S26) – A Marketplace for GPUs and AI Servers
stoaexchange.com · 56 points · 51 comments
Extreme 220GHz+Broadband Silicon Capacitor X2SC 0201M 22nF BV11
pim.murata.com · 72 points · 34 comments
Controversial Bitcoin fork BIP-110 mines two blocks, then stops
coindesk.com · 10 points · 1 comments
A tiny LLM running at 21,000 tok/s on a $250 FPGA (Live Demo)
mikeayles.com · 79 points · 33 comments
How do you sell a CPU design when the instruction set is free?
siliconimist.com · 7 points · 0 comments
As AI grips world, the thrill of collecting vintage computers is growing
apnews.com · 22 points · 9 comments
Weather balloon to the stratosphere with a Raspberry Pi computer
github.com · 7 points · 0 comments
Sam Zeloof Home Chip Fab: Silicon IC Fabrication in the Garage – Hackaday [video]
youtube.com · 8 points · 2 comments
Noctua finds more than half of PC cases misstate CPU cooler clearances
tomshardware.com · 37 points · 5 comments
FCC moves to ban Lidar-equipped foreign drones from US
tomshardware.com · 97 points · 123 comments
Analyzing data from Silicon Valley ventures and founders prosecuted for fraud
pubsonline.informs.org · 198 points · 99 comments
Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
techcrunch.com · 210 points · 283 comments
The Systemic Collapse of the AI Industry: Ideology, Hardware, and CapEx Crisis
5 points · 0 comments
Reviving a four year old reMarkable 2
oskrim.github.io · 165 points · 106 comments
The Alpha 21264 CPU: NT's Greatest RISC (1998)
halfhill.com · 105 points · 86 comments
Fixing optical computing jitter via fluid dynamics in GPU registers
github.com · 2 points · 1 comments
Coldcard hardware wallet firmware flaw sees 2k BTC (~$130M) drained
web3isgoinggreat.com · 16 points · 2 comments
Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs
github.com · 53 points · 106 comments
RAM pricing has risen to normalized 2007 levels
tomshardware.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Does Silicon Valley Dream of Philip K Dick?
ft.com · 11 points · 1 comments
Samsung debuts three new memory technologies – zHBM, zNAND-O, and BV-NAND
tomshardware.com · 20 points · 0 comments
How Ham Radio Made Silicon Valley
cooperkramer.substack.com · 7 points · 1 comments
Trump orders new 15% tariff on key material for solar panels and microchips
theguardian.com · 9 points · 0 comments
Cuprate – Alternative Monero node software written in Rust syncs 2x faster
reddit.com · 4 points · 1 comments
New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes
bleepingcomputer.com · 11 points · 0 comments
Pokémon Emerald Ported to Raspberry Pi Pico 2
github.com · 40 points · 28 comments
AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon
theregister.com · 369 points · 722 comments