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 HardwareBuilding a custom octocopter from scratch with no prior hardware experience
karolina.mgdubiel.com · 418 points · 91 comments
Apple to skip high-end M6 Mac chips in favor of AI-focused M7 line
bloomberg.com · 318 points · 380 comments
Zombie unicorns are haunting Silicon Valley
economist.com · 169 points · 117 comments
PostgreSQL is enough (2024)
gist.github.com · 123 points · 91 comments
Building Cursor for Traders
runhalcyon.com · 7 points · 6 comments
Apple boss Tim Cook says prices to rise due to memory chip costs
bbc.com · 142 points · 170 comments
cuTile Rust: Safe, data-race-free GPU kernels in Rust
github.com · 106 points · 18 comments
ReactOS (FOSS "Windows") achieves 3D-accelerated Half-Life on real hardware
phoronix.com · 290 points · 80 comments
The adder at the heart of Intel's 8087 floating-point chip
righto.com · 140 points · 28 comments
TorchCodec 0.14: HDR Video Decoding for CPU and CUDA, and Fast Wav Decoder
github.com · 62 points · 13 comments
CPU-only transcription for YouTube, TikTok, X, Instagram videos
github.com · 97 points · 49 comments
Playing Atari ST Music on the Amiga with Zero CPU
arnaud-carre.github.io · 113 points · 46 comments
New stainless steel can survive conditions for hydrogen production in seawater
sciencedaily.com · 315 points · 147 comments
Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler
grapheneos.social · 2186 points · 755 comments
US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos
war.gov · 336 points · 545 comments
ASML's Best Selling Product Isn't What You Think It Is
siliconimist.com · 98 points · 43 comments
CPUs and GPUs to Become More Expensive After TSMC Price Hike in 2026
guru3d.com · 81 points · 80 comments
Server DRAM prices surge 50% as AI-induced memory shortage hits hyperscalers
tomshardware.com · 140 points · 124 comments
This week in 1988, Robert Morris unleashed his eponymous worm
tomshardware.com · 437 points · 183 comments
Optimizing Datalog for the GPU
danglingpointers.substack.com · 127 points · 26 comments
a Rust ray tracer that runs on any GPU – even in the browser
github.com · 95 points · 29 comments
Is Your Bluetooth Chip Leaking Secrets via RF Signals?
semanticscholar.org · 150 points · 37 comments
Myths Programmers Believe about CPU Caches (2018)
software.rajivprab.com · 156 points · 26 comments
Raspberry Pi Pico Bit-Bangs 100 Mbit/S Ethernet
elektormagazine.com · 270 points · 90 comments
It's the “hardware”, stupid
haebom.dev · 75 points · 120 comments
Singing bus horns in West Sumatra
auralarchipelago.com · 105 points · 14 comments