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 HardwareVoltGrid AI: Mitigating GPU cluster dI/dt power surges in software
zenodo.org · 5 points · 0 comments
The quest for open PDKs (silicon foundry Process Development Kits) [video]
youtube.com · 8 points · 1 comments
How did Apple Silicon get 50% faster in three years? – Daniel Lemire's blog
lemire.me · 28 points · 13 comments
HellGates, custom CPU gate-level challenge
blog.xutaxkamay.com · 31 points · 3 comments
Qualcomm's Adreno X2 GPU
chipsandcheese.com · 27 points · 2 comments
Microsoft director: AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'
tomshardware.com · 140 points · 52 comments
JavaFX 27 Native Image on a Raspberry Pi 5
ennerf.github.io · 37 points · 13 comments
Apple M6 Pro achieves the highest single-core CPU score in Geekbench 7
browser.geekbench.com · 118 points · 145 comments
How OpenAI Used Its Own LLMs to Design Its Jalapeño Chip
spectrum.ieee.org · 45 points · 139 comments
Bend – a language that blocks AI mistakes via proof and runs on GPUs
bend-lang.com · 615 points · 327 comments
Run QWEN3.8 27B on 16gb Nvidia GPUs
github.com · 28 points · 10 comments
I wrote a custom assembler for CHIP-8 in C++
github.com · 27 points · 8 comments
Zettascale (YC S24) Is Hiring ASIC/FPGA Engineers to Build Chips for ASI
zscc.ai · 1 points · 0 comments
Neo Emacs: GPU Powered Emacs Written in Rust
github.com · 8 points · 0 comments
Ubuntu 26.10 Amd64v3 Can Provide a Nice Boost for Low-End/Budget Hardware
phoronix.com · 3 points · 0 comments
AI memory shortage: Fairphone says RAM is now 60% of materials cost
tomshardware.com · 12 points · 0 comments
Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip 'broken wide open' after 26 years
tomshardware.com · 166 points · 91 comments
Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust
developer.nvidia.com · 247 points · 404 comments
Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ads
tomshardware.com · 20 points · 76 comments
Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Month
codyho.dev · 422 points · 290 comments
Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA
global.fujitsu · 633 points · 253 comments
I ported COLMAP (photogrammetry) to the browser in WASM and WebGPU
offlinetools.io · 3 points · 0 comments
Voice AI that runs on CPUs
lokutor.com · 4 points · 1 comments
The Inference Hardware Revolution of 2026
spectrum.ieee.org · 140 points · 22 comments
A20 Pro shatters Geekbench 7 single-core record – beats desktop i9 and Ryzen 9
tomshardware.com · 30 points · 13 comments
Sovereign: A Unified GPU Inference Substrate (Fractal Memory, Manifold Routing)
github.com · 5 points · 2 comments
Steam Frame starts at $1059
store.steampowered.com · 52 points · 649 comments
Can China's chip ambitions reshape the global tech landscape?
channelnewsasia.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Dropping eBPF CPU Cost by About 90% with Memoization (Not AI Gen)
nathannaveen.dev · 8 points · 29 comments
D-Matrix Raptor 3D-DRAM Accelerator for Generative Inference at Hot Chips 2026
servethehome.com · 17 points · 6 comments