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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blog.doubleword.ai · 108 points · 19 comments
I ran Photoshop on a £0.60 computer chip
pointinthecloud.com · 154 points · 49 comments
Getting the Steam Deck LCD working on a Raspberry Pi
jeffgeerling.com · 7 points · 1 comments
BoardLab – Browser-based ESP32/Arduino simulator with real SPI displays
boardlab.dev · 3 points · 0 comments
We Rebuilt the Linux MicroVM Stack on Apple Silicon
encore.dev · 29 points · 85 comments
Protesters haul a guillotine to city council meeting about an AI data center
tomshardware.com · 19 points · 6 comments
How did you write code on restricted hardware?
3 points · 6 comments
GPU VulnDB – open vulnerability database for GPU infrastructure
gpuvulndb.org · 2 points · 0 comments
AI at Home Part 2: Multi-GPU Drifting
jdagostino.github.io · 28 points · 1 comments
Compute.cx is simple (modal.com like) interface for on-demand GPUs
compute.cx · 6 points · 0 comments
A faithful port of Quake to the browser
willeastcott.github.io · 2 points · 1 comments
Google strikes $12B AI chip deal with Marvell to develop TPUs
ft.com · 7 points · 0 comments
Samsung hikes chipmaking prices by up to 15% for new orders, on demand spike
reuters.com · 6 points · 0 comments
PINE64 halts their open-source hardware manufacturing until the AI bubble bursts
hackster.io · 15 points · 1 comments
On-chip solar power source for self-powered smart microsensors.Bulk CMOS process
nature.com · 3 points · 0 comments
ComputeFence – preflight checks for rented GPU training jobs
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Cerebras chips rival Nvidia GPUs for AI [video]
youtube.com · 4 points · 1 comments
Nvidia's new financial strategy does not compute
theverge.com · 11 points · 2 comments
Running Doom on Canon EOS 550D
tomshardware.com · 3 points · 1 comments
λλ: A Programming Language for Silicon Photonics
dl.acm.org · 91 points · 18 comments
PlugClaw – Private AI agent hardware for any phone or PC
plugos.net · 5 points · 6 comments
Cerebras CS-4 rack systems juice chips for every last drop of AI performance
theregister.com · 4 points · 1 comments
Stanford's deterministic CUDA kernel verifier
2026.splashcon.org · 4 points · 1 comments
Geekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini PCs
tomshardware.com · 7 points · 0 comments
PantheonGPU – GPU health testing and AI workload benchmarking
pantheongpu.com · 11 points · 0 comments
Craton Bolt – A Pure Rust, JIT-Compiled GPU SQL Engine
github.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI
machine0.io · 18 points · 44 comments
A $21B 'Kids in Chips' Startup Is Scooping Up Nvidia Talent
wsj.com · 5 points · 2 comments
AirStats – Mac menu bar system monitor, 0.046% CPU idle, MIT
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
I've been doing endurance testing on microSD cards for the last 3 years
reddit.com · 6 points · 0 comments