InferenceMax AI benchmark tests software stacks, efficiency, and TCO — vendor-neutral suite runs nightly and tracks performance changes over time By Bruno Ferreira published 10 October 25 InferenceMax AI benchmark measures software stacks, efficiency, and TCO
South Korean government learns the importance of backups the hard way after catastrophic fire — 858 terabytes of data goes up in magic smoke By Bruno Ferreira published 9 October 25 858 TB of South Korean government data goes up in smoke, with no backups
AI adoption far outpaces that of the early Internet — report sheds light on worldwide AI penetration and usage patterns By Bruno Ferreira published 9 October 25 A Financial Times report sheds light on worldwide AI penetration and usage patterns
Qualcomm acquires Arduino to make AI development more accessible — microcontroller maker's hardware becomes the foundation of mobile tech giant's edge AI stack By Bruno Ferreira last updated 8 October 25 Qualcomm has acquired microcontroller maker Arduino to further its ambitions of bringing AI to the edge.
BlackRock subsidiary buys up 78 data centers totaling 5 gigawatts in $40 billion deal — AI vendor Aligned added to company's portfolio By Bruno Ferreira published 3 October 25 BlackRock subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners set to buy out Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion.
M5-powered iPad Pro breaks cover in GeekBench, scoring 4,133 in single-threaded tests — matches M4 Max and beats every single-core PC chip score By Bruno Ferreira published 1 October 25 M5 chip beats every PC CPU in GeekBench single-threaded tests
New York firm faces China investigation over $17M advanced trading hardware smuggling — accused of installing customized processors and networking hardware at Shanghai Futures Exchange By Bruno Ferreira published 30 September 25 Tower Research Capital is under fire by a Chinese regulator for using possibly-illicit hardware.
OpenAI President teases our 10-billion GPU future — says always-working AI future calls for 'every person to have their own dedicated GPU' By Bruno Ferreira published 29 September 25 OpenAI's vision for world needs 10 billion GPUs
Legendary Sound Blaster 2.0 ISA card revived by hardware enthusiast — 1994 relic restored to former glory By Bruno Ferreira published 29 September 25 A hardware enthusiast has repaired an iconic 90s Sound Blaster 2.0 ISA card.
3Dfx Voodoo GPU modded with 12 MB of RAM and two texture mappers — reveals how revolutionary graphics card was way ahead of its time By Bruno Ferreira last updated 27 September 25 Modded 3Dfx Voodoo shows how the design was ahead of its time.
Samsung takes a scalpel to its 2nm wafer price tag, bringing it down to $20,000 — Korean chipmaker now undercuts rival TSMC by 33% By Bruno Ferreira published 26 September 25 Samsung throws the gauntlet to TMSC, which recently rose its pricing thanks to overwhelming demand.
CoreWeave deal with OpenAI now worth $22.4 billion — another $6.4 billion of AI data center capacity added By Bruno Ferreira published 25 September 25 CoreWeave expands partnership to provide OpenAI with compute capacity.
Solidigm touts industry's first liquid-cooled enterprise SSD — D7-PS1010 is an E.1 PCIe 5.0 drive with a wrap-around cold plate By Bruno Ferreira published 24 September 25 Solidigm's D7-PS1010 is the industry's first dual-sided liquid-cooled enterprise SSD.
You can get a PNY RTX 5060 Ti OC 16 GB card for only $379 — GPU drops to historical low price for the 16 GB variant By Bruno Ferreira published 23 September 25 Deals There's finally an RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB for a historic low of $379. PNY has one on sale, which is welcome when GPU prices have been so high.
Nvidia and OpenAI forge $100 billion alliance to deliver 10 gigawatts of Nvidia hardware for AI datacenters By Bruno Ferreira published 22 September 25 OpenAI and Nvidia partner for 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters
Samsung earns Nvidia certification for its HBM3 memory — stock jumps 5% as company finally catches up to SK hynix and Micron in HBM3E production By Bruno Ferreira published 22 September 25 Samsung's HBM3E finally got the coveted Nvidia certification for use in its AI accelerators.
Microsoft hikes Xbox Series X price, again, to $649 — second price increase of 2025 comes as shifting tariffs continue to plague tech prices By Bruno Ferreira published 19 September 25 Microsoft jacked up the price of its Xbox Series lineup by $20 to $50, placing the Series X at a cool $649.99.
[Updated] Intel says it remains committed to its Arc graphics project — 'Intel will continue to have GPU product offerings' By Bruno Ferreira last updated 19 September 25 Intel issued a press statement stating that it remains committed to developing its Arc GPUs.
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 shows up in Geekbench with a score of 3,831 — upcoming chip catches Apple's just-launched A19 Pro, beats desktop chips on single-core perf By Bruno Ferreira published 18 September 25 A Xiaomi device in Geekbench packing a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip posted a single-thread score of 3831 points.
Modern memory is still vulnerable to Rowhammer vulnerabilities — Phoenix root privilege escalation attack proves that Rowhammer still smashes DDR5 security to bits By Bruno Ferreira published 17 September 25 A new attack on DDR5 further demonstrates that current countermeasures against Rowhammer-style assaults aren't enough.