Stories tagged hardware & chips.
DigiTimes (headlines)
Qualcomm is sticking with TSMC for both of its newly launched 2nm Snapdragon flagship processors, extending the Taiwan foundry's hold on Qualcomm's top-tier mobile chips even as Samsung Electronics ramps its second-generation 2nm process and steps up efforts to win advanced-node customers.
Cointelegraph
A weeklong optimization challenge cut the estimated GPU cost of preparing an experimental quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction to under $67, potentially making the “last-resort measure” a little easier on the wallet.
DigiTimes (headlines)
Qualcomm is launching two flagship platforms in 2026—the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6—signaling a new era of finer-grained flagship mobile SoC segmentation. The move has raised questions about whether pricier flagship phones are on the way.
Economic Times — Tech / Technology / Startups / ETTelecom
In a nearly two-hour interview with New York Times podcast host Ezra Klein, Huang, CEO of the world's most valuable publicly listed company, had an extensive discussion about OpenAI agents that hacked Hugging Face, the open-source AI software hub that Nvidia purchased for $13 billion this month.
DigiTimes (headlines)
Industrial PC maker IEI Integration said on September 23 that it remains upbeat on full-year 2026 revenue, expecting double-digit growth from 2025 as network security and high-end video systems ramp and visibility in medical and edge-computing orders extends to 2027-2028.
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Xiaomi stellt das 18 Pro und 18 Pro Max mit neuen Snapdragon-Chips, zwei 200-Megapixel-Kameras und Akkus mit bis zu 8500 mAh vor.
DigiTimes (headlines)
After more than a decade away, Apple may be preparing to return to the enterprise server market. According to The Information, as reported by Reuters, the company is developing an enterprise AI server powered by its planned M8 Ultra chip and has discussed adopting Nvidia's NVLink Fusion…
Notebookcheck
Seiko has announced the Astron Nexter HAB012J, a Shohei Ohtani limited edition of 1,700 pieces for Japan at ¥440,000 (~$2,784). It has a blue textured dial with his number 17, a pure titanium case, sapphire and the 5X63 GPS solar calibre, landing in November.
arXiv
arXiv:2609.26378v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Successful mobile manipulation requires coordinated base and arm motion while maintaining accurate spatial positioning. However, demonstration-trained policies can struggle to realise the intended base motion reliably, leading to spatial…
arXiv
arXiv:2609.25408v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Online A/B experiments are the decision standard for user engagement, but traffic and readout time limit how many conversational-AI changes can be tested. We ask whether an offline signal designed to be computable without treatment-arm user exposure…
arXiv
arXiv:2609.25537v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language model (LLM) inference is constrained by the quadratic scaling of self-attention and the linear scaling of the KV cache, increasing latency, energy consumption, and GPU memory demand as context length scales. Existing soft-compression…
arXiv
arXiv:2609.26176v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Encoded-prompt attacks are evaluated almost entirely on their harmful arm: a benchmark sends obfuscated harmful requests and reports how often the model complied. We show that this arm carries almost no information about the model under test. Across…
arXiv
arXiv:2609.25405v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modern information retrieval increasingly employs both embedding and generative models to handle complex queries. However, current serving systems suffer from low throughput and poor GPU utilization because they execute these models in isolation…
CNET
With freshly unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite chips, Xiaomi’s 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max represent a new generation of Android flagship devices.
DigiTimes (headlines)
Samsung Electronics has reportedly revised the roadmap for its first sub-10nm DRAM generation, making a wafer-to-wafer hybrid-bonding architecture the baseline for its D0a process while moving its vertical-channel-transistor (VCT) design to a separate D0a-V derivative.
The Quantum Insider / Quantum Computing Report
The German government has selected a QUDORA-led consortium for the €122 million NFQC-1k project to build a fault-tolerant trapped-ion quantum computer with at least 1,000 physical qubits. This five-year initiative aims to establish a semiconductor pilot line for high-performance quantum processing…
Notebookcheck
Meta has unveiled the Meta VR glasses, the company's lightest 5K OLED model weighing in at 100 grams, or just less than half that of an Apple iPhone 18 Pro phone. The tethered glasses have an external battery pack that provides up to three hours of media viewing or virtual work.
Notebookcheck
Casio has made its MR-G 30th anniversary watches official. The MRG-B2100HR-1AJR has a platinum leaf dial and costs ¥1,100,000, about $6,964, with 800 made. The gold-leaf MRG-B2100HS-9A is limited to 150, and both are hand-finished by Hiroto Rakusho.
DigiTimes (headlines)
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to make his first state visit to the US since 2015, with the Trump administration rolling out high-level welcoming ceremonies, a state dinner and other diplomatic pomp. But industry observers and think tanks say the real goal is not to settle structural disputes…
DigiTimes (headlines)
Huawei founder Zhengfei Ren made a public appearance in Shenzhen on September 22 for talks with Dongfeng Motor general manager Changjun Feng that also included other Huawei executives. The two sides discussed deeper strategic cooperation in smart vehicles, alongside coordinated product development…
DigiTimes (headlines)
Qualcomm used the second day of its Snapdragon Summit 2026 to underline a broader shift for Snapdragon-powered PCs, announcing Linux support for the Snapdragon X2 Series while highlighting Googlebook laptops powered by the Snapdragon X Elite. The moves signal growing momentum for Qualcomm's PC…
DigiTimes (headlines)
LG Display has scrapped the planned sale of its automotive LCD module business in Nanjing, China, to Top Run Total Solution after the companies failed to reach a final agreement on transaction terms, derailing a plan to shift the operation from in-house production to outsourcing.
DigiTimes (headlines)
TSMC is reportedly planning another wafer foundry price increase, with supply chain sources saying its order visibility now extends to 2030. According to the sources, the company plans to adjust wafer prices from January 2027 across different processes, with hikes of about 3-6% as tight capacity…
DigiTimes (headlines)
Skoda CEO Klaus Zellmer, long seen as one of Volkswagen Group's top-performing brand executives, will leave the company and become president and CEO of Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo Cars no later than October 1, 2027. The surprise move has jolted the global auto industry and adds pressure to…
DigiTimes (headlines)
Eternal Materials reported unaudited earnings before taxes (EBT) of NT$269 million (approx. US$8.47 million) in August 2026, up 28.05% from August 2025, with pre-tax earnings per share (EPS) of NT$0.23. Cumulative EBT for January through August totaled NT$2.3 billion, up 37.31% from a year earlier…
DigiTimes (headlines)
Qualcomm used its keynote on the second day of Snapdragon Summit 2026 to argue that earphones, glasses, and other wearables will shape the next phase of AI computing. For global consumers and device makers, the shift could redefine how people access assistants, services, and cloud-connected tools…
DigiTimes (headlines)
Anthropic will open its Singapore office in October, making it the company's fifth office in the Asia-Pacific region after Tokyo, Bengaluru, Seoul, and Sydney. The move underscores the AI company's push into Singapore as demand for Claude surges across startups, large enterprises, and government…
DigiTimes (headlines)
Taiwan-listed Yusin Holding Corp. said on September 23 that its Chinese subsidiary Fuzhou Assured Brake Systems is reducing its reliance on BYD and shifting its China original-equipment (OE) brake pad business toward joint-venture automakers including Volkswagen, Nissan and Honda. The subsidiary is…
DigiTimes (headlines)
Anthropic has announced a third-party on-site evaluation program, bringing in staff from Faculty, the AI company owned by Accenture, to test model safety measures with near-employee access. The two sides have each committed at least US$1 billion over the next five years to build what Anthropic…
DigiTimes (headlines)
Qualcomm unveiled two flagship mobile platforms at the Snapdragon Summit 2026, including the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, which changes its packaging approach to improve heat dissipation. During a media Q&A, Qualcomm Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Handsets Chris…