AI Is Starting to Design the Chips It Runs On
A new report surveys how artificial intelligence is entering chip design, from EDA tools to OpenAI's Jalapeño project.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
EU urged to adopt unified risk framework for Chinese telecom vendors
RUSI think tank says fragmented national policies leave the bloc exposed to Huawei and ZTE risks.
GeoCroissant Targets Messy Geospatial Data for AI
A San Diego Supercomputer Center effort aims to solve the common Earth science problem of finding and assessing datasets for AI use.
OpenStack Hibiscus Release Boosts Confidential Computing and AI Workloads
The latest OpenStack release focuses on trusted infrastructure for the AI era, adding confidential computing and performance improvements.
NetApp's Novus Storage Architecture Targets Zettascale AI Workloads
NetApp's new Novus architecture promises 100 TB/s aggregate bandwidth and zettabyte-scale capacity to keep hundreds of thousands of GPUs fed.
Delhi Cuts Power-Grid Losses From 50% to 5%: A Model for Aging Grids
A quarter-century overhaul of Delhi's distribution grid shows how accountability and technology can transform an unreliable electricity system.
Cloudflare's Basin Data Platform Goes GA With No-Egress Pitch
Cloudflare's serverless Basin platform aims to undercut hyperscaler egress fees, though some transfer charges still apply.
F5's BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes Offloads AI Traffic Management to BlueField DPUs
A sponsored lab tour shows F5 running LLM routing and security on NVIDIA BlueField DPUs to keep host CPUs free for GPU work.
Stanford's John Ousterhout pushes Homa protocol to replace TCP in datacenters
A retired Stanford professor is championing Homa, a receiver-driven, message-based protocol that promises far lower latency for AI workloads than TCP.
Security Guide for Growing Businesses: Practical Steps
A new guide from The Next Platform outlines concrete security measures for growing companies.
Sony Japan Uses Lottery and 60-Hour Playtime Rule to Curb PS5 Pro Scalping
Sony's Japanese store will restrict PS5 Pro purchases to verified local players, using a lottery and a 60-hour playtime requirement to keep stock out of scalpers' hands.
Agentic AI for Chip Design Takes Center Stage at Tom's Hardware Week
Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens are all pushing agentic AI for chip design, mostly on Nvidia's stack, but their autonomy claims differ.
OpenAI's Dots Agents Run on Nine-Core AMD EPYC VMs, Leak Shows
Geekbench 7 results suggest OpenAI's new Dots agents run on nine-core AMD EPYC VMs with nearly 10GB of memory, giving them a large multi-core lead over Meta's rival Muse.
PS5 Emulator KytyPS5 Now Renders Wolverine Gameplay at Single-Digit FPS
An experimental PS5 emulator has moved from booting Marvel's Wolverine to rendering its cinematics and gameplay, though performance remains far from playable.
IEEE 2027 Awards Recognise Storage, Data Centers, and Video Codecs
The 2027 IEEE Technical Field Awards honour advances in hard-disk storage, data-center networking, video compression, and power electronics.
HPE Lands $1.2B Vultr Order for AMD Helios AI Racks
The deal marks HPE's first AMD Helios order and brings new scale-up networking to Vultr's U.S. data centers.
Everpure Adds Data Management Features for Production AI
New capabilities aim to give enterprises governed data access and predictable AI costs as AI moves from pilot to production.
Xbox Disc-to-Digital Now Available to All Players, But Licenses Stay Tied to Discs
Microsoft's disc-to-digital licensing program is now open to all Xbox users, letting physical game owners play without discs while keeping the license tethered to the media.