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Hardware is the physical foundation of computing: chips, sensors, devices, networks, and the processes that manufacture them. Follow semiconductor research, compute architectures, and engineering developments alongside their software and energy connections.
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Open in the map ↗519 classified signals in the fourteen-day window. Recent momentum: steady. These counts include signals awaiting readable evidence.
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Up to ten sources with readable evidence, ordered by their feed timestamp. These archive sources can be older than the live fourteen-day window. This list is a sample, not a measure of total activity. Dates distinguish paper publication, repository creation, model/dataset activity, Hacker News posts, and KEV catalog additions. “First archived” records when SYMTRI first stored the signal.
- GitHub · Repository created · First archived
Akun-python/llm-compute-allocation-modeling ↗
算力约束下提升大语言模型能力的资源配置建模。涵盖数据质量综合评价与质量冲突消解、17 领域配比-损失定量建模、含 N/D/Q/p 的广义标度律与弹性分析、算力预算（10¹⁹–10²⁴ FLOPs）下训练/质量/长上下文三类开销的联合优化与结构性转移识别，以及开源大模型能力演进的规模扩张/技术进步贡献分解与前沿预测。
- arXiv · Published · First archived
A low-temperature entropy source for on-chip true random number generation: universal robustness beyond device quality ↗
True random number generation is a critical capability for fault-tolerant quantum computing at millikelvin temperatures. Yet existing Josephson-junction-based TRNGs all rest on a widely accepted but untested assumption: that reliable entropy extraction requires precisely controlled device parameters. Here we show that this assumption does not always hold. We demonstrate a counterintuitive finding: a single current-biased Josephson junction, regardless of its parameter quality, can serve as a cryptographic-grade true random number generator. To establish the universality of this conclusion, we…
- arXiv · Published · First archived
MagiCFirm: A Runtime for Magic-State Cultivation with Algorithm-Hardware Co-Design ↗
Magic-state cultivation offers a promising alternative for lowering the cost of non-Clifford operations in fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC). However, realizing cultivation in practice exposes two challenges: (i) the lack of an open-source classical runtime layer between logical software and physical control, and (ii) the latency constraints on protocol-specific decisions that determine magic-state readiness. To address these challenges, we adopt an algorithm--hardware co-design approach. At the algorithm level, we develop a two-stage early-escape scheme that identifies an informative su…
- GitHub · Repository created · First archived
LuwuDynamics/xgoduck_hardware ↗
Build your own robot duck. XGO-Duck is a 3D-printable biped powered by Arduino UNO Q and 15 servos, adapted from Pollen Robotics' Microduck. Includes mechanical models, PCB designs, a BOM, and an assembly guide. Build it, explore its motion, and make it your own.
- Hacker News · Posted on Hacker News · First archived
The Lost Atomic Update on Loongson CPU ↗
Hacker News discussion.
- Hacker News · Posted on Hacker News · First archived
Show HN: La Machine – a useless box running Erlang on an ESP32 via AtomVM ↗
Hacker News discussion.
- Hacker News · Posted on Hacker News · First archived
Meta VR Glasses Announced, 100 grams, OLED, $1300 ↗
Hacker News discussion.
- Hacker News · Posted on Hacker News · First archived
Inferact's Kimi K3 Megakernel hits 700 tok/s on TPU, Beating GPU ↗
Hacker News discussion.
- Hacker News · Posted on Hacker News · First archived
Nesbox: A fast MicroVM with GPU sharing ↗
Hacker News discussion.
- Hacker News · Posted on Hacker News · First archived
Virtio-nvgpu: Near-native Nvidia GPU access inside a KVM guest ↗
Hacker News discussion.
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