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Two Google TPU 8 chips, the 8t training and 8i inference variants, rendered side by side with the Axion branding
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Google splits its AI chip: the TPU 8t trains, the TPU 8i serves, and Axion handles the rest

At Cloud Next 2026, Google unveiled TPU 8t and TPU 8i, an 8th-generation split that matches Nvidia on agentic inference. Ironwood hit GA the same day.

Framework Laptop 13 Pro product hero image showing the new aluminum chassis
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Framework's Laptop 13 Pro is a ground-up redesign: aluminum, 20-hour battery, $1,199 DIY

Framework opened pre-orders for the Laptop 13 Pro on April 21. Panther Lake or Ryzen AI 300, LPCAMM2, a 74Wh battery, and Framework's first touch display.

TrendForce chart showing Q1 2026 memory contract price increases across DRAM and NAND
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Why your next RAM kit costs double: the AI memory crunch, explained

DDR5 contract prices jumped 100% since 2025, HBM is eating 23% of DRAM wafers, and the fabs that could fix it don't come online until 2028. Here's the shape of the crunch.

Amazon Fire TV home screen on a television
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Amazon is done with Android on Fire TV. Vega OS is the only future.

Amazon's new Fire TV Stick HD ships with Vega OS, no sideloading allowed. Sources say every future Fire TV will follow. Here's what changes for users and devs.

GitHub repository page for the PLFM_RADAR Aeris-10 project
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A $5,000 open-source radar that sees 20 km, built by one engineer in Morocco

Nawfal Motii's Aeris-10 phased-array radar beats $250,000 commercial systems at 3% of the cost. Hardware, firmware, and FPGA bitstream are all on GitHub.

Meta and Broadcom partnership announcement header showing custom AI silicon
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Meta just committed 1 gigawatt of custom AI chips with Broadcom through 2029

Meta and Broadcom expanded their partnership to co-develop four generations of MTIA chips on a 2nm process. Here's what the deal includes and why Nvidia should care.