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In fusion reactor material testing, femtosecond electron camera observations have revealed that copper does not instantly collapse even when it exceeds its predicted limit temperature, but instead melts gradually. This discovery overturns the assumptions behind conventional simulations and could improve the accuracy of heat-resistant material screening.
Market chatter has emerged suggesting Google is collaborating with AMD on a next-generation TPU project. We examine what this means in light of increasing CPU workloads from reinforcement learning, AMD's heterogeneous integration expertise, and Google's existing contract with Broadcom.
BAE Systems has advanced to Phase II of DARPA's GaN cooling program THREADS. The roughly 5x RF power density figure represents results across all participants, with reaching 81 W/mm and one-eighth thermal resistance set as the next evaluation benchmarks.
Citing DDR4 demand, Intel has signaled plans to keep supplying Raptor Lake for the next several years. We examine the unconfirmed Raptor Lake Next reports alongside the supply constraints that still linger on the legacy standard's side.
Spot prices for 512-gigabit TLC NAND dies rebounded in August after hitting a low in July. While the immediate price movement is explained by technical factors like inventory and supply-demand dynamics, a new demand variable lurks in the background: NVIDIA Vera Rubin's new CMX storage tier, which represents a structurally different driver from the previous production-cut-led price increases.
Moonshot AI's PerceptionBench is a 3,000-question benchmark that strips away reasoning and knowledge to measure visual perception alone. Evaluating 16 state-of-the-art models, the top score was just 59.7%. It quantitatively reveals how similar overall scores mask uneven capabilities, and how what looks like a 'reasoning failure' is often actually a perception failure at its root.
A ton of discarded circuit boards contains roughly 200 times more gold than natural ore. Solvent extraction, the technique used to mine this "urban ore," has always demanded heavy consumption of acids and bases. Now a research team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has demonstrated a design principle for a single molecule with built-in charge that fully electrifies the extraction cycle—cutting chemical reagent use by up to 100-fold while achieving 89% gold recovery.
Anthropic's IPO valuation is set to hinge on an internal forecast of $190–200 billion in 2028 revenue. We examine the premise of growing more than fourfold from the May run rate, along with the massive compute-resource contracts behind it.
The US State Department has reportedly prepared a draft letter warning AI partner countries against dual participation in a China-led framework. Though unsent, it hints that Pax Silica could shift toward an exclusive supply-chain alliance.
A case was reported in which SK hynix declined to replace an SSD under warranty due to lack of substitute stock and instead offered a refund of the purchase price. Amid rising NAND prices, the difference needed to buy an equivalent replacement could fall on the user.
