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Curated matches for chips devices and low-level hardware systems.

77 matches76 recent

CuratedDeterministic rulesdeterministic-dbt-derived

Coverage: recent-first derived theme build over roughly the last 180 days.

Theme activity over time

Coverage: recent-first derived theme build over roughly the last 180 days.

Monthly buckets68 stories

Built 2026-05-06 05:07 UTC

Story count

3 periods

2026-032026-05

Period	Stories	Total score	Total comments
2026-05	45	172	26
2026-04	22	65	4
2026-03	1	2	1

Peak story count across shown buckets: 45.

Why these stories match

Matched by curated deterministic rules. This helps inspect rule coverage; it does not prove taxonomy correctness.

11 active rules0 zero-match rules

Most current rule matches come from title:hardware (22.1% of assignment matches).

title:gpu

Title rule matched on gpu.

17 matches17 recent

Title rulegpu22.1% of assignment matches

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Orbital Economics Post #19 – The Orbital GPU Competition
2026-05-05 22:35 UTC2 points0 comments
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SMG: The Case for Disaggregating CPU from GPU in LLM Serving
2026-05-05 19:52 UTC2 points0 comments
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GPU Spot Prices Surge 114% in Six Weeks
2026-05-05 18:06 UTC1 points0 comments

title:hardware

Title rule matched on hardware.

17 matches17 recent

Title rulehardware22.1% of assignment matches

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Ask HN: What would it take for you to use photonic inference hardware?
2026-05-05 18:32 UTC2 points0 comments
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Hardware-Backed Security Using WolfTPM with SPDM
2026-05-05 17:08 UTC2 points0 comments
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Ahead of Race to IPO, OpenAI Discussed Spinning Out Robotics, Hardware Divisions
2026-05-05 10:16 UTC2 points0 comments

title:chip

Title rule matched on chip.

10 matches10 recent

Title rulechip13% of assignment matches

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Cerebras targets $26.6B valuation in US IPO as AI chip demand surges
2026-05-05 11:48 UTC2 points0 comments
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As Tim Cook steps down, Apple hit record sales – but a chip shortage looms
2026-05-01 17:17 UTC1 points2 comments
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New computer chip material inspired by the human brain could slash AI energy use
2026-05-01 11:05 UTC1 points0 comments

title:cpu

Title rule matched on cpu.

9 matches9 recent

Title rulecpu11.7% of assignment matches

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Why AI Is Causing a Global CPU Shortage
2026-05-06 03:21 UTC6 points0 comments
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SPEC CPU: The Next Generation
2026-05-05 21:53 UTC2 points0 comments
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SMG: The Case for Disaggregating CPU from GPU in LLM Serving
2026-05-05 19:52 UTC2 points0 comments

title:chips

Title rule matched on chips.

6 matches6 recent

Title rulechips7.8% of assignment matches

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Apple Explores Using Intel and Samsung to Build Main Device Chips in the US
2026-05-05 03:22 UTC24 points7 comments
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AI Has Made Memory Chips One of the Most Profitable Products
2026-05-04 18:11 UTC2 points0 comments
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Hyperscalers are buying all the chips to then rent them to us later
2026-05-02 03:51 UTC5 points3 comments

title:firmware

Title rule matched on firmware.

6 matches6 recent

Title rulefirmware7.8% of assignment matches

Examples are shown for the highest-volume active rules in this view.

title:raspberry pi

Title rule matched on raspberry pi.

5 matches5 recent

Title ruleraspberry pi6.5% of assignment matches

Examples are shown for the highest-volume active rules in this view.

title:fpga

Title rule matched on fpga.

4 matches4 recent

Title rulefpga5.2% of assignment matches

Examples are shown for the highest-volume active rules in this view.

title:microcontroller

Title rule matched on microcontroller.

1 matches1 recent

Title rulemicrocontroller1.3% of assignment matches

Examples are shown for the highest-volume active rules in this view.

title:semiconductor

Title rule matched on semiconductor.

1 matches1 recent

Title rulesemiconductor1.3% of assignment matches

Examples are shown for the highest-volume active rules in this view.

domain:anandtech.com

Domain rule matched on anandtech.com.

1 matches0 recent

Domain ruleanandtech.com1.3% of assignment matches

Examples are shown for the highest-volume active rules in this view.

Matching stories

Materialized deterministic title/domain matches from the current recent-first derived window.

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Why AI Is Causing a Global CPU Shortage(old.reddit.com)
6 pointsby jeffufl2026-05-06 03:21 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:cpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:cpu (Title rule: cpu)
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Orbital Economics Post #19 – The Orbital GPU Competition(orbitaleconomics.substack.com)
2 pointsby valgin21502026-05-05 22:35 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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SPEC CPU: The Next Generation(arxiv.org)
2 pointsby matt_d2026-05-05 21:53 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:cpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:cpu (Title rule: cpu)
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SMG: The Case for Disaggregating CPU from GPU in LLM Serving(pytorch.org)
2 pointsby gmays2026-05-05 19:52 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:cpu, title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:cpu (Title rule: cpu), title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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Ask HN: What would it take for you to use photonic inference hardware?
2 pointsby caloricflow2026-05-05 18:32 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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GPU Spot Prices Surge 114% in Six Weeks(tomtunguz.com)
1 pointsby gmays2026-05-05 18:06 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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Embodied AI with Claude, Raspberry Pi and Arduino(github.com)
1 pointsby harshaarya172026-05-05 18:06 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:raspberry pi
Matched by deterministic rules: title:raspberry pi (Title rule: raspberry pi)
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Hardware-Backed Security Using WolfTPM with SPDM(wolfssl.com)
2 pointsby aidangarske2026-05-05 17:08 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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Scaling GPU DataFrames: Why Bodo's SPMD Architecture Outperforms Task-Based Engi(bodo.ai)
4 pointsby marquisdepolis2026-05-05 16:35 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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Notes from Optimizing CPU-Bound Go Hot Paths(blog.andr2i.com)
1 pointsby molecularman2026-05-05 14:59 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:cpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:cpu (Title rule: cpu)
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Show HN: Memopt: Open-source GPU memory fabric for AI infrastructure(github.com)
2 pointsby lachu_5362026-05-05 14:57 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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We built an ESP32-S3 simulator that runs real firmware in the browser(blog.cirkitdesigner.com)
4 pointsby austin_small2026-05-05 14:02 UTC1 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:firmware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:firmware (Title rule: firmware)
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Community firmware for the Xteink X4 e-paper reader(github.com)
3 pointsby dmos622026-05-05 12:56 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:firmware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:firmware (Title rule: firmware)
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Slug: Modern resolution-independent text/vector rendering on the GPU(sluglibrary.com)
2 pointsby childintime2026-05-05 12:11 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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Cerebras targets $26.6B valuation in US IPO as AI chip demand surges(reuters.com)
2 pointsby giuliomagnifico2026-05-05 11:48 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:chip
Matched by deterministic rules: title:chip (Title rule: chip)
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Ahead of Race to IPO, OpenAI Discussed Spinning Out Robotics, Hardware Divisions(wsj.com)
2 pointsby reaperducer2026-05-05 10:16 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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Lattice Semiconductor acquires AMI, maker of server firmware(oregonlive.com)
3 pointsby ojn2026-05-05 04:13 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:firmware, title:semiconductor
Matched by deterministic rules: title:firmware (Title rule: firmware), title:semiconductor (Title rule: semiconductor)
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Apple Explores Using Intel and Samsung to Build Main Device Chips in the US(bloomberg.com)
24 pointsby tambourine_man2026-05-05 03:22 UTC7 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:chips
Matched by deterministic rules: title:chips (Title rule: chips)
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Ahead of Race to IPO, OpenAI Discussed Spinning Out Robotics, Hardware Divisions(wsj.com)
3 pointsby spenvo2026-05-05 01:59 UTC1 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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The First Firmware TPM with Post-Quantum Cryptography(wolfssl.com)
3 pointsby aidangarske2026-05-04 23:04 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:firmware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:firmware (Title rule: firmware)
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BlinkPi – Use your hardware the way you want(github.com)
2 pointsby mondainx2026-05-04 18:50 UTC1 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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AI Has Made Memory Chips One of the Most Profitable Products(wsj.com)
2 pointsby gmays2026-05-04 18:11 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:chips
Matched by deterministic rules: title:chips (Title rule: chips)
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Pixel 11 leak reveals new camera hardware, Tensor G6 details, more specs(9to5google.com)
3 pointsby Alupis2026-05-04 16:09 UTC1 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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iOrchestra.ai prompt to hardware mass production platform YC looks for [video](youtube.com)
1 pointsby andresparraarz2026-05-04 07:01 UTC1 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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AI Coding Models You Can Run Locally on Consumer Hardware(firethering.com)
1 pointsby steveharing12026-05-04 06:14 UTC1 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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Moving from Node to Bun spikes container CPU and memory usage until it crashes(github.com)
2 pointsby emigre2026-05-03 19:14 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:cpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:cpu (Title rule: cpu)
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Writing a bindless GPU abstraction layer(kevin-gibson.com)
1 pointsby mellinoe2026-05-03 18:57 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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I recreated the Apple Lisa computer inside an FPGA [video](youtube.com)
57 pointsby cyrc2026-05-03 17:45 UTC8 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:fpga
Matched by deterministic rules: title:fpga (Title rule: fpga)
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Measure Solar Radiation&Heat Flux Without Expensive Hardware, Using Soft-Sensing(ieeexplore.ieee.org)
1 pointsby iopoer2026-05-03 15:10 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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CPU Work and GPU Work(talhoffman.com)
2 pointsby talhof82026-05-03 13:57 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:cpu, title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:cpu (Title rule: cpu), title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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The Problem with Open Hardware [video](youtube.com)
1 pointsby Udo_Schmitz2026-05-03 10:51 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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A Lisa Inside an FPGA(lisalist2.com)
2 pointsby uyjulian2026-05-03 08:39 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:fpga
Matched by deterministic rules: title:fpga (Title rule: fpga)
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NodeMind – binary document index, 48× smaller than float32 RAG, no GPU required(github.com)
2 pointsby Nodemind2026-05-03 05:14 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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Ask HN: Best hardware for local inference
2 pointsby aavci2026-05-03 04:00 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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MicroGPT Running at 50k Tkps on Cyclone V FPGA (Pure Hardware)(github.com)
2 pointsby friedeggsunday2026-05-02 17:36 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:fpga, title:hardware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:fpga (Title rule: fpga), title:hardware (Title rule: hardware)
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The Intel Lunar Lake CPU Performance Gains on Linux over the Past Year(phoronix.com)
2 pointsby rbanffy2026-05-02 12:40 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:cpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:cpu (Title rule: cpu)
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Raspberry Pi 5 gets LLM smarts with AI HAT+ 2(theregister.com)
2 pointsby barqawiz2026-05-02 05:15 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:raspberry pi
Matched by deterministic rules: title:raspberry pi (Title rule: raspberry pi)
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Hyperscalers are buying all the chips to then rent them to us later
5 pointsby adelks2026-05-02 03:51 UTC3 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:chips
Matched by deterministic rules: title:chips (Title rule: chips)
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Running a custom trained Piper TTS model on Raspberry Pi Zero 2W(old.reddit.com)
1 pointsby yakkomajuri2026-05-01 23:07 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:raspberry pi
Matched by deterministic rules: title:raspberry pi (Title rule: raspberry pi)
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As Tim Cook steps down, Apple hit record sales – but a chip shortage looms(techcrunch.com)
1 pointsby Brajeshwar2026-05-01 17:17 UTC2 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:chip
Matched by deterministic rules: title:chip (Title rule: chip)
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"Show more" in Google search causes high Firefox GPU usage
2 pointsby prirun2026-05-01 16:17 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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Embedded Rust or C Firmware? Lessons from an Industrial Microcontroller Use Case(arxiv.org)
3 pointsby mrtz2026-05-01 13:02 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:firmware, title:microcontroller
Matched by deterministic rules: title:firmware (Title rule: firmware), title:microcontroller (Title rule: microcontroller)
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Bolt Graphics Targets FP64 HPC Workloads with Zeus GPU(hpcwire.com)
1 pointsby rbanffy2026-05-01 12:54 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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New computer chip material inspired by the human brain could slash AI energy use(cam.ac.uk)
1 pointsby breve2026-05-01 11:05 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:chip
Matched by deterministic rules: title:chip (Title rule: chip)
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Raspberry Pi: A Foundation Model in Your Pocket – Colossus(colossus.com)
3 pointsby rbanffy2026-05-01 09:30 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:raspberry pi
Matched by deterministic rules: title:raspberry pi (Title rule: raspberry pi)
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WolfTPM Firmware TPM (FwTPM) Support(wolfssl.com)
2 pointsby aidangarske2026-04-30 22:43 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:firmware
Matched by deterministic rules: title:firmware (Title rule: firmware)
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Apple's iPhone revenue jumps to $57B despite chip shortages(theverge.com)
5 pointsby mgh22026-04-30 21:07 UTC2 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:chip
Matched by deterministic rules: title:chip (Title rule: chip)
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Utilyze measures how efficiently your GPU is doing useful work(github.com)
3 pointsby nateb20222026-04-30 18:49 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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Revealing NVIDIA Driver Command Streams for CPU-GPU Runtime Behavior Insight(arxiv.org)
2 pointsby matt_d2026-04-30 16:46 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:cpu, title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:cpu (Title rule: cpu), title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)
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Fast GPU Linear Algebra via Compile Time Expression Fusion(arxiv.org)
4 pointsby matt_d2026-04-30 16:38 UTC0 comments Trend history
Evidence: title:gpu
Matched by deterministic rules: title:gpu (Title rule: gpu)