The Hot Take: How far up the supply chain does this go? All the way to Nvidia? Only time will tell.
Following the recent smuggling indictment involving Supermicro co-founder Wally Liaw and others, Nvidia has significantly upgraded its global supply chain monitoring practices in recent months, according to an industry source. Already maintaining high visibility over customer lists, Nvidia now enforces stricter controls on shipments and transshipment processes, prompting multiple suppliers to expand their legal teams to comply with the intensified audits.
The Hot Take: It appears they're looking to accelerate Windows on ARM here. Nvidia seems to be pushing the ARM ISA hard these days with their new Server ARM SoC they just announced last month.
With the unexpected cancellation of MediaTek keynote, all eyes will be on NVIDIA's Jensen's presentation, possibly revealing the N1 Laptop SoC. Taitra Cancels MediaTek Rick Tsai's Computex Keynote Unexpectedly Ahead of the Event; NVIDIA Likely to Unveil the N1/N1X SoC for Low-Power Gaming Laptops We have all been waiting for NVIDIA to reveal its N1/N1X SoC that will power the next generation of low-power gaming laptops, positioning itself as a strong competitor against AMD and Intel in the mainstream segment. We are interested to know how theā¦
The Hot Take: Looks interesting we'll have to see how it actually looks and performs.
NVIDIA has shared a new and improved ReSTIR algorithm, which improves Path Tracing performance by 2-3x, setting the stage for next-gen gaming. Ray Tracing Is Cool, But Path Tracing Is Cooler & NVIDIA Is Making PT Faster by 3x With Its New ReSTIR Algorithms PC games are rapidly adopting Path Tracing as a means to deliver next-generation visual fidelity. Just like Ray Tracing, NVIDIA is the one who has paved the way for Path Tracing on PCs first. However, just like Ray Tracing in its early days, Path Tracing faces a challenge, and that's theā¦
The Hot Take: Interesting if it pans out but not sure we're there yet. They can barely program those quantum CPUs as it is....
NVIDIA has introduced Ising, its newest OpenAI models designed to make Quantum Computers useful and faster with brand new capabilities. NVIDIA Ising AI Models For Quantum Computers Bring Up To 3x Performance Boost Quantum Computing has been cited as the next frontier of computing for decades. Several companies have been trying to perfect quantum computing for years now, and only now have a few started to break the code. NVIDIA already offers an open-source development platform for quantum computing called CUDA-Q. The platform isā¦
By ckasprzak | TkOut | April 15, 2026 | Hardware, Nvidia
The Hot Take: Interesting rumor, they keep saying it's false but only time will tell.
While NVIDIA has been mostly keeping itself away from the PC market in recent times, a new rumor suggests that the company might be looking towards an AIB acquisition. NVIDIA's Acquisition of an OEM Could Spearhead the Company's Entry Into the Laptop Segment, But Details Are Slim [Update - 4/14/2026] - NVIDIA has denied any such reports and offered us an official statement on the matter: āThe media report is false; NVIDIA is not engaged in discussions to acquire any PC maker." NVIDIA rep to Wccftech The PC industry hasn't been in its bestā¦
The Hot Take: It appears that Nvidia is playing all the ISA's against each other.
In some funding rounds, the amount alone isnāt enough to tell the whole story. The $400 million that SiFive raised on April 9, 2026, is therefore only half the story. The other half is who is involved and what the money is intended for. Reuters and SiFive itself speak of funding for the expansion of [ā¦]
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The Hot Take: Mid-range is the target and your new standard.
We already knew the NVIDIA N1 was a thing; NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang told the world straight up that his company was working with Mediatek on SoCs for AI PCs, and he also confirmed that the N1 and the GB10 Superchip in the DGX Spark are one and the same. However, this is the first time we've really seen anything like an end-user device sporting
The Hot Take: Intel & Samsung need to catch up to bring prices down.
As the artificial intelligence (AI) era advances, approximately 133 companies are actively developing or selling AI chips, according to a SEMIEcosystem report citing Jon Peddie Research. Major suppliers include Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, and Google, alongside numerous startups focusing on edge AI solutions.
Nvidia has just demoed its Neural Texture Compression technique again at a GTC talk, where it showed VRAM usage dropping from 6.5 GB to just 970 MB in a scene. NTC uses a neural network to decompress textures instead of standard block-based compression, reducing texture size and VRAM usage while also improving final image quality.
The Hot Take: Following intels steps on the Arc? Also, how much space are the pre-compiled shaders going to consume of diskspace?
NVIDIA has introduced a new beta feature called Auto Shader Compilation, or ASC, through the latest NVIDIA App update, and it targets a familiar pain point in modern PC gaming: long initial loading phases and shader compilation stutter in DirectX 12 titles.