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    HES

    MICROSOFT TAKES MAIA TO MULTI-GIGAWATT SCALE, MAKING IT THE DEFAU=
    LT
    INFERENCE CHIP FOR ITS OWN PRODUCTS (4 MINUTE READ) [4]=20

    Startin=
    g in 2027, Microsoft will deploy Maia at multi-gigawatt scale
    and make it=
    the main inference system for its products. The
    next-generation Maia 300=
    uses compute chiplets on TSMC's N2P process
    and targets long-context, mu=
    lti-step agent workloads. Digitimes
    reports that the supply chain is alre=
    ady preparing for a surge in
    server builds in 2027.=20

    INTRODUCING AM=
    D HELION, AGENTIC AI COMPUTE AT RACK SCALE (10 MINUTE
    READ) [5]=20

    AM=
    D's Helion agentic AI rack is designed for flexible AI
    infrastructure tha=
    t caters to hyperscale deployments and enterprise
    needs. It supports a ra=
    nge of configurations, including CPU-only and
    GPU-integrated systems, ali=
    gning with diverse AI workloads. Helion,
    part of an upcoming open bluepri=
    nt by AMD for OCP, is set for release
    in November.=20

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    ENGINEERING AND APPLICATIONS

    PHYSICAL INTELLIGENCE OPENS A BETA AP=
    I TO FINE-TUNE AND HOST =CE=A0 ROBOT
    MODELS (3 MINUTE READ) [6]=20

    Ph=
    ysical Intelligence opened a beta API for its =CF=80 robotics
    foundation =
    models: upload demonstrations, fine-tune on Pi-managed
    compute, and run t=
    he result on your own robot through a hosted
    inference gateway. Early par=
    tners spanned hardware from Actor's
    autonomous wheel loader, running a co=
    mmercial deployment with no
    operator onboard, to Almond's dual-arm Axol, =
    which learned to deburr
    its own spacers in four days. Since most ran clou=
    d-hosted inference,
    network connectivity was a pain point for some.=20
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    BUILDING A GPU COMPILER FROM SCRATCH, FROM PYTORCH TO CUDA (10 MINUTE=

    READ) [7]=20

    This deep dive uses the Emmy compiler framework to foll=
    ow PyTorch
    operations down to CUDA one lowering stage at a time: Tensor I=
    R, Loop
    IR, Tile IR, Kernel IR, and finally emitted code. It uses RMSNorm=
    and
    matrix multiplication as worked examples. It also covers operator
    =
    fusion, schedule selection, and online attention rewrites, so readers
    can=
    see what Triton-style stacks do under the hood.=20

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    APPLE'S MINIONS POOLS I=
    DLE MACS INTO A VIRTUAL GPU CLOUD (10 MINUTE
    READ) [9]=20

    Apple Silic=
    on Macs have powerful GPUs that sit mostly idle in normal
    use. Minions co=
    mbines them across machines into a virtual GPU cloud
    for large ML inferen=
    ce jobs, with fault tolerance and flexible task
    scheduling. The pitch is =
    that teams can use hardware they already own
    instead of waiting for expen=
    sive, centralized GPU capacity.=20

    ANTHROPIC RUNS A 26B MODEL ACROSS 15=
    $55 TV BOXES TO TEST IOT
    SELF-REPLICATION (5 MINUTE READ) [10]=20

    An=
    thropic's Frontier Red Team ran Gemma4-26B-A4B across 15 off-brand
    Androi=
    d TV boxes with 4GB of RAM each, using pipeline parallelism at
    0.39 token=
    s per second, to test whether small models could replicate
    across cheap I=
    oT hardware. A 9B model got inference running on 8 of 9
    hardware types te=
    sted, and a Kimwolf-sized botnet would total only
    about 40 H100s of compu=
    te. By their trend line, small models reach the
    needed capability in simp=
    lified tests by year-end.=20

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    MISCELLANEOUS

    APPL=
    E HOME COLLECTION BRINGS LG AND SCHNEIDER CAMERAS, A LOCK, AND
    THERMOSTAT=
    S TO APPLE HOME (3 MINUTE READ) [11]=20

    Apple's Home Collection, built =
    with LG and Schneider Electric, covers
    cameras, thermostats, sensors, a d=
    oorbell, and a deadbolt. LG's lock
    uses Ultra Wideband to unlock as you a=
    pproach and works locally over
    Matter and Aliro, while its indoor cam phy=
    sically tilts away when
    someone's home. Every device supports Thread, and=
    cameras keep
    recording to built-in storage if Wi-Fi drops. Prices run $1=
    99.95 to
    $399.95, with availability starting in December.=20

    WHAT A 1=
    GW AI DATA CENTER COSTS: ABOUT $30B, AND $17B OF IT IS CHIPS
    (10 MINUTE R=
    EAD) [12]=20

    An Abilene-scale build requires roughly $17B for chips and=
    servers,
    $3B for power, and only $2.4B for construction. Transformers,=

    generators, and cooling equipment face long lead times and rising
    pric=
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    SK HYNIX'S H-TPU SP=
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    TINY IN-HOUSE CORES (3 MIN=
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    Each core runs a 4-stage pipeline and replaces work d=
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    PEBBLE ROUND 2 STARTS SHIPPING (2 MIN=
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    The $199 watch has a color e-paper display, runs open=
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    PebbleOS, and lasts about 8 days per charge.=20

    INTEL NAMES C=
    RESCENT ISLAND THE GPU D-SERIES, WITH 1.3 PFLOPS OF FP8
    AND UP TO 480GB O=
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    Crescent Island, Intel's data center =
    inference GPU, will be sold as
    the GPU D-Series.=20

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