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    INTEL AND QUALCOMM REPORTEDLY BID UP TO $10B FOR TENSTORRENT ON AN=

    UNVERIFIED COST CLAIM (3 MINUTE READ) [4]=20

    Intel and Qualcomm are =
    reportedly bidding up to $10 billion for
    Tenstorrent, whose roughly $1,00=
    0 Blackhole chips run the BlockFloat8
    number format natively, where GPUs =
    with native support list near
    $40,000. Smallest.ai says its text-to-speec=
    h model, with over 80%
    running in 8-bit, costs about a quarter as much to=
    run as on Nvidia's
    L40S. The figures are vendor-published and unverified=
    , and no deal has
    closed.=20

    CXMT SWINGS TO A NEARLY $20B NINE-MONTH =
    PROFIT AS AI DEMAND DRIVES UP
    DRAM PRICES (2 MINUTE READ) [5]=20

    CXMT=
    expects nine-month net profit of 131 to 132.5 billion yuan
    ($19.6 to $19=
    .8 billion), versus a 5.3 billion yuan loss a year
    earlier, on revenue of=
    265 to 270 billion yuan, up from 32.1 billion.
    It credits AI-driven DRAM=
    shortages, expanded capacity, and more
    output per wafer. Its claim of fi=
    fth-generation DRAM in mass
    production hasn't been independently verified=
    , and memory booms
    typically fund new capacity that eventually pulls pric=
    es back down.=20

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    ENGINEERING AND APPLICATIONS

    T=
    ESLA ROADSTER PAIRS UNDERBODY SUCTION FANS WITH COLD-GAS THRUSTERS
    FOR GR=
    IP BEYOND WHAT TIRES ALLOW (3 MINUTE READ) [6]=20

    The Roadster's floor =
    uses fans and perimeter seals to pull air out
    from under the car, creatin=
    g up to 2 g of suction, enough to hold it
    upside down while stationary, a=
    nd at speed, front and rear passages
    open for more flow. Cold-gas thruste=
    rs add a second system: ten
    nozzles fed by compressed air, with all-elect=
    ric actuators for fast
    micro-adjustments, which Tesla says push with four=
    to five times the
    force tires can deliver.=20

    NASA'S ROMAN TELESCOPE=
    BEATS ITS IMAGE-QUALITY SPEC BY NEARLY 30%
    AFTER A HAIR-WIDTH MIRROR NUD=
    GE (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20

    After moving Roman's secondary mirror by abou=
    t one-sixteenth the
    width of a human hair, engineers measured 63 nanomete=
    rs RMS of optical
    error in the Wide Field Instrument, nearly 30% better t=
    han the
    90-nanometer requirement. The camera has 18 detectors, and the sa=
    me
    adjustment fixed slight defocus in the Coronagraph Instrument, which=

    still needs testing of its ability to block unwanted light. Roman
    laun=
    ched August 30, and both instruments now match or beat
    predictions.=20
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    OR MICROWAVE SIGNALS (3 MINUTE READ) [9]=20

    Argonne and UIUC researcher=
    s coupled spin waves in a thin yttrium
    iron garnet film to a superconduct=
    ing resonator built directly on top,
    creating a hybrid mode that propagat=
    es one way and could keep return
    noise from leaking back into qubits. The=
    key materials fix was
    swapping the usual rare-earth-containing substrate=
    , which absorbs
    microwaves at low temperatures, for one without rare-eart=
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    VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES=
    COULD FREE UP GRID POWER BY CUTTING MOTOR
    ENERGY USE 40 TO 60 PERCENT (5=
    MINUTE READ) [10]=20

    Variable frequency drives adjust motor speed to m=
    atch demand, cutting
    a motor's energy use by about 40 to 60 percent. Toyo=
    ta saved over
    $700,000 a year after putting them on 200-plus HVAC motors =
    at its
    Kentucky plant, in a $1.25 million pilot. Cheaper sensors,
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    HUMXN PAYS FOR HOME REPAIRS IN THREE CITIES TO RECORD WEARABLE-SENSOR=

    DATA FOR ROBOT TRAINING (3 MINUTE READ) [14]=20

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    TO MATCH HIPBLASLT (25 MINUTE READ) [15]=20

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