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Nvidia points to the future of AI hardware

CIO

For CIOs deploying a simple AI chatbot or an AI that provides summaries of Zoom meetings, for example, Blackwell and NIM may not be groundbreaking developments, because lower powered GPUs, as well as CPUs, are already available to run small AI workloads. The answer is, not yet.”

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Launch startup Stoke Space rolls out software tool for complex hardware development

TechCrunch

Stoke Space , a company that’s developing a fully reusable rocket, has unveiled a new tool to let hardware companies track the design, testing and integration of parts. The new tool, Fusion , is targeting an unsexy but essential aspect of the hardware workflow. Fusion is particularly relevant to startups.

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10 tips for de-risking hardware products

TechCrunch

Manufacturing real-life, tangible objects that you can touch is often a lot riskier than developing software. million fundraise , I asked company founder Narek Vardanyan what he thinks are the biggest pitfalls in hardware development. Last week, when I wrote about Prelaunch.com’s $1.5

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EnCharge AI emerges from stealth with $21.7M to develop AI accelerator hardware

TechCrunch

EnCharge AI , a company building hardware to accelerate AI processing at the edge , today emerged from stealth with $21.7 Speaking to TechCrunch via email, co-founder and CEO Naveen Verma said that the proceeds will be put toward hardware and software development as well as supporting new customer engagements.

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AllSpice thinks hardware developers lack their own ‘GitHub,’ so it is building one

TechCrunch

AllSpice , a collaborative hub designed for hardware development, came out of private beta on a mission to build a DevOps ecosystem inspired by GitHub. They bonded over frustrations at their respective jobs in what seemed like a hardware industry left behind to rely on PDFs and email to get things done versus software development.

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Duro drags hardware product development into the age of agile

TechCrunch

To software developers, the process of creating a hardware product can seem distinctly 1980s. The new funding will be used to expand sales and marketing teams and to further develop Duro’s product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions. “To simplify things a little, the hardware industry is dominated by a bimodal culture.

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Five Flute annotates hardware product development into the current millennium

TechCrunch

If you’re working in hardware development, there’s not a lot of options for collaborative work — at least not until Five Flute came along. In a nutshell, Five Flute is an issue-tracking platform for anyone that develops physical products. I spoke with the company’s CEO, and (spoiler alert!)

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