The Archive
The Archive
Computing
Arm sells AGI, a finished 136-core server CPU
Hot Chips, 24 August. Two TSMC N3P chiplets, up to 136 Neoverse V3 cores, 300 W. Arm will sell you the socket, not just the recipe.
Live · Breaking
OpenAI's Jalapeño inference chip is 700 watts
OpenAI’s first inference ASIC, co-developed with Broadcom, put 700-watt Hot Chips numbers against Nvidia’s 1,400-watt flagship.
Ciphers
The night sky is a schedule
A substitution cryptogram and a ROT13 of the same Gulf idea. Two cribs, then the lights.
Ciphers
The alphabet, reversed
Atbash, a rails cross, a power matrix, and a hex coalition.
United States
2026 Economic Report pushes faster nuclear and more LNG
The White House's 2026 Economic Report backs faster nuclear and more LNG. It says reactor approvals already take a year, down from over a decade.
Live · Computing
Apple puts M5 Max on the MacBook Pro
Apple's M5 Max MacBook Pro has an 18-core CPU, a 40-core GPU and up to 128 GB of memory. The 35.6 cm Max starts at US$3,599.
Tesla
Giga Texas has Cybercab in Production
Tesla's Q2 2026 update lists Cybercab as in production at Gigafactory Texas, at more than 125,000 a year. The first car came off the line in February.
Live · Space
Musk put a ship catch months out, and a reflight by early 2027
Elon Musk said on 20 August that a Starship upper stage should first fly again by the end of 2026 or early 2027. SpaceX first caught a booster in 2024.
Tech
Nvidia's Spark keeps 128 GB of model in a 150 mm box
Nvidia's DGX Spark has a GB10 Grace Blackwell chip, 1 petaflop of FP4 and 273 GB/s of memory bandwidth. It launched at US$3,999 and is now US$4,699.
SpaceX
Starlink hit 12 million subscribers at the end of Q2
Starlink ended June with 12.0 million subscribers, SpaceX's Q2 2026 results show. It added 1.7 million in the quarter, and SpaceX took in $7.8 billion.
Game Reviews
Wild Ice hit Steam on 19 August, after Lost in Tandem on 22 July
Journey Bound Games' zombie-hockey co-op Wild Ice hit Steam on 19 August for $16.99, after Tempete Studio's Lost in Tandem on 22 July.