Meta Expands MTIA Roadmap With Four Inference Focused Generations
Meta outlined MTIA 300, 400, 450, and 500 accelerators with Broadcom collaboration, prioritizing inference efficiency, memory bandwidth, and deployment scale.
Microsoft Ships DirectStorage 1.4 With Zstandard and Asset Conditioning
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DirectStorage 1.4 adds Zstandard support and a new Game Asset Conditioning Library to improve compression efficiency and reduce streaming overhead.
Samsung Reportedly Targets 2 Nm Base Die for HBM4E
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Samsung is reportedly preparing a 2 nm logic base die for HBM4E, extending its process lead as HBM stacks move toward more active base die functions.
Silicon Motion Introduces SM8008 for Enterprise PCIe Gen 5 Boot SSDs
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Silicon Motion launched the SM8008 PCIe Gen 5 x4 enterprise controller, targeting boot drives with under 5 W active power and up to 14 GB per second throughput.
Valve Details New Steam Machine and Steam Frame Verification Rules
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Valve outlined separate Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame verification paths, with relaxed UI legibility expectations for Steam Machine targets.