hardware

Hardware refers to the physical, tangible components of a computer system or electronic device, such as processors, memory, and circuit boards, as opposed to software which consists of instructions that tell the hardware what to do.

Why it’s in the news: Hardware is in the news due to its critical role in the artificial intelligence boom, with significant investments and high-profile legal cases involving the smuggling of advanced AI chips.

Latest on hardware

• Glimpse wants to give hardware companies an X-ray view of every critical part
• California man’s smuggling scheme sent $300 million in AI hardware to China, feds say
• CFPB Clears Hardware From Vacated Offices After Watchdog Security Warning
• Seligman Ventures doubles capital to $1 billion as AI boom revives hardware bets
• Seligman Ventures doubles capital to $1 billion as AI boom revives hardware bets
• Nvidia Unveils AI Agent Safety Platform With Hardware-Based Watchdog
• is going to start throwing more money at the hardware behind AI
• customers delayed rather than canceled major software purchases during 2024, attributing postponements to enterprise budget allocation toward hardware investments
• Sysadmin broke hardware worth more than he made in a month
• Why Southeast Asia’s VCs should pay attention to a16z’s new investment bet

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