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Astera Labs showcases 320-lane PCIe 6.0 switch for vendor-agnostic scaling in data centers — up to 80 accelerators can be scaled up using PCIe alone

… In such cases, traditional switching architectures either require repeated data transmissions or slow multicast-group reconfiguration, whereas Hypercast is designed to handle these communication patterns directly in hardware, reduce GPU networking overhead, and improve accelerator efficiency, Aster… …

Jun 3, 2026 · Anton Shilov
tomshardware.com › tech-industry › artificial-intelligence

Chinese grey market sells Claude API access at 90% off by using stolen credentials, model substitution, and harvesting users' prompts and outputs for resale as AI training data — 'transfer stations' operate through proxy networks that harvest user data

…The proxy networks, known in Chinese developer communities as "transfer stations," operate openly on platforms including GitHub, Taobao, and Telegram, and sustain their rock-bottom pricing through a combination of stolen credentials…

May 9, 2026 · Luke James
tomshardware.com › tech-industry › artificial-intelligence

AMD's Helios MI455X AI platform breaks cover, initial systems use UALink-over-Ethernet interconnects — AMD's Vera Rubin rival surfaces, but the downsides of Ethernet could hamstring performance

… But there is a major downside with using Ethernet, even with the UALink protocol on top: Ethernet was originally designed as a general-purpose networking technology; it was never designed to scale up AI accelerators. …

Jun 4, 2026 · Anton Shilov
tomshardware.com › 3d-printing

Open-source non-profit claims Bambu Lab violated license — SFC steps in after multi-billion dollar 3D printer giant threatened independent developer, issued cease-and-desist demand on OrcaSlicer fork that restored cloud printing features

… The fact that bambu networking is flagged as proprietary breaks the copyleft license and violates several clauses in the license agreement. This has been going on for years now, but it’s the company’s actions against Jarczak that finally caused an uproar in the 3D printing community. …

May 21, 2026 · Jowi Morales
tomshardware.com › 3d-printing

Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled developer

… This is the version of OrcaSlicer that promised to restore the direct cloud connectivity that the company stripped away in early 2025, a move that many in the 3D printing community saw as the first step in locking the garden gates for Bambu Lab users. …

May 14, 2026 · Denise Bertacchi