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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026478 stories
Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock↗ colo.to · HN · 426 comments · 1016 points · Sep 28, 2026
Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B↗ businessinsider.com · HN · 925 comments · 1988 points · Aug 27, 2026
Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 566 comments · 675 points · Aug 17, 2026
AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon↗ theregister.com · HN · 722 comments · 949 points · Aug 06, 2026
32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 393 comments · 436 points · Jun 03, 2026
2025818 stories
Nvidia to buy assets from Groq for $20B cash↗ cnbc.com · HN · 404 comments · 699 points · Dec 24, 2025
Qualcomm to acquire Arduino↗ qualcomm.com · HN · 535 comments · 1340 points · Oct 07, 2025
Nvidia buys $5B in Intel↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 616 comments · 1018 points · Sep 18, 2025
Nvidia won, we all lost↗ blog.sebin-nyshkim.net · HN · 571 comments · 995 points · Jul 04, 2025
I convinced HP's board to buy Palm and watched them kill it↗ philmckinney.substack.com · HN · 497 comments · 687 points · Jun 13, 2025
2024880 stories
Intel announces retirement of Pat Gelsinger↗ intel.com · HN · 741 comments · 913 points · Dec 02, 2024
AMD outsells Intel in the datacenter space↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 161 comments · 499 points · Nov 05, 2024
AnandTech Farewell↗ anandtech.com · HN · 598 comments · 3025 points · Aug 30, 2024
IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4B deal↗ reuters.com · HN · 374 comments · 558 points · Apr 24, 2024
Intel's Humbling↗ stratechery.com · HN · 401 comments · 569 points · Jan 30, 2024
2023564 stories
2024 could be the year the PC dumps x86 for Arm, thanks to Windows 12↗ pcgamer.com · HN · 92 comments · 40 points · Dec 25, 2023
Intel's CEO says Moore's Law is slowing to a three-year cadence but not dead yet↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 52 comments · 72 points · Dec 24, 2023
Intel plans spinoff of FPGA unit↗ networkworld.com · HN · 161 comments · 139 points · Dec 21, 2023
Nvidia’s CEO Is the Uncle of AMD’s CEO↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 14 comments · 64 points · Aug 01, 2023
Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94↗ intc.com · HN · 11 comments · 137 points · Mar 25, 2023
2022545 stories
Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab↗ electronicsweekly.com · HN · 547 comments · 453 points · Jun 07, 2022
Broadcom to acquire VMware for $61B↗ reuters.com · HN · 413 comments · 596 points · May 26, 2022
SoftBank's Sale of Arm to Nvidia Collapses, Arm to IPO↗ reuters.com · HN · 236 comments · 491 points · Feb 08, 2022
Nvidia prepares to abandon $40B Arm bid↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 454 comments · 784 points · Jan 25, 2022
IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts↗ statnews.com · HN · 687 comments · 688 points · Jan 23, 2022
2021546 stories
Intel is reducing server chip pricing in attempt to stem the AMD tide↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 330 comments · 400 points · Sep 14, 2021
Intel in talks to buy GlobalFoundries for about $30B↗ reuters.com · HN · 170 comments · 604 points · Jul 15, 2021
Proposed acquisition of ARM Limited by NVIDIA: public interest intervention↗ gov.uk · HN · 205 comments · 393 points · Apr 19, 2021
SoftBank’s plan to sell Arm to Nvidia is hitting antitrust wall around the world↗ asia.nikkei.com · HN · 188 comments · 355 points · Jan 24, 2021
New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects↗ anandtech.com · HN · 532 comments · 747 points · Jan 21, 2021
2020442 stories
Intel's disruption is now complete↗ jamesallworth.medium.com · HN · 627 comments · 894 points · Nov 14, 2020
AMD to Acquire Xilinx↗ amd.com · HN · 252 comments · 593 points · Oct 27, 2020
IBM is splitting itself into two public companies↗ reuters.com · HN · 426 comments · 645 points · Oct 08, 2020
Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B↗ nvidianews.nvidia.com · HN · 751 comments · 2122 points · Sep 13, 2020
Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for more than $32B↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 674 comments · 1106 points · Jul 31, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock↗ colo.to · HN · 426 comments · 1016 points · Sep 28, 2026
ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 882 comments · 398 points · Sep 25, 2026
Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B↗ businessinsider.com · HN · 925 comments · 1988 points · Aug 27, 2026
The Inference Hardware Revolution of 2026↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 22 comments · 168 points · Sep 15, 2026
Nvidia dismisses "circular financing", says every $1 it invests brings back $100↗ invezz.com · HN · 197 comments · 138 points · Sep 13, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock↗ colo.to · HN · 426 comments · 1016 points · Sep 28, 2026
ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 882 comments · 398 points · Sep 25, 2026
The Inference Hardware Revolution of 2026↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 22 comments · 168 points · Sep 15, 2026
Nvidia dismisses "circular financing", says every $1 it invests brings back $100↗ invezz.com · HN · 197 comments · 138 points · Sep 13, 2026
Acer CEO says memory makers are hyping 2030 shortage fears to protect margins↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 5 comments · 34 points · Sep 23, 2026
Jensen Huang says the junior developer problem ends in two years↗ thenewstack.io · HN · 61 comments · 28 points · Sep 23, 2026
Apple May Return to Server Market with Nvidia Technology↗ macrumors.com · HN · 17 comments · 20 points · Sep 16, 2026
AI cancer cures slowed by chip shortage, says Arm boss↗ bbc.com · HN · 15 comments · 20 points · Sep 08, 2026
AMD briefly joins the $1T club↗ theregister.com · HN · 1 comments · 11 points · Sep 22, 2026
China's ByteDance gained access to over 2k Nvidia B200 chips through Norway↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 0 comments · 10 points · Sep 23, 2026

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