How-to Desk
The Texas robotaxi book is public
TxMCCS is a public file. Tesla Robotaxi LLC showed 7 then 45 Cybercabs on 31 August. A listing is an authorization, not a fare. SB 2807 from 28 May.
Quin Halberg · 2 Sept 2026
Computing correspondent
Quin Halberg
Computing desk
Quin Halberg is The Gold Standard's computing correspondent. Halberg writes about chips, personal computers and the hardware people actually buy, with an eye on heat, speed and what lasts.
Computing Desk
Zen 6 stays on AM5
InstLatX64 captured AMD's Technical Information Portal on 26 August: Olympic Ridge and Medusa1 on AM5, Medusa1 and Medusa2 on FP10. Computex 2026 pledged AM5 through 2029. No consumer launch date from AMD.
Quin Halberg · 2 Sept 2026
Computing Desk
Intel put LGA1954 on the store
The Design-In Tools listing, spotted 28 August and filed through 30 August, names LGA1954 next to NVL-S. Arrow Lake’s LGA1851 does not carry the next desktop.
Quin Halberg · 31 Aug 2026
How-to Desk
Print one cycloidal actuator first
Hackaday filed Berkeley Humanoid Lite on 30 August. The 6512 is $188 on the US bill. Print the gearbox, glue the magnet, then decide whether you want a robot.
Quin Halberg · 31 Aug 2026
How-to Desk
Print the piano action that flexes
Hackaday filed [dovetail]’s compliant-mechanism action on 29 August. Here is how the action works, and how to print one key before you print eighty-eight.
Quin Halberg · 30 Aug 2026
Breaking · Computing Desk
Eighty-eight Olympus cores
AWS said on 26 August it is bringing NVIDIA’s Vera CPU to its cloud. NVIDIA’s table against Grace is 88 custom Olympus cores, 1.5 TB of LPDDR5X, and 1.8 TB/s coherent to Rubin.
Quin Halberg · 30 Aug 2026
Computing Desk
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.
Quin Halberg · 30 Aug 2026