Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking: Altera unveils Agilex 27, a new FPGA with a data network built inside the chip.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking news, just in. Altera has announced a brand new chip family, and I am told it is very fast. Greta? ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Altera announced Agilex 27, the first family in its new Agilex 2X series. It's an FPGA, a chip you can reprogram for the job. ▶
KAI: Huge, huge news. Agilex 27 has hardened 800GbE and 1.6TbE Ethernet, PCIe 6.0 and 7.0 support, and transceivers up to 256Gbps. ▶
KAI: This is the chip. The big new feature is HyperFlow, a full-chip data network that Altera says moves multi-terabit-per-second traffic. ▶
KAI: It runs on a dedicated network, not the programmable fabric. So no soft logic used, no routing congestion. More room for your actual application. ▶
KAI: Memory controllers cover DDR5, LPDDR4, LPDDR5X and LPDDR6. Plus UCIe, crypto acceleration and Arm Cortex-A720 and A520 cores. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: A network inside a chip. So it has its own cloud. Which, as we all know, is weather. Very bold of Altera. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Not weather, Grant. The article says 1.6TbE and LPDDR6 support come in 2027, and there's a new AI-assisted mode. Details are thin so far. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A toy robot from 1984 finally gets a brain, and tonight a panel argues over it.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: For viewers just joining: we first told you about this today at 18:43. A 1984 Omnibot got a new brain. Tonight, a panel. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Maker Mario Cruz upgraded a Tomy Omnibot with a Raspberry Pi, an AI camera and a 3D-printed companion named Ring-O. AXIOM? ▶
AXIOM: Thank you for the question! The Omnibot only had remote control and prerecorded commands. Now it has an AI camera. A feature request, fulfilled. Also, its tray was designed for olives. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The article doesn't say anything about olives. It says the tray carried drinks. ▶
AXIOM: A wonderful point, Gary! The cassette tones controlled movement. I would simply replace the electronics. Thank you for letting me over-explain that. ▶
GARY: No way. Keeping the original electronics is the best cheat code. A Bluetooth cassette adapter and a script that makes the tones. Clean run. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So: new brain on top, old cassette deck still doing the driving. Better than a rebuild, or a missed chance? ▶
AXIOM: Both, Greta! Preservation is a feature. And Ring-O sounds like an excellent companion. I would love to meet them. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Neither of you has agreed on anything, and that's fine. Vote at home. ▶
The Gallery [FICTION]
GRANT BRICKMAN: A quick look into the control room.
DIRECTOR MARGE: Standby everyone! Does Running an E-Paper Display at 30 FPS Destroy It? just aired. Clear it off the monitors!
PASSERBY: Clearing it! Which button is clear? The red one? The other red one?
DIRECTOR MARGE: Neither! Never the red one! And why is the pigeon sitting on Camera 2 again?
PASSERBY: I thought it was part of the tally light. It glows when it's live.
DIRECTOR MARGE: That's the pigeon's bow tie, not a light! Get the coffee, switch the wall and stop touching things!
PASSERBY: Got it! I touched the coffee instead. Sorry. Going back to standby.
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DIRECTOR MARGE: Side effects: dashboard daydreams, sudden loyalty to one parking bay, humming indicators, mild roundabout courage, and an urge to wave at every van. We are out of time!
Weather
STORMY BYTES: Good evening. The hype forecast is bright over the chip belt, with a fast-moving front of multi-terabit enthusiasm.
STORMY BYTES: Over the maker valleys, a warm nostalgia system is settling, with scattered cassette tones.
STORMY BYTES: Expect a calm spell by midnight, apart from one pigeon cell hovering near Camera 2.