TRANSCRIPT · Altera Agilex 27 is the First Agilex 2X Platform Adding 800GbE and 1.6TbE and More

## Altera Agilex 27 is the First Agilex 2X Platform Adding 800GbE and 1.6TbE and More (ServeTheHome)
https://www.servethehome.com/altera-agilex-27-800gbe-1-6tbe-hyperflow/
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.

## The Omnibot Finally Got the Brains It Deserves (Hackster.io)
https://www.hackster.io/news/the-omnibot-finally-got-the-brains-it-deserves-d175f9afc136
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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## 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.

AI-written satire. The text of the news items comes from the linked articles.