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Transformer runs on PDP-11 & CERN tiny AI in silicon - Hacker News (Mar 28, 2026)

Transformer runs on PDP-11 & CERN tiny AI in silicon - Hacker News (Mar 28, 2026)

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Today's topics:

Transformer runs on PDP-11 - ATTN-11 implements a minimal Transformer in PDP-11 assembly, training a sequence-reversal task within tight memory limits—great for ML systems education and retro-computing keywords like fixed-point, softmax tables, and self-attention.

CERN tiny AI in silicon - CERN is deploying ultra-compact AI models directly on FPGAs for LHC real-time filtering, highlighting low-latency inference, hardware-embedded ML, and the High-Luminosity LHC data-rate challenge.

Safer local AI agent runs - Stanford’s “jai” adds lightweight isolation for AI agents on Linux, reducing the blast radius of risky commands without full containers—keywords: copy-on-write overlays, sandboxing, and local dev safety.

Spain’s laws as a Git repo - The legalize-es repo turns Spain’s BOE laws into version-controlled Markdown with amendment commits, enabling legal diffs, auditing, and reproducible legislative history using open-data APIs.

Wayland apps on macOS windows - Cocoa-Way introduces a Rust-based Wayland compositor for macOS that displays Linux Wayland apps as native macOS windows, emphasizing low-latency protocol forwarding and cross-platform desktop workflows.

UK renewables drive negative prices - A live UK grid snapshot showed renewables dominance and net exports coinciding with negative wholesale power prices, illustrating how wind and solar surges reshape markets and interconnector flows.

AMD doubles 3D V-Cache - AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 adds 3D V-Cache to both chiplets, aiming for smoother top-end gaming and cache-sensitive performance without scheduling quirks—keywords: desktop CPU, 3D V-Cache, flagship.



-GitHub repo turns Spanish legislation into version-controlled Markdown with full reform history
-Wind and Solar Dominate UK Grid as Generation Exceeds Demand and Prices Turn Negative
-Cocoa-Way brings native Wayland app streaming to macOS via Rust compositor
-CERN Embeds Tiny AI in FPGA/ASIC Chips to Filter LHC Collisions in Nanoseconds
-Stanford releases jai, a lightweight sandbox to limit AI agent damage on Linux
-AMD unveils Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 with dual 3D V-Cache for 208MB total cache
-Toma seeks Senior/Staff engineer to scale real-time voice AI for car dealerships
-ATTN-11 Brings a Trainable Transformer to PDP-11 Assembly
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