Hardware
The Robotics Moment: Gemini Robotics 2 and Xiaomi’s Entry
The AI Prism Admin
Two July 2026 releases — DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 and Xiaomi-Robotics-1 — mark embodied AI's shift from demo to platform.
The Jetson Orin Nano 2 Just Made Edge AI a Commodity
The AI Prism Admin
NVIDIA's Jetson Orin Nano 2 packs 78 TOPS of AI compute into an entry-level robotics module, doubling the inference performance of its predecessor while drawing 40% less power at the same performance. With availability set for the first half of 2027, NVIDIA is turning entry-level edge AI into a commodity.
OpenAI’s Jalapeño Chip Just Rewrote Inference Economics
The AI Prism Admin
OpenAI published the first benchmarks for Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom — up to 1.9x throughput per kilowatt and 3.6x lower latency than a current Nvidia Blackwell system. Here's what the numbers mean for token prices, agents, and Nvidia's moat.
