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Don't call Commodore's retro phone dumb. The Commodore Callback 8020 is a flip phone designed for digital detox. The company revealed a base price of $399. There appears to be a market for a phone that blocks social media and keeps you from doom scrolling.

Commodore is the brand behind that old PC you had as a kid. If you're young enough it's possible Commodore is a totally new brand to you.

The big pitch:

"The Commodore Callback 8020 is a premium, privacy-first, digital detox device built to block social media apps at the hardware level using patent pending technology, while still running 99% of essential Android apps, playing studio-quality Hi-Def music, and shooting with a premium Sony 48MP camera."

Commodore Callback

The Top500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers has a new No. 1. China's LineShine, which is built on custom Chinese processors, has topped El Capitan. Five systems now cross the Exascale threshold.

Here's the list.

Key facts about the new No. 1.

  • LineShine topped El Capitan for the top supercomputer.
  • LineShine had a debut measurement of 2.198 Exaflop/s on the HPL benchmark, more than 20% ahead of the No. 2 system, using 13,789,440 cores.
  • The system is based on the custom "LingKun" platform with 304-core LX2 processors running at 1.55 GHz, the proprietary LingQi interconnect, and Kylin OS.

    Read into this what you will, but pretty sure US angst is on deck. At the very least, China is showing it has custom silicon game.

Nvidia launched Nvidia Halos for Robotics, an open robotics stack that includes safety layers. The robotics version of Halos is an extension of Nvidia Halos autonomous vehicle safety systems. Nvidia's Halos for Robotics aims to provide a system that combines AI compute and safety for physical AI and robotics. Agility, a humanoid robotics company, is the first to use Nvidia Halos for Robotics in factories, warehouses and logistics.

The stack includes Nvidia IGX Thor and Nvidia Holoscan Sensor Bridge, Halos OS and an inspection lab. Nvidia detailed the effort in a news release and technical blog.

Nvidia Halos for Robotics

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned that AI supremacy can't be controlled by just a few companies with proprietary models. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Nadella said Microsoft is seeking to power a move away from frontier model concentration with low-cost models and task-built models.

Now this take is just swell given enterprises are being hit with AI sticker shock, but let's get real. Microsoft helped create OpenAI's momentum and counts Anthropic as a key partner. Now that Microsoft is creating its own models it's the champion of lowering the AI cost curve.

Nadella is simply talking Microsoft's book as traders would say. That said, Nadella isn't wrong. Enterprises need to avoid model lock-in and the smart CIOs are already using multiple models.


Intel named former SK Hynix CEO Seok-Hee Lee as executive vice president of Intel Foundry. Lee will report directly to CEO Lip-Bu Tan. In a statement, Intel said Lee will "lead all advanced packaging, system integration, back-end technology development, and back-end manufacturing, strengthening Intel’s ability to deliver differentiated, system-level innovation for customers."

Tan said Intel Foundry is establishing an advanced packaging business because systems integration is critical to Intel Foundry growth.

Naga Chandrasekaran, executive vice president of Intel Foundry, will lead front-end technology development and front-end manufacturing and continue to report to Tan. Executive vice president Navid Shahriari will be retiring after 37 years at Intel.

Is it just me or is that a lot of EVPs for one press release?