# #AIHardware in the news

October 13, 2026 at 07:27 PM

> Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra Sells Out Online · Microsoft Unveils Maia 300 AI Accelerator Chip · Anthropic Develops Custom AI Chip with Samsung

[Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra Sells Out Online](<https://hardwarebrief.com/article/microsoft-surface-laptop-ultra-sells-out-online-ae1fb955>)
*October 13, 2026 at 07:27 PM* - The $5,899.99 Surface Laptop Ultra featuring the RTX Spark platform and 128GB of unified memory is currently out of stock at Microsoft.

[Microsoft Unveils Maia 300 AI Accelerator Chip](<https://hardwarebrief.com/article/microsoft-unveils-maia-300-ai-accelerator-chip-bc448621>)
*October 12, 2026 at 06:14 PM* - Microsoft's new Maia 300 chip features 288 GB of HBM4 memory and targets massive AI scaling with production scheduled for 2027.

[Anthropic Develops Custom AI Chip with Samsung](<https://hardwarebrief.com/article/anthropic-develops-custom-ai-chip-with-samsung-6d761446>)
*October 8, 2026 at 08:59 AM* - Anthropic partners with Samsung and Broadcom to produce a 2nm AI accelerator featuring 4,000 TOPS of compute and HBM3E memory.

[Samsung Completes HBM4E Testing for NVIDIA](<https://hardwarebrief.com/article/samsung-completes-hbm4e-testing-for-nvidia-7a4cdee2>)
*October 7, 2026 at 12:36 PM* - Samsung Electronics finishes qualification testing for its 12-layer HBM4E memory, offering 48GB capacity for AI infrastructure.