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Demand for generative AI services is skyrocketing and driving the need for AI servers and machines that are substantially different from traditional servers. The category is growing so quickly that sales of AI servers are set to reach $150 billion in 2027, according to Liu Yangwei, the chairman of Foxconn, the world's largest electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider. AI servers are a relatively new category of data center-grade products that use compute GPUs or specialized processors equipped with fast memory, so they tend to be considerably more expensive than traditional servers for data center and enterprise workloads. Demand for various generative AI applications is driving demand for such machines so rapidly that the AI server market will grow from $30 billion in 2023 to a...
Microsoft Announces Surface Duo - An Android Dual-Screen Device
Today at Microsoft’s Surface event in New York, alongside new laptops and various other Surface devices, we saw the company announce a new kind of device; the new “Surface...
59 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/2/2019
Hot Chips 31 Live Blogs: Microsoft Hololens 2.0 Silicon
The final presentation of Hot Chips 31 is from Microsoft, who will be lifting the lid of the silicon behind its HoloLens 2.0 product.
9 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/20/2019
Intel and Microsoft to Continue Supporting Existing Huawei Notebooks
Ever since Huawei was placed on the United States’ Entity List – effectively banning them from receiving US technology – the fate of support for their existing products has...
13 by Anton Shilov on 6/25/2019
Windows 10 May 2019 Update Feature Focus: Light Themes And Sandboxes
This week, Microsoft officially rolled out the Windows 10 May 2019 Update to the world. However, due to some recurring issues over the last couple of updates, the company...
71 by Brett Howse on 5/24/2019
A New Approach To Updates: Windows 10 May 2019 Update Available Today
For those eager to get the latest and greatest production build of Windows 10; good news. For those who would rather watch from the sidelines until the kinks are...
44 by Brett Howse on 5/21/2019
Microsoft Build Day 1: Windows Subsystem For Linux Gets More Linux
Today at Microsoft’s Build developer conference, the Redmond company announced some major changes to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, as well as some improvements to Windows 10 command line...
54 by Brett Howse on 5/7/2019
Microsoft Announces Surface Hub 2S: 50-Inch for $9000
Microsoft has introduced its new family of Surface Hub collaboration devices designed for conference rooms. The new lineup includes an all-new 85-inch model for those who need larger screens...
19 by Anton Shilov on 4/18/2019
Microsoft’s Windows XP Finally Dead: Last Embedded Version Reaches EOL
Microsoft this week ended support for the very last Windows XP-based operating system, essentially marking the end of the platform and an era. Being one of the longest living...
24 by Anton Shilov on 4/11/2019
Firefox Beta for Native Windows on Snapdragon Now Available
This morning we received word that Qualcomm and Mozilla have succeeded in creating a native build of Firefox that is now available to Windows on Snapdragon users. The version...
5 by Ian Cutress on 4/11/2019
No Fooling: Microsoft Silently Updates Surface Book 2 13.5 With Quad-Core i5 Option
Microsoft is a bit of an enigma in the PC space. There is little doubt that they offer some stunning hardware, but after being the first PC maker to...
14 by Brett Howse on 4/1/2019
The Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 Review: Surface Essentials
Microsoft’s Surface lineup was created to bring a spark of innovation into the PC industry at a time where much of the competition was slow to change, and slow...
59 by Brett Howse on 3/28/2019
Microsoft at MWC 2019: HoloLens 2 and Azure Kinect
Today in Barcelona, Microsoft has unveiled some very interesting products, with Azure Kinect and HoloLens 2. Microsoft is trying to carve out a niche in the IoT world with...
7 by Brett Howse on 2/24/2019
The Microsoft Surface Go LTE Review: Unmatched Mobility
Microsoft’s Surface Pro lineup has been a design win for the company for several years now. The Surface Go was launched in July of 2018 as a lower-cost version...
81 by Brett Howse on 1/17/2019
Microsoft Announces Move to Chromium For The Edge Browser
Today Microsoft has officially announced it is going to abandon its EdgeHTML and Chakra scripting engines, and move to Chromium for their first-party web browser, Microsoft Edge. This is...
57 by Brett Howse on 12/6/2018
The Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809): Let's Try This Again
Back on October 2nd, Microsoft announced general availability for the latest update to Windows 10, the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. The new naming is improved over what they’d...
88 by Brett Howse on 11/14/2018
Microsoft Releases Surface Go LTE
Earlier this year, Microsoft launched their lower cost, smaller Surface Go. With a display size of 10 inches, and weighing 1.15 lbs, or 515 grams, it’s a more portable...
22 by Brett Howse on 11/12/2018
896 Xeon Cores in One PC: Microsoft’s New x86 DataCenter Class Machines Running Windows
This week Microsoft released a new blog dedicated to the Windows Kernel internals. The purpose of the blog is to dive into the Kernel across a variety of architectures...
57 by Ian Cutress on 10/26/2018
The Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Review: More Than A Color
Microsoft is in a bit of a unique place in the PC space compared to other manufacturers. Other than Apple, Microsoft is the only company that controls both the...
80 by Brett Howse on 10/16/2018
Paul Allen, Co-Founder of Microsoft, Passes Away
Paul Allen, the man who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, died on Monday, October 15, 2018. Mr. Allen left Microsoft in 1983, but remained in its Board of Directors...
11 by Anton Shilov on 10/15/2018
Hands-on with Surface 2018: Pro 6, Laptop 2, Studio 2, & Headphones
This week, Microsoft announced their 2018 Surface lineup at their October event, along with their semi-annual feature update to Windows 10. Afterwards, we had a chance to look and...
20 by Nate Oh on 10/4/2018
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