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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 Windows 10 Event Live Blog (starts 10am ET)
We're readying up for a Live Blog of the Microsoft event in NYC. Panos Panay is expected to take to the stage, with Major Nelson from the Xbox team...
87 by Ian Cutress on 10/26/2016
Examining Windows 10 Anniversary Update's Driver Signing Enforcement Policy
Windows 10 Anniversary Update came out at the beginning of August, with plenty of new user-facing features. There were also plenty of changes under the hood as well, including...
85 by Brett Howse on 10/14/2016
Microsoft Adds HP Elite x3 Smartphone to Windows Store, $799
Microsoft has begun to sell HP’s Elite x3 smartphone at its Windows Store. The handset is one of the most powerful Windows 10 Mobile-based devices and the one of...
35 by Anton Shilov on 10/10/2016
Microsoft Releases The First Xbox Play Anywhere Title: Recore
At E3, Microsoft announced a new feature to bring together their Xbox ecosystem with the much larger, and more diverse, Windows 10 user base. The initiative was called Xbox...
48 by Brett Howse on 9/12/2016
Windows 10 Anniversary Update: The Road To Redstone
It’s already been a year since Microsoft launched Windows 10, and we have had a couple of updates since release. The biggest update yet though is the Windows 10...
196 by Brett Howse on 8/2/2016
HP’s Elite x3 Windows 10 Smartphone to Cost $699, Set to Be Available Worldwide
When HP introduced its flagship Elite x3 phablet earlier this year at MWC, the smartphone made a very positive impression mostly because HP decided to make a bold move...
67 by Anton Shilov on 7/21/2016
Microsoft Announces FY 2016 Q4 Results
Microsoft announced their fourth quarter results for their fiscal year 2016. For the quarter, Microsoft had revenues of $20.6 billion, which is a 7% decline compared to Q4 2015...
20 by Brett Howse on 7/19/2016
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Launching August 2nd
While certainly not as big of an update as the original launch of Windows 10, the next major update now has a release date. August 2nd will be the...
35 by Brett Howse on 6/30/2016
Microsoft Confirms Surface 3 Production To End In December
File this under “I’m not shocked” but Microsoft has confirmed today that the Surface 3 tablet will cease production by the end of December. The Surface 3 first launched...
63 by Brett Howse on 6/24/2016
Microsoft Teases Project Scorpio for 2017: 8 cores, 6 TeraFLOPs, Backwards Compatible with Xbox. Zen or Jaguar?!
This news piece contains speculation, and suggests silicon implementation based on released products and roadmaps.The only elements confirmed for Project Scorpio are the eight cores, >6 TFLOPs, 320 GB/s...
101 by Ian Cutress on 6/13/2016
Cortana Coming to Xbox Live
A short word coming out of E3: despite rolling out a couple of days ago, Microsoft has formally announced Cortana, the Windows-based speech recognition helper (similar to Siri and...
6 by Ian Cutress on 6/13/2016
Microsoft Announces Xbox One S Console: A Slimmer Design
Today at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Microsoft has lifted the lid on their new Xbox One console design. The Xbox One is part of the eighth generation...
58 by Ian Cutress on 6/13/2016
Microsoft Streamlines Its Smartphone Business Again, Lays Off 1850 People
Microsoft on Wednesday announced another reorganization of its smartphone business with plans to streamline operations and eliminate redundant personnel. The company will lay off 1850 of its employees in...
78 by Anton Shilov on 5/25/2016
Nokia Is Set to Return to Smartphones and Tablets: What to Expect?
For several months now, the management of Nokia has been talking about the possible return of the brand to the smartphone market, but emphasized multiple times that the corporation...
37 by Anton Shilov on 5/25/2016
Microsoft Adds V-Sync Control And Adaptive Framerate Support To The Universal Windows Platform
Microsoft has certainly gone all-in on their Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and have been updating it, including the name, for several years now. What originally started as WinRT apps...
49 by Brett Howse on 5/10/2016
Microsoft Announces Q3 FY 2016 Results: Lower Revenue But Strong Cloud Growth
Today Microsoft also announced their earnings for the third quarter of their 2016 fiscal year. Revenue, income and earnings were all down compared to Q3 2015, with revenue for...
16 by Brett Howse on 4/22/2016
Microsoft Announces Xamarin Will Be Included Free With Visual Studio, And Open Source
Back in February, Microsoft announced it was acquiring Xamarin, the cross-platform toolkit which allows developers to write native apps for iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac, using Visual Studio and...
12 by Brett Howse on 3/31/2016
Hololens Round Two: Augmented Reality At Build 2016
Last year at BUILD I got my first chance to try Hololens. That experience was very interesting, not only because of the potential of Augmented Reality, but because of...
23 by Brett Howse on 3/31/2016
Windows 10 Gaming Updates: DirectX 12 and Xbox One
With the Windows Anniversary Edition, Microsoft has detailed some upcoming improvements for gaming. They even brought Phil Spencer out to announce the upcoming plans for gaming on Windows. The...
21 by Brett Howse on 3/30/2016
Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Anniversary Edition
Windows 10 is unlike previous versions of Windows in that the original intent was to have it constantly updated over its lifetime. We’ve already had one big update with...
45 by Brett Howse on 3/30/2016
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