Microsoft is supercharging Windows 11’s voice commands on Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon CPUs, and fine-tuning a few Recall features

Windows 11 has a new preview which bolsters its voice commands You can now give commands using natural speech rather than ...

The AI hardware crunch: CPUs join the chip shortage

AI shifts from chatbots to autonomous agents, and data centers scramble for the overlooked chip that suddenly does most of ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft to launch new custom chips for data processing, security

Microsoft on Tuesday revealed new custom chips aimed at powering workloads on its Azure cloud and bolstering security, particularly a new hardware accelerator that can manage data processing, ...
SDxCentral

Microsoft announces in-house Arm CPU and AI accelerator chips, custom racks

Microsoft has announced two in-house designed semiconductors - an Arm CPU and a dedicated AI accelerator. The Microsoft Azure Cobalt CPU is designed for general workloads, with a focus on performance ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft-backed startup debuts task optimized enterprise AI models that run on CPUs

A new enterprise AI focussed startup is emerging from stealth today with the promise of providing what it calls 'task-optimized' models that provide better performance at lower cost. Fastino, based in ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft updates Intel-based Surface PCs, if you can pay for them

Microsoft switched the Surface Pro tablet and both sizes of Surface Laptop from Intel and AMD’s processors to Qualcomm’s Arm-based processors last summer, part of a renewed hardware and software push ...