Microsoft advances ray tracing with clustered geometry
DirectX preview reduces dynamic scene update costs.
Microsoft wants Windows to be the safest place to run AI agents
Containment, identity, and manageability arrive as the operating system itself prepares for software that acts on its own.
Microsoft builds Maia 300 for inference
Chip targets 2027 rollout at gigawatt scale.
RTX Spark laptops have arrived, aimed at the x86 halo
Innovation like the premium and enthusiast mobile market has not seen in a very long time.
Microsoft takes shader compilation to cloud
Precompiled shaders expand across Windows PCs.
Memory efficiency becomes AI’s constraint
Microsoft frames AI infrastructure around useful yield.
The journey to Halo’s first release
From concept to reality, a new beginning for “Halo” and for Microsoft.
The evolution of Halo
And its connection with the introduction of DirectX and the Xbox.
Anthropic is the supershopper for AI processors
Nvidia, SpaceX, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are all in the game.
OpenAI’s $180B chip bet hits a wall
Broadcom wants Microsoft to commit before money moves
Microsoft’s Maia 200 inference AIP
Triples computational throughput, reduces inference latency and costs per token.
GPUs vs. ASICs—the threat from within
Some of AMD’s and Nvidia’s biggest customers are building their own AIPs.