ai inference

Microsoft Research’s Cambridge lab has revealed the second-generation Analog Optical Computer (AOC), a hybrid photonic–analog prototype that uses light, commodity optics and analog electronics to accelerate both AI inference and combinatorial optimization — promising orders-of-magnitude gains in...

Aaeon’s new UP Xtreme ARL arrives as a decisive answer to the question many hobbyists and embedded developers have been asking: what if a Raspberry Pi–sized board used a modern Intel Core Ultra CPU, offered up to 64 GB of LPDDR5, and shipped with first-party Windows 11 support out of the box...

Intel and Microsoft’s move to fold a dedicated Vision Processing Unit into Windows’ on-device ML story is not a product tweak — it is an architectural shift that changes where and how many Windows AI experiences will run, who will pay the power bill, and how developers will ship intelligent apps...

I pulled a boxed Windows 11 tiny PC out of its packaging, installed Ubuntu Budgie, and in less than an afternoon turned a handsome, pocket-sized Geekom IT15 into a fast, dependable Linux workstation — a change that proved more than cosmetic: it materially improved daily responsiveness, fixed...

Microsoft's approaching end-of-support for Windows 10 has sharpened a question many users have been postponing for years: beyond security and features, does moving to Windows 11 deliver a measurable, real-world performance win — or could the upgrade cost you frames, responsiveness, or workflow...

Apple, long known for its razor-sharp focus on hardware and consumer software, has been quietly entertaining a bold idea that could fundamentally alter the cloud computing landscape: building an AWS competitor based on its own custom silicon. Recent reports, most notably from The Information as...

The June deployment of KB5063134 marks a pivotal moment in Microsoft’s evolving approach to artificial intelligence on Windows, specifically targeting Intel-powered devices with the Phi Silica AI component update (version 1.2506.707.0). As the integration of hardware-based AI accelerators...

The world of artificial intelligence infrastructure is entering a new era, as specialist chipmaker Groq outlines its ambitions to directly challenge the cloud titans Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Groq’s latest maneuver—a transformative partnership with Hugging...

When Microsoft quietly released KB5061856—a Phi Silica AI component update (version 1.2505.838.0) designed specifically for Qualcomm-powered systems—the Windows ecosystem took a significant if understated step toward realizing on-device AI at scale. While this update may appear, at first glance...

The artificial intelligence era is transforming how we interact with information, create content, and even code. Traditionally, most users experience large language models (LLMs) through powerful cloud-based tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Microsoft’s Copilot. While these cloud services provide...

The surge in cloud computing demand, especially for AI inference, advanced visualization, real-time graphics, and compute-heavy applications, has placed unprecedented pressure on cloud providers to innovate. Against this backdrop, Microsoft Azure’s release of the NVads V710 v5 virtual machines...

In the intense, ever-evolving landscape of AI infrastructure, every billion-dollar deal tells a story—a tale of ambition, shifting power, cutthroat economics, and a technological arms race measured in GPUs, teraflops, and freakish leaps in AI capability. The recent $11.9 billion, five-year pact...

Microsoft’s latest announcement at KubeCon has sent ripples through the cloud and AI communities, particularly among developers working on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters. The introduction of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) support in KAITO, coupled with standard vLLM integration in...

Akamai’s latest announcement is set to shake up the world of AI inference in a big way. By leveraging its expansive global network, the company is pioneering a distributed inference approach that promises significantly lower latency and higher throughput. For Windows users, IT professionals, and...