Microsoft’s cloud hardware playbook took a visible step off the x86 roadmap in 2017 when the company publicly embraced ARM-based server designs — demonstrating Qualcomm’s Centriq 2400 on Project Olympus motherboards at the Open Compute Project summit and confirming Azure had ported key server...
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When Microsoft took the stage at the Xbox Showcase in June 2025, the whispers had already started: would the company be able to fend off the growing momentum of SteamOS in the handheld gaming PC market? The dominant conversation among Windows enthusiasts and industry insiders revolved around a...
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