Microsoft may have stopped production of the Surface Duo 2 dual-screen smartphone. But when asked to comment on the situation with the gadget, Microsoft's spokesperson said that they had nothing to share.
Category: Hardware
Intel has confirmed the suspension of its Project Endgame cloud gaming service
Intel has confirmed the suspension of its cloud gaming service, Project Endgame, which was originally announced in 2022 as part of their plans for Arc discrete graphics accelerators.
After a month, Microsoft finally releases a webcam fix for Surface Pro X
Microsoft developers have released a driver update to resolve issues with non-working webcams on the Surface Pro X. The updated camera driver is finally available on Windows Update. It supports Surface devices running Windows 10 22H2 or Windows 11 21H2/22H2 with Qualcomm 8cx Gen 1, Qualcomm 8cx Gen 2, Microsoft SQ1, and Microsoft SQ2 chips.
Intel NUC is being killed, as the company continues to shed side businesses
Intel has announced the end of direct funding for its Next Unit of Compute (NUC) project, a series of mini PCs. This decision follows Intel's transfer of the server business to MiTAC.
14th generation of Intel CPUs, Meteor Lake, is likely to be only mobile
The upcoming 14th generation of Intel processors, known as Meteor Lake, is expected to primarily consist of mobile processors. A leak of slides from Intel presentations and previous statements from the company allow making such a prediction. It appears that there will not be full-size desktop versions of the Meteor Lake processors, with the focus being on the laptop market and the iGPU device niche.
Microsoft may already be ditching the Surface Duo
It appears that Microsoft's foldable dual-screen smartphone has been abandoned, at least from an external perspective. The Surface Duo last received a major software update in October 2022, when Android 12L was released. Since then, there has been little activity regarding new features and bug fixes.
Microsoft is working on ARM-based Surface Go 4 and 11-inch Surface Pro
According to reports, Microsoft is preparing to launch a new version of the Surface Go tablet this year. This will be the first time the tablet will be built on ARM processors. The new device, codenamed Tanta, will come with a Snapdragon 7c chip as its standard processor. The shift to ARM technology is expected to result in a longer battery life, while maintaining similar performance levels.
All future Surface devices may ship with a Neural Processing Unit (NPU)
Rumors say that Microsoft is about to integrate a neural processor (Neural Processing Unit, NPU) into all future Surface devices. This component will significantly speed up calculations related to artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Microsoft has announced the release of the second-generation Surface Hub 2S
This new device is designed for modern workplaces and is a collaborative computing device that can be used for video conferencing, digital whiteboarding, and other collaborative activities. The Surface Hub 2S has a 50-inch & 85-inch 4K+ resolution display that can be rotated between portrait and landscape modes. The second generation of Surface Hub 2S will be released in 2023 along with a new version of Windows dubbed "Teams Rooms on Windows".
These are updates in the Microsoft’s Surface device family
Microsoft holds the Surface event, and reveals updates to the device family. As expected, the company announced the Surface Pro 9, along with merge of the Surface Pro X with the main Surface Pro line. The new Surface Pro 9 is now the first device that include processor options from both Intel and Qualcomm/ARM. There are also Surface Studio 2+ with 11th gen Intel processor and NVIDIA RTX graphics, and Surface Laptop 5 with 12th Generation Intel Processors.
