Microsoft's Surface Mini: Will it run Windows 8, or Windows Phone 8?
…app cross-compatibility, it is in theory quite easy for Microsoft to create an almost-seamless ecosystem that spans the gamut from 4- to 40-inch displays. The question on my mind…
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Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: GPU Performance Tracking, Xbox Live Boost
…We've got two questions we're hoping Microsoft will answer in the not-too-distant future. First, does the system report the actual amount of GPU RAM utilized, or the amount…
BMWs Will Get a Conversational 'Personal Assistant' in 2019
…BMW says the Intelligent Personal Assistant "will be compatible with other digital voice assistants, thereby providing a link to other rapidly growing ecosystems." BMW earlier this year tried to cap Siri's…
Intel Details XPU Strategy, Launches New Server GPU, OneAPI Gold
…Intel can support 120 streams in a two-GPU configuration and possibly up to 160 simultaneous players depending on the game in question. Since each card has 4 GPUs, Intel is supporting…
Nintendo says the Switch won't replace the 3DS
…In a recent interview with Wired, Nintendo of America's president, Reggie Fils-Aime, answered questions about how the Switch and the 3DS would co-exist, post-launch: 3DS has a long…
The AMD-powered Xbox One Scorpio really might deliver 4K gaming
…The question is, how will Microsoft hit these figures, and will the company take an evolutionary path or attempt something more revolutionary? The evolutionary path is simple and has already been sketched…
Windows 10 Now Runs on the Raspberry Pi
…It's unlikely that the current iteration of RBP would run Windows at anything approaching a reasonable performance level, but long-term, who knows? A Windows-compatible PC with a $35 system…
A pirated World of Warcraft legacy server project takes a turn for the bizarre
…But the Nostalrius' story was big enough that Blizzard agreed to meet the team in question, inviting them to company HQ and discussing the possibility of a legacy server project. When that…
Microfluidics: DARPA is betting embedded water droplets could cool next-gen chips
…and designing compatible hardware across the entire PC ecosystem. Integrating cooling directly into the microprocessor would also have an impact on the third-party cooler industry, and the entire question of "upgradeable…
Why Apple's M1 Chip Could be a Real Threat to Intel and AMD
…Short-term, the question is how the desktop/workstation version of the M1 might compare with high-end Xeons when Apple takes the chip into workstations. Longer-term, the big question for…