Surface RTX Spark Dev Box: Microsoft's "Dream Machine"
Following the Surface Laptop Ultra, Microsoft announces a desktop with RTX Spark specifically for developers at the Build conference.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella presents the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box at the opening of Build.
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Microsoft announces a desktop environment for software development with artificial intelligence. After the brief preview of the upcoming Surface Laptop Ultra at Computex already caused a stir, Microsoft is now following up with a desktop version based on Nvidia's new RTX Spark: the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box.
“Dream Machine for Developers”
“We said, let's push this architecture to its limits and build a machine for developers,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Wednesday evening at the opening of the Build developer conference in San Francisco. “This is really a dream machine.”
The dream machine is presented in a short video in a black case with a grid structure. Microsoft has not yet revealed much about its internal values so far. “It got 1 petaflop of AI compute, 20 CPU cores, and 128 gigabytes of shared memory,” Nadella revealed. The Dev Box comes with Windows 11 Pro and various pre-installed developer tools.
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The Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, like the Surface Laptop Ultra, is expected to be available in the fall. Further details such as possible model variants or prices are not yet available. Interested parties can join a waiting list at Microsoft, Nadella said.
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Grep Comes to the Terminal
Apart from fancy hardware, Microsoft also wants to make working with Windows easier for developers – and the transition, as Nadella noted. Over 70 classic command-line tools from the Linux world, such as grep, are being introduced to the Terminal. Some applications like Homebrew, familiar from macOS, will also be available in the Terminal in the future. The Terminal in Windows will become an “intelligent terminal” with built-in Copilot, Nadella said.
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