Category: Hardware

Google has canceled a project of reference motherboards codenamed Agah, Hades, and Herobrine with discrete GPUs, which could signal the abandonment of expensive gaming Chromebooks. Overlays and builders for them have already been disabled and removed.

According to reports, Microsoft has postponed the launch of the ARM-based Surface Go 4 tablet. Instead, the tech giant will unveil a refreshed version of the Surface Go with Intel processors, specifically tailored for enterprise use.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.