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AMD adds beta support for hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling in Windows 10

TechSpot

For the last few weeks, there has been a low key buzz around the hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling feature that was added to Windows 10 via version 2004, or the May 2020 update, if you prefer. Specifically, support for hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling comes by way of Microsoft's Windows Display Driver Model.

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NZXT raises $100M for PC gaming hardware and gaming lifestyle brand

Venture Beat

NZXT has raised funding -- $100 million -- for the first time since it was founded as a PC gaming hardware company in 2004. Read More.

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Data center design in the age of AI: Integrating AI with legacy Infrastructure

CIO Business Intelligence

Many of the world’s IT systems do not run on the latest and greatest hardware. Since our founding in 2004, we have incrementally added to our global data center capacity each year, and all of the customer equipment in those facilities doesn’t go away. However, this is often not true. Digital Realty alone supports around 2.4

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Longtime Microsoft hardware leader Panos Panay is leaving the company after 19 years

GeekWire

” The longtime Microsoft hardware chief and executive vice president led the company’s unified Windows software and hardware teams. . “I’m forever grateful for my time at Microsoft and the amazing people I had the honor to make products with.” He also led development of Windows 11.

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Nvidia is giving away a custom GeForce RTX 4080 Super to celebrate Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary

TechSpot

Valve released Half-Life 2 on November 16, 2004, forever changing the gaming industry. Now, one of the greatest video games ever made turns 20, and Nvidia is celebrating this milestone with new hardware and gaming updates. The iconic first-person shooter will soon receive its "RTX" remake, and one fortunate gamer. Read Entire Article

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Microsoft product chief Panos Panay steps down

TechSpot

According to his LinkedIn profile, Panay joined Microsoft in April 2004 as a group program manager for their PC hardware division. In 2013, he was promoted to corporate vice president of Surface and PC hardware before becoming chief product officer in April 2018. He's long been a public face of. Read Entire Article

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. March 2004: Autonomy acquires NativeMinds and Cardiff Software. March 2010: Apotheker says he wants to transform HP from a hardware producer to a software and services provider.

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