article thumbnail

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.

Hardware 130
article thumbnail

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

Venture Beast

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

Hardware 115
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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.

Hardware 117
article thumbnail

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

Hardware 115
article thumbnail

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

Microsoft 117
article thumbnail

Former Microsoft exec Ed Fries shares behind-the-scenes stories from the original Xbox project

GeekWire

The four generations of Xbox hardware, as of 2020. Fries later left Microsoft in 2004, after shipping dozens of games and playing a role in Microsoft’s acquisitions of Rare ( Battletoads ), the now-defunct Lionhead Studios ( Fable ), and Bungie ( Halo ). The original Xbox is in the back left. GeekWire Photo/Thomas Wilde).

Microsoft 139
article thumbnail

Xbox and Windows NT 3.5 source code leaks online

The Verge

Microsoft developed the first Xbox with x86 hardware in mind, but the Xbox kernel was based on a custom and stripped down version of Windows 2000 with DirectX 8 support. Partial Windows 2000 and NT 4 source code leaked back in 2004 , and even some Windows 10 source code was posted online in 2017. Original Xbox Dashboard. As Windows 3.5

Windows 126