👋 Next up! Alejandra Thomas speaks with Microsoft’s Principal Software Engineer Manager Marcus Perryman at Microsoft Build about Windows on Arm. The conversation touches on recent Windows on Arm updates, the new Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows, tips for developers, and more! Arm-powered devices are particularly exciting for developers because the power-frugal nature of the Arm architecture enables these devices to offer longer battery life, while delivering great performance. Arm Systems on Chip (SoC) often include other key features such as a powerful CPU, GPU, Wi-Fi & mobile data networks, as well as Neural Processor Units (NPUs) for accelerating AI workloads. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gmgukG-J
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The WebNN Developer Preview with DirectML is reshaping web app development by opening up new capabilities like generative AI, object recognition, and more! 🔮 💻 WebNN is an emerging web standard that defines how to run machine learning models in the browser, using the hardware acceleration of your local device’s GPU or NPU. This way, you can enjoy web applications that use machine learning without any extra software or plugins, and without compromising your privacy or security. Learn more about the WebNN Developer Preview with DirectML: https://lnkd.in/gERkA-AU
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Skylum recently announced that Luminar Neo’s advanced features, such as Supersharp AI and Upscale AI, are now available on the latest Windows Copilot+ PCs. These enhancements leverage the powerful Neural Processing Unit (NPU) capabilities in the Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus processors, enabling Luminar Neo to perform AI-driven photo editing tasks up to 200 times faster, significantly enhancing the user experience. “We’re excited that Luminar Neo is leveraging the Neural Processing Unit in Copilot+ PC for a faster, better user experience. Compute-intense features like Supersharp AI now work in seconds with the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus NPU, a huge improvement over the minutes-long latency on older CPUs. Luminar Neo team is expanding its NPU-enhanced photo editing tools this year, bringing new creative tools for photographers soon. We can’t wait to see the possibilities this will unlock,” - Raji Rajagopalan. Read more: https://lnkd.in/emCkvRev
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🚀 We're so excited about the launch of the Copilot+ PCs, featuring the world’s most powerful PC NPUs to maximize efficiency and performance for AI workloads! These powerful next generation AI devices are an invitation to app developers to deliver differentiated AI experiences that run on the edge, taking advantage of NPUs that offer the benefits of minimal latency, cost efficiency, data privacy, and more. Learn more about the new tools and features we are giving developers who are at the forefront of this AI transformation 🧰 https://lnkd.in/gvJ-smAz
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We recently introduced Phi Silica which is built from the Phi series of models and is designed specifically for the NPUs in Copilot+ PCs. Windows is the first platform to have a state-of-the-art small language model (SLM) custom built for the NPU and shipping inbox. In our latest YouTube video, see what Tiffany Janzen and Microsoft VP and Distinguished Engineer Vivek Pradeep had to say about Copilot+ PCs, small language models like Phi-3 and Phi Silica, and more 🎥 Watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/g8Pkd-bh
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Recall utilizes Windows Copilot Runtime to help you find anything you’ve seen on your PC. Search using any clues you remember or use the timeline to scroll through your past activity, including apps, documents, and websites. 🔍 Recall is only available on Copilot+ PCs and not turned on by default. You can opt-in via the Windows Insider Program. Learn more about Recall, including: 🔵 System Requirements 🔵 Privacy and control over your Recall experience 🔵 How to manage Recall using Windows Client Management More here: https://lnkd.in/gaJXCBcB
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Project Ironsides is an experimental feature in Windows Dev Home that enables you to "peek under the hood" of Windows to better understand how your app is working 🧠 Project Ironsides enables you to: ⚡️ Gather data from a range of diagnostic tools and sources ⚡️ Filter data for analysis of a specifically targeted Windows app ⚡️ Format app data to improve readability ⚡️ Analyze app data to identify performance issues ⚡️ Combine diagnostic data and tools in a unified place Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gdAFpBKK
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🆕 Updates have arrived for Windows on Arm! 🔷 Prism is the new emulator included with Windows 11 24H2. Relative to previous emulation technology included in Windows, it includes significant optimizations that improve the performance and lower CPU usage of apps under emulation. It is optimized and tuned specifically for Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. 🔷 Our FAQ now explains how you can create a Windows on Arm Virtual Machine locally with a Windows on Arm device using Hyper-V with a Windows Insider Preview download. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/grnFsija
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📣 Use the Windows App SDK to connect your Windows app to on-device language models, including Phi Silica, our most powerful NPU-tuned local language model yet. Phi Silica and OCR will be coming to Windows App SDK in an upcoming release. Stay tuned! https://lnkd.in/gvfTqV6n
Phi Silica in the Windows App SDK
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Developers can access the power of both Windows and Linux at the same time on a Windows machine 🤯 The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets developers install a Linux distribution (such as Ubuntu, openSUSE, Kali, Debian, Arch Linux, etc) and use Linux applications, utilities, and Bash command-line tools directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dual boot setup. Interested? Check out our latest video 🎥 Alejandra Thomas chats with Microsoft’s Senior Product Manager Craig A. Loewen at Microsoft Build about Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), how developers can use WSL to install and run various Linux distributions, new WSL features, and much more! https://lnkd.in/gAkZ-52p