Phi-Silica by Microsoft: A 3.3B parameter model designed for Copilot+ PC NPUs

Phi-Silica by Microsoft: A 3.3B parameter model designed for Copilot+ PC NPUs

Microsoft is ramping up its investment in small language models (SLM), announcing the general availability of its Phi-3 models and previewing Phi-3-vision at the Build developer conference. The company also introduced Phi-3-Silica, a model specifically built for powerful neural processing units (NPUs) in devices like PC Copilot+. Phi-3-Silica, the smallest of the Phi models with … Read more

Phi Silica, Microsoft’s new AI designed specifically for Copilot+ PCs, makes its debut

Phi Silica, Microsoft’s new AI designed specifically for Copilot+ PCs, makes its debut

Microsoft unveiled Phi Silica, a small language model designed to run on the NPUs of Copilot+ PCs, at the 2023 Microsoft Build event. This model is derived from Phi-3-mini, which was announced in April and is small enough to run on a local PC. Microsoft’s Copilot service typically interacts with a remote server in the … Read more

Microsoft unveils the Azure Cobalt 100 processor designed for Azure Virtual Machines

Microsoft unveils the Azure Cobalt 100 processor designed for Azure Virtual Machines

Microsoft announced in November 2023 that they were developing Arm-based processors, including the Azure Cobalt designed for general cloud computing tasks. As part of Construction 2024, Microsoft has now made the Azure Cobalt 100 processor available for preview in new Azure virtual machines. According to a blog post by Microsoft, the Azure Cobalt 100 virtual … Read more

Microsoft to Launch ‘Copilot PCs’ Designed for the AI Era on June 18th

Microsoft to Launch ‘Copilot PCs’ Designed for the AI Era on June 18th

Microsoft has unveiled a new category of Windows PCs called ‘Copilot PCs’ designed for the era of artificial intelligence. These PCs are said to be the fastest and smartest Windows PCs ever built, starting at $999. They come with new silicon capable of 40 trillion operations per second, all-day battery life, and access to advanced … Read more