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Microsoft names developer-focused Windows experience Project Zenith

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Microsoft has named its developer-optimized Windows experience Project Zenith, designed for new developer-focused devices with 64GB or more of unified memory. The devices come with a preconfigured Windows setup and curated tools, allowing developers to run 30B+ parameter models locally and unmetered. The first Project Zenith devices ship with AMD's Ryzen AI Halo chips.

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  1. The Verge AITom Warren
    Microsoft’s Project Zenith is a ‘distraction-free Windows experience’ for developers

    Microsoft is giving its developer-optimized Windows experience a name: Project Zenith. While the software maker originally announced a similar developer-optimized Windows effort at Build earlier this year, Project Zenith is designed for new developer-focused devices with 64GB or more of unified memory. "Project Zenith devices come with a preconfigured Windows setup for development and a set of tools curated for what developers reach for first," explains Logan Iyer , CVP of Windows platform and developer at Microsoft. "On these devices, developers can run 30B+ parameter models locally and unmetered - accelerating experimentation while helping … Read the full story at The Verge.

  2. Techmeme
    Microsoft unveils Project Zenith, a "distraction-free Windows experience" for developers to run 30B+ parameter models locally on devices with 64GB+ of memory (Tom Warren/The Verge)

    Tom Warren / The Verge : Microsoft unveils Project Zenith, a “distraction-free Windows experience” for developers to run 30B+ parameter models locally on devices with 64GB+ of memory — The first Project Zenith devices ship with AMD's Ryzen AI Halo chips. … Microsoft is giving its developer-optimized Windows experience a name: Project Zenith.

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