微软推出 Surface RTX Spark Dev Box 小型开发者电脑
Microsoft created the mini Surface dev box that Qualcomm couldn’t
微软发布 Surface RTX Spark Dev Box，这是一款搭载 Nvidia Arm 架构 RTX Spark 芯片的小型化 Surface 开发者电脑。其采用铝制机箱兼作散热器，热设计功耗为 100 瓦，高于同系列笔记本电脑的 45 瓦至 80 瓦范围。该设备配备 128GB 统一内存，专为持续工作负载和本地 AI 任务优化，外观类似 Xbox Series X 主机的顶部。
The Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is designed for local-first AI development.
The Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is designed for local-first AI development.
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Microsoft only just announced a new Surface Laptop Ultra at the weekend, and it’s now revealing a miniature Surface PC aimed at developers. The new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is powered by Nvidia’s new Arm-based RTX Spark chips, just like the Surface Laptop Ultra, and is optimized for sustained workloads and local AI tasks.
The Surface RTX Spark Dev Box looks a little like the top of an Xbox Series X console, with an aluminum chassis that also doubles as a heatsink. It has a 100-watt thermal envelope, slightly more than the 45-watt-to-80-watt thermal envelopes for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops. This miniature Surface PC also has 128GB of unified memory, making it capable of running up to 120 billion parameter models locally.
The top of the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box looks a lot like the top of an Xbox Series X.
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The Surface RTX Spark Dev Box.
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Microsoft is preconfiguring the RTX Spark Dev Box with apps like Visual Studio Code, GitHub Copilot, and other tools. “Surface RTX Spark Dev Box ships with Windows 11 Pro pre-configured for developers at the image level,” explains Andrew Hill, corporate vice president of Surface. “The setup keeps developers in their workflow: dark theme, taskbar simplified for development, Widgets removed, Do Not Disturb on. Developer Mode is enabled. PowerShell 7 is the default shell.”
The RTX Spark Dev Box joins similar options from other OEMs that are embracing Nvidia’s new RTX Spark chips for miniature PCs. It’s also a direct replacement for Qualcomm’s canceled Snapdragon Dev Kit, the miniature Windows on Arm PC that was originally supposed to ship two years ago. The Dev Kit was supposed to help developers port their apps to Windows on Arm, but Qualcomm faced some complications with hardware quality.
While we don’t have full specifications or pricing, the RTX Spark Dev Box will be available later this year in the US from Microsoft’s online store.
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