Microsoft and NVIDIA unveil AI hardware, software at Build

Microsoft unveiled a sweeping vision for an AI-driven future at its annual Build developer conference, introducing new hardware, software, and a dedicated operating system designed to shift computing from traditional applications to conversational, autonomous agents. The announcements, made in partnership with NVIDIA, span consumer devices, enterprise systems, and developer tools.

A central theme is enabling AI to run locally on devices. Microsoft introduced the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a compact desktop workstation powered by NVIDIA’s RTX Spark platform. The company confirmed the device will be available to consumers this fall exclusively on its website. It features 128GB of unified memory and is designed to run advanced AI models locally, reducing reliance on cloud infrastructure. Separately, NVIDIA announced the RTX Spark superchip for consumer PCs, developed with Microsoft, to run AI agents on laptops and desktops.

For enterprise AI scaling, NVIDIA confirmed its next-generation Vera Rubin AI platform is entering volume production, claiming it will deliver a tenfold reduction in inference costs. The companies also introduced the DGX Station for Windows, a deskside AI...