AMD begins taking pre-orders for $4,000 Ryzen AI Halo box

Ryzen AI Halo

AMD is now accepting pre-orders for its Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform through Micro Center. Powered by the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor and featuring 128GB of unified memory, the $4,000 system is designed for developers who want to build and run large AI models locally on Windows or Linux.

Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is the coolest Microsoft hardware in years

Surface RTX Spark Dev

Microsoft finally announced a Surface device that feels genuinely exciting again. The new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box combines NVIDIA Blackwell graphics, 128GB unified memory, and local AI development power in a compact desktop design that could appeal to developers, AI researchers, and even Linux enthusiasts.

Canonical brings optimized Ubuntu Linux image to Thundercomm RUBIK Pi 3 for AI developers

RUBIK Pi 3

Canonical has announced an optimized Ubuntu image for the Thundercomm RUBIK Pi 3 developer board, bringing native support, hardware tuning, and long term stability to Qualcomm’s Dragonwing QCS6490 based AI platform.