The device serves as the anchor for "Hybrid Intelligence," using a model router to delegate tasks between local hardware and the cloud to cut token costs. Microsoft showcased the laptop running the 284B-parameter DeepSeek V4 Flash model, which requires roughly 60GB of memory when quantized to 1.6 bits. Along with the laptop, Microsoft made its Execution Containers agent sandbox generally available on Windows 11 and introduced a $5,999 RTX Spark Dev Box for enterprise development.
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Microsoft 128GB Surface Laptop Ultra Sells Out on Preorder
AI10 days ago
Demand for on-device artificial intelligence has exhausted the pre-order supply of the highest-end Surface Laptop Ultra before its Oct. 16 ship date. The $5,899 model, which features 128GB of unified memory and an Nvidia RTX Spark chip, sold out ahead of the official launch, signaling a shift in consumer appetite for high-RAM hardware. The laptop's entry-level version starts at $2,599 and offers capabilities like 1 petaflop of AI compute to run frontier models without relying on the cloud.
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