Build 2022 Day 2
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Well it’s over. Microsoft Build is over for another year. I really don’t like the last day of a conference because everyone is leaving. They are packing up all the booths. Wait, this is a virtual conference. Yet it still has that feel like half the people have left and all the excitement is gone. It’s a little depressing if you think of it. So, what did I learn on this last day?…
Build 2022 Day 1
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Ah! It’s my favorite time of year again. The Microsoft Build developer conference is here and boy do we have some great things coming this year from Microsoft. Project Volterra Probably the biggest part of the day was the announcement of Project Volterra. This is part of their Open Hardware Ecosystem that aims to obfuscate platforms. From Wi-Fi and cellular chipsets that ensure you are connected, to GPUs and CPUs that share workloads.…
Build 2020 Part 2
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Oh My! I totally forgot my favorite parts of Build in my last blog post . Read on to learn more. WSL2 WSL2 is part of Windows 10 v2004 that came out this month. With it comes a full fledged Linux kernel. It’s amazing and fast. In the Linux file system you’ll see speed improvements of 60%. But that’s not all. At Build they announced that GPU pass through, DirectX 12 on WSL, and most importantly Linux GUI is coming this year to WSL!…
Build 2020
Sunday, May 24, 2020
The Microsoft Build conference was this week and although we are still sheltering in place from the COVID-19 virus I got to attend. The Build conference was 100% virtual this year and that didn’t detract from anything except the hallway conversations. There were session going on live for 48 hours straight from Tuesday morning at 8AM through to Thursday morning at 8AM. It was quite the experience. It was like drinking from the firehose, and the knowledge transferred did not disappoint.…