Microsoft has unveiled an AI supercomputer, OS-less devices, and a revolutionary quantum chip
At its annual Build 2026 developer conference in San Francisco, the American corporation Microsoft unveiled a comprehensive suite of innovative AI projects and hardware solutions.
The company demonstrated a strategic commitment to covering the entire technology stack—from silicon chips to cloud security infrastructures.
One of the event’s major announcements was the unveiling of the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box personal computer, which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called a “dream machine” for developers. This compact supercomputer is equipped with the latest Nvidia RTX Spark processor (which combines the Grace and Blackwell architectures) and features 128 GB of unified memory. The system’s power allows it to run and train large language models with up to 120 billion parameters and a context window of up to 1 million tokens locally, without relying on cloud computing. It is noted that in terms of price, the device will compete with premium computers from the Apple Mac lineup.
The presentation paid special attention to the following developments:
The Solara Project (AI-first gadgets): a conceptual platform for creating next-generation portable devices based on Qualcomm and MediaTek chips. The prototypes (a smart badge and a desktop assistant) are equipped with a screen and a microphone but do not have a traditional operating system or apps—all interaction is based on direct communication between autonomous AI agents and the cloud.
The Scout agent in Copilot: a new autonomous assistant for the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Built on open technologies and the Work IQ contextual engine, it integrates with Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive. Scout can independently analyze the workspace, identify emails requiring user decisions, prepare meeting briefings, and resolve calendar conflicts. Each such agent is assigned a unique Entra corporate identity for access control.
OpenClaw Integration and MXC Architecture: Microsoft demonstrated deep integration of the popular open-source third-party AI agent OpenClaw into the Windows 11 environment. To mitigate cyber threats associated with the agent’s flexible configuration, developers implemented the MXC security system at the OS kernel level. It isolates the AI in a secure “sandbox” and prevents critical errors, such as the accidental deletion of corporate files. OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger, who joined the OpenAI team in February 2026, participated in the presentation.
In a separate release, Microsoft announced a breakthrough in quantum computing, unveiling the new 12-qubit Majorana 2 topological quantum processor. It was created using the Microsoft Discovery AI platform for scientific research. The main feature of Majorana 2 is the transition from aluminum to lead superconductors, which has increased the reliability of qubits by a factor of 1,000 compared to last year’s model. The average quantum state lifetime has increased to 20 seconds (in some cases up to a minute). Thanks to this progress, Microsoft has revised its plans and now expects to build the first commercially viable scalable quantum computer by 2029 (the previous target was set for 2030). The Microsoft Discovery platform, which helped implement this project using AI agents, is now publicly available to a wide range of researchers.
This was reported by Reuters.
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