Technologies

2024 in Technology: New Products and Services from Top Companies

By PlaysDev
Published: Sep 12, 2024

We’re sure you’ve heard about huge achievements of 2024 as Apple Vision Pro and Apple AI or the announcement of Google Gemma – such large-scale news spreads around the world instantly. Today we want to tell you about niche updates in the world of technology that 2024 has managed to please us with.

Microsoft Places

This is a new app aimed at improving the organization of flexible work and increasing the efficiency of employee interactions. It integrates with Outlook and Microsoft Teams, allowing employees to plan and coordinate office time and meetings with colleagues. Features include location planning, maps for quick orientation, and expanded visibility of employee presence across various Microsoft 365 platforms.

Key features:

  • The ability to book workstations and meeting rooms;
  • Tools for analyzing the use of office space and its optimization based on employee attendance and needs;
  • The ability to collect employee feedback on the workspace and use of office resources;
  • Integration with Outlook and Teams.

The new application will be useful for HR specialists, team managers, and will simplify the working days of employees. Places will help companies effectively manage their office resources, optimizing the use of space and ensuring the comfort of employees.

Технологические Новинки 2024: Топ 5 интересных релизов

NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip

Grace Hopper Superchip is a new processor from NVIDIA that combines the Grace CPU and Hopper GPU. It is designed for data-intensive computing tasks and artificial intelligence.

Release date: April 2024.

What’s new?

  • Accelerate AI computing, including training and inference of neural networks;
  • Real-time processing of big data;
  • Application in scientific research and industry for modeling and simulation.

The technology will be used in servers, data centers and supercomputers for data processing, analysis and development of AI applications, including in medicine, science and engineering.

Технологические Новинки 2024: Топ 5 интересных релизов

Microsoft Azure Space

Azure Space is a Microsoft initiative aimed at providing cloud services for space research and commercial space projects.

Release date: March 2024.

The idea was to support and develop research by space agencies, commercial companies and research institutes to develop and implement new space technologies and process data from space.

Технологические Новинки 2024: Топ 5 интересных релизов

Intel Aurora Supercomputer

Aurora is a supercomputer from Intel that promises to be one of the most powerful in the world. It is designed to support advanced computing (such as quantum).

Release date: June 2024.

Where will Aurora be used?

  • To conduct scientific research in the fields of physics, biology, and climatology;
  • Develop and test quantum algorithms;
  • Perform complex simulations and modeling in real time.

Технологические Новинки 2024: Топ 5 интересных релизов

GitHub Copilot X

GitHub Copilot X is an update to GitHub’s AI assistant tool that helps developers write code more efficiently. The new version includes improved models and additional features to support various programming languages ​​and frameworks.

Release date: March 2024.

New features:

  • The robot helps with writing and completing code based on context;
  • Hints for improving code and fixing errors;
  • Expanded support for various programming languages ​​and frameworks.

Технологические Новинки 2024: Топ 5 интересных релизов

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