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Global GPU market grew 12.4% in Q2 2023, despite overall PC market decline. AMD gained market share, while rivals Intel and NVIDIA declined. Nvidia maintained its leading position in the dGPU market.

Microsoft is releasing new firmware updates for its Surface Book 2 PCs, with a number of fixes. One important one is that the display driver would disappear when upgrading to Windows 10 version 1903.

At the IEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference this year, Intel showcased the fruits of its hiring of Raja Koduri with a prototype discrete GPU based on a 14nm process, built in-house.

Microsoft and its retail partners are gradually running out of stock of original Surface Book models, paving the way for more sales of its newer (and pricier) Performance Base versions.

Along with its new 'Performance Base' versions, Microsoft is launching another new Surface Book model, with Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM and 512GB storage - but it won't have a discrete GPU.

Eight months after it quickly sold out, Microsoft has resumed sales of its most affordable Surface Book to include a discrete GPU. Priced at $1,699, it also features a Core i5 processor and 128GB SSD.