Hardware & devices
Driving advances in hardware, devices and cyber-physical systems.
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Back-of-Device Touch Input
This demo explores how to add pointing input capabilities to very small screen devices. On first sight, touch-screens seem to allow for particular compactness, because they integrate input and screen into the same physical space.…
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An Evaluation of the TRIPS Computer System
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SSD Extension for DiskSim Simulation Environment
This package extends the DiskSim disk-simulation environment from Carnegie Mellon University to provide limited support for solid-state-disk (SSD) simulation. This is not a simulator for any specific SSD, but rather a simulator for an idealized…
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Input Technologies and Techniques (2009)
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Natural Language Moves In-Car Infotainment Forward
Microsoft Research exposes new natural language technologies that raise the bar for functionality, usability and reliability of in-car infotainment systems.
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Audio Spatialization
Principal Researcher Zhengyou Zhang talks about improving audioconferencing through the use of audio spatialization at this year’s Microsoft Research TechFest.
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Low-Power Processors in the Data Center
Microsoft Research Director of Software Architecture Jim Larus demonstrates a prototype datacenter for studying the tradeoffs of low-power processors in the datacenter.
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Digital Past to Digital Presence
From archiving your memorabilia to new ways to communicate with your family, Principal Researcher Richard Harper from Microsoft Research Cambridge, demonstrates a suite of new household technologies.
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