Commit Log#2 - NVIDIA AI Breakthroughs & Microsoft Open-Sources Copilot at Build 2025

NVIDIA Flexing Their AI Muscles

Now a days, not a single day is past without a new advancement in the field of AI. Today was no exception! At Computex 2025 in Taipei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a series of breakthroughs in AI computing.

Nvidia introduced a new evolution of their high-speed chip interconnect technology - NVLink Fusion. This advancement allows other chipmakers to integrate their CPUs and AI accelerators with Nvidia's GPUs, facilitating the creation of custom AI systems.

After the big AI names, the most catchy thing these days is AI on PCs. Nvidia announced the DGX Spark, a compact desktop AI workstation designed for researchers and developers. This system brings high-performance AI capabilities to a smaller computers, making advanced AI tools more accessible for individual use. The DGX Spark is currently in full production, with availability expected in the coming weeks.

In addition, NVIDIA unveiled their AI chip roadmap. Here are the upcoming chips

• Blackwell Ultra: Set to release later in 2025, this chip offers enhanced performance over its predecessor.
• Rubin: Scheduled for 2026, Rubin GPUs will be manufactured using TSMC's 3nm process and support HBM4 memory, aiming to deliver 50 petaflops of FP4 performance.
• Feynman: Planned for 2028, this architecture will succeed Rubin, continuing Nvidia's trajectory in AI processing advancements.

Microsoft's Build 2025 is FOSS Pleaser

While NVIDIA meet was in Taiwan, Microsoft, made their announcement at Build 2025 conference.

Instead of Copilot being solely an optional extension to VS Code, its core AI-powered capabilities will be integrated directly into the open-source VS Code repository. This signifies a deeper commitment to making AI an integral part of the standard development experience in VS Code. This move might be also because of the growing popularity for Zed Editor, which has a native AI capability (And oh boy! it is blazing fast compared to VS Code).

Microsoft also committed to release the Copilot Chat component under MIT license. And the best part is, these changes are supposed to happening in near future - in next few months.

As per Microsoft, this move reflects their commitment to transparency, community-driven innovation, and giving developers a greater voice in shaping the future of AI-assisted development. This type of innovation thrives in the open and in collaboration with the community, good that Microsoft is realizing it now and moving in the right direction.

At the end of the day, this is not just about making some code open; it's a strategic move by Microsoft to embed AI deeply within one of the most popular open-source code editors, welcoming community collaboration and potentially setting a new standard for AI-powered development tools.