Applied Sciences
I walked out of the @Qualcomm keynote at Computex this week convinced the milliwatts-to-megawatts strategy is the most coherent vision in compute. The one piece missing was the concrete next step.
— Ryan Shrout (@ryanshrout) Jun 2, 2026
Two days later at Microsoft Build, Project Solara answered it. A chip-to-cloud platform for agent-first devices, with @cristianoamon sharing the stage with @satyanadella, and a wearable badge that lands at the low-power end where Qualcomm has spent decades building an advantage.
The full vision still runs through the data center, and that gets earned through execution, with more news landing June 24. What Solara confirms is that the personal-device franchise is a real strength to lean on. Full take linked below.
Composing a new platform for agent-first devices
Project Solara Blog
June 3, 2026