Microsoft's unknown laboratory "Surface Lab" that creates Surface Pro 3 will be released

Microsoft has entered full-scale entry into hardware business as well as software business such as Windows OS · Microsoft Office as well as tablet PC "Surface". Microsoft's secret organization that creates its Surface "Surface LabToBloombergIt infiltrates and discloses the inside.

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Arrived at Microsoft's office in Redmond, Washington, USA.



In one corner of open space ... ....


I found a sign called "Surface".


In the room called "Model Shop", the Surface series is designed and prototyped.


Inside is such a work space.


The CNC machines are scraping off metallic frames of Surface.


The drawing drawn by the design team will be prototyped immediately in this work space.


There are also other machine tools.


Table saw ... ....


To an electric drill ......


There is also a 3D printer.


Various materials such as plastic and metal are prepared.


Since Surface RT appeared in 2012, the latest model "Surface Pro 3Surface series that celebrated the 3rd generation with "Surface".


Although it is still low, the share is steadily increasing. With the advent of Surface Pro 3, further market share is expected to increase in the future.


This is a model of the hinge part of the new kickstand adopted by Surface Pro 3.


Prototype with the size of 64 times the real thing, careful tests such as durability are repeated, and it will finally be adopted in the product.


With this newly developed hinge, Surface Pro 3 can linearly adjust the angle up to 150 degrees.


The inner parts of the Surface look like this. In order to realize ultra-thin and lightweight sizes, the parts are tightly integrated without gaps.


The design team brushes up the placement of parts like puzzles every day ......


The thinnest Surface Pro 3 of any PC with Intel Core processor was born.


Microsoft's third-quarter settlement of accounts in 2014Was about 23.38 billion dollars (about 2.7 trillion yen), an 18% increase over the previous year. Among others, the device business for general consumers has increased by 42% at 1 billion dollars (about 100 billion yen), and CEO Satya Nadia said that "Surface" will be the key factor of Windows OS business · cloud service business It is.