As SQL Server 2016 approaches end of support in July 2026, a look back at its groundbreaking innovations reveals how it reshaped Microsoft's data platform and why it's time to move forward.

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient is a .NET data provider for Microsoft SQL Server and the Azure SQL family of databases. It grew from a union of the two System.Data.SqlClient components which live ...

Researchers began working on 3D integrated circuits almost two decades ago. In the first efforts, each stack, which contained a device layer and multiple interconnect layers, was fabricated separately ...

For most teams migrating an existing SQL Server estate, Azure SQL Managed Instance is the easiest starting point. It keeps the SQL Server feel, including SQL Agent and linked servers, while removing ...

Abstract: The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has been enabled by semiconductor-based electronics. However, the conventional methods of transistor scaling are not enough to meet the ...

Abstract: State-of-the-art silicon interposer technology of chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) containing the second-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) has been applied for the first time in ...