According to reports from The Verge, Microsoft is gearing up for a dedicated event in Seattle next month to showcase its vision for AI PCs. Insiders reveal that Microsoft is confident in Windows laptops powered by Arm processors, asserting that they outperform Apple's MacBook Air with the M3 chip in both CPU performance and handling various AI tasks.
Enhancing the Ecosystem, Outperforming Apple's MacBook Air
Reports indicate Microsoft's strong confidence in Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chip, planning to launch Surface products featuring the chip by the end of this year. Additionally, they will collaborate with various manufacturers like Lenovo, HP, and Dell to advance the Windows on ARM device ecosystem.
Citing the media report, pulsestacks reveals insights from insiders suggesting that Microsoft's top executives are highly satisfied with the performance of the Snapdragon X Elite chip. They are preparing to showcase a series of demonstrations, potentially comparing it to the M3 MacBook Air through intuitive benchmarks and AI tasks to convey to attendees, media, and consumers: "Qualcomm laptops outperform the M3 MacBook Air."
Application Simulation
According to internal documents disclosed by the media, Microsoft states that these Windows AI PCs perform better in application simulation compared to Rosetta 2.
Application simulation has been a major issue for Windows on ARM over the past decade. However, over two years ago, Microsoft did introduce x64 application emulation for Windows 11.
This helps ensure that applications can run on Windows on Arm devices even without native ARM64 versions.
Arm-based Surface new product launch underway.
Additionally, the media revealed that Microsoft is planning to launch the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite, although an official release date has not yet been confirmed.
Devices running on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor internally dubbed as "next-gen AI Copilot PCs" at Microsoft, aimed at distinguishing them from existing PCs running on AMD or Intel processors.
