A modern AI PC design
Introducing the future of Windows and Copilot+ PC with the new Surface Laptop and Snapdragon X Elite.
A modern AI PC design
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Ryan Shrout
Introducing the future of Windows and Copilot+ PC with the new Surface Laptop and Snapdragon X Elite.
In 2024, it’s clear that Microsoft is beginning to turn the page to a very different kind of Windows operating system, and with it comes the need for a different kind of computing hardware. It calls this new class of computer the “Copilot+ PC” and it is the culmination of more than four years of research and development, coming together as a combination of new operating system fundamentals and hardware requirements to enable a new class of consumer experience.
The new Surface Laptop, and the new Surface Pro, based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite SoC, is Microsoft’s attempt to get all the pieces together and ready for the shift that AI is bringing to the personal computer. In practical terms this translates into an elevated level of performance, one that is complemented rather than burdened by power efficiency. It also means a new emphasis on a third player in the computing IP space: the Neural Processing Unit (NPU).
This paper will highlight the performance and advanced capabilities of the new Surface Laptop, the 15” model.
