Leaks claims it’ll have a custom-built Snapdragon X CPU
Microsoft is reportedly working on the next generation of Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models which are slated to have refreshed designs as well as improved hardware.
This leaked information comes from Windows Central whose sources claim the company is developing the Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 right now. What’s interesting about these two is there will be multiple versions of both, housing either an Intel Meteor Lake CPU or a customized Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor. The latter has Windows Central’s sources “particularly excited” because laptops with that CPU will utilize the multitude of AI-powered features Microsoft plans to add to the 2024 update of Windows. It’s not entirely clear if this will be the rumored Windows 12, although it is possible. Additionally, Microsoft aims to build the custom Snapdragon X chip as a worthy rival to Apple Silicon “sporting similar battery life, performance, and security.”
It’s unknown if the Meteor Lake renditions will have any special capabilities apart from utilizing a “next-gen NPU (neural processing unit)” for improved performance. The leak doesn’t go into much detail on that front.
