Microsoft is shrinking its Surface lineup’s footprint without shrinking its ambitions, pairing two compact PCs with a faster Snapdragon chip and a fresh focus on local AI.
This week, Microsoft unveiled the new Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch at Snapdragon Summit, both powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Plus processor.
In Microsoft’s tests against the previous models, the new PCs delivered up to 17% faster Office productivity performance, more than 60% faster graphics, up to 95% faster AI inference on the neural processing unit and up to 18% more efficient battery performance. Results vary by workload and configuration.
Both devic…
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