The first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) since generative artificial intelligence (AI) took over the IT industry is quickly approaching. Without a sure, it will be a deliberately created disaster, but there may be some significant announcements. For instance, there are rumors that Microsoft will be present to unveil a new generation of Surface PCs, which will indeed be AI-designed.
Microsoft has updated the Surface Laptop Studio, Surface Laptop Go, and Surface Go in the last year. The majority of these changes were little spec boosts, and Microsoft is rumored to be exhibiting a new Surface Laptop or Surface Pro at CES.
As per Windows Central, Microsoft will introduce the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop with Arm and Intel options side by side for the first time in 2024. Although there isn’t much information available regarding the alleged specifications of the Intel PCs, specialized hardware for AI processing is anticipated. This alludes to the most recent Intel chips with Meteor Lake CPUs, the first to include a neural processing unit (NPU). Microsoft is more enthusiastic about the Arm systems, which will use a Snapdragon X processor from Qualcomm.
It is claimed that the forthcoming Surface Laptop 6 will be available in two sizes: a 13.8-inch model and a bigger 15-inch variant. This time, there will be additional ports—two USB-C, one USB-A, and the standard Surface Connect. There will be a specific Copilot button in addition to a touchpad including haptic feedback.
The Surface Pro 10 will continue to have the tablet-like design of previous iterations—Microsoft most likely regrets not launching a Surface Pro X in 2019. The main upgrade on this device is a brighter 13-inch display that supports HDR. However, Microsoft might provide a non-HDR option on less expensive models of the device. Although the keyboard won’t come with the Surface Pro 10, it may also have a Copilot button.
Because of its significant investment in OpenAI, Microsoft is at the forefront of AI. Will customers be interested in AI laptops? The company’s GPT language models have revolutionized the technology sector in the last year and resulted in lawsuits from Microsoft and OpenAI. With a renewed emphasis on AI, this might be the right time to restructure Surface. It has only been a few months since longstanding leader Panos Panay resigned to join Amazon, having taken over Windows development in 2020.
CES 2024 will take place from January 9 to January 12. In the days preceding the event, companies typically start to tease their announcements, so in approximately a week, we might learn more details regarding the next Surface upgrade.