Noor mahnoor
Microsoft is working hard to promote Windows-on-ARM chips into the mainstream market. Recently, Microsoft, Samsung, Dell, HP, and Lenovo have launched a series of laptops equipped with Snapdragon X. But the company wants to offer manufacturers more diverse options – Reuters reports that Microsoft has partnered with MediaTek ARM Chips to design alternative chipsets.
The chip will use a standard library of ARM cores, speeding up development. In contrast, Snapdragon X chips use Qualcomm-designed CPUs and GPUs. It’s unclear if MediaTek’s design will meet the Copilot+ program, which requires at least 40 TOPS of AI computing power.
We won’t see a MediaTek chip for Windows until late next year, and that’s not entirely due to development time. Industry insiders said that the specific time depends on the exclusive agreement between Qualcomm and Microsoft, which will not expire until 2025.
MediaTek already produces chips for Chromebooks (branded as Kompanio), which could serve as the basis for Windows designs.
As mentioned above, MediaTek’s chips will use ARM’s standard parts, namely Cortex CPU cores and Mali/Immortalis GPUs. MediaTek also assists Nvidia in bringing ARM-based Windows chips to market. However, industry insiders said the two projects are independent.
In addition, Reuters reported last year that AMD was also developing an ARM-based Windows chip. Presumably, the chip will use Radeon GPU technology, similar to what’s currently used in Exynos chips (although the partnership with Samsung is ending).
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