Microsoft itself has redoubled efforts to bring Windows on ARM to the mainstream with the latest series of Snapdragon X laptops from Microsoft, Samsung, Dell, HP and Lenovo. But the company wants to offer manufacturers more diverse options – Reuters Microsoft has reportedly hired MediaTek to develop a replacement chipset.
The chip will be based on the standard library of ARM cores, which will speed up the development process (Snapdragon X uses a CPU and GPU made by Qualcomm). It’s unclear if MediaTek’s design is intended to qualify for the Copilot+ program, which requires devices to have at least 40 TOPS AI processing power.
We won’t see MediaTek chips for Windows until late next year, and that’s because of the long development time. Insiders say the timing depends on an exclusivity deal between Qualcomm and Microsoft that doesn’t expire until 2025.
MediaTek already makes chips for Chromebooks (also a brand name company) that could serve as the basis for a Windows design
As mentioned, the MediaTek chip will use standard ARM components, namely Cortex CPU cores and Mali/Immortalis GPUs. MediaTek is helping Nvidia bring an ARM-based chip to market for Windows. However, these two projects are separate, insiders say.
In addition, last year Dr Reuters A report was written AMD also works on an ARM-based chip for Windows. It will use Radeon GPU technology, which is currently used in Exynos chips (although the collaboration with Samsung has ended).
