Microsoft introduced its new line of artificial intelligence ( AI ) PCs last month, announcing Copilot+ Windows laptops packing new silicon, that can match up to, and even surpass, the performance of a MacBook running on Apple's in-house M series chips. The new thin and light Copilot+ laptops, from both Microsoft and its OEM partners Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung, promise all-day battery life, AI features like Recall, Live Captions, Co-creator and more. A host of these Copilot+ laptops are powered by Qualcomm's Arm-based Snapdragon X Elite platform, announced at the Snapdragon Summit in October 2023.
The American chipmaker, a major player in the smartphone SoC market, now hopes to take on chip giants Intel and AMD, and Apple's in-house silicon, to make its mark in the PC segment. Microsoft is reportedly confident that the Snapdragon X Elite-powered Windows laptop can finally beat Apple's MacBook models. In fact, as per internal testing from Qualcomm, the X Elite is said to be 28 percent faster than Apple's M3 chipset.
At the eve of Computex Taipei last week, Qualcomm president and CEO Cristiano Amon took the stage and highlighted the capabilities of the new line of Copilot+ PCs. “The PC is reborn,” Amon said in his keynote, calling X Elite-powered Copilot+ PCs “the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built.” At Computex, the new laptops running on Qualcomm silicon were on display, showcasing AI features like Live Captions and Recall.
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