“Then Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay stepped in to tell Bloomberg, “Microsoft plans to continue its expansion into chips, but is unlikely to focus on general-purpose chips like those from Intel, AMD and Qualcomm.
“However, Panos interestingly added, “Where we think we need to invest in silicon, we are absolutely going to. If there’s a need, we’re going to fill it.“
“Translation: If Qualcomm can’t match Apple’s M1 Silicon prowess on ARM based Surface and partner devices, Microsoft will have to follow Apple’s path“