A hint of MS Surface’s team looking at designing its own silicon

“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“

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