"Science and Technology Innovation Board**" on March 6 (edited by Zheng Yuanfang).The long-awaited release of Microsoft's first AI PC products is about to be unveiled.
According to Engadget, citing Windows Central,Microsoft will release the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 on March 21, which are expected to be Microsoft's first AI PC productsThe performance and efficiency are comparable to Apple's iPad Pro and MacBook Pro.
The new products will be powered by Intel Core Ultra or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite-based processors, with next-generation NPUs to enhance AI performance.
The Windows 11 update is about to introduce AI features, and the upcoming Surface Pro and Surface Laptop will be the first devices on the market to support these AI features. Features include Copilot, real-time captioning and translation, game frame rate smoothing, Windows Studio special effects enhancements, and a new feature that Microsoft calls "AI Explorer."
Windows Central points outThe AI Explorer feature is what differentiates AI PCs from regular PCs。It's seen as an "upgraded version of Copilot" with a built-in history timeline feature that converts all of the user's activities on the computer into moments that can be searched in natural language. This feature is available for all applications, allowing users to directly search for previously opened conversations, documents, web pages, and **.
For example, the user can type in "Find which restaurants Li Mei said she liked last time", and the AI Explorer will show the exact dialogue Li Mei had when she mentioned these restaurants before.
Vague prompts can also work, such as "Help me find something related to dinosaurs", and AI Explorer will bring up all the dinosaur-related singles, phrases, **s, and related topics that the user has previously opened on the computer.
AI Explorer can also help users start workflows or projects based on existing situations, and even suggest tasks based on the current screen content. For example, when the user is browsing a **, AI Explorer will automatically pop up the "Edit**" button, and the user can enter "remove the background of this ** with **application" and other related operations.Intel's version of the Surface Laptop 9 and Surface Pro 10 will ship in April, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon version will ship in June.
The new generation of operating system Windows 11 23H2 has emphasized AI functions and provided a number of AI tools: integrating Copilot based on Bing Chat and GPT-4, and AI upgrading some basic functions in the operating system, including Paint, Clichamp, Snipping Tool and More.
However, Windows Central reminds that the above AI features will be released this fall as part of the Windows 11 24H2 version update, which also means that this **Surface Pro and Surface Laptop will not have AI Explorer features at the beginning of the release.
In addition to Microsoft, many manufacturers have also been in full swing to expand their layout, stocking up on a variety of products to seize AIPC.
CICC pointed out in a March 6** reportOn-device AI deployment is the key to large-scale AI expansion and application implementation。As a carrier between the underlying technology and the upper-layer application, AI PC has a trend of industrial upgrading on the model side, hardware side, software side, and application sideAI PC will be the first stop for AI end-side landing.
When it comes to the specific links of the industrial chain, Xingye recommends paying attention to: Huaqin Technology, the leading ODM manufacturer of notebooks, Tongfu Microelectronics in the field of advanced packaging, Zhuhai Guanyu, the global leader in notebook cells, Changying Precision, a manufacturer of consumer electronics structural parts, and related to the structural parts and functional parts of notebooks, such as Shangguang Datongchuang, Longyang Electronics, Chunqiu Electronics, etc., storage manufacturer Longsys, memory interface chip leader Juchen Co., Ltd., high-speed mixed-signal chip manufacturer Longxun Co., Ltd., and full-signal chain integrated circuit manufacturer Xinhai Technology.