GoKawiilForward-looking: Microsoft will use an event in San Francisco next month to lay out its next moves in Windows and Surface, with local AI computing expected to take center stage. The October 7 presentation marks Microsoft's first major Windows-focused event in more than two years – its last one came in May 2024, when the company unveiled Copilot+ PCs and laid out a strategy built around AI-ready hardware.
The event is expected to cover Windows, Surface, Nvidia RTX Spark, and the broader PC market. It kicks off at 10am Pacific time, 1pm Eastern.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Pavan Davuluri, the executive leading Windows and Surface, are set to attend. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is also scheduled to appear, underscoring the chipmaker's role in Microsoft's plans for AI-capable PCs.
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The event could bring more details on the Surface Laptop Ultra, a system Microsoft introduced earlier this year. The laptop runs on Nvidia's RTX Spark platform and is built with up to 128GB of unified memory and up to one petaflop of AI compute performance.
Microsoft still lists the Surface Laptop Ultra as a pre-release product. Pricing and a release date remain unannounced, and final availability hinges on regulatory approval – details the company is expected to address at the October event.
The laptop is part of a broader push to move more AI work onto the PC itself, giving users and developers more room to run AI workloads locally rather than relying entirely on the cloud. Microsoft has yet to say which applications or workloads it plans to highlight.
Nvidia's involvement adds weight to the event. Microsoft has already been building its next PC strategy around AI hardware, but it's taken more than one path to get there. In May 2024, the company introduced Arm-based Copilot+ PCs and deepened its work with Qualcomm; this time, the spotlight turns to a Surface system built around Nvidia technology.
That could make the Surface Laptop Ultra a different kind of Windows machine from the Copilot+ PCs Microsoft introduced in 2024. Its stated memory capacity and AI performance point to a machine aimed at users who need more local compute power for demanding AI tasks.
Microsoft hasn't said whether the event will include other new Surface hardware or Windows features. Still, the company has framed the gathering as a look at how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC.