A new rumor claims that the Microsoft is working on the shipping of the new surface PC operated by the AMD Arm-based chip in 2026.
Leakage comes from regular tipster Capler 2 in a negative post (Through our colleagues Windows Central)) Saying that the upcoming AMD chip, codenamed sound wave, “2026 (Microsoft) is designed for the surface lineup.”
The main thread is about Playstation 6 that is receiving the AMD 3D stacked chip, and the Kepler2 does not provide more information about the sound wave or next year’s surface PC.
Get ready for AMD Sound Wave
Thanks to the previous rumors, there is some information about the sound wave chip of AMD, which should be indicated to look like a surface of 2026.
According to Windows Central, the AMD chip is rumored to be a quick processing unit (APU), which is included in a CPU and an integrated GPU when he dies.
It should have 6 CPU core (2 performance and 4 efficiency) with integrated GPU with four compute units constructed at RDNA 3.5. It is reportedly, this new chip is designed for low-driven devices that have a 5–10W thermal envelope.
AMD vs Qualcomm vs Nvidia
All of this indicates in a chip that is less powerful than Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite, which may mean that Microsoft is looking at refresh on the surface, which was last released in 2023.
The next year the arm is going to be heavy as Qualcomm will reveal the next generation X chip later this year and Nvidia is allegedly working with MediaTek for its own ARM-based laptop chip.
Microsoft released just an inexpensive surface Pro and Surface Laptop as an alternative to Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7. Both surfaces run on PC Snapdragon X Plus, which is allegedly more powerful than the rumor AMD Sound Wave.
Considering Capler 2 to be correct, low-in-operated surface PCs characterized by the new chip of AMD will launch around this time next year as Microsoft goes to release its new PC in the spring after its annual build conference.
