Microsoft today announced what it’s calling “a new era” of the Windows PC with Copilot+, a set of next-gen AI features and experiences for Windows 11 that will ship exclusively on new Copilot+-branded PCs launching this summer. Copilot+ is the next stage of the AI PC, capable of more advanced AI functions that Microsoft is building into the next version of Windows 11.
For a PC to be a Copilot+ PC, it must include an NPU capable of at least 40 TOPS of power. Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Series chips are the first Windows PC chips on the market to reach this benchmark, which means the first wave of Copilot+ PCs will be exclusively powered by Windows on Arm. Copilot+ PCs with Intel and AMD chips are expected to follow later this year.
