Overview
- Surface corporate vice president Brett Ostrum told Windows Central Monday that Microsoft "loves working with AMD" but must "make our choices pretty wisely" because the Surface range is small.
- Microsoft’s newly announced 2026 Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Plus and the company has retired the Copilot+ PC branding for new Windows devices.
- AMD processors last appeared in the Surface Laptop 3 and Laptop 4, and the 2026 lineup contains no AMD-powered Surface PCs.
- Microsoft and AMD continue close collaboration outside Surface, with AMD chosen to supply a custom chip for Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox (Project Helix).
- Industry rumors about an AMD Arm APU codenamed 'Sound Wave' and an AMD-powered Surface remain unconfirmed, leaving the prospect of future AMD Surface models uncertain given Microsoft’s current portfolio limits.