Seems like Microsoft is n’t going to ride back and let Apple take all the glory with its new M1 processor . According toThe Verge(viaBloomberg News ) , Microsoft is reportedly designing its own ARM C.P.U. for its Azure swarm servers and possibly even a succeeding Surface equipment .
This is n’t the first meter we ’ve heard rumor about Microsoft transitioning to ARM central processor . Three years ago , the company announced it wouldcommit to using weapon system chip in its server , and that it was quiz Qualcomm and Cavium chip shot with tasks like search , depot , and machine learning , Jason Zander , frailty chairwoman of Microsoft ’s sky-blue swarm division , secern Bloomberg at the meter .
Currently , Microsoft stilluses Intel CPUsin all its practical cerulean political machine , but it has exhaust several ARM - based consumer products alongside its Intel version over the last few years , and even launched an AMD - based Surface . Out of thenine Surface productsthe company currently offer , theSurface Pro Xis the only one that come with a Qualcomm - based processor , a Microsoft SQ 1 or Microsoft SQ 2 , count on the Surface model . All the other Surface model either follow with only Intel options , or Intel and AMD options .
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Moving to its own house - grow processors might even assist Microsoft well manage its product schedule . That was one perk for Apple , too , but the biggest ground for Apple switching — and it could be for Microsoft now , too — was due to issues with Intel ’s Skylake C.P.U. , agree to a former Intel engine driver . Intel ’s troubles gettingits 10 nm processor leaf node , and even7 nm node , off the ground have been well - documented over the last few year . Microsoft has far less to miss than Apple does when it comes to the processors in its laptop computer , but consider the well - received launching Apple has had with its M1 CPU , it could be a salutary clock time for Microsoft to really scrunch up down and come up with its own processor , like it said it would year ago .
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