Microsoft's Snapdragon Surface Devices Hit 45 TOPS AI Threshold

Microsoft announced Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 13 on May 14, 2025, powered by Snapdragon X Plus processors with 45 TOPS NPUs. The devices meet Copilot+ PC requirements for local AI inference—enabling on-device summarization, transcription, and translation without cloud dependencies. Public sales began in Hong Kong on July 15, 2025. The baseline Surface Pro 12 configuration sells for £800, undercuts premium Intel ultrabooks.