Microsoft's Snapdragon Surface Devices Enable Local AI Tasks

Microsoft's May 2025 Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 13, powered by Snapdragon X Plus chips, pack 45 TOPS of AI processing power—enough to run Copilot+ features locally. Users can now summarize, transcribe, and translate without uploading to the cloud. Sales began in Hong Kong in July at £800, undercutting premium Intel ultrabooks.