Microsoft prepares Windows as AI platform, powered by ARM chips: Details

Microsoft is going all in on artificial intelligence by making its Windows operating system (OS) ready for AI with the new Copilot+ platform, powered by ARM architecture-based chips. Microsoft is calling Copilot+ PCs the fastest and most intelligent Windows devices, which leverages the Neural Processing Unit (NPU) on the supported ARM chips for handling AI workloads.

Announcing the new features and tools for Windows, Microsoft said that most of the apps that people use have native Arm versions available. And for those that are not designed to run on ARM architecture, Microsoft has integrated a new “Prism” emulator within the operating system to make the apps compatible on Arm PCs.