Overview
- The leak of marketing images and detailed specs was published Wednesday, June 3, and points to an official reveal Microsoft is expected to hold on June 16, though the company has not confirmed these details.
- Leaked hardware claims include Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite with a 12-core Oryon configuration, up to 32GB of RAM, a 13-inch OLED display, and roughly 15.5 hours of video playback.
- The device is reported to include a Hexagon NPU rated at about 80 TOPS (INT8) for on-device AI tasks and two USB-C 4.0 ports for charging, data and video output.
- The marketing material shows a user-replaceable PCIe 4.0 SSD offered in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB options plus Alcantara-covered keyboards in three colors, a detail that emphasizes repairability and consumer choice.
- The leak fits Microsoft’s multi-silicon Surface strategy that also uses Intel and Nvidia chips and could affect enterprise buying, software compatibility through x86 emulation, and how developers optimize Windows-on-ARM devices.