Microsoft is working to replace Intel chips with its own ARM-based chipset in their surface lineups and servers. This move is taken just after Apple has brought its own Silicon processor M1 to their Mac lineups. Microsoft is going to replace the chips not only in the surface lineup but also in the server computers. Server computers are those which are used to power the cloud services provided by Microsoft.
According to a report by Bloomberg, most likely the new chips might be using the ARM design that will be used in Datacenters. The company not only is planning for the data centers but also for another chip for its surface devices. This is a very big move by Microsoft as it provides the most important hardware of its uses. The cloud computing rivals such as Amazon is already in the path of making its own chip to power their server computers.
Apple has shown how advantageous it would be to have a chip of its own with the launch of its M1 silicon chip. The reviews of the chip were so positive regarding the performance and most importantly the battery life. Microsoft might also have the same result by using its own chip.
“Because silicon is a foundational building block for technology, we’re continuing to invest in our own capabilities in areas like design, manufacturing and tools, while also fostering and strengthening partnerships with a wide range of chip providers,” Microsoft spokesman Frank Shaw.
Intel’s Xenon range chips mostly power the machinery at the heart of the internet. It is generating most of the profits and it still has 90 percent of the market. AMD is the world’s second-largest chipmaker that runs the PC’s. It is still waiting for its comeback in the server market which is shut by Intel for the past decade.
Microsoft being one of their biggest customers is planning to leave Intel. This is something that Apple already has done earlier this year. Though Apple and Microsoft don’t have the biggest shares in the PC market they have in the premium range. Microsoft already uses ARM chips from Qualcomm in some of their Surface PCs and the rest with Intel. So this won’t be an issue for Microsoft to run Windows in the ARM chips.
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