AI is a hot topic in technology conversations, and it is often associated with cloud or online experiences where it powers search, social media, and apps like ChatGPT. However, what many might not realise is that AI also runs on devices. Next-generation neural processing units (NPUs) – domain-specific silicon within the device – can run some AI workloads locally instead of in the cloud, improving device performance and personalizing the user experience.  

 

The Surface Laptop Studio 2 contains an Intel NPU on Windows featuring Windows Studio Effects – AI on silicon scaling across the entire Windows experience. These benefits are especially useful for power users who depend on a high performing device capable of working in the space of CAD, graphics design, video editin. For example, watch how the Surface Laptop Studio 2S blazes through a rendering in a side-by-side comparison to its competitors.  

 

Surface Pro 9 5G and Windows 11 Studio Effect add another layer to Microsoft’s AI story, with enhanced sensory experiences and performance. For example, AI capabilities on Surface Pro 9 with 5G create a sharp contrast between backgrounds and a foreground image, eliminating those irksome moments when body parts, like hair or hands, disappear onscreen. Auditory capabilities similarly separate a person’s voice from external distractions, like barking dogs and crying babies, so that only the person’s voice gets heard. Watch it in action.  

 

To gain a better understanding of these devices and how Surface brings together the full AI experience from the cloud and on the computer, watch Barlow’s talk from the latest Microsoft Inspire event or these other sources: