‘Microsoft is working on its own Arm Silicon chips for Windows 12’

Microsoft is said to be working on its own Arm chips intended for Microsoft’s own hardware. The company wants to optimize Windows 12 for those chips, according to various vacancies that Windows Latest writes about.

Windows Latest is based on documents and vacancies in which Microsoft says it is looking for programmers and developers for system-on-a-chip, CPU and GPU architectures. Those developers should create programming models and draw up performance requirements. The developers must work with hardware and software teams, according to the job postings.

The vacancies and documents indicate that Microsoft wants to expand the Microsoft Silicon Team. That is the division within the company that works on its own chipsets. According to Windows Latest, the expansion of the team indicates that the company wants to create its own counterpart to Apple’s own SoCs.

These chips are said to run on Arm Silicon architecture and are especially optimized for use with Windows 12, the future operating system for which no release date is currently known. There have also recently been rumors that Microsoft is working on a new version of Windows, intended for alternative devices and form factors, but it is not clear whether CorePC will be part of Windows 12 and whether the new chips will be optimized for it. According to Windows Latest, that is probably the case.

Microsoft’s own Arm Silicon chips would be made to be extra energy efficient and efficient. This would make the hardware extra suitable for AI applications that can be processed in the operating system.