Microsoft may release Snapdragon 835 version of Surface, traditional PC processors may accelerate decline

Recently, according to various sources, Microsoft has confirmed that it will hold a special event in London on October 31, and it is very likely to bring a series of new Surface products.

Since the failure of the first generation Surface to cooperate with NVIDIA Tegra chip, the trend of PC products paired with mobile chips has risen again in recent times.

For the LTE version of Surface Pro, the choice of Snapdragon 835 not only has a natural advantage in supporting 4G networks, but also due to the lower power consumption design of the mobile platform, it is also expected to significantly improve the product's portability and battery life.

At the same time, traditional PC processor manufacturer Intel recently announced that it has officially reached a cooperation with Waymo's autonomous driving department under Google's parent company Alphabet and will supply it with chips.

Intel will prepare a series of chips for Waymo's autonomous driving department. Its sensor processing, general computing and connectivity development technologies have now been used in Chrysler Pacifica hybrid multi-purpose vehicles. Since 2015, Waymo has also been using Pacifica hybrid to test its autonomous driving system. Intel's cooperation with Waymo this time is a natural outcome.

In fact, after the PC processor market gradually cooled down, Intel has determined that autonomous driving technology is the next market trend. In March this year, it spent $15.3 billion to acquire the autonomous driving vision company Mobileye.

Therefore, it is not difficult to see that after mobile smart devices have occupied people's daily lives at an astonishing rate, PC+mobile chips are becoming a new foothold for PC manufacturers to focus on mobile portable devices, and traditional PC processor manufacturers are also looking for new business growth areas. The era of traditional PC processors may really be over.

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