Microsoft and Nvidia unveil Surface Laptop Ultra with Grace Blackwell chip at San Francisco event
Microsoft held a Windows and Surface event in San Francisco on Oct. 7, with local AI hardware as a main theme and Nvidia chips tied to the announcements. At the event, Microsoft and Nvidia introduced the Surface Laptop Ultra line and a Copilot upgrade that can access local files and take OS-level actions. The event also placed Satya Nadella and Jensen Huang on stage together for the laptop unveiling.
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Windows users and Surface buyers see a shift in what Microsoft is showing today: laptops and Copilot features are being tied to local AI features instead of only cloud-based tools. That matters to people following new PCs, because the event put device-level AI and Windows changes in front of them at the same time.
In practice, the event changed the menu of features Microsoft is presenting for these devices. Copilot’s access to local files and Windows actions was shown alongside the Surface Laptop Ultra launch, while the broader Windows and Surface event still covered the same product lines as before.
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