The recent release of a series of Snapdragon X laptops from Microsoft, Samsung, Dell, HP, and Lenovo, the company has increased its efforts to bring Windows-on-ARM to the public.However, the business hopes to provide manufacturers with a wider range of choices. According to Reuters, Microsoft has hired MediaTek to create a substitute microprocessor.

The development will be accelerated by the chip's utilization of the standard library of ARM cores (the Snapdragon X employs CPU and GPU built by Qualcomm). Uncertainty surrounds the MediaTek design's eligibility for the Copilot+ program, which demands at least 40 TOPS of on-device AI processing capacity.

Due in part to development delay, the MediaTek chip for Windows will be available late next year. According to insiders, Qualcomm and Microsoft have an exclusivity agreement that runs until 2025, which determines when things will happen. MediaTek is already producing chips under the Kompanio brand for Chromebooks, which may inspire the Windows design.

As previously indicated, MediaTek's processor would make use of ARM-standard components, such as Mali/Immortalis GPUs and Cortex CPU cores. Additionally, MediaTek is helping Nvidia to commercialize an ARM-based chip for Windows. Insiders, however, assert that these two are distinct initiatives.

Furthermore, Reuters revealed last year that AMD was developing an ARM-based CPU for Windows. This will most likely make use of Radeon GPU technology, which is presently found in Exynos CPUs (although Samsung's partnership with the company is coming to an end).