Microsoft Explains Surface AMD Chip Gap [2026]

Microsoft has finally put a name and a sentence to something PC buyers had noticed for years: there is no AMD processor anywhere in the current Surface lineup. Surface Corporate Vice President Brett Ostrum told Windows Central that the gap is not a verdict on AMD’s silicon, but a side effect of how few Surface models Microsoft actually builds. “We love working with AMD. We have a limited portfolio, and so we have to make our choices pretty wisely in terms of what we’re doing and where we’re doing it,” Ostrum told Windows Central.