Microsoft Surface Goes 5 Years Without AMD [2026]

Microsoft’s Surface Corporate Vice President, Brett Ostrum, has confirmed what chip watchers have suspected for years: AMD has no place in the current Surface lineup, and the company isn’t apologizing for it. In comments reported this week, Ostrum pointed to a simple constraint rather than any falling-out with AMD. Surface sells a small number of distinct product lines compared to rivals like Dell or Lenovo, and Microsoft says it has to pick its silicon partners carefully rather than support every chipmaker at once.