Surface Laptop Ultra: 1 Petaflop AI, available for pre-order at €2,899

Microsoft has launched the Surface Laptop Ultra, an Arm-based laptop designed for AI, which is already available for pre-order in France. The company claims up to 1 petaflop for AI and local execution of models with 120 billion parameters, with a starting price of €2,899.

Pricing, Pre-orders, and Professional Positioning with a Slimmed-Down Chassis

The Surface Laptop Ultra is priced from €2,899 in France and is already available for pre-order. It is built on an Arm architecture and primarily targets professionals, while featuring a 15-inch touchscreen. The chassis measures 18 mm thick and weighs less than 2 kg. Microsoft has revamped the thermal architecture, claiming a heat dissipation capacity 2.5 times greater than that of other Surface Laptops. For leisure, Microsoft highlights ray tracing, DLSS, and NVIDIA Reflex in compatible games, along with a game catalog described as rich and expanding on Windows on Arm. The computer is also touted as capable of delivering optimal gaming performance outside of professional use.

Local Execution of Models and Expected Gains

Microsoft claims up to 1 petaflop of power for artificial intelligence and states that the Surface Laptop Ultra will be able to execute AI models locally with up to 120 billion parameters. Local processing avoids reliance on the cloud and token consumption, while offering advantages in terms of privacy and latency.

An Nvidia Blackwell and Grace Platform at the Heart of the Machine

Microsoft has presented the Surface Laptop Ultra as an AI-optimized computer developed in collaboration with Nvidia. It is based on the RTX Spark platform and integrates an NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU with 6,144 cores, an NVIDIA Grace CPU with 20 cores, and 128 GB of unified memory. This hardware configuration forms the foundation of the advanced capabilities highlighted for artificial intelligence.