While smartphone makers flocked to the Snapdragon Summit to reveal phones with the new flagship chipsets, Microsoft picked a chip from earlier this year, the Snapdragon X2 Plus, to power two new Surface devices. Starting with the Microsoft Surface Pro 12” (2nd edition), this is a highly portable 12” Windows on ARM tablet with a 2,196 x 1,464px (3:2) Pixel Sense LCD and 90Hz refresh rate. Besides regular touch input, it also supports the optional Surface Slim Pen (which can detect 4,096 levels of pressure).

Microsoft also introduced Ink Canvas, an AI-powered, pen-first app for sketching, planning and designing. The tablet is powered by a passively cooled Snapdragon X2 Plus with a 6-core CPU and an 80 TOPS NPU for on-device AI. Microsoft says that compared to the previous Surface Pro 12”, the Snapdragon X2 Plus offers 17% faster Office productivity, 18% more efficient battery use, 60% faster graphics and 95% faster local AI inferencing.

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 13” (2nd edition) features an aluminum body with a color-matched keyboard and a next-gen haptic feedback trackpad. The 13” display is a Pixel Sense LCD with 1,920 x 1,280px (3:2) and 60Hz refresh rate and touch support. The laptop is also passively cooled. It houses a larger battery that promises up to 22.5 hours of video playback. Microsoft also unveiled a new Surface Mouse for $80.