Microsoft’s Second ARM Bet Is Not About ARM
Microsoft’s renewed ARM push is often compared to Apple’s transition to Apple Silicon, but that comparison only tells part of the story. Drawing from first-hand experience with the Windows RT era, this column argues that Microsoft’s latest direction is less about ARM itself and more about preparing Windows for a decade of local AI, hybrid inference, architecture-neutral software, and a new generation of applications designed around intelligence rather than simply connected to it.
