Microsoft has dropped the “Copilot+ PC” branding from its latest Surface devices, even though the hardware satisfies the original specification for that label. The new Surface Pro 12‑inch (2nd Edition) and Surface Laptop 13‑inch (2nd Edition), slated for release on October 13, ship with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Plus system‑on‑chip, which integrates a Hexagon neural processing unit rated at 80 trillion operations per second (TOPS). To qualify as a Copilot+ PC, a machine must provide at least 16 GB of RAM, 256 GB of storage, and an NPU delivering 40 TOPS or higher; the announced Surface models meet or exceed each of those thresholds. Brett Ostrum, corporate VP of Surface, told Windows Central that the devices “are not called Copilot+ PCs” despite meeting the bar, and that Microsoft continues to promote AI‑on‑the‑edge capabilities without the label. Qualcomm’s Kedar Kondap explained that the Copilot+ program was created to establish a clear performance metric—originally cited as a 45 TOPS NPU—for edge AI workloads, and that the same experiences are now delivered under a broader “performance PC” positioning, with the Copilot+ terminology appearing far less prominently on Microsoft’s web pages.