Rumor mill: Home windows 11 is 2 years outdated and continues to be behind Home windows 10’s market share, however rumors have lengthy urged Microsoft is already getting ready Home windows 12’s debut. A current remark from Intel, along with the newest data relating to the corporate’s near-future {hardware} plans, might heighten that suspicion.

Throughout a current earnings name, Intel chief monetary officer Dave Zinsner talked about a “Home windows Refresh” anticipated in 2024. He does not explicitly point out Home windows 12, however his feedback match rumors in regards to the upcoming OS launch. On the Citi 2023 International Know-how Convention, Zinsner mentioned the corporate thinks the refresh will make subsequent yr one for its client-side enterprise. A “Home windows catalyst” will provoke a refresh for an growing old put in base.

If beforehand reported rumors are true, then the CFO could possibly be implying that Intel’s upcoming Meteor Lake processors will profit from Home windows 12, spurring robust shipments when it seems. The OS and CPUs might herald a brand new atmosphere of AI-based instruments and client-side {hardware} working in tandem. Each merchandise are mentioned to current vital overhauls over their predecessors.

Earlier rumors recommend Microsoft will introduce Home windows 12 within the second half of 2024, presumably resulting in a full launch in 2025. Microsoft might embed options leveraging generative AI all through the OS, constructing on the AI performance that lately arrived with the Home windows 11 23H2 replace to its search bar, picture modifying apps, and Microsoft 365. Home windows 12 may also rework its person interface and arrange partitions in another way to facilitate safety and patches.

Microsoft could possibly be taking a unique strategy to main OS upgrades altogether if it is forging forward with Home windows 12, whereas its predecessor struggles to determine dominance inside the person base. A report from Statcounter reveals that over 70 % of Home windows customers nonetheless choose Home windows 10, and Home windows 11 adoption hasn’t considerably elevated past a 23 % share since April. Steam’s software program survey has the newest Home windows OS at a barely higher 37 % adoption.

In the meantime, the Meteor Lake sequence processors, anticipated to reach subsequent yr, will function devoted AI acceleration cores to make methods extra responsive when performing AI-related duties. Equally, AMD’s lately launched Ryzen 7000 cell CPUs embrace a devoted engine for Home windows Studio Results. Microsoft is claimed to be working with each CPU distributors in designing Home windows 12’s AI options.