At last month’s Citi analyst meeting, Intel CFO David Zinsner talked about next year’s Windows Update, suggesting that consumers might upgrade their PCs because of a new version of Windows, and that the “Windows Update” he was talking about is likely to be Windows 12.

“We actually think 2024 is going to be a pretty good year for the client, especially because of the Windows refresh,” David Zinsner said at a Sept. 6 Citi analyst conference. “We still think the existing computer base is quite old and needs to be refreshed. We think next year could be the start of that process because of the catalyst that is Windows.”

It’s worth noting that internal Intel documents regarding Windows 12 were leaked a few months ago. Intel is reportedly preparing its Meteor Lake desktop platform for the next generation of Windows, possibly dubbed Windows 12.

Intel has only made public the Meteor Lake mobile chip, which will be released in December and has a dedicated AI coprocessor built in.Meteor Lake is Intel’s first CPU to have a different small chip in each component, and the first to utilize Intel’s 4-process node.Given that Microsoft is pushing for built-in AI functionality in Windows, the AI coprocessor The inclusion of AI coprocessors will be important, given that Microsoft is pushing for built-in AI features in Windows.

Microsoft hasn’t announced any plans for Windows 12 yet, but there are indications that the company is looking to integrate AI-driven features with future versions of Windows. In an interview with The Verge website earlier this year, Microsoft’s head of consumer marketing, Yusuf Mehdi, said, “When we start working on future versions of Windows, we’ll look at other places where AI should play a natural role in the experience.”

It is noted that Microsoft recently added its AI-powered Copilot directly to Windows 11, focused on AI at its recent Surface event, and added a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) chip to its Surface Laptop Studio 2. Microsoft seems to be quietly laying the groundwork for larger-scale AI integration in Windows, and it seems only natural that Windows 12 would be combined with an AI coprocessor-focused hardware update.

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This screenshot shows what appears to be an Outlook calendar widget, which contains multiple reminders, including a reminder of the schedule for the “Next Generation Windows” conference.

▲ Source: Windows Latest

It is reported that this is not the first time Microsoft has hinted or expressed the existence of the next-generation operating system. Microsoft has alluded to the term “Next Valley Prototype Design” before, and it is said that the next-generation operating system is expected to be equipped with a desktop with a completely different appearance and a floating taskbar without a system tray.

In Microsoft’s previous Win 11 Build 23440 preview update released for the Dev channel, users can hide the time and date on the system tray. According to reports, this feature may match the Windows 12 feature description that Microsoft is testing internally.

There has been a lot of speculation that the next-generation Windows operating system will debut in 2024. Sources familiar with the development claim that Microsoft is optimizing the next-generation operating system for ARM processors, which will deeply integrate artificial intelligence and make major adjustments to the underlying architecture.

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Around October last year, Microsoft may have accidentally leaked a new Windows 11 interface showing a floating taskbar and notification area at the top. The first leaked image wasn’t very clear, but the new, clearer image has the words “Next Valley Prototype Design” clearly written at the top.

Microsoft seems to be gradually moving towards such a design goal. The company has quietly added strings to Dev build 25300 that add the following features: hide the taskbar clock, hide the time and date in the system tray, and turn on this option to hide the time and date information in the corner of the taskbar.

Brad Sams, vice president and general manager of Stardock Software, believes that the above changes are due to the fact that Microsoft may be testing Next Valley’s floating taskbar.

Here is the Windows 11 interface with these strings enabled:

In addition to the Windows 12 interface, Microsoft also seems to have made some small progress on the feature front. Senior exec Panos Panay says the next generation of Windows 11 and Windows 12 will be a combination of cloud and artificial intelligence-driven experiences, and Microsoft is slowly making progress in that direction. On the security front, the company is phasing out legacy components like MSDT, as well as VBScript, which has been exploited by hackers in the past.

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