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IT Home reported on November 4 that source @9550pro posted a slide titled “Windows is the home of hybrid intelligence” on X yesterday (November 3), showing Microsoft’s “Hybrid Intelligence” AI PC roadmap.
IT Home previously reported that at a launch event in San Francisco, United States, at 10 a.m. Pacific Time on October 7 (1 a.m. Beijing time on October 8), Microsoft introduced the concept of “hybrid intelligence,” emphasizing the use of a hybrid architecture that combines cloud AI with local computing power to handle user tasks on Windows 11.
According to the leaked “Hybrid Intelligence” AI PC roadmap, Microsoft divides AI hardware into four tiers. The lowest, Tier 0, covers Windows PCs with 8GB of memory and processors including Intel Core 3/4 series, AMD Ryzen 100/200 series, and Snapdragon X or X Plus. Technology outlet Windows Central interpreted this to mean that ordinary users can still access AI capabilities through the cloud, even without large amounts of memory or a top-tier NPU.
Tier 1 consists of Copilot+ PCs with 16GB to 64GB of memory, spanning configurations from Snapdragon X2 Plus to AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 400.
Tier 2 is aimed at developers and creators who need to build and run AI models locally, with hardware including Intel Core Ultra Next, NVIDIA RTX Spark, and AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 400.
The highest tier consists of supercomputers with more than 128GB of memory for running frontier large models locally, and includes professional platforms such as Intel Crescent Island and NVIDIA GB300 DGX Station.