Microsoft Surface Pro 9 passed FCC certification: equipped with ARM processor, 5G support

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Wu Yanzu in South China, road paving rookie for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com, September 18 (Xinhua)-- according to previous revelations, Microsoft is developing a Surface Pro 9 two-in-one device, which is expected to be released this year, with both Intel and ARM versions available.

Recently, Microsoft's new 4G and 5G "portable computing devices" have appeared on the US FCC list C3K1997, which is expected to be the Surface Pro 9 with Snapdragon processor.

The FCC list contains many references to devices tested in "tablet mode", showing a built-in 5G connection, Bluetooth 5, and providing Wi-Fi 6. "the device includes the following features: 850 GSM 1900 GSM / GPRS / EDGE, 850 Multi- 1900 WCDMA / HSPA, Multi- band LTE, multi-band 5G NR, 802.11b / g / n / ax WLAN, 802.11a / n / ac / ax UNII (5GHz), Bluetooth (1x, EDR, LE)."

In addition, according to this FCC file, Surface Pro 9 will be equipped with an ARM processor. The file includes references to Qualcomm Smart Transmit 3.0, a technology designed to expand 5G coverage and increase uplink speed.

CTOnews.com previously reported that Zac Bowden from Windows Central, citing his internal Microsoft sources, revealed that Microsoft plans to merge Surface Pro with Intel processors and Surface Pro X with ARM processors into one device family.

In addition, Microsoft's new Surface Pro X appeared on the Geekbench running platform, confirmed to be equipped with Snapdragon 8cx Gen3 processor, equipped with 16GB memory, single-core running score of 1005 points, multi-core 5574 points.

According to Rich 'Rose Gold' Woods, the whistleblower, Surface Pro 9 will use Microsoft's SQ3 chip, and the software giant will work with Qualcomm, which will be customized based on Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3. The CPU and GPU clock rates of Microsoft SQ3 chips may be slightly different, but beyond that, SoC will have most of the similarities with Qualcomm chips.