Core Group Launches Copilot+ Surface PCs in South Africa, Previews 128GB Surface Ultra
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Updated · IOL · Sep 9
Core Group Launches Copilot+ Surface PCs in South Africa, Previews 128GB Surface Ultra
3 articles · Updated · IOL · Sep 9
Summary
Core Group unveiled Microsoft’s latest Surface Pro and Surface Laptop for Business in Sandton, starting South Africa’s rollout of Copilot+ PCs aimed at commercial and enterprise users.
Up to 50 TOPs of on-device AI processing from Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon chips underpins the push, which Microsoft says cuts latency while addressing data-privacy concerns and cloud subscription costs.
A live credit-risk demo showed offline risk modelling, document translation and e-signatures running locally through NPUs, positioning the devices as tools for sensitive business workloads.
Surface Ultra was previewed as a higher-end addition for creators and developers, with expected NVIDIA RTX graphics, up to 128GB unified memory and petaflop-scale AI compute.
The new Surface for Business devices and accessories are now rolling out through authorized commercial resellers across South Africa.