For full operation of all functions of the AI system, you will need a CPU with NPU
The next big Windows 11 update is called Hudson Valley. It is so big that it will be released as Windows 12. In much the same way, Windows 10 «grew» Windows 11, so nothing surprising.
Windows 12 will be released in the second half of 2024, according to Windows Central. At the same time, the RTM version will appear quite early – already in April, but the OS will be finalized only by August. And as a major over-the-air update to the current Windows 11, Windows 12 will be released in September or October 2024.
In Windows 12, the emphasis will be on AI: artificial intelligence will be «woven and integrated» into the entire operating system and will require new hardware with an NPU – a neural processor, the purpose of which is precisely to accelerate AI tasks. The only problem is that the NPU appeared only in the latest generations of Intel and AMD processors. Accordingly, on a PC with these processors, all system functions will work entirely, but on computers with conventional processors, without an NPU, the AI functions will be either limited or will not work at all.