Ahead of the Microsoft Build 2026 conference, the company has officially stated that it will not be announcing Windows 12, quelling months of speculation. Pavan Davuluri, President of Microsoft's Windows + Devices division, clarified via social media that the upcoming event will introduce something new for developers, but it is not a new operating system. Instead, Microsoft is focusing on enhancing high-performance gaming and local AI capabilities for the Arm architecture. A notable announcement is the Surface Laptop Ultra, which will feature Nvidia's new N1X processor and the NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU, making it suitable as a full-fledged gaming platform. This laptop will support up to 128GB of unified memory, allowing for dynamic RAM allocation across CPU and GPU, essential for tasks like AI creation and 3D rendering. Microsoft emphasizes that this development marks the beginning of a 'new era of the PC,' with further details expected during the Build conference.