Lenovo's president and chief operating officer, Rory Read, said the move toward Windows on Arm is tied to the emerging convergence of devices and seamless data flow between those devices.

"What's so powerful about Microsoft's announcement is not just that Windows is going to be on Arm -- that's huge -- but it's where the trend is going and how that's going to move toward this whole convergence environment," Read said.

As a device maker, the company wants to offer products that augment the seamless data flow. Lenovo will keep its options open on the processors it adopts for future devices.

"We'll look at the whole portfolio and react to it," Read said.