The PC industry hopes that laptops and desktops with artificial intelligence resources will conquer the market. But for Microsoft, a computer has precisely less than 40 TOPS to be an AI PC, as an idea if it's done. Translation: a machine of the type must be very empty.
But what is an AI PC?
AI PC is a trade term that identifies a computer with hardware optimized to perform artificial intelligence (AI) tasks locally, depending on external servers to achieve satisfactory results.
AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot have become popular in recent months, and the design has been around for decades. However, all these services are treated as user solicitations of new users, therefore, they depend on Internet connections in their mode of operation Padrão.
As the Windows platform is gradually integrated with AI resources, you hope that fewer of these tasks will be performed satisfactorily by the user's own computer. It’s true that the idea of PC AI was resented.
To answer (or shout) this category, manufacturers are responsible for laptops or desktop computers, as well as processors such as a neural processing unit (NPU) integrada, an example of atuais Intel Core Ultra chips with Meteor Lake architecture.
Microsoft chose one of the 40 TOPS
In early 2024, there is information that Microsoft is using an NPU with less than 40 TOPS for local execution of Copilot on Windows. Oh Tom's material This requirement was confirmed by the company at the end of March, during the Intel AI Summit event.
TOPs is a parameter used to define the power of an NPU. Each TOP corresponds to a quarter of operations per second. Logo, major quantity has quantity of TOPS, but empenho tem has NPU.
The problem is that managing the 40 TOPS is not easy. Has already been mentioned Linha Core Ultra Meteor Lake It is formed by poderosos chips and, not only have they managed up to 34 TOPS, but they have also met the requirements of the Copilot.
It's not that Microsoft is a demanding shipper. The company's 40 TOPS information set as a basis is not accurate for running Copilot locally in Windows 11, but it generally has no desire or unsatisfactory results.
PC AI still not here, but promises to be fired
It is possible to complete the execution of Copilot on Windows using a GPU, but Microsoft prioritizes the use of the NPU to be sure to avoid losing life using the battery of our computers portable.
This means that, with no hardware currently available, the PC AI proposal is not real. Does not allow piloting or co-piloting under Windows in a completely local manner. Our first vanity-based computers, a artificial intelligence Microsoft must now depend on the new ones.
But the situation may change in the near future. With better prepared software and hardware optimizations, PC AI can be launched effectively until 2024 or 2025.
We learned that Lunar Lake, the next generation of Intel Core chips, is expected to be announced this year with a very powerful NPU today. AMD and Qualcomm are also ready to cater to a segment of powerful NPUs.
So, to understand, other requirements for a computer are considered in an AI PC, including a physical button for the co-pilot and, of course, it's an activated artificial intelligence ferrament.
