AI comes to PCs at Computex 2024
This week, computer hardware companies, including the likes of Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm, showcased their latest products at this year’s Computex conference. As with everything in the tech world recently, the main theme of Computex 2024 was AI.
AMD
Let’s start with AMD, which announced the launch of the next generation of Ryzen CPUs, the Ryzen 9000 series, based on the new Zen 5 architecture. AMD claims the CPUs deliver 16% better IPC on average compared to the previous Zen 4 generation. The new Ryzen 9000 CPUs are scheduled to be available in July and their price has not been revealed yet.
Alongside Ryzen 9000 CPUs, AMD also launched the new Ryzen AI 300 series of processors, designed to be used in laptops, which will come with a built-in Neural Processing Unit (NPU) to accelerate AI operations for the emerging class of AI PCs. AMD claims it is the most powerful NPU for PCs, delivering 50 TOPS (tera operations per second).
The first laptops with Ryzen AI 300 processors are expected to be available in laptops starting in July 2024.
In addition to the new processors, AMD also provided more details about the…
