IDC forecast big growth in AI PC shipment: 60 Million in 2024 to 167 Million by 2027
Market Researcher IDC forecasts a significant surge in shipments of AI PCs powered by SoC processors to locally handle generative AI tasks. From an estimated 50 million units in 2024, IDC projects shipments to soar to over 167 million by 2027, constituting nearly 60% of global PC shipments.
Data Source: IDC Evolution of NPU-enabled AI PCs: Traditionally, AI tasks on PCs relied on CPU or GPU, but this often compromised performance and battery life. Now, with the introduction of neural processing units (NPUs) in SoCs, AI-specific silicon is optimizing task execution. IDC identifies three categories of NPU-enabled AI PCs: Hardware-enabled AI PCs include an NPU that offers <40 tera operations per second (TOPS) performance and typically enables specific AI features within apps to run locally. Qualcomm, Apple, AMD, and Intel are all shipping chips in this category today. Next-generation AI PCs include an NPU with 40–60 TOPS performance and an AI-first operating system (OS) that enables persistent and pervasive AI capabilities in the OS and apps. Qualcomm, AMD, and Intel are all expected to launch future chips for this category, with delivery likely to begin in 2024. Microsoft is also expected to roll out major updates (and updated system specifications) to Windows 11 to take adv...
Data Source: IDC Evolution of NPU-enabled AI PCs: Traditionally, AI tasks on PCs relied on CPU or GPU, but this often compromised performance and battery life. Now, with the introduction of neural processing units (NPUs) in SoCs, AI-specific silicon is optimizing task execution. IDC identifies three categories of NPU-enabled AI PCs: Hardware-enabled AI PCs include an NPU that offers <40 tera operations per second (TOPS) performance and typically enables specific AI features within apps to run locally. Qualcomm, Apple, AMD, and Intel are all shipping chips in this category today. Next-generation AI PCs include an NPU with 40–60 TOPS performance and an AI-first operating system (OS) that enables persistent and pervasive AI capabilities in the OS and apps. Qualcomm, AMD, and Intel are all expected to launch future chips for this category, with delivery likely to begin in 2024. Microsoft is also expected to roll out major updates (and updated system specifications) to Windows 11 to take adv...
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