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Just days ago, Nvidia showed the world how valuable the AI market is to silicon and solution providers by announcing a new set of hardware and services during its annual GPU Technology Conference in San Jose. While that news was focused

Just days ago, Nvidia showed the world how valuable the AI market is to silicon and solution providers by announcing a new set of hardware and services during its annual GPU Technology Conference in San Jose. While that news was focused on data center AI compute in the form of multi-million dollar servers powered by some of the largest processors and chips ever produced, the world of client AI, where AI runs on individual laptops and PCs, presents an equally appealing, and profitable, arena for technology giants to take advantage of.

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Can Qualcomm become the NVIDIA of the AI PC race?

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Can Qualcomm become the NVIDIA of the AI PC race?

In the world of AI, and the computing infrastructure that powers AI, there is only one king: Nvidia. The company has skyrocketed to one of the largest in the world on the back of it success leading the transition to an AI computing ecosystem. It has a dominant hold on the chips that power the data centers and servers that enable companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google to deliver the AI services that gather the headlines.

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AMD offers Ryzen 8040 series AI PC chips to compete with Intel Core Ultra

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AMD offers Ryzen 8040 series AI PC chips to compete with Intel Core Ultra

AMD first unveiled its new Hawk Point processors at its AI event in December, now branded as the Ryzen 8040 series of APUs. Ahead of CES this week in Vegas, the company briefed me on some new performance metrics of interest that it plans to show off in its exhibit area, across a range of AI tests, content creation, and gaming.

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Defining the Always On, Always Connected PC

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Defining the Always On, Always Connected PC

The future of the notebook PC lies in merging the familiarity of Windows with experiences and capabilities that are unique to smartphones. This should include a renewed emphasis on battery life, targeting days rather than hours of real-world usage. Deep sleep and hibernate states that force portions of the system to be inaccessible for dynamic updating and that slow the ability for the user to interact with PC should be eliminated. Ubiquitous internet access through high speed, Gigabit-class LTE can provide uninterrupted data support without the hassle and reliability concerns of Wi-Fi and comes with a connected standby experience where your data is ready when you need it.

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Qualcomm signs major carriers and retailers for Always Connected PC launch

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Qualcomm signs major carriers and retailers for Always Connected PC launch

With availability scheduled to begin next month, Qualcomm is prepping for its final push to prepare the market for what it believes is a revolutionary product category for the PC market. Just before the mobile media and analysts focus attention on Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, Qualcomm hopes it has completed the final step in the launch of its “Windows 10 on Snapdragon” line. Partners like Amazon, the Microsoft Stores, Verizon, and AT&T will provide the cellular LTE connections to maintain an always-connected state and the retail and online locations to purchase them.

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