I recently attended Lenovo's Tech World event in Bellevue, Washington. This annual event, held in different locations worldwide, shares Lenovo's vision and releases new products for the immediate future.
When Lenovo bought the IBM PC business, I was skeptical about its ability to absorb IBM's PC business, let alone grow it in the future. Now, 19 years later, Lenovo has become a powerhouse not only in PCs but also servers, high-powered workstations, and computing networks and has become a full-service company that can deliver solutions for business, education, and consumers.
Becoming a provider of AI servers was highlighted when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Lenovo's CEO unveiled a new liquid-cooled server with Nvidia's most powerfulToday, Lenovo is #1 in PCs, #3 in tablets, #3 in servers, and #1 in high-performance computers. This strategy was emphasized by Dr. Yong Rui, Senior Vice President of Emerging Technologies, a newly established group dedicated to articulating Lenovo's future technological vision. He examines Lenovo's vision through a framework he refers to as AI Plus versus Plus AI.