HP's new Snapdragon Elite X powered laptop is used during a demonstration at the 2024 Collision tech conference at Enercare Centre in Toronto on June 18, 2024. A new line of PCs specially made to run artificial intelligence programs hit stores on Tuesday as tech companies push toward wider adoption of ChatGPT-style AI.
The idea is to allow users to access AI capabilities on their devices without relying on the cloud, which requires more energy, takes more time, and makes the AI experience clunkier. For now, the devices built by hardware makers like HP and ASUS run exclusively on a new line of processors called Snapdragon X Elite and Plus, built by the California-based chip giant Qualcomm.
Best Buy, the US retail giant, said it had trained tens of thousands of staff to sell and maintain the new line of AI PCs. “For most information workers, there aren’t enough game-changing applications for day-to-day work to drive rapid AI PC adoption.”