Planning for the Future
Learn about the different types of AI PCs, industry trends, and key topics smart information technology decision-makers should consider as they make strategic buying plans.
Planning for the Future
The personal computer continues to evolve to meet the needs of users. As companies consider their next big fleet refresh aligned to the 2025 Windows 10 end of support, many are considering the current and future benefits of a new generation of PCs that include productivity-boosting AI capabilities integrated right into the silicon.
The Rise of AI PCs: At a Glance
IDC is predicting a steep ramp-up of AI PCs into the commercial market.
Percentage of AI PCs in Global Commercial Shipments
Source: IDC's Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker
Key Areas to Consider When Adopting AI PCs
- How might an early investment in AI PCs lead to lower costs over time as AI features move from cloud services to on-device functionality?
- Which departments or roles are currently using cloud-based AI services?
- Where might updates to existing apps and workflows make it possible for AI workloads to move to the PC?
AMD Is Leading the AI PC Era
AMD Ryzen™ AI is the world’s first dedicated AI engine with x86 processors and powers hundreds of different AI functions so you can rethink productivity for your business workflows.1
Accelerate Your Organization's AI Strategy by Deploying High-Performance AI PCs
To gain insight into how IT decision-makers (ITDMs) think about the role of the AI PC, IDC conducted an online survey in November 2024. The survey comprised 670 respondents — all managers or above who are responsible for or influenced PC purchases. The study covered various industries with participants from companies with over 1,000 employees in the United States and over 500 employees in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan.
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Top Expected Impacts of AI PCs
Q. To what extent do you agree that AI PCs will have the following impact on your organization?
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Source: IDC's Worldwide AMD AI PC Survey, November 2024
AI PCs' top 3 most compelling features to respondents are:
- Ability to drive more personalized experiences for employees (77%)
- Ability to help maintain data privacy (75%)
- Increased capacity to prevent security risks (74%)
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60% of respondents would replace aging systems with new Windows 11 PCs (versus upgrading the old systems to the new OS).
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82% of respondents said they expect these new systems to have a somewhat or very positive impact on employees.
97%
Looking ahead, 97% of respondents said that they expect to deploy AI to more employees in the future.
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Footnotes
- As of May 2023, AMD has the first available dedicated AI engine on an x86 Windows processor, where 'dedicated AI engine' is defined as an AI engine that has no function other than to process AI inference models and is part of the x86 processor die. For detailed information, please check: https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/xdna.html. PHX-3a
Footnotes
- As of May 2023, AMD has the first available dedicated AI engine on an x86 Windows processor, where 'dedicated AI engine' is defined as an AI engine that has no function other than to process AI inference models and is part of the x86 processor die. For detailed information, please check: https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/xdna.html. PHX-3a