Since June, Qualcomm has had a significant laptop advantage over the more traditional processor suppliers like AMD and Intel. That changed this week when Microsoft and AMD announced that laptops using the Ryzen AI 300 processors will also support CoPilot, […]
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At Hot Chips 2024, Qualcomm showcased its Oryon CPU design, which promises better performance in what remains one of the most energy-efficient parts on the market in its class. While the level of execution of this part remains amazing, one
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I’ve been looking forward to the first games using NVIDIA ACE for some time. NVIDIA ACE is the tool that creates AI NPCs, but its usefulness goes well beyond just games and into simulations and training where you want people,
Dell Technologies’ acquisition of EMC was textbook, due largely to Dell’s IBM-sourced superior acquisition process, but Dell’s acquisitions before EMC had all been smaller companies that largely left Dell intact. EMC was much larger, and, over time, the PC part
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AI is reaching the end of its hype cycle. Reality stepped in when people realized it wasn’t as useful yet as they thought it would be, and the vast majority of AI deployments currently fail to meet expectations. This is
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We are in a huge hype cycle for AI. This technology will certainly be a massive game changer, but it is new, still untrusted, and isn’t yet fully wrapped in mature services. Existing markets, like console gaming, are off-cycle and
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While interest in Siggraph as an event has declined over the years, the advent of generative AI and the near-term potential arrival of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) should cause a significant resurgence. This is because AI dramatically changes how people
This month, IBM had an interesting briefing on how AI could be used to improve the customer support experience, drive deeper engagement with customers, and effectively improve customer loyalty while dramatically reducing support costs. This sounds unusually good given how
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While PC demand is increasing this quarter, the problem with this segment is a general lack of product marketing. Early in the creation of the PC market, the component and software vendors (mostly Microsoft) came up with the concept of
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One of the issues with every OEM being pushed rapidly into a new hardware platform is that it tends to result in a lot of products that aren’t well differentiated from each other. While the feature set for these PCs
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