Anthony Peter Bonadero, the new president of major contract computer maker Compal Electronics, said Qualcomm has a “just-in-time” advantage because its Snapdragon X Elite chips are available before Intel and AMD products. AMD products. In addition, the ARM architecture means Snapdragon chips are energy efficient and have long battery life.

The performance is much better and the battery life is amazing,” said Bonadello, a 30-year veteran of the PC industry. We‘re going to start seeing Arm enhancements."

William, a senior technology analyst at Counterpoint, said ARM-based laptops will reach 15 percent market share this year and 20 percent by 2027 as more vendors join the fray.

"It used to be that Intel and Windows were the dominant players in the laptop space. But now Microsoft is working with Qualcomm on a big push for new AI PCs. that could tell us something. If ARM-based products prove to be competitive, Intel‘s market share could come under some pressure."

Competitiveness is key. Whether these computers run on ARM or X86 platforms, success will depend on whether consumers find the new features offered by AI PCs attractive, industry executives and market watchers say. Most market research firms expect minimal growth in total PC shipments this year.

Currently, we haven‘t seen any interesting killer applications on so-called AI PCs,” said Chunsheng He, a computer industry veteran and former president of Advantech. Whether consumers will actually go for these AI PCs is still unknown."

Jeff Lin, a technology analyst at Omdia, said, “The era of the so-called AI PC has just begun. Generative AI is only part of the AI PC ecosystem. The user interface and the way users interact with PCs could change dramatically. However, it will take time for the AI ecosystem and new user interfaces for AI assistants on PCs to evolve and become mainstream, approximately until 2028."