Lenovo is turning to a popular trend in its drive to boost demand: AI.
The company will start shipping its first AI personal computers in the first half of the year, Luca Rossi, president of Lenovo’s PC division, said Thursday. These devices have dedicated processors to handle generative AI tasks locally on the device, rather than on the cloud. (Devicemakers, including Lenovo, are also exploring manufacturing smartphones that can handle AI tasks locally)
CEO Yang Yuanqing said that PCs would come with “a personal intelligent agent” and a “compressed local large language model.”
Importantly, CFO Wai Ming Wong suggested that AI PCs could drive a new product cycle with premium pricing, and could be an “inflection point for the PC industry.”
Yet the rise of AI PCs might take a while to arrive. William Li, a senior analyst at Counterpoint Research, forecasts that “peak season” for these devices to come only in the second half of 2024 through to 2025…Read More