This IDC Market Note articulates IDC's view on the emerging category of AI PCs and draws distinctions between early NPU-based systems, shipping at the end of 2023, and the next generation of products expected to ship in 2024. The dawn of the AI PC, where onboard AI inferencing capabilities lessen the need to run all AI tasks in the cloud, promises to bring both new experiences and heightened productivity to end users. It is likely to have a profound impact on the PC market going forward.
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