NVIDIA and AMD Announce Laptops with Artificial Intelligence

MetaversePlanet June 4, 2024

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NVIDIA and AMD are gearing up to release gaming laptops that feature Microsoft’s AI-powered Copilot Plus.

Artificial intelligence advancements have picked up speed following the COMPUTEX event. NVIDIA and AMD are planning to introduce gaming laptops with Microsoft’s AI-powered Copilot Plus features, specifically designed for laptops equipped with Qualcomm processors.

NVIDIA and AMD bring Microsoft’s Copilot Plus feature!

At the COMPUTEX event, NVIDIA announced that RTX AI PC laptops, which will be released by Asus and MSI, are on the way and will include Copilot Plus PC features. So, what advantages will these computers have?

In a blog post, NVIDIA stated, “ASUS and MSI’s newly announced RTX AI PC laptops feature GeForce RTX 4070 GPUs, Windows 11 AI PC features, and power-efficient system-on-chip technology.” NVIDIA also confirmed that these laptops will come with AMD’s latest Strix CPUs.

However, NVIDIA mentioned that the first Copilot Plus PCs with AMD processors might not include Microsoft’s AI features upon release. They also noted that Windows 11 AI PCs will receive a free update to their Copilot+ PC experience once it becomes available.

This suggests that Microsoft may not be ready to release Recall and other AI-powered Windows features on AMD chips immediately, or these features may be initially exclusive to hardware with Windows on ARM Qualcomm processors, which will be released on June 18.

NVIDIA is also striving to enhance AI-powered tasks on laptops. As Microsoft continues to port its AI models to NPUs, NVIDIA has rolled up its sleeves to make its GPUs valuable in this AI battlefield on PCs. NVIDIA emphasized that its RTX GPUs are capable of running AI workloads heavier than those an NPU can handle.

In June, NVIDIA is launching an RTX AI Toolkit, which includes tools and SDKs for model customization, optimization, and deployment. These tools can optimize models like Meta’s Llama 2 to run with significantly less VRAM and higher performance.

Additionally, NVIDIA is collaborating with Microsoft on key AI models integrated into Windows 11. “Our collaboration will provide application developers with easy API access to GPU-accelerated small language models (SLMs) that enable on-device rollback augmented rendering (RAG) capabilities powered by Windows Copilot Runtime,” NVIDIA stated.

Microsoft announced the Windows Copilot Runtime at Build last month, and NVIDIA mentioned that its efforts to accelerate AI models using RTX GPUs will be released as a developer preview later this year.

Microsoft’s Windows Copilot Runtime is designed to make it easier for developers to add AI-powered features to their applications. This relies on NPU hardware and NVIDIA’s GPUs to accelerate these features.

Currently, NPUs are at 40 TOPS, while NVIDIA’s PC GPUs can handle over 1000 TOPS for AI, creating a significant performance difference that developers need to consider.

NPUs are designed for high power efficiency in smaller models and laptops, whereas GPUs are well-suited for handling larger models with higher performance on PC desktops, where battery life is not a concern.