While the ongoing AI revolution has prompted enterprises, education institutes and government organisations to deliberate on using high-performance compute servers for training AI models and developing use-cases, the demand for AI laptops and notebooks – that are priced at a hefty premium to regular PCs – is expected to soar only after their use-cases are established and people start using them, market trackers and industry executives said.
This, many of them believe, will happen in 2025. Industry executives said company boardrooms have started talking about how to integrate AI in their workflows even as they consider the cost implications in developing specific AI models for their organisations.
“When we discuss with companies, the CEO is very keen about AI increasing productivity, efficiency and performance, but the CFO will ask whether it will lead to any cost savings,” said Vinay Sinha, MD, sales, at semiconductor maker AMD. He said every company is in the midst of a so-called AI revolution.
Green Lin, regional marketing manager for MEA and India at PC maker MSI, said the demand for AI laptops and desktops among consumers are expected to pick up only in 2025, once use-cases solidify and people start adopting AI in their regular usage.