In an effort to boost sales after the post-pandemic low, Dell launched a line of AI PCs on Monday at an event in Las Vegas, powered by Qualcomm processors. In the second half of the year, the company will also introduce a new server to accommodate NVIDIA’s latest chips.
The new PCs, dubbed Copilot Plus PCs, would come with AI-optimized hardware and support that can be used to carry out AI-related operations on Windows. Neural processing units, or NPUs, are a feature of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series CPUs, which are specifically made to handle challenging AI tasks.
Out of the five models that were introduced, two are already up for pre-order, and the other three will be available for purchase in the coming months.
Additionally, CEO Michael Dell said that “pretty standard by next year” AI PCs—basically, machines running AI models locally without the need for cloud computing—would be powered by AI processors.
At their annual Microsoft Build event, Microsoft announced that these Copilot Plus PCs would be launched in collaboration with Dell, Lenovo, Samsung, HP, Acer, and Asus.
Additionally, Dell unveiled their AI server, which is designed to work with Nvidia’s recently released Blackwell chip family. Instead of using air cooling, which uses more computing power, the server features liquid cooling technology.
The creator and CEO of NVIDIA, Jensen Huang, stated that “generative AI requires a new type of computing infrastructure – an AI factory that produces intelligence.” “Together, NVIDIA and Dell are delivering a full-stack offering to the global market that powers the industrial digital twins, coding assistants, copilots, and virtual customer support agents of the digital enterprise. This offering includes computing, networking, and software.”
