Lenovo in ‘unique position’ to compete in global market for AI PCs, top executive says
- The company is offering different AI PC models for the mainland Chinese market, built with the company’s own AI system
- Lenovo expects that 15 to 20 per cent of its total PC shipments this year will be AI PCs, based on a broader definition
Lenovo Group is in a “unique position” to compete in the global market for artificial intelligence (AI) personal computers (PCs) because of its differentiated product offerings for China and the rest of the world, according to executive vice-president Luca Rossi, as the race heats up to deliver these powerful systems.
China will be a “distinct place” for AI PCs because of its regulatory environment, and Lenovo is confident its competitive advantage will help it capture both the mainland and global markets, Rossi, who serves as president of Lenovo’s Intelligent Devices Group (IDG), said in an interview with the South China Morning Post last week.
AI PCs refer to laptops and desktop systems equipped with advanced processors that allow them to run many generative AI tasks on-device, instead of processing data on the cloud.
The competition to introduce such devices has escalated, with US technology giant Microsoft last week announcing Copilot+ PCs, a range of computers under its own brand as well as other major PC makers, embedded with the software giant's generative AI service Copilot.
Lenovo is one of six companies that cooperated with Microsoft in the launch, offering two new Copilot+ PCs – the consumer-facing Yoga Slim 7x and the commercial model ThinkPad T14s Gen 6. Shipments for both models will begin on June 18.