Nvidia Teases Gaming Laptops From Asus, MSI as ‘RTX AI PC’, Hints at Copilot+ PC Features
New Delhi: Nvidia took major strides on Sunday as it announced several new products and services for artificial intelligence (AI) innovations for desktops. It unveiled its RTX AI Toolkit for developers to build apps and experiences on its platform and also gave a tech demo for Project G-Assist, an AI assistant with gaming knowledge. The company also teased the moniker ‘RTX AI PC’ for the upcoming gaming laptops by Asus and MSI, highlighting that it will bring Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs features to these devices.
Nvidia’s push for RTX AI PCs
In a recent blog post, Nvidia announced that newly unveiled RTX AI PC laptops from ASUS and MSI will feature up to GeForce RTX 4070 GPUs and power-efficient systems-on-a-chip, integrating Windows 11 AI PC capabilities. These AI-enhanced laptops will receive a free update to Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC experiences when it becomes available. While Nvidia did not provide a detailed definition of an RTX AI PC, it emphasized several AI accelerations that its GPU platforms will bring to the laptops scheduled for launch throughout the year. The company indicated that these gaming laptops would not initially include features such as Recall and Cocreate, but might be upgraded to include them later. Additionally, a report by The Verge noted that these laptops will be equipped with AMD’s latest Strix CPUs.
This differentiation aligns with Microsoft’s announcement of its collaboration with Snapdragon for Arm-based chipsets, made during the Build event. It is anticipated that Microsoft will initially keep certain AI features exclusive to Snapdragon chipsets, which leverage integrated Neural Processing Units (NPUs) for AI tasks. Nvidia highlighted that its GPUs are better suited for running heavier AI workloads compared to NPUs. Microsoft’s in-house NPUs are reported to handle 50 trillion operations per second (TOPS), while Nvidia GPUs can manage up to 1,000 TOPS. However, a key disadvantage of GPUs is their higher power consumption, whereas NPUs are optimized for performance efficiency.
Overall, Nvidia’s announcements underscore the significant AI capabilities and future potential of RTX AI PCs, positioning them as powerful tools for handling intensive AI tasks and advancing the integration of AI in consumer technology.
