Microsoft reveals criteria for AI PCs with 45 TOPS processing power

AI PCs are set to become available for purchase, with Microsoft outlining the criteria for classification as an "AI" PC. The device must include Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant and have a dedicated button on the keyboard, as well as a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) offering at least 45 trillion operations per second (TOPS) of processing power for AI tasks. Companies like Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm are currently developing chips for these AI PCs, with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite likely to …

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