In an effort to persuade clients to upgrade their computers in preparation for the arrival of chatbots in the modern era, Intel has disclosed that dozens of manufacturers of personal computers are utilising its most recent processor.

During a press conference in New York, Intel announced that the new product will be offered in laptops from Dell Technologies, Microsoft, Lenovo Group, and other manufacturers. The laptops will go on sale at Best Buy in the United States on Thursday, as well as other international retailers like Australia’s Harvey Norman and China’s JD.com.

After the news, Intel’s stock increased by as much as 3.6%.

The majority of personal computers have long been run by Intel central processing units (CPUs).

The “Meteor Lake” chip, however, is the first from Intel to include a neural processing unit (NPU), a portion of the chip specifically designed to handle artificial intelligence tasks.

As it battles to emerge from a post-pandemic PC downturn, where buyers who upgraded to work from home in 2020 have found little incentive to acquire new equipment, Intel is making its appeal to consumers and companies.

During the occasion, Pat Gelsinger, the chief executive of Intel, stated that the company believes that using its chips will make AI services faster, less expensive, and more private than using services that are hosted in cloud data centres.

“That will be the star of the show in this coming year,” Gelsinger said of AI on PCs. “You’re unleashing this power for every person, every use case, every location in the future.”

The business showcased some AI work during a September chip demonstration in the hopes of piqueing interest. Examples included creating a song in the vein of pop star Taylor Swift or transcribing voice notes without requiring data to be sent to a third-party cloud source.

Additionally, Intel unveiled what it claimed to be the first functional prototype of the Gaudi 3 processor, which it intends to take on Nvidia in the data centre AI market.

(Adapted from StreetInsider.com)