The AI hardware hype train is already at full speed, with the market bustling with competition. The recent launch of Copilot+ PC has seamlessly integrated Copilot as a personal AI assistant into the Windows platform, becoming an essential tool that simplifies daily activities and boosts professional productivity.
Intel is not far behind, revealing its Meteor Lake and Lunar Lake CPUs, which boast a combined CPU, GPU, and NPU architecture that efficiently accelerates AI workloads while optimizing power consumption. Lunar Lake, in particular, impresses with a performance exceeding 100 TOPS. AMD’s Strix Point APU, known as the Ryzen AI 300 series, underscores its formidable AI capabilities.
Meanwhile, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite platform, leveraging ARM architecture, delivers 45 TOPS of NPU performance, fueling the rivalry between Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm as they vie for supremacy in the burgeoning AI PC landscape.
Various OEM manufacturers have eagerly jumped on the AI PC bandwagon, ensuring that their hardware is up to par. However, while many laptops proudly tout Lunar Lake CPUs or Strix Point APU as AI PCs, even the so-called Copilot+ PC has drawn the attention to the hardware requirements, the software side has yet to catch up. Moreover; both Intel and AMD have committed to collaborating with ISVs like Adobe to enable more software to leverage the benefits of NPUs. Despite these efforts, most consumers remain largely unaware, and the majority of AI solutions still run in the cloud. This has led some prominent media outlets to question whether AI PCs are merely a speculative topic.
Nevertheless, leading laptop brand MSI has introduced a series of AI-driven software that utilizes local resources for truly impactful AI experiences. By allowing consumers to feel the benefits and actively participate in the AI revolution.
In addition to having diverse product lines with hardware specifications that align with Microsoft’s latest Copilot+ PC.
Let’s take a quick look at how a brand like MSI is aiming to clear the air and convince people that it’s more than just meaningless hype :
MSI AI Engine
First of all, MSI AI Engine is an optimizing-focused front-end-back-end application. The engine features four intelligent modes: Work, Meeting, Gaming, and Entertainment, each designed to cater to specific activities. For example in Gaming mode, it boosts performance by fine-tuning keyboard backlighting and activating game-specific display and audio settings, such as going to its maximum refresh rate for smoothness and adjusting keyboard lighting for more immersion. On laptops it is more apparent as it also affects how much power is going to be allocated to the game you’re playing. Conversely, in Work mode, initiating productivity applications such as Microsoft Word automatically triggers an optimization of system settings for an efficient working environment.
AI Artist
The second is a Client-based generative AI solution named AI Artist, which allows for the rapid creation of text-to-image, image-to-text, or image-to-image generated locally without an internet connection, ensuring immediate usage and prioritization. It’s ideal for privacy-conscious users who wish to reduce the risk of online threats and data leaks and produce artwork effortlessly.
Noise Cancellation Pro
Lastly, Noise Cancellation Pro is designed for users working, attending classes, or engaging in voice calls in noisy environments. Leveraging AI technology, it identifies the direction of sounds, selectively removes irritating noise, enhances the clarity of human voices, and delivers studio-quality communication even amidst background noise.
Through the utilization of AI computation, MSI is one of the few manufacturers genuinely dedicated to AI development, providing consumers with tangible and beneficial experiences that are both practical and noticeable.
Learn more about MSI AI software
MSI AI Engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTEg8l5GDwA
AI artist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPYiwbhxrKc
Noise Cancellation Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gq0k2fKu4k
