Here Is Why I’m Excited for Microsoft Build 2024
May. 18, 2024Snapdragon X Elite Laptops are Coming
Furthermore, leaks suggest that the upcoming Surface laptops willrival Apple’s M3 MacBooksin performance and battery life. If that turns out to be true, it willredefine Windows laptopsas a potential alternative to MacBooks for consumers and developers. I’m very much looking forward to the event.
By the way, other laptop makers like Asus,Dell,Samsung,Lenovo, HP, and Acer are also gearing up to launch AI PCs with Qualcomm processors around this time.
On May 20, Microsoft is also expected to unveil the upcomingWindows 11 24H2build which is said to bring many interesting AI features. One of the most anticipated features isAI Explorer, which can analyze all your interactions on your PC and create a memory. You can then search for things using natural language prompts and the AI assistant will show you relevant bits from its indexed memory.
There are also leaks suggesting that AI Explorer on Windows 11 will be able toread your screenand help you out with many tasks. Just recently, OpenAI showcased a demo on macOS with the newChatGPT desktop appwhich could see the screen and provide real-time assistance.
While OpenAI has not released a dedicated ChatGPT app for Windows, it might be the case that Microsoft is itself working on an integrated AI experience for Windows 11 using on-device vision models. And it might launch on May 21, which is pretty exciting.
Leaks also indicate thatAI models will run locallyon the device leveraging Snapdragon X Elite’s incredibly powerful NPU. The NPU can perform 45 trillion operations per second (TOPS), powerful enough to run language and vision models on your laptop and provide AI assistance. This way, your data won’t be sent to the cloud, and everything will remain private.
Another event titled“Employ AI on Snapdragon X Elite for code generation and image creation”suggests that deep AI integration is coming to tools like GIMP, VSCode, and more. There is also a session on Qualcomm AI Hub and how developers can efficiently deploy optimized models on the Snapdragon X Elite NPU.
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