Nowhere was that trend more apparent than at Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon’s presentation. As the sole chip supplier for the first round of Copilot+ PCs, Amon was.
In context: If there was any doubt whether the AI PC phenomenon was real, this year’s string of CEO keynotes at Computex has put that issue to rest. Not only have Copilot+ PCs been a key element of every presentation, but the buzz and discussion around them have highlighted that the entire computing industry – from component suppliers and manufacturers to software developers and PC makers – hasn’t been this fired up about its future prospects in a very long time.
Nowhere was that trend more apparent than at Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon’s presentation. As the sole chip supplier for the first round of Copilot+ PCs, Amon was eager to share the company’s enthusiasm for the category and for what he called the company’s « graduation » into being a true computing semiconductor company.
Long-time PC industry watchers know this is actually the company’s third attempt at delivering an Arm processor for the PC market, but it’s clear that this effort is completely different from previous ones. Not only has the company lined up a significantly larger and more impressive array of partners and system designs – many of which were trotted across the stage during the keynote – but the performance levels and software support is significantly better than ever before.
In fact, looking back historically, this time Microsoft has decided to more strongly support the new Snapdragon X series than they did previous generations, so much so that they have prioritized it over the x86-based alternatives from AMD and Intel.
