Copilot Plus laptops are launching later this month, but we might also get Qualcomm-powered desktop PCs or all-in-one form factors. Neowin spotted Qualcomm teasing an image of multiple PC form factors for its Snapdragon X Elite chips at Computex today. The only device that comes close to a desktop PC is Qualcomm’s eight-inch dev kit, but more form factors could be on the way.
Qualcomm are a key part of Microsoft’s new Copilot Plus PCs, and now CEO Cristiano Amon is presenting a keynote titled “The PC Reborn.” We’re not expecting any big news here, but Qualcomm says it will show off more Copilot Plus benchmarks. The Qualcomm Computex keynote kicks off at 1:30AM ET on June 3rd, which is 10:30PM PT on June 2nd, and 6:30AM UK on June 3rd. Time zones!
AMD CEO Lisa Su is back in Taiwan to deliver the latest on AMD’s chips in an AI era. Nvidia has already hinted that AMD’s Strix CPUs are about to launch, but rumors have also revealed AMD could unveil its new Ryzen 9000 series desktop CPUs. AMD’s Computex keynote kicks off at 9:30PM ET / 6:30PM PT / 2:30AM UK (June 3rd). You can tune in below.
The free VLC media player will soon get Nvidia’s RTX Video HDR feature on top of its existing Super Resolution support. RTX Video HDR uses AI to convert SDR color space videos into HDR ones, ideal for the latest crop of OLED HDR monitors. DaVinci Resolve is also getting RTX Video support to upscale lower-quality videos up to 4K and HDR.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is on stage at Computex talking about how much better GPUs are for AI tasks than CPUs. Nvidia just made $14 billion of profit in a single quarter thanks to AI chips. “The more you buy, the more you save,” Huang jokes. “That’s called CEO math. It’s not accurate, but it is correct.”
