AI Hardware Upgrades Needed as More Powerful AI Models Emerge
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AI PCs will require more powerful hardware like GPUs, NPUs, and extra RAM to run AI models locally rather than over the network.
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Running larger AI models like Llama 2 7B will likely need at least 16GB RAM, a strong GPU/NPU, and fast memory.
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Microsoft may define an "AI PC" as having 16GB RAM and 40 TOPS NPU performance. More powerful mobile and desktop chips are hitting these specs.
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GPU makers like AMD and Nvidia are upgrading GPU VRAM and software to better support AI workloads on their graphics cards.
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As AI PC adoption grows, software support expands, and models get bigger, system requirements will continue trending upwards. More powerful baseline specs will become necessary.