According to data presented by AltIndex.com, AI PCs are expected to account for 60 per cent of PC sales by 2027, or three times more than this year.
The outfit said these devices gained massive popularity in 2024, and several trends drive this growth. With more and more industries relying on edge computing, AI PCs are being touted as the right solution to improve the performance of autonomous systems, smart home devices, and IoT applications.
Many consumers and businesses turn to AI PCs for enhanced productivity and to efficiently handle tasks like machine learning, data analysis, and creative work. The rise of generative AI applications has also fuelled demand for these devices. As more users search for an AI-enhanced PC, their annual shipments will skyrocket in the following years, AltIndex.com said.
The report cites data from Statista and Catalyst, which shows that AI PCs are expected to make up 19 per cent of total PC sales in 2024. With users in both the consumer and business sectors buying more of these devices, this figure is expected to triple and hit 60 percent by 2027. Translated in shipments, statistics show PC vendors will sell 205 million AI PCs in 2028, or four times more than this year.
Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i, released in June last year, was the first widely recognised AI-enhanced PC. However, it only began a broader trend of integrating AI capabilities into PCs. Thanks to tech giants NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD, who have been incorporating AI accelerators and other AI-capable features into their processors and GPUs, more AI PCs have followed, with Microsoft`s Copilot+ PCs as the latest example.
The surging demand for these devices and their triple-digit shipment growth will help the PC industry recover after three years of plunging sales.
According to a Statista Market Insights survey, global PC sales revenue is expected to hit $220 billion in 2024, which is still $10 billion less than three years ago. However, Statista data show that annual spending on new PCs will jump by $27 billion in the next four years and hit $247 billion in 2028, and AI PCs will have a significant role in that growth.
