60% of enterprises pilot or deploy AI PCs

A recent IDC survey sponsored by AMD found 60% of enterprises are piloting or have deployed AI-capable personal computers. The survey polled business managers responsible for PC purchasing in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan.

Among respondents, 21% plan to deploy AI PCs within 12 months, 15% are evaluating options with no timeline, and 4% have no plans to deploy. Respondents named improved worker productivity as the top reason for investment (59%), followed by innovation and competitive differentiation (39%) and perceived security benefits (35%). Future-proofing hardware was cited by 29% and rising employee demand for AI tools by 26%.

Of firms that already deployed AI PCs, 70% reported faster performance and lower latency, and 66% said employee productivity increased after deployment. The survey found 67% of business leaders are expanding AI initiatives across departments and 61% are embedding AI into daily workflows. Meanwhile, 38% described their AI efforts as limited pilots, 36% reported relying primarily on third-party AI services, and 1% said they do not use AI at work. Forty-six percent of respondents said they know “a lot” about AI PCs.

Industry forecasts expect the share of AI-enabled PCs to grow. One forecast projects roughly one-third of PCs sold by the end of 2025 will meet commonly used definitions of an AI PC, and IDC has predicted these devices will be the norm by 2029. IDC reported enterprise pilots and deployments accelerated through late 2023 into 2024, driven by hardware upgrades and investments in AI software that use on-device neural processing.

AMD wrote in a blog post that “AI on the PC has crossed an important line.” The company added compute is moving closer to where employees work to support more responsive and context-aware AI experiences.