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In an interview with CRN, Qualcomm Global Channel Chief Kyle Houser says partners are ‘essential’ to aiding the chip designer in its goal to ‘revolutionize the PC’ and break up the Intel-AMD duopoly with the new Snapdragon X processors for Copilot+ laptops hitting the market now. Qualcomm is hoping to break up the Intel-AMD duopoly…
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‘Today marks the beginning of a new era for Windows,’ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote on LinkedIn. Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs are now available for purchase on the tech giant’s website, bringing artificial intelligence processing to the machine as partners and their customers assess the value of new AI technologies. Billed by Microsoft as “the fastest,…
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Microsoft is pitching Recall, which takes periodic screenshots of a computer’s screen to enable new search capabilities, as a key feature for Copilot+ PCs. Launching next week, these devices are what the company is calling ‘the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built.’ Microsoft said it’s delaying the public release of Recall, the controversial, AI-enabled…
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Apple’s much-anticipated upcoming suite of AI features for select iPhones, Macs and iPads is called Apple Intelligence, and it will include an enhanced Siri experience, systemwide Writing Tools, message and notification prioritization, call transcription and summarization, and ChatGPT integration. Apple Monday revealed Apple Intelligence, its much-anticipated suite of AI features that will enhance Siri’s natural…
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After privacy and security experts voiced concerns about Recall – an exclusive, AI-driven search feature in Microsoft’s upcoming Copilot+ PCs – the Windows giant says it will turn off the feature by default, require Windows Hello authentication to use it and add ‘additional layers of data protection.’ Microsoft said it’s improving privacy and security safeguards…
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With Nvidia, Intel and AMD signaling that the semiconductor industry is entering a new era of hyperdrive, Computex 2024 was an event not to miss for channel partners who are building businesses around next-generation PCs and data centers, especially when it comes to AI. The future of AI computing was on full display at this…
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For the week ending June 7, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Cisco Systems, SAP, Workday, Intel and AMD. The Week Ending June 7 Topping this week’s Came to Win is Cisco Systems, which launched a $1 billion global AI investment fund to make strategic…
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The chip designer claims that its forthcoming Ryzen AI 300 mobile processors for Windows Copilot+ PCs can outperform its rivals’ chips in NPU performance, large language model performance, productivity, graphics, multitasking, video editing and 3-D rendering. AMD has revealed its third generation of Ryzen processors for AI PCs with a new brand name, claiming that…
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But the stock was being punished Friday with a sell-off after analysts called out the low margin performance around Dell’s market leading ISG products. Dell COO Jeff Clarke says new customers are expensive and margins will improve with time. Dell Technologies server sales hit a record high last quarter and the long-projected PC refresh is…
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‘I can’t get at it with our sellers alone. We need the channel as an extension of our sales force and they realize we are committed to them. It’s one plus one equals something much greater,’ Bill Scannell, Dell Technologies president of global sales and customer operations, tells CRN. Bill Scannell, Dell Technologies president of…
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