Multiple analyst forecasts suggest that AI PCs — the term refers to systems that include a dedicated neural processing unit, or NPU for handling AI workloads — will quickly supplant conventional PCs in-market, reaching near-total saturation over the next 3-5 years. IDC, for example, predicts 93.9% of global commercial PC shipments will be AI PCs by 20282 . That’s a remarkably quick shift for a technology that was scarcely on the radar just a few years ago.