India, Jan. 5 -- AI PCs emerged as one of last year's success stories, albeit without enough consumer buzz. According to the Gartner forecast, they may represent 31 per cent of global shipments of PCs. With annual shipments of nearly 78 million units in 2025, the market share of AI PCs, which are defined as personal computers with embedded neural processing units or equivalent AI accelerators, more than doubled from roughly 15 per cent in 2024. This shift has two implications. First, AI PCs are not a fringe experiment. They are moving toward mainstream adoption within the PC category.

Second, the sheer pace of growth, and market share, suggest that manufacturers and buyers are prioritising devices with built-in AI capability, even if spe...