News in the Channel - issue #18

PRODUCT LAUNCH

Acer launches first Copilot+ PC With artificial intelligence becoming a much more established technology, Acer has launched its Swift 14 AI laptop, its first with Copilot+ and with greater processing power.

cater to a broad spectrum of customers while also balancing style and performance with affordability, making technology accessible to a wider audience while also focusing on sustainability. With Acer’s launch of its Copilot+ PC, the Swift 14 AI laptop, we will bring new AI experiences to life for customers, taking advantage of on-device and cloud AI to empower individuals and organisations to achieve more.” Snapdragon X Series platforms The Snapdragon® X Series processors are built for AI and are designed to be among the most powerful, intelligent and power efficient processors created for Windows in its class. The Swift 14 AI, powered by Snapdragon X Elite, features 12 high-performance CPU cores on a 4nm process node, integrated Qualcomm Adreno™ GPU of 3.8 TFLOPS, and Qualcomm Hexagon™ NPU capable of 45 TOPS. It is also equipped with up to 32GB LPDDR5X-8533 memory and up to 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen 4 SSD to enhance system performance and navigate demanding multi-tasking workloads across productivity, creativity and immersive entertainment scenarios without sacrificing power. Paired with the hundreds of premium apps that are optimised for Arm-compatible architecture, Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus processors enable user experiences that run smoothly and efficiently. New AI era The Swift 14 AI has been optimised with powerful AI, unlocking new productivity, creativity and communication experiences. With Recall, users can easily find anything they have seen on their PC by simply describing the clues they remember. With an explorable timeline, users can easily scroll across time to get back to apps, documents

Acer has launched its first Copilot+ PC with the Swift 14 AI laptop, in collaboration with Microsoft and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., which sees the company ushering in a new AI era with new user experiences and AI capabilities on Windows 11. The Swift 14 AI has multiple device models, powered by Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus platforms, and both feature one of the world’s fastest NPUs for laptops to enable on-device AI processing. Users can streamline everyday tasks with smarter PC functions and tackle complex workloads more effectively. “Engineered for AI from the inside out, the Swift 14 AI is the first among many Acer Copilot+ PCs to come,” said Jerry Kao, COO, Acer Inc. “These next-generation AI PCs see significant leaps in AI processing power, unlocking brand new experiences that we know users will love.” Mark Linton, VP device partner sales, Microsoft Corp, added: “It’s exciting to collaborate with Acer to bring AI technology to its Windows PC range of devices from sleek ultrabooks to powerful gaming rigs. “Our collaboration has been crucial in delivering productive and secure PCs that

Mark Linton VP device partner sales

microsoft.com/en-gb/

20

Powered by