NVIDIA is about to do to CPUs what it already did to GPUs. Take control of the most valuable part of the computer and force the entire industry to build around its technology. With Microsoft reshaping Windows for AI and traditional processors losing ground, the personal computer may be entering its biggest transformation in decades.
The new generation of laptops promises powerful local AI, continuous assistants, smarter search, image generation, and software that can act across your files and applications, but that convenience comes with higher hardware demands, increased energy use, limited transparency, and growing dependence on NVIDIA and Microsoft.
The CPU may not disappear completely, but it could become little more than a coordinator inside a machine where AI hardware makes the most important decisions.