AMD’s new AI chips have a home in HP’s next Copilot Plus laptop

HP’s resurrected OmniBook enactment volition soon beryllium getting a show boost with the caller HP OmniBook Ultra, featuring an AMD Ryzen AI 300-series processor with integrated AMD Radeon 800M graphics, up to 32GB of RAM, and a brace of 40Gbps Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports. Available starting successful August for $1,449.99, the caller HP OmniBook Ultra volition yet person a escaped bundle update to marque it 1 of the archetypal Copilot Plus PCs not powered by an ARM-based processor.

The OmniBook branding was primitively revived backmost successful May with the HP OmniBook X AI laptop, which, arsenic with most of the Copilot Plus PCs announced astatine that time, is powered by an ARM-based Snapdragon X Elite processor. Its neural processing portion was rated astatine 45 trillion operations per 2nd (TOPS), but with the AMD Ryzen AI 300 bid inside, the caller OmniBook Ultra offers “up to 55 TOPS of NPU performance,” HP says successful a property release.

The AMD Ryzen AI 300 bid is besides an x86-based processor, which should connection much compatibility with a wider scope of Windows apps. Some older applications whitethorn necessitate emulation to tally connected a Windows PC powered by the Snapdragon X Elite oregon different ARM-based processors.

Both OmniBooks diagnostic 14-inch, 2240 x 1400-pixel LCD touchscreens, but the caller Ultra exemplary includes a fistful of tiny updates. In summation to 2 Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports (plus an older USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port), the Ultra’s webcam gets a solution bump to 9MP and quad speakers supporting DTS:X Ultra alternatively of conscionable stereo speakers.

The 3.48-pound OmniBook Ultra is besides astir fractional a lb heavier than the OmniBook X AI, owed successful portion to a larger 68Wh battery. Despite the Ultra’s artillery being larger than the X AI’s 59Wh battery, the OmniBook Ultra really offers somewhat little artillery life, maxing retired astatine up to 13 hours of mean usage oregon up to 21 hours of section (not streamed) video playback.

The caller OmniBook Ultra won’t beryllium a Copilot Plus PC astatine launch, but HP plans to merchandise a escaped update astatine immoderate constituent adding those features and functionality. HP says timing and availability for the update “will beryllium babelike connected Microsoft.”