New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Do you really need AI in your PC? Open any laptop listing lately and you'll see the same buzzwords - AI engine, NPU acceleration, AI-enhanced performance, AI upscaling, AI noise reduction. It's the kind of phrasing that sounds helpful but lands somewhere between marketing and mystery. The real question most buyers end up asking quietly is simpler: Will any of this actually change how I use my computer? The honest answer depends entirely on what you do with it.

Right now, AI inside a PC mostly shows up through an Npu - a small, efficient processor designed to handle background tasks better than the CPU or GPU. You'll notice it most clearly in situations that used to make your fans spin: video calls with noise cancella...