AMD Bets on Edge Computing in Race for AI PC Market

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. CEO Lisa Su highlighted the rapid rise of agentic AI and the critical need for on-device computing power during a Tuesday developer event in Shanghai.

Su praised the vitality of China’s artificial intelligence ecosystem, predicting that the global active AI user base will reach 5 billion in the coming years.

This industry pivot toward edge computing reflects an intensifying battle among chipmakers to dominate the emerging AI PC market, as data privacy concerns and cloud costs drive developers to process complex, multi-agent workloads directly on personal hardware.