India's Redington sees AI-enabled PCs powering tech upgrades
CHENNAI: India's Redington expects demand for personal computers to bounce back next financial year as customers are likely to warm up to new devices with artificial intelligence features, a top executive at the tech goods distributor said. Global PC sales are showing signs of recovery after inflation-hit customers delayed system upgrades for several quarters, results of chipmakers including Samsung Electronics and Intel showed. "The advent of AI, PCs will also drive tech refresh," Redington's Singapore, India and South Asia (SISA) CEO Ramesh Natarajan told Reuters, adding that he sees its PC Business posting a single-digit percentage growth in fiscal 2025 in the region after reporting declines in the last six quarters. AI-enabled PCs refer to machines that come with chips capable of running large-language models and apps powered by the Technology directly on the device, instead of the cloud. "Considering the replacement cycles for PCs have...