Originally published by Jonah McLeod on SemiWiki on February 24, 2026, this article highlights a keynote conversation with Yuning Liang at the 2025 RISC-V Summit. The piece explores a bold vision of future computing where intelligence shifts from centralized cloud infrastructure to personal devices, enabled by efficient on-device AI and model quantization.
Yuning argues that modern devices already have significant compute power and that storage — not the cloud — becomes the primary limiter for AI capacity. He also discusses reimagining hardware simplicity, lightweight AI runtimes instead of traditional operating systems, and natural interfaces that replace legacy UI paradigms.
The article frames a future where computing is personal, decentralized, and built around modular, efficient silicon designed for distributed intelligence.
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