- HP has revealed a keyboard that is a full PC at CES 2026
- The HP EliteBoard G1a is based on a powerful AMD Ryzen CPU
- This means it’s a Copilot+ PC and should be quite capable with Windows 11, although it’s still very thin.
Typically, an all-in-one PC is a computer built into a monitor, but HP is doing things a little differently with a twist on the formula at CES 2026, introducing a mini PC packed into a keyboard.
As discovered by The Verge, this is the HP EliteBoard G1a and, perhaps inevitably, it’s billed as an ‘AI PC’ that the PC maker boasts provides “next-generation local AI power in a keyboard-sized form factor that moves at the speed of modern work.”
In short, this is a Copilot+ PC shoehorned in a compact 12mm thick keyboard and weighing 750 grams, so it’s pretty stylish given what’s packed into the device.
Obviously, you should temper expectations with this device’s specs, but it has an AMD Ryzen AI 300 series chip inside that has more than the 40 TOPS needed (it has 50) to qualify as a Copilot+ PC (which means you get access to exclusive AI features in Windows 11).
More specifically on the CPU front, you get options from a base Ryzen AI 5 350 to a Ryzen AI 7 370 Pro, backed with up to 64GB of system RAM (DDR5) and up to 2TB of storage.
You also get built-in speakers and dual microphones, so all you need is a monitor to connect the keyboard to (or two, since the EliteBoard G1a is capable of driving two 4K displays) plus a Bluetooth mouse for a complete PC setup. (Or you could just run it with a touchscreen monitor, of course.)
There is Thunderbolt 4 connectivity and this keyboard PC can be optionally configured with a fingerprint sensor for biometric logins and a 35Wh battery that provides 3.5 hours of power (which is user replaceable).
HP tells us the EliteBoard G1a should be on sale in March 2026.
Analysis: Amiga Nostalgia
Of course, a PC with a keyboard is not the first time. In fact, you could argue that they existed in the 1980s and were called Commodore Amigas (or, really, you could go with retro computing, although the rival Atari ST was even bulkier). The key difference (no pun intended) is that, unlike the Amiga 500 I had as a teenager, HP’s EliteBoard isn’t very big: it sounds tantalizingly compact, overall.
Still, slim versions of this formula already exist, such as the Raspberry Pi 500 (which, of course, takes the last part of its name from the aforementioned Amiga classic). It’s 23mm thick, so it’s not as thin as HP’s creation here, and it also doesn’t have the same power in its CPU (the Pi has a modest Arm chip).
However, while we don’t have a price yet, the EliteBoard obviously won’t be as cheap as the Pi 500, and will offer a much more powerful computing experience (Copilot+). There’s the problem, of course, because with the rising cost of RAM and storage, HP is launching this new keyboard under very difficult market conditions (to say the least, especially since the EliteBoard includes DDR5 RAM).
Consumers who want to enjoy PC keyboard action will no doubt find the cost difficult to stomach, although the primary target market of business users can get more acceptable volume pricing. Even so, I still expect the current memory hurdles to make life difficult for HP in terms of selling this machine in the future.
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