NPUs

AMD Rebrands Next-Gen Mobile CPUs ‘Ryzen AI’, Claims 50 TOPS NPUs

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Only six months ago, AMD (and Intel) was touting its “AI PC” laptop processors with the company’s second-gen neural processing unit for low-power AI acceleration — and they’re already so last year. Now it’s announcing new mobile CPUs with a theoretically much better third-gen NPU (XDNA 2, with up to 50 TOPS), incorporated into an … Read more

What’s an NPU and Why Is Big Tech Suddenly Obsessed?

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There’s a CPU. There’s a GPU. In just the past year or so, every tech company has been talking about “NPUs.” If you didn’t know the first two, you’re probably flummoxed about the third and why every major tech company is extolling the benefits of a ‘neural processing unit.” As you might have guessed, it’s … Read more