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Companies want you to think you need an NPU, but your GPU is much better

Let's say you pick up a new laptop which is marketed as a Co-Pilot Plus PC because its NPU hits 45 tops. Meanwhile, an RTX 4060 rig quietly pushes over 200 tops without being marketed as an AI-first ...
PC World

How next-gen laptops use NPUs for massive power savings

Current laptops with Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors rely on a hybrid chip design that is specifically geared towards energy efficiency. The Neural Processing Unit (NPU), used for the first time ...
Ars Technica

Intel’s new “Lunar Lake” chips promise big GPU and NPU upgrades, minor CPU boosts

Curious about the thermals of these new processors. It is a odd thing to say, but these latest Intel processors ran silly hot compared to their AMD counterparts. I prefer to game and such without ...
Morningstar

DEEPX Launches DX-H1 V-NPU: The 30W Single-Card Solution That Challenges GPU Dominance

Recently recognized with a CES 2026 Innovation Award, the solution combines video decoding, AI inference, and encoding on a single chip, offering 80% hardware cost savings compared to GPU ...