Neowin News Feed for: Npu

Microsoft: A more intelligent version of Windows is on the horizon thanks to NPUs

Usama Jawad — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:32:01 +0000

Microsoft believes that it is perfectly positioned to design a more intelligent version of Windows thanks to NPUs and Copilot+ PCs. Read more...

The Acer Aspire 14 Copilot+ PC is a performance and price win

Paul Hill — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:06:01 +0000

If you're looking for a Copilot+ PC for a more affordable price, then check out the Acer Aspire 14 which can be had at its lowest price. Read more...

Dell's new Pro Max laptops are here to tackle demanding AI workflows

Paul Hill — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:16:01 +0000

Dell has unveiled a new line-up of Pro Max laptops in three main variants. With these, Dell is focusing heavily on power users looking to join the AI PC era. Read more...

Dell Pro Max Plus is its "most powerful laptop" to help you get cloud AI performance at home

Sayan Sen — Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:02 +0000

Dell has unveiled its new "most powerful laptop" in the form of the Pro Max Plus AI PC. The company has explained how it is made possible with the discrete enterprise-grade Qualcomm NPU. Read more...

Microsoft Teams launches super resolution public preview, generally available in March

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has launched the public preview of super resolution in Teams. This feature uses AI to upscale lower quality video to make it look better. Read more...

Microsoft Account and NPU are requirements for Windows 11 Paint Cocreator

Sayan Sen — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:26:01 +0000

Microsoft started testing Paint Cocreator, an AI-powered feature in September last year. The company this week published system requirements alongside a useful guide on how to use the feature. Read more...

PowerColor uses NPUs to lower GPU power consumption and improve frame rates in games

Taras Buria — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 19:58:01 +0000

PowerColor decided to give neural processing units in modern processors another purpose and make them work to reduce power GPU power consumption by up to an impressive 22% in certain games. Read more...

GEEKOM A8 review: Powerful Ryzen 9 8040 series Mini PC with dedicated NPU

Steven Parker — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 16:00:02 +0000

GEEKOM is back with the brand new A8 Mini PC featuring a Ryzen 8040 series "Hawk Point" processor with an NPU that currently isn't even supported in Windows 11. We take it for a spin. Read more...

The GEEKOM A7 Ryzen 7 with dedicated NPU Mini PC is discounted to $499 until May 15

Steven Parker — Thu, 09 May 2024 16:30:01 +0000

The AMD Ryzen 7 NPU-powered A7 Mini PC comes with 2.5GbE, Wi-Fi 6E connectivity, a 2TB SSD, and 32GB of DDR5-5600MT/s memory. Best of all, you can score one of these with a $200 discount. Read more...

Dell explains how to check if your Windows 11 computer is 'AI-Enabled'

Taras Buria — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:00:01 +0000

If you recently purchased a new Windows PC and are now wondering whether it is "AI-Enabled" or not, Dell has the answer. The company explained how to identify "AI-Enabled" Windows PCs. Read more...

AI PCs to make up almost half of PC shipments in 2025

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:36:02 +0000

The analyst company Canalys is predicting that AI-capable PCs will make up 40% of PC shipments in 2025. It said these PCs will also be about 10-15% more expensive than other computers. Read more...

AMD praises Microsoft as the two tag team to add Ryzen NPU support on Windows Task Manager

Sayan Sen — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 19:03:38 +0000

Microsoft recently added NPU reading support on Windows' Task Manager for Intel PCs. And for those of you wondering about AMD, the same will soon be happening on the Red team's side as well. Read more...

Microsoft launches preview of Intel Neural Processor Unit (NPU) support for its DirectML API

John Callaham — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 19:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a developer preview of its DirectML 1.13.1 API. It adds Neural Processor Unit (NPU) support, specifically for Intel's Core Ultra CPUs which have integrated NPU chips Read more...

Acer introduces its latest Swift Go and X AI PC Laptops with Intel Core Ultra Processors

Fiza Ali — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 18:38:01 +0000

Acer has introduced its new PCs with Intel Core Ultra processors and AI-supported features, including Swift Go 14, Swift Go 16, and Swift X 14, which will be available starting as soon as February. Read more...

Intel announces its Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" CPUs will launch on December 14

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:19:37 +0000

At its Intel Innovation event, the company announced that its first Core Ultra CPUs, previously known as Meteor Lake, will officially launch on December 14. It will include an AI-based NPU chip. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: LAPS and Windows Taskbar, Samsung ditching Google rumors, and app updates

Usama Jawad — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 18:16:01 +0000

The latest edition of Microsoft Weekly contains all you would need to know about the latest events that transpired in the world of Microsoft during the past week, dive right in without further ado! Read more...

New report says the next Microsoft Surface PCs will all have NPUs inside

John Callaham — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:30:01 +0000

The unconfirmed report claims that Microsoft wants to integrate NPUs inside its future Surface PCs in order to improve performance for AI and machine learning programs in those devices. Read more...

Samsung announces 5G-integrated Exynos 980 processor built on 8-nm FinFET process

Paul Hill — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 08:18:02 +0000

Samsung has announced that it will begin mass producing the new Exynos 980 processor by the end of the year. It's notable because it's the first AI-ready chip from Samsung with integrated 5G. Read more...

Samsung announces neural processing plans, wants to create 2,000 jobs by 2030

Paul Hill — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 18:58:01 +0000

Samsung has announced its plans for neural processing units in the next decade. It hopes to create 2,000 new jobs by 2030 in order to deliver the new NPUs which will power future AI applications. Read more...