Windows 11 update fixes battery life issue on laptops with NPUs

What do you use the Neural Processing Unit (NPU) in your laptop for? If you’re like most folks who bought a new laptop in the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

How And Why To Optimize NPUs

PPA constraints need to be paired with real workloads, but they also need to be flexible to account for future changes.
Electronic Design

Neuromorphic NPU Sips Power to Handle Edge Machine-Learning Models

What are spiking neural networks (SNNs)? Why the Akida Pico neural processing unit (NPU) can use so little power to handle machine-learning models. Why neuromorphic computing is important to ...
ZDNet

Samsung to foster neural processing unit

Samsung Electronics will foster its neural processing unit (NPU) capabilities as part of its goal to secure leadership in logic chip businesses by 2030, the company has announced. The South Korean ...
Design-Reuse

Ceva Neural Processing Unit IP for Edge AI Selected by Nextchip for Next-Generation ADAS Solutions

Nextchip license NeuPro-M NPU to bring powerful and highly efficient AI capabilities to boost performance and capabilities of automotive safety systems ROCKVILLE, MD., April 22, 2025 – Ceva, Inc.
TweakTown

AMD Ryzen 8040 chips to get 'Neural Processing Unit' monitoring in Windows Task Manager

AMD's just-released Ryzen 8040 series "Hawk Point" processors will have their included NPUs (Neural Processing Unit) receiving real-time monitoring inside of Windows Task Manager, according to AMD. In ...
Verdict on MSN

Synopsys to sell processor IP solutions business to GlobalFoundries

GlobalFoundries expects the acquisition to advance its physical AI roadmap, including MIPS, and strengthen custom silicon ...
Business Wire

VeriSilicon’s Vivante VIP8000 Neural Network Processor IP Delivers Over 3 Tera MACs Per Second

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon), a Silicon Platform as a Service (SiPaaS®) company, today announces VIP8000, a highly scalable and programmable ...