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Buying a PC for local AI? These are the specs that actually matter
Feature If you guessed TOPS and FLOPS, that's only half right
AI + ML25 Aug 2024 | 30
NPU
A Neural Processing Unit (NPU) is a co-processor dedicated to handling AI workloads. NPUs have been adopted by Intel and AMD as features of 2023-era and later SoCs for laptop and desktop computers.
With users mostly happy to keep older kit, Macs just ain't selling like they used to
And the AI PC revolution probably won't help, we're told
Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 64
SK hynix shimmies towards AI silicon by driving merger of South Korean Nvidia challengers
Sapeon and Rebellions think they can do better together
Systems13 Jun 2024 |
AI PCs might solve a real problem: The 'friction' that sees users ignore security
Computex Trend Micro says cloudy email scans trigger GDPR warnings that deter users. Local models that use NPUs don't
AI + ML06 Jun 2024 | 17
Hailo's latest AI chip shows up integrated NPUs and sips power like fine wine
All your PC needs for 40 TOPS is an M.2 slot
Systems10 Apr 2024 | 6
Intel over the Moon as Lunar Lake’s NPU performance TOPS Meteor Lake
Intel Vision Pat Gelsinger claims 3x performance in next-gen silicon for AI PCs
Systems10 Apr 2024 | 3
BROADER TOPICS
Arm flexes silicon muscles to push generative AI at the edge
Ethos-U85 microNPU boasts 4x performance boost over previous gen
Systems09 Apr 2024 | 1
Intel throws chips on the table, Microsoft plays the Copilot card in wild bet on AI PCs
Does anyone actually want one?
Personal Tech27 Mar 2024 | 15
Lenovo debuts AI PCs that have specs a lot like vanilla PCs with this year's accelerated CPUs
While you ponder that, look – or try to – at a concept transparent lappie
Personal Tech26 Feb 2024 | 16
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