NPUs explained: why does Microsoft care so much about these AI chips?

If, like me, you’ve been following our Microsoft Surface event live blog, you might be wondering exactly what an NPU is, and why you should care about it. Have no fear – I’m already familiar with these clever little chips, and I’m going to break down everything you need to know about them.NPU stands for Neural Processing Unit (sometimes just called neural processors) – a specialized type of processor for accelerating machine-learning tasks. In other words, it’s a dedicated

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