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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

An... AI PC? As in a neural engine or something? Will it help with running LLMs? I'm not sure what that is.

Now I have to look up what an NPU is, what it does and what it's for. Completely new territory for me. I thought it was all CPUs and GPUs, maybe specialized hardware for mining crypto but NPUs?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

unless i'm misunderstanding it, an npu is a vector coprocessor without the graphics stuff

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That sounds limited to LLMs.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 2 months ago

all machine learning is basically just matrix math.

[–] aqua_cat@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There are some simulation and math scenarios where it can speed things up while using fraction of power a GPU would, but for general use it is not that usefull.

[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Review demonstrates performance and efficiency have a long way to go

https://youtu.be/OkFfTK8S00c