What Is an NPU? | Neural Processing Units for AI Computing – Lenovo

An NPU, or Neural Processing Unit, is a specialized processor designed to accelerate artificial intelligence and machine learning tasks. Unlike CPUs or GPUs, NPUs handle matrix and tensor operations used in neural networks. They perform tasks such as image recognition, speech processing, and natural language understanding more efficiently by executing multiple AI computations in parallel with …

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