Todd Lewellen, the Client Computing Group executive at Intel, addressed Tom’s Hardware’s questions at the AI PC event in Taiwan. He revealed that Intel is gearing up to run Windows’ Copilot feature on NPU chips in machines without the need for cloud processing.
Currently, Intel’s Core Ultra (Meteor Lake) chip houses an NPU with a performance of around 10 TOPS. However, Lewellen shared that the next version of NPU chips is expected to reach 40 TOPS, capable of running the main functions of Copilot on the machine, though some aspects may still rely on cloud processing.
Lewellen also mentioned that Microsoft’s approach is to run Copilot solely on NPU without involving the GPU, as it is more battery-efficient.
In terms of NPU power, Intel achieves 10 TOPS, AMD Ryzen 8040 Hawk Point reaches 16 TOPS, and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite claims 45 TOPS. The upcoming Lunar Lake chip from Intel is set to compete head-to-head with its rivals, while AMD plans to upgrade its chips to XDNA 2.
Source – Tom’s Hardware
TLDR: Todd Lewellen of Intel discusses bringing the Copilot feature to NPU chips for AI PCs, aiming for efficient battery usage compared to cloud processing. Intel’s future NPU chips target 40 TOPS performance, outdoing competitors.
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