The new Copilot+ PCs powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus processors are impressing users with their performance and efficiency. These laptops boast a powerful NPU with 45TOPS performance. However, Intel and AMD recently announced their next-generation processors with even more powerful NPUs, reaching up to 50TOPS. Despite this, there may not be … Read more
Microsoft has introduced new AI features for Windows 11 that are exclusive to Copilot+ PCs with powerful NPUs. However, a user managed to run Windows Recall on Arm64 hardware, bypassing the strict requirements. The demo showed the feature working, but with slow and sluggish performance, highlighting the need for a powerful NPU. The Windows hacker … Read more
Microsoft is ramping up its investment in small language models (SLM), announcing the general availability of its Phi-3 models and previewing Phi-3-vision at the Build developer conference. The company also introduced Phi-3-Silica, a model specifically built for powerful neural processing units (NPUs) in devices like PC Copilot+. Phi-3-Silica, the smallest of the Phi models with … Read more