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Darren Allan

AMD mulls dedicated NPUs for desktop PCs - like graphics cards, but for AI tasks - and this could be excellent news for PC gamers

A masculine hand holding an AMD Radeon RX 9070.
  • AMD's head of client CPUs says it's looking into dedicated NPU accelerators
  • These would be the equivalent of a discrete GPU, but for AI tasks
  • Such boards would lessen demand on higher-end GPUs, as they'd no longer be bought for AI work, as they are in some cases

AMD is looking to a future where it might not just produce standalone graphics cards for desktop PCs, but similar boards which would be the equivalent of an AI accelerator - a discrete NPU, in other words.

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