Microsoft is getting in gear for the impending rise of hardware-accelerated local AI tools, and while the first steps might seem boring, they’re important nonetheless.
Yes, I’m going to talk about Task Manager – wait, don’t leave! I know, it’s hardly the most glamorous topic out there, but this an important development. AMD has announced that it's working with Microsoft to add support for the former’s latest neural processing units (NPUs) in Windows; specifically, enabling the Microsoft Compute Driver Model (MCDM) for the AMD chips, which will enable Task Manager to monitor NPU resource usage the same way it does for the CPU, GPU, and your other components.
