▲ 372 ▼ Dell admits consumers don’t care about AI PCs (www.theverge.com) submitted 7 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip [M] to c/technology@lemmy.zip 51 comments fedilink hide all child comments Dell is now shifting it focus this year away from being ‘all about the AI PC.’
[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (1 child) Computers now come with a NPU (Neural Process Unit) to do that job... So yeah. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ch00f@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (3 children) What kind of consumer-facing software runs on that NPU? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago I know Video editing software uses it for things like motion tracking. It's all stuff your GPU can do, but the NPU can do it for like 1/10th to 1/100th the power. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago For what it’s worth an NPU is why your phone could tell you that photo is of a cat years before LLMs were the hot new thing. They were originally marketed as accelerators for machine learning applications before everybody started calling that AI. permalink fedilink source parent [–] capuccino@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) New versions of Sony Vegas use the NPU to enhance AI features, nothing that humans cannot do before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Sony still makes laptops? TIL permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (3 children) What kind of consumer-facing software runs on that NPU? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago I know Video editing software uses it for things like motion tracking. It's all stuff your GPU can do, but the NPU can do it for like 1/10th to 1/100th the power. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago For what it’s worth an NPU is why your phone could tell you that photo is of a cat years before LLMs were the hot new thing. They were originally marketed as accelerators for machine learning applications before everybody started calling that AI. permalink fedilink source parent [–] capuccino@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) New versions of Sony Vegas use the NPU to enhance AI features, nothing that humans cannot do before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Sony still makes laptops? TIL permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago I know Video editing software uses it for things like motion tracking. It's all stuff your GPU can do, but the NPU can do it for like 1/10th to 1/100th the power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago For what it’s worth an NPU is why your phone could tell you that photo is of a cat years before LLMs were the hot new thing. They were originally marketed as accelerators for machine learning applications before everybody started calling that AI. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) New versions of Sony Vegas use the NPU to enhance AI features, nothing that humans cannot do before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Sony still makes laptops? TIL permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Sony still makes laptops? TIL permalink fedilink source parent