What started as a pixel pusher became the heart of AI
The GPU has evolved and become critically important.
Intel NPU5 in Panther Lake
Panther Lake’s NPU 5: area-lean, FP8-savvy, and built to be everywhere
Huawei’s Ascend 950 AI processor
Second in a line AI processors.
Acer brings MediaTek into Chromebook land
First major win for MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 with integrated NPU.
Alibaba’s Hanguang 800
Company developing new AI inference chip for smartphones and servers.
Semidynamics’ NPU
Very dense AI compute in RISC-V.
Google’s new M4 SoC
With new-gen NPU.
Alif AL/ML MCU with NPU
A family of edge AI processors.
aiMotive AI NPU IP
Creating yet more AI processor companies.
Enflame/Suiyuan AI processor chip
Chinese, public company Tencent supplier.
Ambiq’s Apollo510 tiny AI processor
NPUs don’t have to be universally employed in edge-inferencing systems.
Axelera AI processors
A 4-year-old start-up challenging Nvidia.