How does LInux use the NPU

Thre’s a thread about NPU use with links to download the NPU and XDNA kernel modules. You wouldn’t be using it without loading the base XDNA and NPU drivers. The Linux Kernel AMD NPU documentation explains some of this workflow, and there’s a step-by-step example here via Xilinx, the FPGA company AMD ingested for these chips. There are other NPU tools here, but these AI accelerator chips are solutions to a problem Microsoft convinced PC makers that end users have.

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