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AI PCs flood the market. Their makers hope someone wants them; Despite 49% surge in shipments, buyers seem unconvinced. (www.theregister.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] chaosCruiser 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

”However, if it is performance you are concerned about, "it's important to note that GPUs still far outperform NPUs in terms of raw performance," Jessop said, while NPUs are more power-efficient and better suited for running perpetually.”

Ok, so if you want to run your local LLM on your desktop, use your GPU. If you’re doing that on a laptop in a cafe, get a laptop with an NPU. If you don’t care about either, you don’t need to think about these AI PCs.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or use a laptop with a GPU? An npu seems to just be slightly upgraded onboard graphics.

[–] chaosCruiser 1 points 11 months ago

It’s a power efficiency thing. According to the article, a GPU gets the job done, but uses more energy to get there. Probably not a big deal unless charging opportunities are scarce.