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Ubuntu Snaps Up Intel's NPU User-Space Software So It's Easier To Accelerate AI
Ubuntu Linux maker Canonical has announced the availability of an Intel NPU driver Snap package within their Snap Store to make it easier to leverage the Intel neural processing unit (NPU) on Core Ultra processors within Ubuntu Linux.
Ubuntu Linux maker Canonical has announced the availability of an Intel NPU driver Snap package within their Snap Store to make it easier to leverage the Intel neural processing unit (NPU) on Core Ultra processors within Ubuntu Linux. This is a nice step for enhancing the Intel NPU software availability on Ubuntu Linux although many readers would have preferred Debian packages to Snaps. It's also a matter of still waiting for more Linux applications to begin offering NPU support/plug-ins for actually making use of this new hardware IP found on Core Ultra processors.
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