Artificial Intelligence has become essential part of the smart devices. Neural network part of the Artificial intelligence mimics the neurons in our brain. This kind of processing requires a specialized hardware for processing such huge tasks quickly and efficiently. This is where NPU comes into picture. NPU stand for Neural Processing unit. NPU work with inputs and process them to provide a output as with any electronics unit. The major difference is the complexity. Particularly applications like Image recognition, Natural language processing, Matrix multiplications require separate processing unit considering the complexity.
NPU can be termed as AI accelerator. In many cases cases, it is also called deep learning processor. NPU acts as co-processor in the system. NPU is basically a multi-core processor which helps in parallel processing. Ultimately, NPU perform complex mathematical operations aiding the use of Artificial Intelligence in the modern day systems.
To summarize, we can say that NPU helps to accelerate the execution of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms.
A simple block diagram which shows the interaction between a FPGA and NPU.
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