Why does the NPU matter for the AI PC? (with Nitin Kumar, Qualcomm)
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In this installment of the neXt Curve reThink Podcast Silicon Futures series, Leonard Lee of neXt Curve has a chat with Nitin Kumar, Qualcomm's VP of Product Management of Snapdragon Chipsets, at a special Snapdragon X Series preview event held in San Francisco to ponder the question of why the NPU matters for the AI PC and how it defines new AI-enabled experiences for PC users who have long awaited something new.
Leonard and Nitin discuss:
- The NPU, the net new thing defining the AI PC (00:40)
- Qualcomm's legacy in AI computing and NPU (01:30)
- The smartphone, the genesis of NPU (02:50)
- Why the NPU matters for the future of AI computing (03:45)
- The role of NPU for generative AI changing the PC experience (05:40)
- What difference does the NPU make in running AI workloads? (07:00)
- How does the NPU stack up against GPU in AI computing? (09:14)
- Leonard & Nitin invent "heterogeneous AI compute" (10:55)
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