• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    What is the average person even going to use an NPU for? There’s not a whole lot of useful things that can even be run on one.

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      11 hours ago

      The fuck even is an NPU? Is it like a NUC? I guess at least the N in NPU actually means something but I still hate this.

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        2 hours ago

        It’s a big matrix multiplier that is tailored for machine learning model evaluation (not training). Often they are low precision as that’s all you need for model evaluation (or “inference”).

        Think of it as a much less useful GPU because it won’t do graphics.

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        10 hours ago

        It stands for Neural Processing Unit. It’s a processor for running AI. They multiply lots of small numbers really quickly.

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      I use windows click to do all the time in work.

      I’m constantly being sent screenshots of tables with data in it that I can’t copy paste. (Side note, why take a perfectly searchable .csv and send me a screenshot of it???!!)

      The tool really is a game changer for my productivity.

      I sure as hell wouldn’t enable it on my personal computer though.

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        17 hours ago

        Maybe you’re aware and it doesn’t fit your need, but in case not: there’s a snipping to ocr tool provided with PowerToys. Win+shift+T and select a zone, il ocr it and puts it in your clipboard. Good stuff. There’s also NormCap that does the same : https://dynobo.github.io/normcap/

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        24 hours ago

        OCR exists and performs well with older hardware.

        Collecting your raw data isn’t enough for Microsoft so they might use your PC and power to process your data.