In addition, we know Intel’s upcoming Meteor Lake CPUs will pack in an NPU.
It’s unlikely that Microsoft would go as far as to require an NPU to use Windows 12, as we’re just starting to see that hardware hit the market.ĪMD was first out of the gate with Ryzen AI, which it’s furthering with Ryzen 8040 CPUs. The report stops short of saying the next version of Windows will flat-out require an NPU, but many of the features could be restricted to that hardware. Windows 11 may replace a favorite shortcut with more AI
