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Everything you need to know about the CPU and its architecture

The processor remains the component that most often determines a PC’s overall responsiveness. Our guides explain how to overclock an Intel or AMD processor in the BIOS, test its stability with OCCT and understand why a recent i3 can sometimes outperform an older i9. We also cover newer features such as NPUs dedicated to artificial intelligence and help you choose between watercooling and an air cooler to keep it cool. Find our other processor guides on the Assistouest blog.

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What is a CPU with an NPU (Neural Processing Unit)?

Modern processors increasingly use heterogeneous architectures. Where a CPU once handled every calculation, it is now accompanied by specialised units, each optimised for a particular task: graphics and multimedia through the iGPU, and artificial-intelligence workloads through the NPU. Integrating an NPU into a processor is a logical extension of this hardware specialisation. A CPU with … <a href="https://assistouest.fr/en/blog/hardware-en/what-is-a-cpu-with-an-npu-neural-processing-unit/">Continued</a>

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