One of the most annoying things about the NPUs is that they are generally built around vendor provided compilers. Having an ISA extension for a popular ISA that

One of the most annoying things about the NPUs is that they are generally built around vendor provided compilers. Having an ISA extension for a popular ISA that is just a compiler patch in LLVM or GCC away is a whole different experience than running Vitis AI to compile to Ryzen AI. Performance isn't necessarily about having the fastest hardware, it is about having the fastest software and software that gets faster and faster every year because it is simple to update will outcompete software that doesn't.