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NPU Acceleration

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
machine-learning

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by identifying the Windows Containers device pass-through implementation and its existing GPU limitations; done means documenting and implementing a defined approach for NPU acceleration in Windows Containers, with coverage for the supported AI/ML workload scenarios.

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Description

🔖 ADO AI/ML enhancement perf

Currently, only a subset of devices can be passed through, with GPUs being one of them (albeit limited with only DirectX based frameworks).
With the rise and push of NPU/IPUs built into processors, it would be beneficial to provide NPU acceleration in Windows Containers to be able to containerize our AI/ML workloads.

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