Software and devUpdated November 4

An open-source project renders Windows 11's desktop on an NPU.

A group of open-source developers wrote a custom driver that hands Windows 11 desktop rendering to an NPU instead of a dedicated or integrated GPU, Wccftech reports. The handoff works, but the pace is the catch: Tom’s Hardware reports 2–3 Hz, while Wccftech says 2–3 FPS. The project is aiming for 30 Hz, according to Tom’s Hardware; that’s a target, not its current performance. The striking change is where the desktop gets rendered. The numbers still describe a very slow result.

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