Intel NPU (Neural Processing Unit) Driver for Windows (Intel AI Boost) includes support for OpenVino 2024.4.

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 64-bit (22H2, 23H2, 24H2)

Supported Platform:

  • Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2) - Products formerly Arrow Lake.
  • Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2) - Products formerly Lunar Lake.
  • Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 1) - Products formerly Meteor Lake.

How To Install or Update the Intel NPU Driver:

Follow the steps below to install the Intel NPU (also known as the Intel AI Boost) driver for Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 1) and Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2).

  • Check if an NPU driver is already installed on your device.
  • Right-click the Windows start button and select Device Manager.
  • Check if Intel AI Boost is visible under Neural processors.
  • Uninstall the NPU driver.
  • In the Device Manager window, right-click the Intel AI Boost and select Uninstall Device.
  • Check Attempt to remove the driver for this device.
  • Click Uninstall.
  • Go to Device Manage and click Scan for Hardware Changes. Clicking once on the icon located at the top menu will reveal Other devices.

  • Download the latest NPU driver.
  • Unpack the zip driver package downloaded. To unpack the .zip driver file, right-click the file and choose Extract All.
  • Install the new NPU driver. Find PCI Device under Other Devices. Right-click it and select Update Driver.

  • In the new window that appears, click Browse my computer for drivers and navigate to the location where the unpacked driver was saved.
  • Make sure the Include subfolder is checked.

  • If the driver installed correctly, you should see the following window saying Windows has successfully updated your drivers and the Device Manage should display your Intel AI Boost driver under Neural processors.

What's New:

Notes

  • Support for OpenVINO 2024.4
  • Reboot directive enabled for Lunar Lake. System will trigger a reboot after NPU driver installation
  • The name displayed for the NPU device in Microsoft Windows® Device Manager and Task Manager is aligned with the NPU brand name: Intel® AI Boost.

Fixed Issues

  • Microsoft CoPilot+* compile time and memory footprint improved from 32.0.100.3053
  • ISV models (Enabled and Optimised)
  • Tencent Music: Audio separation model optimization
  • DynamoAI: Enable and optimize xlm-roberta-large model on Lunar Lake and Meteor Lake NPU
  • BERT Transformer model compilation with NPU
  • Distinct AI: Add support for SSD-1B model (Segmind) on Lunar Lake NPU to achieve functional correctness and optimal performance.
  • Fixed loading issue related to Krisp model
  • Fortemedia: Fixed issue where PVR model results are incorrect
  • Acer: Fixed issue where VAE Decoder result is incorrect
  • Lenovo View Video Enhancer: Optimized IR model fixed that showed unusual behaviour where U and V channels end abruptly due to alignment issue on NPU