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NPU almost always active after bootup. Copilot+ pc with Qualcom processor

Mark Stubkjaer 0 Reputation points
2025-04-20T12:50:28.9566667+00:00

Microsoft Copilot + PC. Task manager shows NPU cycling between 0 and 80% usage on a 50% square wave cycle after bootup with no applications running. CPU usage 1%, memory usage 1%.

Cannot find any reason for the NPU to be running so much. Any thoughts?

Web searches find problems of zero NPU.

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