Ryzen AI Enables Local NPU Inference On Laptops

AMD’s Ryzen AI 'Phoenix' series and the Ryzen AI Software stack are demonstrated in a Windows 11 walkthrough that installs NPU drivers, configures a Conda environment, and integrates the Vitis AI Execution Provider for on-device inference. The author runs a pre-quantized MobileNet V2 (INT8 ONNX) on a Ryzen 7040/8040 NPU, showing CPU inference at 68.68s versus NPU offload at 35.50s, verifying NPU activity via Task Manager.