Show HN: Npunlock – Run custom C kernels for Intel NPUs

Category: devtools

Tags: intel-npu, reverse-engineering, custom-kernels, shave, hardware-acceleration

Score: 8.0/10 (Innovation: 9, Technical: 9, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

npunlock enables running custom C kernels on Intel NPUs by reverse-engineering the missing path from C to SHAVE machine code, allowing custom operations in NPU graphs. It is technically impressive and innovative, providing a Python API and native C interface for writing and executing kernels on Meteor Lake NPU3720 hardware. The project fills a gap for researchers and developers wanting low-level NPU programmability.

Target audience: systems programmers, AI researchers, hardware hackers

Repository: https://github.com/hsfzxjy/npunlock · C · Apache-2.0 · 70 stars

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