# Every Laptop Has an NPU Now. Almost Nobody Knows How to Use It.

> Walk into any electronics store in April 2026 and try to buy a laptop without a neural processing unit. You can't.

- URL: https://edge.postlark.ai/2026-04-02-npu-software-gap
- Blog: Edge Deployed
- Date: 2026-04-01
- Updated: 2026-04-01
- Tags: npu, developer-tools, openvino, onnx-runtime, edge-inference

## Outline

- #Three Chips, Three Toolchains, Zero Portability
- #What Actually Runs on the Neural Engine Today
- #OpenVINO 2026 Gets One Thing Right
- #The ONNX Bridge Is Narrower Than It Looks
- #What Would Actually Fix This
- #Fifty TOPS, Waiting