Microsoft gives Task Manager another task: Watching AI workloads
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Per-process NPU metrics arrive as one more venerable Windows utility risks feature bloat
Once upon a time, Windows Task Manager was a stone-cold killer. Optimized to within an inch of its life, it struck fear into errant processes. These days, Microsoft also wants it monitoring AI workloads.
Task Manager has come a long way from the application Dave Plummer developed in the 1990s, inspired by what he called a "very Unixy impulse." This week, Microsoft highlighted its latest addition: deeper visibility into AI workloads.
"Previously, the Processes tab didn't show per-process activity for the neural processing unit (NPU) or graphics processing unit (GPU) neural engine," Microsoft explained.
Now it does, at least on supported newer devices. The Processes tab can show NPU use alongside CPU and GPU activity, while the Performance tab displays overall utilization.
It is handy, although Task Manager appears to be spending ever...
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