Additional Configurations For Hardware

For certain use cases, you may need to install additional software, to use the full potential of OpenVINO™. Check the following list for components for elements used in your workflow:

GPU drivers

If you want to run inference on a GPU, make sure your GPU’s drivers are properly installed. See the guide on GPU configuration for details.

NPU drivers

Intel’s Neural Processing Unit introduced with the Intel® Core™ Ultra generation of CPUs (formerly known as Meteor Lake), is a low-power solution for offloading neural network computation. If you want to run inference on an NPU, make sure your NPU’s drivers are properly installed. See the guide on NPU configuration for details.

Open Computer Vision Library

OpenCV is used to extend the capabilities of some models, for example enhance some of OpenVINO samples, when used as a dependency in compilation. To install OpenCV for OpenVINO, see the instructions on GtHub.