--- title: Intel Releases OpenVINO 2026 With Improved NPU Handling,... description: Intel has released OpenVINO 2026, the first major update of the year for its open-source AI inference toolkit. The release brings improved NPU (Neural... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-releases-openvino-2026-with-improved-npu-handling-expanded-llm-support-igizszzmf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Intel Releases OpenVINO 2026 With Improved NPU Handling, Expanded LLM Support | daily.dev og:description: Intel has released OpenVINO 2026, the first major update of the year for its open-source AI inference toolkit. The release brings improved NPU (Neural... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-releases-openvino-2026-with-improved-npu-handling-expanded-llm-support-igizszzmf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IGizSZZmf.png og:image:alt: Intel Releases OpenVINO 2026 With Improved NPU Handling, Expanded LLM Support og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Intel Releases OpenVINO 2026 With Improved NPU Handling, Expanded LLM Support **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Intel has released OpenVINO 2026, the first major update of the year for its open-source AI inference toolkit. The release brings improved NPU (Neural Processing Unit) handling and expanded support for large language models (LLMs). ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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