Violoop Debuts External Thunderbolt NPU AI Box at IFA Berlin

Hardware startup Violoop debuted an external plug-and-play NPU accelerator at IFA Berlin, connecting via Thunderbolt 5 to deliver 80 TOPS of dedicated neural compute to legacy laptops and mini-PCs. Designed to handle background voice transcription, visual segmentation, and local small language model serving without taxing host CPUs or GPUs, the compact aluminum enclosure requires just 15 watts of power.