# Burst Mode on DSP and AIP

- This mode achieves the fastest inference time on DSP and AIP
runtimes, at the expense of increased power consumption over
high performance mode.
- This mode activates two performance-boosting features:

    1. Keeps the CPUs from entering deepest sleep state while an
inference is running. If inference takes longer than
100ms, the CPUs can enter deepest sleep state.
    2. Keeps Qualcomm® Neural Processing SDK DSP performance vote high in between
inferences. Instead of reducing the Qualcomm® Neural Processing SDK DSP performance
vote after each inference, this mode waits for 300ms
after the last inference completion before reducing the
Qualcomm® Neural Processing SDK DSP performance vote. Additionally, this wait time
is configurable using platform options. For example: if
user needs to set wait time as 10ms, then user should set
platform option as “inactivityTimeout:10000”. (Please see
[Platform Options
API](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-63442-2/topic/c_api-rst_file_DlSystem_PlatformConfig_h.html)
for more info.)
- Relative power impact of above modes depends on the device
itself.

Last Published: Oct 02, 2025

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