This is the answer. CoreML gives you an abstraction over different generations and sizes of underlying NPU. You might not want the abstraction, but love it or

This is the answer. CoreML gives you an abstraction over different generations and sizes of underlying NPU. You might not want the abstraction, but love it or hate it, that’s kind of the Apple way. It will be very interesting to see what their next chips look like since we’re getting to the point where HW designs will reflect the rise of the, uh, transformers.