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Apple should get working on a version of the Neural Engine that is useful for these models, and remove the 3GB size limit [1] to take full advantage of the 'uni
by anentropic 4y ago
Apple should get working on a version of the Neural Engine that is useful for these models, and remove the 3GB size limit [1] to take full advantage of the 'unified' memory architecture. Game changer.
Waste of die space currently (on Macbook at least, I'm sure they find uses for it in the iPhone)
[1] https://github.com/smpanaro/more-ane-transformers/blob/main/src/experiments/NOTES.md https://github.com/smpanaro/more-ane-transformers/blob/main/...
- leetharris 4y agoIt's not a waste on Mac, it will dynamically switch between GPU and NPU whenever CoreML is called. There are a decent amount of applications that use CoreML. But I do agree it should be improved!