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I was curious so looked it up. Apple's first chip with an NPU was the A11 bionic in Sept 2017. Rockchip's was the RK1808 in Sept 2019.
by acchow 2y ago
I was curious so looked it up. Apple's first chip with an NPU was the A11 bionic in Sept 2017. Rockchip's was the RK1808 in Sept 2019.
- GeekyBear 2y agoFace ID was the first tent pole feature that ran on the NPU.
- j16sdiz 2y agoGoogle TPU was introduced around same time as apple. Basically everybody knew it can be something around that time, just don't know exactly how
- Someone 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_Processing_Unit#Products https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_Processing_Unit#Product... shows the first one is from 2015 (publicly announced in 2016). It also shows they have a TDP of 75+W. I can’t find TDP for Apple’s Neural Engine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_Engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_Engine), but the first version shipped in the iPhone 8, which has a 7 Wh battery, so these are targeting different markets.