The Kirin 970 , the processor for Huawei 's soon - to - be released Mate 10 smartphone , comes with a neural processing unit ( NPU ) which provides the computing capabilities required for artificial intelligence . The NPU performs 25 % better a quad - core Cortex - A73 CPU cluster , according to Huawei . The Kirin is the first in a series of AI - based technologies that Huawei intends to release , said Richard ##rin , CEO of Huawei global Business Group .
The Kirin 970, the processor for Huawei's soon-to-be released Mate 10 smartphone, comes with a neural processing unit (NPU) which provides the computing power required for artificial intelligence. The NPU performs 25 times better a quad-core Cortex-A73 CPU cluster, according to Huawei. The Kirin is the first in a series of AI-focused technologies that Huawei plans to release, said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group.