The Kirin 25, 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 970 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.
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.