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Apple is working on a processor devoted specifically to AI-related tasks, according to a person familiar with the matter. The chip, known internally as the Apple Neural Engine, would improve the way the company's devices handle tasks that would otherwise require human intelligence -- such as facial recognition and speech recognition, said the person, who requested anonymity discussing a product that hasn't been made public. Apple declined to comment.
[...] Apple devices currently handle complex artificial intelligence processes with two different chips: the main processor and the graphics chip. The new chip would let Apple offload those tasks onto a dedicated module designed specifically for demanding artificial intelligence processing, allowing Apple to improve battery performance.
Should Apple bring the chip out of testing and development, it would follow other semiconductor makers that have already introduced dedicated AI chips. Qualcomm Inc.'s latest Snapdragon chip for smartphones has a module for handling artificial intelligence tasks, while Google announced its first chip, called the Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), in 2016.
Google will supposedly put mini TPUs into smartphones in the coming years.
Previously:
Google's New TPUs are Now Much Faster -- will be Made Available to Researchers
(Score: 3, Insightful) by kaszz on Sunday May 28 2017, @02:31PM (3 children)
It would be a smart move but would currently just give more undue power to the megamonoliths. Not a good idea as of now.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Sunday May 28 2017, @02:36PM (2 children)
Certainly not a good idea for privacy or security either. Apple especially does not have a great history with that. Google's is pretty good, but I think they have enough of my information already. I'm actually surprised how well Microsoft has done at not getting completely exploited at either XBox or out look online based on their general security history.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 28 2017, @03:20PM (1 child)
"Google's is pretty good, but I think they have enough of my information already."
I wonder about that from time to time. Despite my precautions, it is safe to say that Google knows more about me than all the rest of the nosy bastards combined. There are ways to limit Google's data gathering, to some extent. Even so, you aren't going to stop them. In fairness, though, Google doesn't slap me around with adverts, it doesn't seem to lead me to irrelevant pages, or any other crazy stuff. Doing a search for "need a place to hide a body quick" doesn't result in the police kicking my door down. I can search periodically for any new broadband offers in my area, and I'm not flooded with dozens of different forms of advertisements.
I still have a distaste for, and a little fear of Google. Just because they have behaved rather well until now, doesn't mean they won't be evil SOB's a year from now, or ten years from now, or whenever.
Worse - what if they decide that I AM the evil SOB? I have my attitudes and opinions about women's rights, gay rights, race relations, religion, etc. What if Google decides that I'M THE EVIL BASTARD?!?!?!
FUCK!! ARISTARCHUS MAY BE A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT GOOGLE!! I'M SCREWED!!!
Oh well, fuck you anyway Aristarchus. Do your worst, LMAO!
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday May 29 2017, @04:31AM
I tried your search [nypost.com].
Kuro5hin had a HOWTO called Corpse Disposal Made Simple, but then the hosting company decommissioned Kuro5hin's enter data center.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]