[Honor View 10 Questions & Answers] QiangGan:
NPU&AI

Smartphones are different from servers in many respects, including size, power supply, power consumption, and heat management – all of which place restrictions on smartphone chipset design. Mobile SoCs have to deliver the best possible performance, while ensuring the highest possible density of core functions with optimal use of energy. The Kirin 970's development team designed this chip on a solid foundation of past breakthroughs, integrating the world's first NPU (Neural Network Processing Unit) specifically designed for a mobile device. This specialized processing unit, combined with Huawei's innovative HiAI mobile computing architecture, delivers an AI performance that far surpasses any CPU/GPU build. Compared to a quad-core Cortex-A73 CPU cluster, the Kirin 970's new heterogeneous computing infrastructure delivers 25x the performance with 50x greater efficiency. Simply put, the Kirin 970 chipset – with its embedded NPU – can perform the same AI computing tasks faster and with far less power. In a benchmark image recognition test, the Kirin 970 processed 33 images per second, which was several times greater than other chips on the market.

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Smartphones are different from servers in many respects, including size, power supply, power consumption, and heat management – all of which place restrictions on smartphone chipset design. Mobile SoCs have to deliver the best possible performance, while ensuring the highest possible density of core functions with optimal use of energy. The Kirin 970's development team designed this chip on a solid foundation of past breakthroughs, integrating the world's first NPU (Neural Network Processing Unit) specifically designed for a mobile device. This specialized processing unit, combined with Huawei's innovative HiAI mobile computing architecture, delivers an AI performance that far surpasses any CPU/GPU build. Compared to a quad-core Cortex-A73 CPU cluster, the Kirin 970's new heterogeneous computing infrastructure delivers 25x the performance with 50x greater efficiency. Simply put, the Kirin 970 chipset – with its embedded NPU – can perform the same AI computing tasks faster and with far less power. In a benchmark image recognition test, the Kirin 970 processed 33 images per second, which was several times greater than other chips on the market.

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The open Mobile AI computing platform is opening soon. I believe we will see many AI apps based on Kirin970 NPU soon. Check developer.huawei.com for more info.

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The apps which make use of Neural Network API according to the guidance from the open Mobile AI computing platform will be benefit from the NPU. The CPU focuses on Task scheduling and memory allocation.

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Mobile AI is the orientation in the mobile field. With the NPU, we can get better performance with less Energy consumption.

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Mobile AI is the orientation in the mobile field. With the NPU, we can get better performance with less Energy consumption.

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They are exactly the same.