Huawei unveils 'Kirin 970' mobile AI computing platform

News General Global 4 SEP 2017
Huawei unveils 'Kirin 970' mobile AI computing platform
Huawei Consumer Business Group has introduced its first mobile AI computing platform dubbed ‘Kirin 970’ at IFA 2017. By combining cloud technology with native AI processing, Huawei aims to bring AI experiences to life and change the way we interact with our devices. “The Kirin 970 is the first in a series of new advances that will bring powerful AI features to our devices and take them beyond the competition”, said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group.

Kirin 970 is powered by an 8-core CPU and a new generation 12-core GPU. Built using a 10nm advanced process, the chipset packs 5.5 billion transistors into an area of only one cm². Huawei’s flagship Kirin 970 mobile AI computing platform features a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU). 

According to Huawei, compared to a quad-core Cortex-A73 CPU cluster, the Kirin 970's new heterogeneous computing architecture delivers up to 25x the performance with 50x greater efficiency. In a benchmark image recognition test, the Kirin 970 processed 2,000 images per minute, Huawei also said.

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