On-Device Machine Learning Models Reshape Smartphone Silicon Architecture
Chip designers are reallocating die area toward Neural Processing Units (NPUs) to enable real-time local processing.
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Chip designers are reallocating die area toward Neural Processing Units (NPUs) to enable real-time local processing.
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