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| Huawei Is Bringing AI Experience to Life with the Kirin 970 |
The Huawei Consumer Business Group recently revealed its new era of smartphone innovation with the announcement of its vision for the future of artificial intelligence with the launch of the Kirin 970.
Richard Yu, Director and CEO of Huawei Consumber BG, explained in his keynote address at IFA 2017 that Huawei will be able to change the way consumers interact with their devices, as the company combined the power of the cloud with the speed and responsiveness of native AI processing.
“Huawei is committed to developing smart devices into intelligent devices by building end-to-end capabilities that support coordinated development of chips, devices, and the cloud. The ultimate goal is to provide a significantly better user experience. 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,” Yu added.
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Huawei’s new flagship HiSilicon Kirin 970 is powered by an 8-core CPU, and new generation 12-core GPU. Built using a 10nm advanced process, the chipset packs 5.5 billion transistors into an area of only one square centimeter. Also, it is the brand’s first mobile AI computing platform that features dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU).
In a benchmark recognition test, the Kirin 970 processed 2,000 images per minute, faster than other chips in the market.