Huawei presents Kirin 970 chip with artificial intelligence
from Lars Matt 
on September 04, 2017, 12:14 | Write a comment
Smart assistants are becoming increasingly popular on smartphones. Now the time has come: the first Processor (Kirin 970) with built-in AI is on the market. Huawei presented this to the world at the IFA in Berlin.
Huawei's SoC, also called System on Chip, now makes artificial intelligence possible locally. Other manufacturers such as Google and Apple rely on artificial intelligence in the cloud. But Huawei wants to change the whole thing now. In addition to answers even when the internet connection is poor, this local method should also ensure more data protection.
Kirin 970: Chip with AI also in the Mate 10
As Richard Yu announces, this chip will be used for the first time in the upcoming Mate 10. The local AI should be able to calculate and answer queries directly. "It will change the way we interact with smartphones today," Yu said. A smart assistant, like this one from Google, should be a minor matter: the chip should be very fast, especially when recognizing objects. Huawei speaks of a performance of 1,92 teraflops – that is 2000 recognized images pro Minute. The system is open source and developers are provided with the appropriate tools, according to Yu.
Last but not least, some technical data Proprocessor. The CPU consists of eight cores in total. Four of them, of the Cortex-A73 type, clock at up to 2,4 GHz, the rest (Cortex-A53) at 1,8 GHz each. A total of 12 cores of the new Mali G72MP12 are available for graphic calculations. In addition, Huawei has also installed a Cat 18 modem, with which top download values of up to 1,2 Gbit/s can be achieved in the LTE network.
