Apple Reveals a Multi-Mode Planar Engine for a Neural Processor that could be used in A-Series & screamingly fast M1 Processors
Back in 2017, Apple introduced the A11 which included their first dedicated neural network hardware that Apple calls a Neural Engine. At the time, Apple s neural network hardware was able to perform up to 600 billion operations per second and used for Face ID, Animoji and other machine learning tasks. The neural engine allows Apple to implement neural network and machine learning in a more energy-efficient manner than using either the main CPU or the GPU. Today Apple s Neural Engine has advanced to their new M1 processor that delivers 15X faster machine learning performance of the Neural Engine, according to Apple.