Apple Neural Engine
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Apple Neural Engine is Apple’s dedicated on-chip hardware accelerator designed to efficiently perform machine learning and AI computations on its devices.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hardware accelerator
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neural processing unit → |
| alsoKnownAs |
ANE
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| architectureType |
parallel processing architecture
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| designedFor |
artificial intelligence computations
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machine learning workloads → on-device inference → |
| developer |
Apple Inc.
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| enables |
on-device privacy-preserving ML
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| evolvesWith |
each new Apple SoC generation
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| firstReleaseYear |
2017
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| hasCapability |
multiple TOPS throughput (tera operations per second)
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| includedInChipFamily |
Apple A-series
→
Apple M-series → Apple S-series → Apple T-series → |
| integratedWith |
Apple CPU cores
→
Apple GPU → |
| introducedInProduct |
iPhone 8
→
iPhone X → |
| introducedWithChip |
Apple A11 Bionic
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| optimizationGoal |
energy efficiency
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high performance → low power consumption → |
| partOf |
Apple system on a chip
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| performs |
convolution operations
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matrix multiplications → neural network inference → |
| programmedVia |
Core ML API
→
Metal Performance Shaders → |
| supports |
Animoji
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Core ML → Face ID → augmented reality workloads → camera computational photography → image recognition → natural language processing → on-device Siri processing → speech recognition → |
| targetPlatform |
iOS
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iPadOS → macOS → tvOS → visionOS → watchOS → |
| usedBy |
third-party iOS apps
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third-party macOS apps → |
| usedIn |
Apple TV
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Apple Vision Pro → Apple Watch → Mac → iPad → iPhone → |
Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Apple A16 Bionic
→
Apple M1 → Apple M1 Max → Apple M2 Max → |
neuralEngineType |
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Apple M-series
("Neural Engine")
→
Apple M2 Pro ("Neural Engine") → |
feature |
|
Apple M2 Max
("Neural Engine")
→
Apple M4 ("Neural Engine") → |
hasComponent |
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Apple A15 Bionic
("Neural Engine")
→
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integrates |
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Apple M1 Ultra
("Neural Engine")
→
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integratesComponent |
|
Apple M2 Ultra
("Neural Engine")
→
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supportsFeature |