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Apple’s AI smart tech

W’re only scratching the surface of the apps and services that machine learning will bring us

You’ve heard of a CPU. You’ve heard of a GPU. But have you heard of an NPU? There’s been one in every iPhone since the iPhone 8, and you’ll find it in recent iPads and Macs too. Apple calls it the Neural Engine, and it’s almost certainly powering some of your very favourite things.

Thinking differently

There’s some overlap between the different bits of your Apple device’s processors, but to keep it simple, think of it like this: the CPU takes care of the computing, the GPU

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