There’s a CPU. There’s a GPU. In the past year, every tech company has been talking about “NPUs.” If you didn’t know the first two, you’re probably flummoxed about the third and why the tech industry is extolling the benefits of a neural processing unit.
Tired of the so-called AI PCs already? Buckle up because we, or perhaps the artificial intelligence, haven’t even begun to peak. More power-efficient ARM-based CPUs don’t get nearly as much limelight as the x86 type.
Jesse Lyu, founder and CEO of Rabbit, was bothered by how we have to open a different app each time we wish to get something done on our phones. So, he came up with a device that will manage all your apps for you. Think of it like a voice assistant but fairly more advanced.
AI is the name of the game for this year’s chips, particularly for Qualcomm’s mobile processors.
The next upgrade to one of the most ubiquitous chips in all of the Android ecosystem is trying to hit Google on its own turf, that being increasingly ubiquitous generative AI.
Qualcomm announced the release of a pair of chips, the S7 and the S7 Pro that companies can use in their earbuds, headphones, and speakers to benefit from Wi-Fi in addition to Bluetooth. The semiconductor company announced that it will leverage its Snapdragon Sound platform to bring Wi-Fi to audio peripherals.
Apple is making progress on a cheaper version of the Vision Pro according to Bloomberg’s reliable leaker Mark Gurman. We also got some new rumors about the upcoming M3-based MacBook Pro and MacBook Air as well as the possibility that the release of the Apple Pencil 3 is imminent.
Apple is hell-bent on becoming a closed ecosystem unto itself by designing the chips inside its own devices.
