The ‘neural processing unit’ is being pushed as the next big thing for ‘AI PCs’ and ‘AI smartphones,’ but it won’t eliminate the need for cloud-based AI. Reading time 6 minutes There’s a CPU. There’s ...

Computing power has increased exponentially over the past few decades. We now have cameras on smartphones with incredible computational photography, voice assistants that respond near instantaneously, ...

Nick is a Features author who's been writing for fellow tech geeks since 2011. While he's mostly focused on phones, he's also thrilled by cameras and audio gear of all shapes and sizes. On weekends, ...

Modern computing has many foundational building blocks, including central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs) and data processing units (DPUs). However, what almost all modern ...

What are spiking neural networks (SNNs)? Why the Akida Pico neural processing unit (NPU) can use so little power to handle machine-learning models. Why neuromorphic computing is important to ...

A new player has entered the field of artificial intelligence in the form of the Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit). Groq has the remarkable ability to process over 500 tokens per second using the ...