With the word Artificial Intelligence (AI) taking the tech world by storm, brands are trying to rake in the moolah by adding AI abilities to their devices. The latest on the list is MediaTek which unveiled a processor named the Helio P60 here in MWC, Barcelona 2018.
MeidaTek has added a dedicated AI hardware dubbed as multi-core mobile APU (AI processing unit). The Helio P60 does offer some specialized hardware that’s twice as efficient as a GPU at machine learning tasks, and we will hopefully take a closer look at it soon.
This AI hardware is combined with MediaTek’s NeuroPilot AI technology to distribute tasks heterogeneously over the chip’s CPU, GPU, and Mobile APU hardware. MediaTek boasts that its platform supports a selection of common AI frameworks for developers, including Google’s TensorFlow, the Android specific TensorFlow Lite, Caffe, Caffe 2, and the company’s own NeuroPilot SDK which is compatible with the Android Networks API. ONNX support will also be coming to the chipset in Q2 2018. The chip also features the company’s CorePilot 4.0 technology and Energy Aware Scheduling (EAS), to keep the phone running comfortably with its thermal limits.
The rest of the SoC will appear fairly familiar to those who follow smartphone processor hardware. The Helio P60 boasts a big.LITTLE octa-core configuration, arranged as an Arm Cortex-A73 clocked at 2.0 GHz paired up with the smaller Cortex-A53 also running at 2.0 GHz. The GPU is a newer Mali-G72 MP3 and the chip is built on TSMC’s 16/12nm process. MediaTek boasts performance improvements of up to 70 percent in both CPU and GPU situations compared with its previous generation products, thanks to the to the introduction of the bigger CPU cores and the updated GPU. The package is also more energy efficient, clocking in at around 12 percent more efficient than the Helio P23 in CPU terms, and can save up to 25 percent on more energy demanding games.
Finally, the Helio P60 boasts three improved image signal processors that are up to 18 percent more energy efficient that before when powering dual camera setups. The chip also includes a 4G than a worldwide modem, dual VoLTE support, and TAS 2.0 smart antenna software to ensure that you’re connected whoever you venture. MediaTek claims that smartphones powered by the Helio P60 will arrive in global markets in early Q2 2018.
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Source: MediaTek
