MediaTek Brings Neural Networks to Devices

In just the past two years, the industry has made great strides in artificial intelligence (AI) using artificial neural networks, better known as deep learning. With massive processing resources, massive amounts of data, and a software framework, a network of filters is created and optimized to perform select functions like image recognition. As the neural network learns, it develops models that can then be used by computing solutions with much less processing resources to perform the desired function on similar data. This is typically referred to as an inference engine or solution, which can be common processing elements like Central Processing Units (CPUs) and Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) or custom processing solutions. Most artificial intelligent applications, like Amazon Echo using Alexa, perform all or part of the processing in the cloud.