AI is Coming to You: The Neural Edge

In 2019 we are beginning to see trends such as Browser-Based Artificial Intelligence with TensorFlow.js taking over the landscape. This is part of a larger movement that will continue as AI solutions become less dependent on the backend-heavy distributed cloud-based infrastructure which was originally developed for big data applications. In addition to browser-based AI, we'll likely see an explosion of new applications for AI chips with a small physical and power footprint. Apple's Neural Engine and Google's Edge Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) are two popular examples. These chips are designed for rapid Machine Learning and Deep Learning inference on a mobile device or at the "edge".