Arm wants to put machine learning in your mobile phone

Arm has announced a new suite of products aimed at putting advanced machine learning into mobile devices. The chip design giant has unveiled Project Trillium, a new suite of intellectual property including new highly scalable processors that will deliver enhanced machine learning (ML) and neural network (NN) functionality. Focused on the mobile market, it is hoped it will enable a new class of ML-equipped devices with advanced compute capabilities, including state-of-the-art object detection. "The rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence into edge devices is placing increased requirements for innovation to address compute while maintaining a power efficient footprint," said Rene Haas, president of the IP products group at Arm. "New devices will require the high-performance ML and artificial intelligence capabilities these new processors deliver. Combined with the high degree of flexibility and scalability that our platform provides, our partners can push the boundaries of what will be possible across a broad range of devices."