Android is about to take another AI leap over Apple

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Credit: Rushil Agrawal / Android Authority

• Future Android processors will support SME2 for faster machine learning running directly on the CPU.
• The improvements look set to appear with Arm’s upcoming mobile CPU core.
• Developers using Arm’s KleidiAI won’t have to change anything to benefit.

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Despite its naysayers, AI features remain the cornerstone of modern smartphone innovation. But powering the latest and greatest AI tools quickly and efficiently requires processors that are up to the task, whether a dedicated AI accelerator or a CPU equipped with special instructions to accelerate machine learning workloads.

In a blog post, Arm detailed more about what to expect from its Scalable Matrix Extension 2 (SME2) CPU extension and teased that the trick will be coming to future Android smartphones whenever it drops its next-gen mobile CPUs. Based on previous announcements, this will likely happen in the next few months and will be rebranded under Lumex rather than the old Cortex brand.



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