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Re:iPhone Air by runjake on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @04:16PM (#45188232)
The matmul stuff is part of the Neural Accelerator marketing, which is distinct from the Neural Engine you're talking about.

I don't blame you. It's confusing.

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Re:iPhone Air by Nokinside on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @04:17PM (#45188258)
It's remaining and rearrangement of the same stuff. Not a new feature.
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Re:iPhone Air by aurareturn on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @04:35PM (#45188559)
The NPU is still there. This adds matmul acceleration directly into each GPU core. It takes about ~10% more transistors to add these accelerators into the GPU so it's a significant investment for Apple.
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Re:iPhone Air by runjake on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @04:29PM (#45188452)
1. It adds new features. Eg. see matmul and other to-be-detailed-soon features.

2. It moves some stuff from the external Neural Engine to the GPU, which substantially increases speeds for those workloads. That itself is a feature.

Will any of this really matter much to the average consumer at this point? Probably not. Not until Apple Intelligence gets off the ground.

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