Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Qualcomm Opens Its Mobile Chip Deep Learning Framework To All (techcrunch.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the public-release dept.

randomErr shares a report from TechCrunch: Mobile chip maker Qualcomm wants to enable deep learning-based software development on all kinds of devices, which is why it created the Neural Processing Engine (NPE) for its Snapdragon-series mobile processors. The NPE software development kit is now available to all via the Qualcomm Developer Network, which marks the first public release of the SDK, and opens up a lot of potential for AI computing on a range of devices, including mobile phones, in-car platforms and more. The purpose of the framework is to make possible UX implementations like style transfers and filters (basically what Snapchat and Facebook do with their mobile app cameras) with more accurate applications on user photos, as well as other functions better handled by deep learning algorithms, like scene detection, facial recognition, object tracking and avoidance, as well as natural language processing. Basically anything you'd normally route to powerful cloud servers for advanced process, but done locally on device instead.

13 comments

  1. Looking forward to the daily wft entries by TheSunborn · · Score: 1

    I am looking forward to the daily wft entries, such as this one where they do find the max element of an array using two heap-allocated arrays and a bubble sort

    https://what.thedailywtf.com/t...

  2. 3DTV by 110010001000 · · Score: 1

    AI is the 2017 version of 3DTV.

  3. I fro oen by Hognoxious · · Score: 0

    Welcome our new singularty overloads!

    Also, fort pots!

    --
    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  4. Little help? by Lije+Baley · · Score: 2

    Another in a long line of "It sounds cool, seemed promising, but we really couldn't do much of anything useful with it" tosses to the crowd.

    --
    Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.
    1. Re:Little help? by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 1

      Indeed, you won't get your robotic cop partner any time soon with this.

      --
      Ezekiel 23:20
    2. Re:Little help? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You're just saying that because the SDK only works in Ubuntu 14.04...

    3. Re: Little help? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Russians researchers are developing deep learning systems for public and private security. No idea if they are our will use these chips.

  5. Need a deep-learning algo for monopolistic tactics by JoeyRox · · Score: 1

    I wonder if Qualcomm will share that library too.

  6. Who Do I Have To Sue? by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 2

    Partnering with Qualcomm seems to be a high-risk sport:

    https://www.google.com/search?...

    --
    My God, it's Full of Source!
    OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
  7. Prediction does not need cloud power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Only training does.

  8. Totally not "inspired" by Core Machine Learning by blocked_lol · · Score: 1

    Yeah, this is definitely not a "Me too!" thing they created after seeing Apple's Core Machine Learning framework. Nope, nothing to do with CoreML at all... *rolls eyes*

    Just like when Qualcomm said 64-bit mobile processors were useless after being caught flatfooted by Apple's A7 CPU announcement, then rushed to design their own 64-bit mobile CPU.

  9. Little help?-Smarter enemies. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Deep learning will make for smarter malware.

  10. open? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    the sdk is open? big fucking deal. go peddle your slaveware somewhere else.