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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 665, 730, and 730G Target AI and Gaming (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the expanding-the-lineup dept.

Today at its annual AI Day conference in San Francisco, chipmaker Qualcomm revamped the midrange products in its system-on-chip portfolio with faster graphics, more power-efficient cores, and other silicon accouterments. From a report: The Snapdragon 670 gained a counterpart in the Snapdragon 665, and the Snapdragon 700 series has two new SKUs in the long-rumored Snapdragon 730 and a gaming-optimized variant dubbed Snapdragon 730G. "In the last several years, we've had a few different technologies that we've [explored]," said vice president of product management Kedar Kondap during a press briefing. "One is obviously [the] camera. Secondly, AI, and ... gaming ... [We've] focused on ... power, [making] sure we drive very high performance." The 11-nm Snapdragon 665 packs Kryo 260 cores and offers up to 20 percent power savings with the Adreno 610 GPU. The 8-nm Snapdragon 730 has Kryo 470 cores inside.

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  1. AI this, AI that by SirAstral · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Okay guys... stop using those words, they don't mean what you think they mean!

    At best we have advance algorithms... but nothing is actually learning... yet.

    Like Quantum computing... we have been promised AI for decades and it still is not here. Even getting anything close enough to potentially pass the Turing test requires massive hardware and resources. You want something intelligent go and have sex and wait several years... and you MIGHT get something smart. But you are most likely only going to get something that is not smart but thinks it is anyways!

    I have never met a smart human, seen many dumb-asses and morons though... including in the mirror.

    1. Re:AI this, AI that by Rick+Schumann · · Score: 2

      I just had to laugh right now, because I saw your comment and it's exactly, precisely what I was going to post. xD
      ..and yeah, sick to death of every gods-be-damned thing being so-called 'AI' -- especially when what they keep trotting out isn't very good to start with. Fundamentally it's not really any better than what they had in the 90's, just on larger and faster hardware, and more aggressively marketed.

    2. Re:AI this, AI that by Humbubba · · Score: 2
      Words change meaning. If, in the 18th century, I told you The Turk was an incredible and fantastic chess playing automaton, what I really would be saying was the machine is a fake, a hoax, a fantasy not credible enough to be believed one bit ("bit" as in "iota", or "extremely small amount", not "Binary Digit").

      "Intelligence", "learning", "smart" and "memory", have been redefined for electronic devices that store and process data via instructions from software or hardware. The term "Artificial Intelligence" was coined in 1956. It has a distinct definition separate and only metaphorically related to animal "intelligence" (see below). In 2014, Eugene Goostman said his Chatbot passed the 'Turning Test', i.e., it fooled the judges into believing it was human. The validity of this claim has been met with skepticism. Apparently, Artificial Intelligence can only imitate human intelligence, poorly. If only he had used LISP...

      --

      Learning: noun, The acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study or being taught.

      Machine learning: A subset of AI, Machine learning is the scientific study of algorithms and statistical models that computer systems use to effectively perform a specific task without using explicit instructions, relying on patterns and inference instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning

      Intelligence: noun, The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.

      Artificial intelligence (or AI): Both the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science which aims to create it, through "the study and design of intelligent agents" or "rational agents", where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions which maximize its chances of success. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence#Artificial_intelligence

      Smart: adjective, Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence. (Obviously, not applicable to moi.)

      Smart Device: an electronic device, usually connected to other devices, networks, or both, via Bluetooth, WiFi, etc., that can operate to some extent interactively and autonomously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_device