Apple Intelligence is made possible by Apple’s silicon efforts as a whole, as a new interview reveals. And apparently, those efforts took a big shift all the way back in 2017 in preparation for AI.
The first Neural Engine was immediately re-architected because of AI
The Circuit podcast with Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg just published a new episode featuring an interview with Apple execs Tom Boger and Tim Millet.
Their conversation focuses on Apple silicon, and covers the relationship between AI and the company’s silicon work.
We learn that the first Neural Engine was created as an extension of Apple’s computational photography ambitions, but it then set them up for success in AI.
Here’s an excerpt that relates to a 2017 decision paving the way for AI on M1 devices:
Apple Intelligence may not have existed in 2017, but Apple’s silicon teams making changes to the Neural Engine right away is what made it possible for 2020 Macs to run the new software today.
The full interview is available here on Apple Podcasts and is well worth a listen.
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