Huawei claims AI breakthrough, but will anyone care?

Huawei’s IFA keynote session was one perhaps many in the industry weren’t expecting, it actually said something interesting.
Most tradeshow presentations of this nature do not offer any revolutionary insight into the company or the future. They are traditionally full of clichés, PR soundbites and bold statements used to appease investors. But on the weekend, Huawei announced the launch of the Kirin 970 SoC, what it claims contains the first-ever Neural Processing Unit (NPU) fo