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Briefing
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- Image Processing Chip – Google designed own custom system-on-a-chip (SoC) Pixel Visual Core built specifically for image processing in Pixel 2 phones
- Features – Has eight imaging processing units (IPU) capable of more than three trillion operations per second, enabling HDR+ (high dynamic range) image processing five times faster while using only tenth of energy as running on regular CPU
- Currently Dormant – Chip is currently dormant, not even used by Google's camera app, as it awaits to be enabled in launch of developer preview of Android Oreo 8.1
- Other Applications – Could also be used for other imaging and machine learning applications
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Information Technology
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Organization
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Google Inc.
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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October 17, 2017
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