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Microsoft HoloLens 2 to Sport Custom AI Chip, Company Reveals

Microsoft HoloLens 2 to Sport Custom AI Chip, Company Reveals 282j4o

By Tasneem Akolawala | Updated: 24 July 2017 18:40 IST

Highlights

HoloLens 2 will sport a custom on-device AI chip
Microsoft aims to be the No.1 AI cloud
The HoloLens 2 is expected to launch in 2019

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Microsoft has taken another step in the AI direction, by announcing that its next-generation HoloLens augmented reality headset will come with an on-device AI chip. This integrated AI chip will help in faster processing time and eradicate the need to on cloud first, making mobile processing more secure and fast. With this, Microsoft s Apple, ARM, Qualcomm, Google, Nvidia, Facebook, and other major tech companies scrambling to bring AI in future mobile devices. 594040

Bloomberg HoloLens version, it refrained from sharing a launch date for the goggles.

Microsoft claims that it has designed the chip from ground up, but will be manufacturing it from third party dealers. “We’re taking this very seriously. Our aspiration is to be the No. 1 AI cloud," Doug Burger, engineer in Microsoft Research, told the publication.

With the reported to be building its own custom AI chip called the Apple Neural Engine to power AI on the iPhones, and Nvidia is said to be building an AI chip called Volta which may be used by Amazon in the future. Microsoft’s AI chip is now a new entrant into the mix, and we expect to see its first glimpse in 2019, as that’s the year the the HoloLens 2 is largely rumoured to be launched.

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