Imagination introduces its own VPU

New NNA steps up to compete in ML Citing the burgeoning intelligent vision market, Imagination Technologies announced on September 21st that it has joined the ever-growing list of companies with hardware acceleration for deep learning. Up to now, they have relied on their PowerVR GPUs running in GPU compute mode to provide an ad hoc solution for inferencing but with the launch of their new PowerVR 2NX NNA (Neural Network Accelerator) they are serving notice that they intend to take the field much more seriously in the future. In fact, with all the zeal of a late convert, IMG is