Qualcomm has had its AI Engine (PDF), a combination of hardware and software for AI tasks, on the Snapdragon 820 since 2015. Apple introduced its Neural Engine NPU in 2017 with the A11 Bionic chip.

While Intel and AMD have launched PC processors with an NPU in the past year as part of their AI PC efforts, Qualcomm was the first company to introduce an NPU for PCs back in 2018. In touting its ...