Apple reportedly built an AI chip for iPhone

San Francisco, May 27: The US tech giant Apple is developing a special synthetic Artificial intelligence (AI) chip, known as the Apple Nerve Engine, which enables AI-related tasks on mobile devices. "The chip would be used to offload tasks that require sophisticated algorithms related to facial and speech recognition and augmented reality tasks that rely heavily on computer vision," technology website theverge.com reported on Saturday. The chip is also said to improve battery life and the overall performance of Apple devices. 
With the new chip, Apple seeks to separate the computationally intensive tasks from the iPhone's processor and graphics chip. The company is experimenting with wireless charging technologies that could see users charge their iPhones with a Wi-Fi router. "'Apple's patent application with wireless charging and communications systems dual-frequency patch antennas is a method of transferring power to electronic devices on frequencies dedicated to data communications, "AppleScycler.com reports. Patch antennas can be used for wireless power transfer at microwave frequencies or other frequencies and can be used to support millimeter wave communications.