
NPUs vs. TPUs: How On-Device AI Is Supercharging Your Gadgets in 2025
Apple kicked off on-device AI in 2017 with the iPhone A11’s Neural Engine, enabling Face ID and Animoji at up to 600 billion ops/sec. In 2023, the iPhone A17 Pro’s 16-core Neural Engine delivered about 35 TOPS, powering on-device speech, photography, and