The AR650 is one of the products from the series of uCPEs (universal CPEs) used in Huawei's SD-WAN solution and applies to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The AR650's simple geometric shape makes it usable in various deployment scenarios such as the desktop, wall, or rack, according to the vendor. The AR650, based on the ARM or x86 architecture, provides the SD-WAN ecosystem with an open platform that supports on-demand acquisition of more than 10 mainstream value-added services (such as virtual firewalls and virtual network optimization and acceleration) within minutes and facilitates cost-effective SD-WAN interconnection between SMEs, Huawei said. The AR650 has won an iF Design Award and Japan's Good Design Award.

Huawei's Mate 10 smartphone is powered by the AI-specific Kirin 970 chips, built using a 10nm process atTSMC featuring an octa-core ARM Cortex CPU, a Mali-G72 12-core GPU and a neural processing unit (NPU) designed specifically for a mobile device, according to the vendor. The NPU, combined with Huawei's HiAI mobile computing platform, enables the Kirin 970 to deliver 25x better performance and 50x greater energy efficiency for AI-related tasks, compared to four Cortex-A73 cores, Huawei claimed. The Mate 10 comes with a 5.9-inch LCD Quad HD screen with a 2,560 by1,440 resolution, 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage that can be expanded up to 256GB via a microSD card. It features dual 4G SIM support and dual VoLTE connections.

Huawei has launched the Kirin 970 at IFA 2017 in Berlin, a chip that combines the power of the cloud with the speed and responsiveness of native AI processing, according to the company. Cloud AI has seen broad application, but user experience still has room for improvement, including latency, stability, and privacy, according to the vendor. Cloud AI and on-device AI can complement each other. On-device AI offers strong sensing capabilities, which are the foundation of understanding and assisting people. Sensors produce a large amount of real-time, scenario-specific, and personalized data. Supported by strong chip processing capabilities, devices will become more cognitive of user needs, providing personalized and readily accessible services. Kirin 970 is powered by an 8-core CPU and a new generation 12-core GPU. Built using a 10nm advanced process, the chipset packs 5.5 billion transistors into an area of only one square centimeter. Huawei's new flagship Kirin 970 is its first mobile AI computing platform featuring a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU). Compared to a quad-core Cortex-A73 CPU cluster, the Kirin 970's new heterogeneous computing architecture delivers up to 25x the performance with 50x greater efficiency. The Kirin 970 can perform the same AI computing tasks faster and with far less power, Huawei claims. In a benchmark image recognition test, the Kirin 970 processed 2,000 images per minute, which was faster than other chips on the market. Huawei is positioning the Kirin 970 as an open platform for mobile AI, opening up the chipset to developers and partners.