Google introduced its custom-designed co-processor, the Pixel Visual Core, an eights-cluster programmable ASIC built explicitly to accelerate computational photography machine learning on mobile consumer hardware.
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Eko-AI Minimalist Visualization: Conceptual visual representation of The Launch of the Google Pixel 2 and the Pixel Visual Core. Raw human centric design, solarpunk aesthetic, organic geometric symbiosis, zero-emission digital canvas, high-contrast clean contrast illustration, anti-algorithmic art.