https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/1/4/16848792/samsung-exynos-9810-galaxy-s9-chip-ai-processor

Starting off the new year by introducing its latest custom smartphone processor, Samsung has revealed some of what we might expect from its next Galaxy S flagship. In among the usual claims of improved performance is an intriguing tease of using neural networks and deep learning for more sophisticated face detection and object identification in images. Samsung isn’t definitive on whether AI is built directly into the chip design or if it’s merely better optimized for handling AI tasks. The company identifies “realistic face-tracking filters as well as stronger security when unlocking a device with one’s face” as the major advantages — which will be familiar to most people as headline iPhone X features: animoji and Face ID.

The Exynos 9 Series 9810, to give it its full title, is almost certain to figure at the heart of the upcoming Galaxy S9. It is built around the prevailing architecture among Android phones: four performance processor cores, now reaching speeds up to 2.9GHz, and four efficiency cores for extending battery life when less power is required. Samsung has likely based its designs on the Cortex-A75 and Cortex-A55 announced by ARM in the middle of last year, both of which have put an emphasis on improving and accelerating machine-learning processes and things like augmented and virtual reality.