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[[Vision processing unit]] or '''VPU''' is a processing unit that is responsible for [[image recognition]]. The architecture of VPU is very different from the traditional [[CPU]]. Its power consumption when recognizing images and faces is far lower than that of regular CPUs. VPU is designed specifically to handle the numerous simultaneous processes involved in [[neural network]]s.
The [[Myriad 2|Myriad 2 MA2450]] is a VPU by [[Movidius]] is referred to as a VPU. On January 28, 2016, Google announced that they signed a deal with Movidius to put the processors [[Myriad 2]] in future Google devices. Google has previously used the processors in [[Project Tango]] devices.
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