<s>
Zeroth	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
brain-inspired	O
computing	O
from	O
Qualcomm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
around	O
a	O
(	O
NPU	O
)	O
AI	B-General_Concept
accelerator	I-General_Concept
chip	O
and	O
a	O
software	O
API	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
makes	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
machine	O
learning	O
known	O
as	O
deep	B-Algorithm
learning	I-Algorithm
available	O
to	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
image	O
and	O
sound	O
processing	O
,	O
including	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
operates	O
locally	O
rather	O
than	O
as	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
application	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
chip	O
maker	O
Qualcomm	O
announced	O
in	O
March	O
2015	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
bundle	O
the	O
software	O
with	O
its	O
next	O
major	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
chip	O
,	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
820	I-Architecture
processor	O
.	O
</s>
