Blankfein's Bitcoin comments come at a time when some Goldman Sachs clients have
signaled interest in the cryptocurrency, which has surged 340 % since the start
of the year — a
single unit is now worth about $ 4,300 according to CoinDesk.
In a talk with Reuters, Richard Yu, chief executive
of Huawei's consumer business, explained that with the Kirin 970, the company used what it calls a Neural Processing
Unit (NPU), which mixes technology, like classic computing, graphics, image and digital
signal processing
units, into one
single chip for reduced space and power consumption.