Apple patents method for managing AI tasks on phone chips
Apple describes a system where a device tells the network how many processing units it can use at once. The network then sends specific instructions and data for an AI task, which the device performs using only the available units.
In the filing’s own words
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for artificial intelligence processing capability.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: generating, for transmission to a network, user equipment (UE) capability information associated with a number of processing units (PUs) supported by a UE concurrently; receiving, from the network, a channel state information (CSI) report configuration for an artificial intelligence (AI)-based task and a reference signal associated with the AI-based task; and performing the AI-based task in accordance with the supported number of PUs, wherein a PU occupancy time for which a first PU associated with the AI-based report is occupied includes a reference signal occasion of the reference signal.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- TECHNOLOGIES FOR OCCUPANCY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING RESOURCES
- Publication number
- US20260303172A1
- Application number
- 19551547
- Filed
- Feb 26, 2026
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 8
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04B 7/0626 Electricity & electronicsH04L 41/16 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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