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The result was merge to Apple A11. (non-admin closure) CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 17:44, 1 November 2017 (UTC) reply

Apple Neural Engine

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No need to keep an article which contains only two sentences Darius robin ( talk) 12:56, 11 October 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Mark the train ^Discuss 14:45, 11 October 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 05:13, 12 October 2017 (UTC) reply

• Keep Nominator fails to advance a valid reason for deletion, per WP:TOOLITTLE. We do not delete stub articles based on length or word count but rather notability, and the first three refs are reliable sources. Enough to meet WP:GNG, imo. Now maybe there's a commonsense merge target....? Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 05:21, 12 October 2017 (UTC) reply
• Delete Merge I disagree with the nominators reasoning for deletion but in my opinion the Neural Engine itself isn't notable, the A11 chip is and therefore these two sentences should just be merged into the A11 article... EoRdE6^{( Come Talk to Me!)} 06:32, 12 October 2017 (UTC) reply
  • Yes, no objection to a merge, if preferable, per WP:PRESERVE. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 06:49, 12 October 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep At the time of the nomination this article does indeed appear to have been a stub... but that isn't a reason for deletion. It looks like some content has been added to the article after its listing here, maybe as a good faith effort to to stave off deletion, but the latest additions may need some editing as it reads a little like fluff. While the content could be merged into Apple A11, I'm in favor of the article remaining a stand-alone article as I anticipate it will evolve along the lines of Apple motion coprocessors. — RP88 ^{( talk)} 09:26, 12 October 2017 (UTC) reply

• Merge the information itself is useful but not freestanding, merge into the A11 and AI accelerator articles as appropriate. Dbsseven ( talk) 16:24, 20 October 2017 (UTC) reply

• Keep This is a notable subject, and although it is related to the A11 it is sufficiently significant in its own right to deserve an article. The king of the sun ( talk) 15:55, 25 October 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep Merge - Subject is definitely notable, nominator didn't specify a specific reason for deletion. Per WP:TOOSOON. I wouldn't be opposed to merging it with A11, if there is consensus for that. – Miles Edgeworth ^Talk 17:38, 25 October 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep - Lots of sources. Unique and prominent feature to a high profile product. Probably not the last we'll hear of this from Apple. Probably a common feature to similar products in the future from other manufacturers/designers. -- Henriok ( talk) 19:26, 25 October 2017 (UTC) reply
• Merge There are not enough sources that show the Apple Neural Engine is independently notably from the A11 chip. Merge is the best option. -- HighKing ⁺⁺ 12:43, 26 October 2017 (UTC) reply
• Merge to Apple A11. Unless we're making a special case because we all love every bit of every Apple product, WP:NOTINHERITED seems to apply here, as may WP:TOOSOON. References are all to tech-related sources, whilst this one makes it clear the Neural Engine is a trademark-type name for an element of the Apple A11. One source I found just dismisses the name as a "buzz-word". I must declare my lack of technical expertise here, but merging seems to make sense at this point in time. Nick Moyes ( talk) 17:04, 26 October 2017 (UTC) reply
• Merge: This is a AI accelerator, a topic which does not appear to have spawned any articles for the similar functionality found in, say, AMD. I suspect this will change in the future, especially as it will likely be incorporated into the A12 and so forth, but for now this is a feature of one architecture and should be covered there. Maury Markowitz ( talk) 14:43, 31 October 2017 (UTC) reply
• Merge: I agree, we either merge it with the AI accelerator article or the Apple A11 article. I’d prefer merging with the A11 article. We’ll make a dedicated article when Apple makes more generations of this. Darius robin ( talk) 16:48, 1 November 2017 (UTC) reply

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